This study aimed to examine the knowledge structure, patterns of scientific collaboration, and evolutionary trends in research on the resilience of innovation ecosystems within the context of global geotechnological competition. The data were retrieved from the Web of Science database and analyzed using scientometric methods and knowledge network analysis in R with the Bibliometrix package. The results indicate that over the past two decades, the discourse on innovation ecosystems has shifted from a primary focus on economic growth and technological performance toward a more resilience-oriented innovation approach. The thematic mapping analysis revealed four main clusters: innovation and knowledge, management and governance, networks and entrepreneurship, and resilience and crisis management, which represent the core thematic pillars of this field. The co-word network analysis further showed that innovation serves as the central core of the knowledge structure, strongly connected with concepts such as knowledge, resilience, policy-making, and management, indicating an increasing emphasis on policy and resilience dimensions alongside economic aspects. The conceptual evolution analysis highlighted a significant rise in themes such as crisis, governance, sustainability, and technological capability after 2022. Moreover, the country collaboration network revealed a concentration of scientific production in three major hubs: the United States, the European Union, and China, reflecting their dominant role in shaping global knowledge flows in this field. The findings suggest that in recent years, scholarly attention has increasingly focused on the intersection of innovation, resilience, and technological governance, positioning this field as an emerging direction in science and innovation studies.