Development of Scientific Research in the Sphere of Startups: The Bibliometric and Content Analyses
Khaustov M. M.

Khaustov, Mykyta M. (2023) “Development of Scientific Research in the Sphere of Startups: The Bibliometric and Content Analyses.” The Problems of Economy 3:42–51.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-0712-2023-3-42-51

Section: World economy and international relations

UDC 338.24

Abstract:
The article is devoted to the determination of the main trends in the development of scientific research in the sphere of startups using the methods of bibliometric and content analyses. In accordance with the set goal, the dynamics of publication activity and the structure of publications in the direction of «startup» in the scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science were analyzed; the sectoral structure of publication activity on the startup topics is studied; the TOP-5 of scientific publications by the number of citations in the scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science have been formed; the geographical structure of affiliations of scientists with high publication activity on the startups issues, including individual institutions, is analyzed. In order to identify trends and key areas of research in the sphere of startups, a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications presented in the Scopus and Web of Science was carried out using VOSviewer software, and the main clusters of research were identified, along with the dynamics of their development. According to the results of the study, the author determined the following: 1 – the number of publications on startup topics has been gaining increasing popularity since the 90s of the twentieth century; 2 – the startup topics are of interdisciplinary nature; 3 – 9 clusters of key areas of the startup research (innovation, lean startups, productivity, management, innovative business model, knowledge, growth, ecosystem, business incubator) are identified; 4 – the leaders in the number of publications in this area are the USA, China, Germany; 5 – in 2017–2018 the vast majority of publications were aimed at modeling startups, while in 2018-2020 – innovation and entrepreneurship, and recently there have been studies that are mainly related to the startup ecosystem; 6 – the close relationship between the keywords «Startup» and «Ecosystem» is substantiated, which can be considered a promising direction for the development of scientific research in this area.

Keywords: startup, innovation, ecosystem, bibliometric analysis, content analysis, VOSviewer, entrepreneurship, management, knowledge, publication activity.

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Khaustov Mykyta M. – PhD, Junior Researcher, Sector of Energy Security and Energy Saving, Research Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine (2 floor 1-a Inzhenernyi Ln., Kharkіv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: khaustov.mkt@gmail.com

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