Abstract

In a context of perpetual change and global competition, the study of collective innovation in resource management has given rise to original literature in recent years. The main aim of this study is to present a synthesis of global research on collective innovation in the management of common agricultural resources over the past 20 years. A bibliometric analysis was developed on the Scopus database to identify relevant articles evaluated. The questions were made successively with the words: collective innovation, management and agriculture respectively in French and English. The consultation concerned the title, abstract and keywords of the articles, for a period from 1998 to 2019. After a check by reading all the abstracts, a base of 146 articles was selected. The variables analyzed are: articles by year, category, journal, country, institution, key authors, affiliations and keywords. The results indicate that the number of articles published per year is growing remarkably. The main category is agricultural science, social science, and environment. The countries with the most numerous articles are: France (n = 92), USA (n = 11), for African countries, Benin (n = 5), Burkina-Faso (n = 5). Institutions like INRA, CIRAD, AgroParis tech are the most productive. Three main clusters have been identified: "innovation", "system" and "development". The most frequently used keywords are: collective innovation, learning, natural resources, commons, sustainability. The results of this study provide an overview of global research in this area.