What are the most common topics in recent management research?

In the last 30 days, the most frequent OpenAlex keywords in papers from the tracked management journals were “Chinese listed companies” (10), “digital transformation” (10), “dynamic capabilities” (10), “artificial intelligence” (9) and “corporate governance” (9).

Which universities and institutions publish the most management research?

In the last 30 days, the institutions with the most papers in the tracked management journals were BI Norwegian Business School (7), Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (5), University of Reading (5), Tongji University (4) and Sun Yat-sen University (4).

Which countries publish the most management research?

Counting papers with at least one author at an institution in the country, the leaders over the last 30 days were China (79), United States (43), United Kingdom (32), France (21) and Germany (20).

Which equations and models do recent management research papers use most?

Counting papers that mention them by name in the title, abstract, keywords or full text, the most frequent in the tracked management journals over the last 30 days were Structural equation modeling (SEM) (34), Mediation model (indirect effect) (20), Ordinary least squares (OLS) (17), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (13) and Logistic regression (logit) (13).

What data do recent management research papers use?

Counting papers that mention a dataset by name, the kinds of data used most over the last 30 days were Macroeconomic and development indicators (9), Company financial statements (6), ESG and sustainability ratings (5), Stock market indices (5) and China statistical yearbooks and regional indices (3); the most-mentioned datasets were World Development Indicators (World Bank) (5), S&P 500 (4), Compustat (3), Eurostat (3) and Lipper / TASS (3).

How current is this data?

It is rebuilt from OpenAlex 4 times a day (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00, UTC+09:00); the last update was 2026-10-26 11:39 UTC+09:00. OpenAlex usually indexes new papers within a few days of publication.

Management research rankings

Papers in the 25 tracked management journals, window 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days). Keywords, institutions, web domains and countries are ranked by paper count. Also as Markdown.

274Papers (30 days)

44Papers (last 7 days)

25Journals

513Institutions

65Countries

506Web domains

Key findings

In the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), 274 papers were published in the 25 tracked management journals (as indexed by OpenAlex).
The most frequent keywords were “Chinese listed companies” (10), “digital transformation” (10) and “dynamic capabilities” (10).
The institutions with the most papers were BI Norwegian Business School (7), Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (5) and University of Reading (5).
China was involved in 29% of the papers (79), followed by United States (43) and United Kingdom (32).
Among institution web domains, .edu.cn appeared on 28% of the papers.
The most-mentioned equations and models were Structural equation modeling (SEM) (34), Mediation model (indirect effect) (20) and Ordinary least squares (OLS) (17).
The most-mentioned kinds of data were Macroeconomic and development indicators (9), Company financial statements (6) and ESG and sustainability ratings (5); the most-mentioned datasets were World Development Indicators (World Bank) (5), S&P 500 (4) and Compustat (3).

Papers per day

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Show the numbers

Papers per publication date
Date	Papers
2026-09-27	5
2026-09-28	8
2026-09-29	10
2026-09-30	13
2026-10-01	37
2026-10-02	9
2026-10-03	7
2026-10-04	6
2026-10-05	11
2026-10-06	13
2026-10-07	8
2026-10-08	11
2026-10-09	9
2026-10-10	10
2026-10-11	2
2026-10-12	10
2026-10-13	8
2026-10-14	5
2026-10-15	13
2026-10-16	13
2026-10-17	13
2026-10-18	0
2026-10-19	9
2026-10-20	9
2026-10-21	13
2026-10-22	8
2026-10-23	11
2026-10-24	3
2026-10-25	0
2026-10-26	0

Growing over the year Trends →

Papers in Jul 2026–Sep 2026 beyond what the keyword's share in Oct 2025–Jun 2026 predicts
Keyword	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	vs. earlier share
absorptive capacity	21	+12
customer satisfaction	17	+11
knowledge-based view	15	+8
human-AI collaboration	15	+7
customer engagement	13	+5

