Creative Industries and Cultural Economy and their Contribution to the Social and Economic Transformation of Communities

Abstract

This bibliometric analysis studies the trends and progress of the different research related to the field of "Creative Industries" and "Cultural Economy".  For this purpose, the Scopus database was used where, through specialized search strategies, 100 research papers were extracted, which were published between 2014 and 2024. These documents were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques and were processed using the Biblioshiny app of the Bibliometrix package, which is part of the Rstudio statistical program.  The results identified a significant growth in academic interest in these topics, mainly from 2014 to 2020.  By means of the Multidimentional Scaling (MDS) method, it was identified that the main thematic axes are related to terms such as: Precarity, Urban regeneration and innovation, it was also identified that the most important country, author, journal and affiliation in order were: United Kingdom, Oconnor, J., City culture and society and Chung Yuan Christian University.