Papers on “dynamic capabilities”
Research on “dynamic capabilities” 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 “dynamic capabilities” appeared in 1,254 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (726), operations research (133) and marketing (122).
- 218 of them were published in 2025, against 54 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Nicosia (18), NEOMA Business School (14) and University of Vaasa (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Research (57), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (51) and Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (45).
- The most-cited of them is “Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda” (The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2019), with 7,304 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 29 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 66 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 115 | 163 |
| Operations Research | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 25 |
| Marketing | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
| Information Systems | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 16 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 19 |
| Economics | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| AI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 54 | 61 | 73 | 78 | 107 | 131 | 130 | 141 | 218 | 261 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Business Research | 57 |
| 2 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 51 |
| 3 | Journal of Innovation & Knowledge | 45 |
| 4 | Technovation | 38 |
| 5 | Industrial Marketing Management | 35 |
| 6 | Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity | 33 |
| 7 | International Journal of Production Economics | 31 |
| 8 | International Business Review | 26 |
| 9 | Finance research letters | 26 |
| 10 | International Journal of Hospitality Management | 20 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Nicosia | 18 |
| 2 | NEOMA Business School | 14 |
| 3 | University of Vaasa | 14 |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 12 |
| 5 | Pôle Léonard de Vinci | 12 |
| 6 | University of Turin | 12 |
| 7 | University of Aberdeen | 11 |
| 8 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 10 |
| 9 | TBS Education | 10 |
| 10 | Symbiosis International University | 9 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 214 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 120 |
| 3 | United States | 94 |
| 4 | India | 77 |
| 5 | Italy | 68 |
| 6 | France | 53 |
| 7 | Australia | 49 |
| 8 | Spain | 34 |
| 9 | Germany | 29 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 29 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | digital transformation | 119 |
| 2 | resource-based view | 109 |
| 3 | firm performance | 71 |
| 4 | competitive advantage | 69 |
| 5 | small and medium-sized enterprises | 68 |
| 6 | moderating effect | 63 |
| 7 | Chinese listed companies | 52 |
| 8 | COVID-19 pandemic | 47 |
| 9 | mediating effect | 44 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,304 | 78.8 | Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda | The Journal of Strategic Information Systems | 2019-02-10 | Grégory Vial |
| 2 | 3,688 | 33.1 | Business models and dynamic capabilities | Long Range Planning | 2017-07-23 | David J. Teece |
| 3 | 3,512 | 37.2 | Building dynamic capabilities for digital transformation: An ongoing process of strategic renewal | Long Range Planning | 2018-12-19 | Karl Warner, Maximilian Wäger |
| 4 | 1,191 | 16.4 | Digital transformation and customer value creation in Made in Italy SMEs: A dynamic capabilities perspective | Journal of Business Research | 2020-10-21 | Michela Matarazzo, Lara Penco, Giorgia Profumo et al. |
| 5 | 1,101 | 12.3 | Exploring the relationship between big data analytics capability and competitive performance: The mediating roles of dynamic and operational capabilities | Information & Management | 2019-05-29 | Patrick Mikalef, John Krogstie, Ilias O. Pappas et al. |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “dynamic capabilities”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/dynamic-capabilities
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