Research progress and trends of regional innovation systems：analysis of the knowledge map based on domestic and foreign core journals from 1998 to 2020
LYU Lachang1,2,3， ZHAO Yanan1， MA Mingchen1， RAN Dan1
(1.College of Resources Environment and Tourism， Capital Normal University， Beijing 100048， China；2.College of Management， Capital Normal University， Beijing 100048， China；3.Beijing Urban Innovation and Development Research Center， Beijing 100048， China)
Abstract：Since the concept of regional innovation system was proposed in the 1990s， great progress has been made in theory and research methods and other aspects， and applied to the practice of regional innovation. With the help of bibliometric tools VOSviewer， HistCite and CiteSpace software， the research progress and trends of regional innovation systems are analyzed based on the research literature of domestic and foreign regional innovation systems from 1998 to 2020. Results are shown as follows. 1) The number of domestic and international research literature has been increasing， with Europe and the United States being the main sites of regional innovation system research and emerging market countries such as Asia growing rapidly. 2) Both domestic and international research hotspots show a trend from basic concepts and fundamental theories to diversified themes， but with different focuses at different stages. 3) The research content is constantly enriched， reflected in four aspects. Research themes continue to broaden， from the exploration of fundamental concepts to interdisciplinary theories， and then to the emergence of emerging themes. Research regions are no longer limited to “single specific regions”， with more case studies of newly industrialized and developing regions and less focus on developed regions. As for the disciplinary areas of research， foreign disciplines of economics， business and management， and domestic disciplines of economics and management have become the main disciplines in the study of regional innovation systems. Research methods have shifted from qualitative analysis to a combination of qualitative and quantitative， and the trend of integrating with frontier technologies such as big data is more obvious in recent years. 4) The future research will tend to be multi-perspective， multi-scale and multi-disciplinary， focusing on the research of innovation subject， innovation behavior and the coupling of innovation subject and innovation environment.
吕拉昌,赵雅楠,马铭晨,冉 丹. 区域创新系统研究进展与趋势——基于1998年—2020年国内外核心期刊的知识图谱分析[J]. 华中师范大学学报(自然科学版), 2021, 55(5): 671-685.
LYU Lachang,ZHAO Yanan,MA Mingchen,RAN Dan. Research progress and trends of regional innovation systems：analysis of the knowledge map based on domestic and foreign core journals from 1998 to 2020. journal1, 2021, 55(5): 671-685.
2021, Vol. 55 
