The Measurement of Innovation: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Global Innovation Index Research

Marcelo Pereira Duarte () and Fernando Manuel Pereira de Oliveira Carvalho
Additional contact information
Marcelo Pereira Duarte: Centre for Business and Economics Research CeBER, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
Fernando Manuel Pereira de Oliveira Carvalho: Centre for Business and Economics Research CeBER, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal

Publications, 2025, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-30

Abstract: The purpose of this review is to synthesise the accumulated knowledge on Global Innovation Index (GII) research. We utilised a corpus from the Web of Science Core Collection to systematically examine the antecedents, consequences, and relationships among the GII’s dimensions. Additionally, we employed the bibliometric techniques of bibliographic coupling and co-citation analysis to identify the leading areas of GII research and the foundational literature in this field. Our systematic review of GII empirical research allowed us to graphically represent the significant relationships among its dimensions. The findings from the bibliographic coupling revealed five recent lines of investigation in GII research: configurational methods; innovation efficiency and policy; competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development; innovation rankings; and culture. Furthermore, the co-citation analysis highlighted four clusters of literature that have contributed to GII research. We aim to enhance the field of Innovation Studies by showcasing the current state of research on the GII, one of the most promising tools for measuring innovation activity, and to provide insights into potential future research avenues to further develop this area of study.

Keywords: global innovation index; innovation studies; bibliometric analysis; systematic review; innovation measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 D83 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/13/3/31/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/13/3/31/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jpubli:v:13:y:2025:i:3:p:31-:d:1688209

Access Statistics for this article

Publications is currently edited by Ms. Jennifer Zhang

More articles in Publications from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().