Digitalizing the pillars of Hybrid Civic Universities: A bibliometric analysis and new taxonomy proposal

Revisiting the traditional tripartite mission of Higher Education Institutions, a gap was found in the literature concerning the role played by digitalization in fostering civic universities. Based on a bibliometric analysis, a new taxonomy of Hybrid Civic Universities is proposed, in which open science and open innovation allow universities to become more civic-oriented, by reinforcing their knowledge absorptive capacity fueled by digitalization advances.