While recent reviews of blockchain technology have focused on the latest developments in cryptocurrency and their derivative impacts, less attention has been given to analysing their knowledge paths and boundaries based on past research to guide their development. To address this gap, we conducted both a bibliometric study of 2525 articles and a lexicometric study of 123 articles. The bibliometric study provided holistic insights into the evolution and distribution of blockchain research, including influential researchers and countries, discipline composition, knowledge development trends, and emerging frontiers. The lexicometric study identified the boundary concept structure with a quantitative textual approach, extracting the strongest signifying epistemic communities. Our findings indicate that blockchain research draws from four major disciplines, making it a multidisciplinary field. With the increasing maturity and development of technological infrastructure, the application and management of blockchain become increasingly relevant issues. Our analysis suggests that blockchain can be considered more of a boundary object than a disruptive change from knowledge perspectives. Therefore, this paper proposes a comprehensive understanding of the development path and epistemic concepts of blockchain research.

翻译：尽管近期关于区块链技术的综述聚焦于加密货币的最新发展及其衍生影响，但基于过往研究对其知识路径与边界进行剖析以指导其发展的关注相对不足。为弥补这一研究空白，我们对2525篇文献开展了文献计量分析，并对123篇文献进行了词汇计量研究。文献计量研究从整体上揭示了区块链研究的演化脉络与分布格局，包括关键研究人员与国家、学科构成、知识发展趋势及新兴前沿。词汇计量研究则通过量化文本方法识别出边界概念结构，提取了最具显著意义的认知共同体。研究结果表明：区块链研究源自四大主要学科，具有多学科交叉特征。随着技术基础设施日趋成熟与完善，区块链的应用与管理逐渐成为重要议题。从知识视角分析，区块链更应被视为边界对象而非颠覆性变革。因此，本文提出了对区块链研究发展路径与认知概念体系的综合性理解框架。