Purpose

The purpose of this research is to identify the main authors, the main influential universities doing research on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs), 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.

Design/methodology/approach

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 almost 24 years, that is, from 1 January 1993 to 8 July 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 EIs. 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 study and to analyse the progress of the studies on EIs and to elaborate bibliometric studies that help to give some order to the variety of sources. This is helpful for new researchers approaching EIs for the first time and also for those who are familiar with the field.

中文翻译：

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创业意向：文献计量分析

目的

这项研究的目的是确定有关此主题的主要作者，进行创业意向研究的主要有影响力的大学，主要学科领域和主要生产性学术期刊。本文还旨在阐明当前的知识和对该领域的贡献，特别是合著，共同用词，研究主题和主题集。

设计/方法/方法

该方法基于使用映射和聚类的文献计量技术。该研究已在Scopus数据库中收录的期刊上发表的377篇文章中进行了将近24年的时间，即从1993年1月1日至2016年7月8日。使用VOSviewer软件进行了分析。

发现

调查结果重点介绍了作者，EI领域进行研究的主要期刊和大学的排名。另一个相关的贡献是对主要研究流和缺口的识别和分类。

创意/价值

本文试图澄清研究的现状，分析有关EI的研究进展，并详细阐述文献计量学研究，以帮助对各种来源进行排序。这对于初次接触EI的新研究人员以及熟悉该领域的人员来说都是有帮助的。