Top research keywords

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Keyword	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Chinese listed companies	10	0
1	digital transformation	10	0
1	dynamic capabilities	10	3
4	artificial intelligence	9	0
4	corporate governance	9	1
6	corporate social responsibility	8	3
6	green innovation	8	0
6	small and medium-sized enterprises	8	1
9	digitalization	7	0
9	innovation	7	2
9	institutional theory	7	1
9	multinational corporations	7	1
9	technology adoption	7	0
14	China	6	0
14	consumer behavior	6	2
14	firm performance	6	0
14	internationalization	6	1
14	large language models	6	1
14	moderating effect	6	1
14	resource-based view	6	1

Top universities and research institutions

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Institution	Papers	Last 7 days
1	BI Norwegian Business School	7	0
2	Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology	5	1
2	University of Reading	5	0
4	Tongji University	4	0
4	Sun Yat-sen University	4	1
4	Copenhagen Business School	4	0
4	Paris School of Business	4	0
4	Renmin University of China	4	0
4	University of Vaasa	4	0
4	Xi'an Jiaotong University	4	1
4	University of Science and Technology Beijing	4	1
12	NEOMA Business School	3	1
12	The University of Sydney	3	1
12	Baylor University	3	0
12	Zhongnan University of Economics and Law	3	1
12	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	3	0
12	Xiamen University	3	1
12	Utrecht University	3	0
12	Yonsei University	3	0
12	University of Siegen	3	1

Top institution web domains

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Web domain	Papers	Last 7 days
1	bi.no	7	0
2	lut.fi	5	1
2	reading.ac.uk	5	0
4	cbs.dk	4	0
4	psbedu.paris	4	0
4	ruc.edu.cn	4	0
4	sysu.edu.cn	4	1
4	tongji.edu.cn	4	0
4	ustb.edu.cn	4	1
4	uwasa.fi	4	0
4	xjtu.edu.cn	4	1
12	baylor.edu	3	0
12	birmingham.ac.uk	3	0
12	edhec.edu	3	1
12	iitd.ac.in	3	0
12	knust.edu.gh	3	2
12	monash.edu	3	0
12	neoma-bs.com	3	1
12	rmit.edu.au	3	0
12	scu.edu.cn	3	0

Top countries

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Country	Papers	Last 7 days
1	China (CN)	79	8
2	United States (US)	43	9
3	United Kingdom (GB)	32	4
4	France (FR)	21	4
5	Germany (DE)	20	2
6	Italy (IT)	18	1
7	Australia (AU)	15	4
8	Finland (FI)	11	1
8	India (IN)	11	3
8	South Korea (KR)	11	1
8	Norway (NO)	11	2
12	Canada (CA)	10	2
13	Netherlands (NL)	8	0
14	Denmark (DK)	7	0
14	Spain (ES)	7	2
16	Hong Kong (HK)	6	1
16	Saudi Arabia (SA)	6	2
16	Sweden (SE)	6	1
16	South Africa (ZA)	6	1
20	United Arab Emirates (AE)	5	1

Research fields

Top 13 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Field	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Business, Management and Accounting	152	21
2	Social Sciences	37	3
3	Decision Sciences	23	6
4	Economics, Econometrics and Finance	19	4
5	Computer Science	16	4
6	Environmental Science	6	1
6	Psychology	6	0
8	Engineering	4	2
9	Arts and Humanities	2	0
9	Health Professions	2	1
11	Agricultural and Biological Sciences	1	0
11	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	1	1
11	Physics and Astronomy	1	0

Papers per journal

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Journal	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Journal of Business Research	44	7
2	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	28	5
3	Future Business Journal	22	4
3	Journal of Business Ethics	22	2
5	Technovation	21	2
6	Journal of Innovation & Knowledge	14	0
7	Asia Pacific Journal of Management	12	1
8	The Journal of Technology Transfer	11	2
9	International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal	10	3
10	Information Systems Frontiers	9	4
10	Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science	9	3
12	Industrial Marketing Management	8	1
12	International Journal of Information Management	8	0
14	Journal of International Business Studies	7	1
14	Journal of International Management	7	3
16	International Business Review	6	1
16	Journal of Business Venturing	6	0
16	Review of Managerial Science	6	2
19	Journal of Business Economics	5	0
19	Long Range Planning	5	0

