Importance of Agricultural Activity and Social Innovation in Public Research Centers: a Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Purpose. Know the global and national panorama of research focused on Social Innovation through bibliometrics as a point of reference to promote strategies in Public Research Centers (CPI) for applicability in different disciplines of knowledge, mainly in Agricultural Sciences.

Methodology. The Scopus database was obtained as one of the own methodologies for bibliometric studies by gathering scientific literature with the theme “Social Innovation” with information collected in articles published from 2015 - 2023.

Findings. Relevant bibliographic analysis of Social Innovation was obtained in its different disciplines, areas, and countries with the highest scientific production and most representative authors. Bibliometric analysis for Agricultural Sciences and Biology.

Originality. A recent and updated study contributes to expanding the state of the art on Social Innovation. The search for this topic in the Scopus database broadens the vision of its applicability in the different science disciplines, international and national production, and participation of research centers and academics. Relevant information about the articles that address Social Innovation in Agricultural Sciences as a guide for future studies.

Conclusions and limitations. This paper generates a frame of reference for future studies of the CPI, universities, and public and private sectors based on recent studies focused on the theory of change and transformation as a strategy to solve social problems, better known as social innovation. The study shows the countries with the highest scientific production, its principal authors, production by disciplines of knowledge, and a more detailed approach to research in the agricultural sector, both international and national, highlighting the universities or research centers with the most significant publications on the subject in México.