The purpose of this article is to explore the Bass model of diffusion of innovations applying it to the literature produced since 1956 to 2016, on Scallops, known scientifically as Argopecten purpuratus. 955 documents produced by 1590 different authors were identified. The authors producing the literature on Argopecten purpuratus have a preference for presenting their contributions in the form of articles published in academic journals, 69% of contributions have this form of publication. The model of dissemination of innovations by Bass estimated for this literature that the influence that researchers receive from reading other documents on this same subject in information systems is less than 1% (innovation coefficient). The coefficient of imitation q that measures the influence that a group of adopters exerts on the adoption decisions of other potential adopters is equal to 15.5%. The parameter m that shows the saturation point of the field, in this case, the saturation point of the authors publishing about Argopecten purpuratus would be reached when 2431 researchers in the field exist.