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

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

## 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

*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) | 30 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 64 | 67 | 56 | 57 | 68 | 83 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 35 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 73 | 70 | 73 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 78 | 101 | 59 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 19 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 25 | 40 | 27 | 38 | 32 | 17 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 121 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 63 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 55 |
| 4 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 49 |
| 5 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 40 |
| 6 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 39 |
| 7 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 35 |
| 8 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 34 |
| 9 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 32 |
| 10 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 30 |

*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) | 26 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 21 |
| 4 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 18 |
| 5 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [Dalian University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-university-of-technology.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [Dongbei University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dongbei-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 14 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 144 |
| 2 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 129 |
| 3 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 122 |
| 4 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 109 |
| 5 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 101 |
| 6 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 71 |
| 7 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 68 |
| 8 | [firm size](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-size.md) | 65 |
| 9 | [total factor productivity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/total-factor-productivity.md) | 60 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,953 | 31.5 | [Industry 4.0 technologies: Implementation patterns in manufacturing companies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.004) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2019-01-09 | Alejandro Germán Frank, Lucas Santos Dalenogare, Néstor Fabián Ayala |
| 2 | 1,278 | 14.4 | [Driving forces and barriers of Industry 4.0: Do multinational and small and medium-sized companies have equal opportunities?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.021) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2019-06-04 | Dóra Horváth, Roland Zsolt Szabó |
| 3 | 1,116 | 15.0 | [Corporate social responsibility and environmental performance: The mediating role of environmental strategy and green innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120262) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-08-21 | Sascha Kraus, Shafique Ur Rehman, F. Javier Sendra García |
| 4 | 922 | 11.8 | [The impact of digital technologies on economic and environmental performance in the context of industry 4.0: A moderated mediation model](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107777) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2020-04-30 | Ying Li, Jing Dai, Li Cui |
| 5 | 885 | 10.7 | [Big data analytics and artificial intelligence pathway to operational performance under the effects of entrepreneurial orientation and environmental dynamism: A study of manufacturing organisations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.107599) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2019-12-24 | Rameshwar Dubey, Angappa Gunasekaran, Stephen J. Childe et al. |

## 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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