---
title: "Chinese enterprises research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Chinese enterprises” appeared in 1,402 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (661), management (322) and economics (292)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-enterprises
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Chinese enterprises” appeared in 1,402 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (661), management (322) and economics (292). (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# Papers on “Chinese enterprises”

Research on “Chinese enterprises” 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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Chinese enterprises” appeared in 1,402 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (661), management (322) and economics (292).
- 270 of them were published in 2025, against 48 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (35), Central University of Finance and Economics (33) and Xiamen University (32).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (163), International Review of Economics & Finance (78) and International Review of Financial Analysis (60).
- The most-cited of them is “Who is financing corporate green innovation?” (International Review of Economics & Finance, 2021), with 631 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 11 | 18 | 20 | 37 | 47 | 62 | 73 | 138 | 174 | 81 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 16 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 41 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 45 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 15 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 40 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 48 | 73 | 77 | 98 | 134 | 137 | 155 | 221 | 270 | 189 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 163 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 78 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 60 |
| 4 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 42 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 37 |
| 6 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 27 |
| 7 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 27 |
| 8 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 22 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 21 |
| 10 | [Journal of Asian Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-asian-economics.md) | 15 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 35 |
| 2 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 33 |
| 3 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 32 |
| 4 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 31 |
| 5 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 30 |
| 6 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 28 |
| 7 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 25 |
| 8 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 24 |
| 9 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 23 |
| 10 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 22 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 736 |
| 2 | United States | 79 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 72 |
| 4 | Australia | 47 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 33 |
| 6 | Macao | 27 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 19 |
| 8 | Canada | 17 |
| 9 | Singapore | 15 |
| 10 | South Korea | 14 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 109 |
| 2 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 109 |
| 3 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 105 |
| 4 | [listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/listed-companies.md) | 67 |
| 5 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 54 |
| 6 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 48 |
| 7 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 45 |
| 8 | [ESG performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/esg-performance.md) | 41 |
| 9 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 40 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 631 | 10.8 | [Who is financing corporate green innovation?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2021.12.011) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2021-12-16 | Xiaojian Xiang, Chuanjiang Liu, Mian Yang |
| 2 | 527 | 9.7 | [Digital transformation and sustainable performance: The moderating role of market turbulence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.04.007) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2022-04-23 | Lixu Li |
| 3 | 463 | 6.0 | [Marketing innovations during a global crisis: A study of China firms’ response to COVID-19](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.029) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-05-25 | Yonggui Wang, Aoran Hong, Xia Li et al. |
| 4 | 422 | 3.9 | [Institutional investors' corporate site visits and corporate innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.09.019) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2017-10-24 | Xuanyu Jiang, Qingbo Yuan |
| 5 | 418 | 6.8 | [Environmental uncertainty, resource orchestration and digital transformation: A fuzzy-set QCA approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.048) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2021-09-30 | Hansong Chen, Zhen Tian |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “Chinese enterprises”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-enterprises

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “Chinese enterprises”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-enterprises}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).