On the divergence of evolutionary research paths in the past 50 years: a comprehensive bibliometric account

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Sandra Tavares Silva (Author) FEP; Aurora A C Teixeira (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Vol. 19 No. 5

Pages: 605-642

ISSN: 0936-9937

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 41 Citations

Scopus - 56 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Economics and Business

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-FEP

DOI: 10.1007/s00191-008-0121-9

Abstract (EN): In the last two decades, there has been a noticeable increase in published research on evolutionary economics. The general perception is that formalization lags behind appreciative work. Notwithstanding, this general reading has yet to be supported by real data analysis. This work presents a survey on evolutionary economics, aimed at exploring the main research paths and contributions using bibliometric methods. The documentation is based on an extensive review of the abstracts from articles published in all economic journals over the past 50 years gathered from the Econlit database. Evolutionary contributions have apparently not converged to an integrated approach. Two rather extreme main research strands emerged: 'History of Economic Thought and Methodology' and 'Games'. Whereas formal approaches have a reasonable and increasing share of published papers, purely empirical-related works are relatively scarce, representing a meagre and stagnant percentage of published works. This highlights the need to redirect the evolutionary research agenda.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 38