Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is an innovative and creative activity.  Entrepreneurship is achieved by identifying, evaluating, and exploiting opportunities to create specific products. The present study aimed to analyze content structure of Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Scie...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manochehr Alinejad, Ismael Mostafavi, Marzieh Yari Zanganeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST) 2025-07-01
Series:International Journal of Information Science and Management
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ijism.isc.ac/article_725344_659456366dbfc370ff8fdcff267f2c7d.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849702383405236224
author Manochehr Alinejad
Ismael Mostafavi
Marzieh Yari Zanganeh
author_facet Manochehr Alinejad
Ismael Mostafavi
Marzieh Yari Zanganeh
author_sort Manochehr Alinejad
collection DOAJ
description Entrepreneurship is an innovative and creative activity.  Entrepreneurship is achieved by identifying, evaluating, and exploiting opportunities to create specific products. The present study aimed to analyze content structure of Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Scientific studies related to social entrepreneurship help to understand the scope of studies of that subject.  The methodology of this study was scientometric analysis, which conducted co-word occurrence analysis focusing on SE. Data sourced from the Web of Science (WoS) database revealed a corpus of 4,292 documents related to software engineering (SE) from 1990 to 2024. The research findings reveal a diverse array of topics associated with SE in WoS publications, indicating academic diversity and a focus on American universities and various countries. Over the past two decades, SE research has transitioned from a nascent field to a well-established discipline. Key phrases such as "SE," "social enterprise", "entrepreneurship," "social innovation," "sustainability," and "innovation" emerge as the most frequent in SE literature on the WoS database. By doing this in the future, researchers can delve deeper into various aspects of SE, exploring emerging trends, innovative practices, and addressing pressing societal challenges.
format Article
id doaj-art-24a65a32dc3d4cbbb02c35e28e91a9ed
institution DOAJ
issn 2008-8302
2008-8310
language English
publishDate 2025-07-01
publisher Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST)
record_format Article
series International Journal of Information Science and Management
spelling doaj-art-24a65a32dc3d4cbbb02c35e28e91a9ed2025-08-20T03:17:40ZengRegional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST)International Journal of Information Science and Management2008-83022008-83102025-07-0123319120710.22034/ijism.2025.2002219.1113725344Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social EntrepreneurshipManochehr Alinejad0Ismael Mostafavi1Marzieh Yari Zanganeh2Assistant Prof., Department of Social Science, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, IranAssistant Professor; Department of Library and Information Science; Yazd University; Yazd,Assistant Prof., Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, IranEntrepreneurship is an innovative and creative activity.  Entrepreneurship is achieved by identifying, evaluating, and exploiting opportunities to create specific products. The present study aimed to analyze content structure of Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Scientific studies related to social entrepreneurship help to understand the scope of studies of that subject.  The methodology of this study was scientometric analysis, which conducted co-word occurrence analysis focusing on SE. Data sourced from the Web of Science (WoS) database revealed a corpus of 4,292 documents related to software engineering (SE) from 1990 to 2024. The research findings reveal a diverse array of topics associated with SE in WoS publications, indicating academic diversity and a focus on American universities and various countries. Over the past two decades, SE research has transitioned from a nascent field to a well-established discipline. Key phrases such as "SE," "social enterprise", "entrepreneurship," "social innovation," "sustainability," and "innovation" emerge as the most frequent in SE literature on the WoS database. By doing this in the future, researchers can delve deeper into various aspects of SE, exploring emerging trends, innovative practices, and addressing pressing societal challenges.https://ijism.isc.ac/article_725344_659456366dbfc370ff8fdcff267f2c7d.pdfco-word analysissocial entrepreneurship (se)scientific outputscontent structure 
spellingShingle Manochehr Alinejad
Ismael Mostafavi
Marzieh Yari Zanganeh
Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship
International Journal of Information Science and Management
co-word analysis
social entrepreneurship (se)
scientific outputs
content structure 
title Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship
title_full Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship
title_fullStr Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship
title_short Analyzing Descriptive and Content Structure of Scientific Outputs in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship
title_sort analyzing descriptive and content structure of scientific outputs in the field of social entrepreneurship
topic co-word analysis
social entrepreneurship (se)
scientific outputs
content structure 
url https://ijism.isc.ac/article_725344_659456366dbfc370ff8fdcff267f2c7d.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT manochehralinejad analyzingdescriptiveandcontentstructureofscientificoutputsinthefieldofsocialentrepreneurship
AT ismaelmostafavi analyzingdescriptiveandcontentstructureofscientificoutputsinthefieldofsocialentrepreneurship
AT marziehyarizanganeh analyzingdescriptiveandcontentstructureofscientificoutputsinthefieldofsocialentrepreneurship