Most-used equations and models

Top 10 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Equation or model	Formula	Papers
1	Structural equation modeling (SEM)	$\eta = B\eta + \Gamma\xi + \zeta,\quad y = \Lambda_y\,\eta + \varepsilon$	34
2	Mediation model (indirect effect)	$M = \alpha_0 + a X + e_1,\quad Y = \beta_0 + c' X + b M + e_2,\quad \text{indirect effect} = a\,b$	20
3	Ordinary least squares (OLS)	$\hat\beta = (X^\top X)^{-1} X^\top y$	17
4	Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares)	$\hat\beta_{\mathrm{2SLS}} = (X^\top P_Z X)^{-1} X^\top P_Z\, y,\quad P_Z = Z (Z^\top Z)^{-1} Z^\top$	13
4	Logistic regression (logit)	$\Pr(y = 1 \mid x) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x^\top\beta}}$	13
6	Difference-in-differences	$Y_{it} = \alpha_i + \lambda_t + \delta\,(\mathit{Treat}_i \times \mathit{Post}_t) + \varepsilon_{it}$	12
7	Two-way fixed-effects panel regression	$y_{it} = \alpha_i + \lambda_t + x_{it}^\top\beta + \varepsilon_{it}$	9
8	Propensity score matching	$e(x) = \Pr(D = 1 \mid X = x)$	7
9	Generalized method of moments (GMM)	$\hat\theta = \operatorname*{arg\,min}_{\theta}\ \bar g(\theta)^\top W\, \bar g(\theta),\quad \bar g(\theta) = \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n} g(w_i, \theta)$	6
9	Probit model	$\Pr(y = 1 \mid x) = \Phi(x^\top\beta)$	6

Most-used data

Top 10 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Data category	Most-mentioned datasets	Papers
1	Macroeconomic and development indicators	World Development Indicators (World Bank) (5), Eurostat (3), IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS) (1), OECD statistics (1)	9
2	Company financial statements	Compustat (3), Orbis (Bureau van Dijk) (2), S&P Capital IQ (1)	6
3	ESG and sustainability ratings	MSCI ESG / KLD (2), CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) (2), Refinitiv ESG (ASSET4) (1), Huazheng / Sino-Securities ESG (1) …	5
3	Stock market indices	S&P 500 (4), MSCI indices (1), CSI 300 / Shanghai Composite (1), Dow Jones Industrial Average (1)	5
5	China statistical yearbooks and regional indices	Marketization index (Fan Gang) (2), China City Statistical Yearbook (1)	3
5	Corporate filings and text	10-K filings (1), Earnings call transcripts (1), XBRL filings (1)	3
5	Corporate governance and executive data	BoardEx (2), ExecuComp (1)	3
5	Mutual fund and hedge fund data	Lipper / TASS (3)	3
5	US household and labour surveys	Health and Retirement Study (1), IPUMS (1), Consumer Expenditure Survey (1)	3
5	US macroeconomic data	FRED (1), Bureau of Labor Statistics (1), University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers (1)	3

