This research aimed at the understanding of bioeconomy through the exploration of scientific studies related to the concept in academic literature. A bibliometric analysis was carried out with 2.321 publications in the Web of Science database between 2006-2019. The structural analysis of the work in bioeconomy showed that there is a high rate of cooperation with a rich research network between institutions of European countries (8 of 11 groups) and comparatively a low level of collaboration with other nations.