Much research regarding innovation management (IM) and management innovation (MI) were used interchangeably, even though both terms referred to two different meanings. This, in turn, causes obscurity in an attempt to clearly understand the essence of each term. This study is carried out with the objective to map the development of the research of IM and MI over the years simultaneously and separately using systematic search and bibliometric analysis. Our results discover that the publication for both terms increased over the years. Our general results show that most encountered keywords are mostly different for both terms. However, it then discovered that the terms ‘knowledge management’, which is associated with ‘organizational learning’, appeared in the top 5 most encountered keywords for both terms. This finding opens up new insights that deserve deeper investigation regarding the grand concept and its mechanism of action in the future.Much research regarding innovation management (IM) and management innovation (MI) were used interchangeably, even though both terms referred to two different meanings. This, in turn, causes obscurity in an attempt to clearly understand the essence of each term. This study is carried out with the objective to map the development of the research of IM and MI over the years simultaneously and separately using systematic search and bibliometric analysis. Our results discover that the publication for both terms increased over the years. Our general results show that most encountered keywords are mostly different for both terms. However, it then discovered that the terms ‘knowledge management’, which is associated with ‘organizational learning’, appeared in the top 5 most encountered keywords for both terms. This finding opens up new insights that deserve deeper investigation regarding the grand concept and its mechanism of action in the future.