Papers on “global value chains”
Research on “global value chains” 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 “global value chains” appeared in 866 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (543), management (233) and finance (62).
- 132 of them were published in 2025, against 39 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of International Business and Economics (14), Roma Tre University (13) and University of Manchester (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (46), Journal of International Business Policy (25) and Review of World Economics (23).
- The most-cited of them is “Global value chains: A review of the multi-disciplinary literature” (Journal of International Business Studies, 2020), with 765 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 28 | 31 | 30 | 53 | 54 | 51 | 70 | 62 | 84 | 80 |
| Management | 7 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 34 | 40 |
| Finance | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 |
| Operations Research | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 39 | 47 | 45 | 82 | 98 | 78 | 102 | 99 | 132 | 144 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Structural Change and Economic Dynamics | 46 |
| 2 | Journal of International Business Policy | 25 |
| 3 | Review of World Economics | 23 |
| 4 | International Economics | 23 |
| 5 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 19 |
| 6 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 16 |
| 7 | Journal of International Business Studies | 14 |
| 8 | Finance research letters | 14 |
| 9 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 13 |
| 10 | World Development | 13 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of International Business and Economics | 14 |
| 2 | Roma Tre University | 13 |
| 3 | University of Manchester | 11 |
| 4 | Capital University of Economics and Business | 10 |
| 5 | Renmin University of China | 9 |
| 6 | University of Vaasa | 9 |
| 7 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | 9 |
| 8 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 7 |
| 9 | University College London | 7 |
| 10 | University of Groningen | 7 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 143 |
| 2 | United States | 71 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 69 |
| 4 | Italy | 64 |
| 5 | Germany | 33 |
| 6 | France | 33 |
| 7 | Spain | 24 |
| 8 | Canada | 23 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 23 |
| 10 | India | 21 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | multinational corporations | 53 |
| 2 | developing countries | 45 |
| 3 | foreign direct investment | 37 |
| 4 | GVC participation | 36 |
| 5 | China | 31 |
| 6 | backward linkages | 25 |
| 7 | manufacturing industry | 25 |
| 8 | international trade | 24 |
| 9 | COVID-19 pandemic | 22 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 765 | 9.5 | Global value chains: A review of the multi-disciplinary literature | Journal of International Business Studies | 2020-02-25 | Liena L. Kano, Eric W. K. Tsang, Henry Wai‐chung Yeung |
| 2 | 691 | 9.1 | What does the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about global value chains? The case of medical supplies | Journal of International Business Policy | 2020-07-15 | Gary Gereffi |
| 3 | 680 | 7.2 | De-Globalization: Theories, Predictions, and Opportunities for International Business Research | Journal of International Business Studies | 2019-01-01 | Michael A. Witt |
| 4 | 524 | 7.3 | World Investment Report 2020: International production beyond the pandemic | Journal of International Business Policy | 2020-10-26 | Axèle Giroud, Inge Ivarsson |
| 5 | 405 | 5.5 | How should we understand the digital economy in Asia? Critical assessment and research agenda | Electronic Commerce Research and Applications | 2020-09-09 | Kai Li, Dan Jong Kim, Karl Reiner Lang et al. |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “global value chains”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/global-value-chains
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