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This review aims to evaluate the knowledge progress and intellectual structure of innovation management in SMEs over the last two decades.

May 15, 2026Open Access

A Systematic Bibliometric Review of Innovation Management in Smes Over the Last Two Decades

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This review aims to evaluate the knowledge progress and intellectual structure of innovation management in SMEs over the last two decades.
Conducted bibliometric analysis of 2647 research documents from the Scopus database.
Used Excel and VOS viewer software for data evaluation and visualization.
Analyzed publication trends and identified leading journals, authors, and research gaps.
Significant increase in publications from 2019 to 2024.
Identified prominent journals and collaborations in innovation management within SMEs.
Highlighted key research gaps for future studies in the field.

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Medium-sized enterprises. This review focuses on evaluating the intellectual structure and knowledge progress of innovation management in SME studies. Bibliometric analysis is used to quantitatively examine the bibliographic data gathered from the Scopus database and examine and evaluate 2647 research documents. To obtain the results, bibliometric analysis was conducted using Excel and VOS viewer software. In addition, this study discusses how the IM literature in SMEs has evolved between 2000 and 2024. The publications increased significantly from 2019 to 2024, and the leading and influential journals, affiliations, authors, and countries were identified. Innovation, SMEs, small and medium-sized enterprises, knowledge management, and Time are popular research and collaboration trends in the extant literature. Reflecting on the arguments in the previous literature, several research gaps and further suggestions are acknowledged for future studies

A Systematic Bibliometric Review of Innovation Management in Smes Over the Last Two Decades

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