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This study aims to explore progress in network orchestration research and future prospects.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, 105 articles related to network orchestration from the Web of Science Core Collection Database for the period 2006\u20132022 are collected as sample data, and bibliometric relationship maps of network orchestration research are visually presented using the CiteSpace software.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>First, this study presents distributions of articles, methods, journals, authors, institutions and countries\/regions in network orchestration research. Second, based on a reference co-citation analysis, three articles are identified as the key literature in network orchestration research. Based on a keyword co-occurrence analysis, the hotspots are found to include studies related to overall network and individual levels. A cluster analysis reveals six themes: innovation ecosystem, sustainable development, product development, sourcing, hub firm and innovation network. From a burst detection analysis, three frontiers emerge: organisation, collaboration and governance. 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