Papers on “manufacturing companies”
Research on “manufacturing companies” 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 “manufacturing companies” appeared in 1,842 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (544), economics (513) and finance (333).
- 293 of them were published in 2025, against 106 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (26), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (21) and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (21).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (121), International Review of Economics & Finance (63) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (55).
- The most-cited of them is “Industry 4.0 technologies: Implementation patterns in manufacturing companies” (International Journal of Production Economics, 2019), with 2,953 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 30 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 64 | 67 | 56 | 57 | 68 | 83 |
| Economics | 35 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 73 | 70 | 73 |
| Finance | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 78 | 101 | 59 |
| Operations Research | 19 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 25 | 40 | 27 | 38 | 32 | 17 |
| Marketing | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Information Systems | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Accounting | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| AI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 106 | 123 | 121 | 151 | 154 | 182 | 188 | 271 | 293 | 253 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 121 |
| 2 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 63 |
| 3 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 55 |
| 4 | International Journal of Production Economics | 49 |
| 5 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 40 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 39 |
| 7 | Journal of Business Research | 35 |
| 8 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 34 |
| 9 | Journal of Innovation & Knowledge | 32 |
| 10 | Technovation | 30 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 26 |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 21 |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics | 21 |
| 4 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 18 |
| 5 | Zhejiang University | 18 |
| 6 | Dalian University of Technology | 16 |
| 7 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 16 |
| 8 | Wuhan University | 15 |
| 9 | Xiamen University | 15 |
| 10 | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | 14 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 602 |
| 2 | United States | 91 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 88 |
| 4 | Italy | 60 |
| 5 | Germany | 48 |
| 6 | Australia | 46 |
| 7 | India | 45 |
| 8 | Spain | 41 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 40 |
| 10 | France | 35 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 144 |
| 2 | digital transformation | 129 |
| 3 | Chinese listed companies | 122 |
| 4 | state-owned enterprises | 109 |
| 5 | financial constraints | 101 |
| 6 | green innovation | 71 |
| 7 | moderating effect | 68 |
| 8 | firm size | 65 |
| 9 | total factor productivity | 60 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “manufacturing companies”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/manufacturing-companies
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