Abstract:

Purpose: The aim of the study is to identify the emerging topics in research on responsible and sustainable innovations. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs the bibliometric methodology. The analysis of keywords included in the Scopus-indexed publications and their co-occurrence is used to discover topics, which have been attracting the attention of academia in recent years. VOSviewer software supports analysis and visualization of research findings. Findings: First of all, top high-frequency keywords in the research field are retrieved and their time distribution is analyzed. Secondly, the time-based overlay visualization of high-frequency keywords network is presented and discussed. ‘Responsibility’, ‘responsible research and innovation’, ‘philosophical aspects’ and ‘government’ are recognized as four leading emerging topics in the research field. Originality/value: The study fills the identified gap in the body of knowledge and contributes to the development of the research field through indicating emerging topics of scientific inquiry related to responsible and sustainable innovations. Its originality derives from employing bibliometric methodology based on keywords co-occurrence analysis, which has not been done before.