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title: "Dynamic capabilities research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# 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.

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

## 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

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 29 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 66 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 115 | 163 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 25 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 16 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 19 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 57 |
| 2 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 51 |
| 3 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 45 |
| 4 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 38 |
| 5 | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 35 |
| 6 | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 33 |
| 7 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 31 |
| 8 | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | 26 |
| 9 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 26 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 20 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Nicosia | 18 |
| 2 | [NEOMA Business School](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/neoma-business-school.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [University of Vaasa](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-vaasa.md) | 14 |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 12 |
| 5 | Pôle Léonard de Vinci | 12 |
| 6 | [University of Turin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-turin.md) | 12 |
| 7 | University of Aberdeen | 11 |
| 8 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 10 |
| 9 | TBS Education | 10 |
| 10 | [Symbiosis International University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/symbiosis-international-university.md) | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 119 |
| 2 | [resource-based view](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/resource-based-view.md) | 109 |
| 3 | [firm performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-performance.md) | 71 |
| 4 | [competitive advantage](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/competitive-advantage.md) | 69 |
| 5 | [small and medium-sized enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises.md) | 68 |
| 6 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 63 |
| 7 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 52 |
| 8 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 47 |
| 9 | [mediating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mediating-effect.md) | 44 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,304 | 78.8 | [Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2019.01.003) | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | 2019-02-10 | Grégory Vial |
| 2 | 3,688 | 33.1 | [Business models and dynamic capabilities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2017.06.007) | [Long Range Planning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/long-range-planning.md) | 2017-07-23 | David J. Teece |
| 3 | 3,512 | 37.2 | [Building dynamic capabilities for digital transformation: An ongoing process of strategic renewal](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.12.001) | [Long Range Planning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/long-range-planning.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.10.033) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2019.05.004) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | 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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  title = {Papers on “dynamic capabilities”},
  year = {2026},
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  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/).