Latest management papers

Latest management papers
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-24	From Big Data to Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Conceptual Structure and Thematic Evolution of Computational Social Science (2011–2025)	Information Systems Frontiers	Rukiye ÜNAL AYAZ, Hakan Özköse, Muhammet Berigel	Karadeniz Technical University
2026-10-24	Too much of a good thing? Knowledge transfer and scientists’ job satisfaction	The Journal of Technology Transfer	Christian Schröder, Ann-Christin Grözinger, Arndt Werner et al.	University of Siegen; University of Göttingen; ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2026-10-24	AI vs. AI: An AI-Enabled Conversational Intervention to Inoculate Against AI-Generated Fake News	Information Systems Frontiers	Mohammad S. Najjar, Murtaza Nasir	Wichita State University
2026-10-23	Managing the dual nature of customer engagement in product innovation: A sensegiving and sensemaking perspective	Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science	Zhenghao Michael Xia, Xiaodong Marcus Li, Kang Xie et al.	South China University of Technology; Sun Yat-sen University
2026-10-23	Explainable medical artificial intelligence: The impact of agent and explanation types on health persuasion	Journal of Business Research	You Li, Shaowei Chai	Wuhan University of Technology; Anhui University
2026-10-23	What drives microfinance adoption among rural MSMES? a configurational FSQCA approach	Future Business Journal	Jaratin Lily, Mori Kogid, Debbra Toria Nipo et al.	Universiti of Malaysia Sabah; Universiti Teknologi MARA
2026-10-23	Matching for impact: a dyadic process model of mentor–venture alignment in entrepreneurial support organizations	The Journal of Technology Transfer	Ayna Yusubova, Marcus Dejardin	University of Agder; University of Namur; UCLouvain
2026-10-23	Public support for regulatory research on the potential ecological effects of RF-EMF	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	Laura Recuero Virto, Peter Bou Saba, Arno Thielens et al.	Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises; ICN Business School Nancy-Paris-Berlin; Université de Lorraine; …
2026-10-23	Evaluating machine learning and econometric models for inflation forecasting: evidence from a Sub-Saharan African panel	Future Business Journal	Baffour Osei, Abigail Boatemaa, Isaac Nyame et al.	University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development; University of Bradford; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; …
2026-10-23	I deserve better: beauty work increases consumer preference for advanced products	Journal of Business Research	Yawei Wang, Xianzheng Fei, Yanfen You	Wuhan Textile University; Zhongnan University of Economics and Law; University of Massachusetts Amherst
2026-10-23	Extreme environmental distance and global sustainability engagement: Evidence from the United Nations Global Compact	Journal of World Business	Fujie Zhao, Joey Wenling Yang, Jing Yu et al.	University of Macau; The University of Western Australia; The University of Sydney; …
2026-10-23	Why some countries lead and others lag: The political economy of promoting battery electric vehicles	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	V. Anilan, Akshay Vij, Helen D. Barrie	The University of Adelaide
2026-10-23	Women and workplace mental health: a systematic literature review and future research agenda	Future Business Journal	Chitra Krishnan, Supriya Lamba Sahdev	Symbiosis International University; Alliance University
2026-10-23	Foreign knowledge spillovers and new product development speed in boundary-spanning teams: A sufficiency–necessity perspective on digital interoperability and collaborative conflict resolution capabilities	Industrial Marketing Management	Charles Baah, Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah, Ebenezer Afum et al.	Charles Darwin University; Macquarie University; University of Bristol; …
2026-10-22	Virtue re-coding: How institutional voids shape ethical practice in international business	International Business Review	Bachar Moughayt	Université catholique de l'ouest

Questions this page answers

What are the most common topics in recent management research?: In the last 30 days, the most frequent OpenAlex keywords in papers from the tracked management journals were “Chinese listed companies” (10), “digital transformation” (10), “dynamic capabilities” (10), “artificial intelligence” (9) and “corporate governance” (9).
Which universities and institutions publish the most management research?: In the last 30 days, the institutions with the most papers in the tracked management journals were BI Norwegian Business School (7), Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (5), University of Reading (5), Tongji University (4) and Sun Yat-sen University (4).
Which countries publish the most management research?: Counting papers with at least one author at an institution in the country, the leaders over the last 30 days were China (79), United States (43), United Kingdom (32), France (21) and Germany (20).
Which equations and models do recent management research papers use most?: Counting papers that mention them by name in the title, abstract, keywords or full text, the most frequent in the tracked management journals over the last 30 days were Structural equation modeling (SEM) (34), Mediation model (indirect effect) (20), Ordinary least squares (OLS) (17), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (13) and Logistic regression (logit) (13).
What data do recent management research papers use?: Counting papers that mention a dataset by name, the kinds of data used most over the last 30 days were Macroeconomic and development indicators (9), Company financial statements (6), ESG and sustainability ratings (5), Stock market indices (5) and China statistical yearbooks and regional indices (3); the most-mentioned datasets were World Development Indicators (World Bank) (5), S&P 500 (4), Compustat (3), Eurostat (3) and Lipper / TASS (3).
How current is this data?: It is rebuilt from OpenAlex 4 times a day (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00, UTC+09:00); the last update was 2026-10-26 11:39 UTC+09:00. OpenAlex usually indexes new papers within a few days of publication.