Papers on “blockchain”
Research on “blockchain” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “blockchain” appeared in 1,748 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (448), information systems (329) and management (298).
- 290 of them were published in 2025, against 18 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (31), Lebanese American University (13) and University of Liverpool (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Computers & Industrial Engineering (76), Expert Systems with Applications (61) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (57).
- The most-cited of them is “A systematic literature review of blockchain-based applications: Current status, classification and open issues” (Telematics and Informatics, 2018), with 2,576 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 40 | 72 | 86 | 68 | 84 | 53 |
| Information Systems | 10 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 48 | 36 | 64 | 41 | 25 |
| Management | 2 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 39 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 44 | 34 |
| AI | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 37 | 27 | 33 | 55 | 52 | 43 |
| Finance | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 42 | 23 |
| Economics | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 15 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 18 | 21 | 90 | 134 | 189 | 245 | 257 | 299 | 290 | 205 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 76 |
| 2 | Expert Systems with Applications | 61 |
| 3 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 57 |
| 4 | International Journal of Production Economics | 37 |
| 5 | Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review | 36 |
| 6 | Annals of Operations Research | 34 |
| 7 | Journal of Industrial Information Integration | 26 |
| 8 | Electronic Markets | 24 |
| 9 | Finance research letters | 22 |
| 10 | Neural Computing and Applications | 21 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 31 |
| 2 | Lebanese American University | 13 |
| 3 | University of Liverpool | 13 |
| 4 | Hunan University | 12 |
| 5 | University of Surrey | 12 |
| 6 | NEOMA Business School | 11 |
| 7 | Qingdao University | 11 |
| 8 | Khalifa University of Science and Technology | 10 |
| 9 | University of Technology Sydney | 10 |
| 10 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 9 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 312 |
| 2 | India | 154 |
| 3 | United States | 149 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 133 |
| 5 | Australia | 66 |
| 6 | Italy | 64 |
| 7 | Germany | 60 |
| 8 | France | 58 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 45 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 42 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | smart contracts | 149 |
| 2 | artificial intelligence | 126 |
| 3 | Internet of Things | 116 |
| 4 | supply chain transparency | 68 |
| 5 | digital transformation | 49 |
| 6 | supply chain resilience | 49 |
| 7 | supply chain management | 46 |
| 8 | supply chain traceability | 46 |
| 9 | fintech | 45 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “blockchain”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/blockchain
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