Abstract | Purpose – The purpose of this research is to identify the main authors, the main influential universities doing research on EI, the main subject areas and the main productive academic journals on this topic. This paper also aims to shed light on the current knowledge and contributions to the field, in particular: co-authorships, co-words, research topics and cluster of themes. Methodology – The methodology is based on bibliometric techniques using mapping and clustering. The study has been conducted on 377 articles published in journals indexed in the Scopus database for a period of time of almost 24 years, from 01/01/1993 to 08/07/2016. VOSviewer software was used to conduct the analysis. Findings – Findings highlight the top authors, the ranking of the main journals and universities doing research in the field of EI. Another relevant contribution is the identification and classification of main research streams and gaps that have been highlighted. Originality/value – This paper is an attempt to clarify the state of the research and to analyse the progress of the studies on EI and to elaborate bibliometric studies that help to give some order to the variety of sources. This is helpful for new researchers approaching EI for the first time and also for those that are familiar with the field. Keywords Entrepreneurial intentions, bibliometric analysis, citation analysis, literature review Paper type Literature review |
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