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title: "Manufacturing industry research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “manufacturing industry” appeared in 1,191 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (668), management (168) and operations research (142)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “manufacturing industry” appeared in 1,191 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (668), management (168) and operations research (142). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “manufacturing industry”

Research on “manufacturing industry” 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 industry” appeared in 1,191 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (668), management (168) and operations research (142).
- 136 of them were published in 2025, against 94 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (10), Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (10) and Renmin University of China (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Review of Economics & Finance (22), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (20) and Finance research letters (19).
- The most-cited of them is “Green innovation and environmental performance: The role of green transformational leadership and green human resource management” (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019), with 2,120 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 71 | 64 | 64 | 53 | 70 | 72 | 58 | 88 | 66 | 62 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 13 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 12 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 22 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 94 | 86 | 83 | 97 | 123 | 156 | 131 | 164 | 136 | 121 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 20 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 19 |
| 4 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 18 |
| 5 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 10 |
| 2 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [Harbin Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harbin-institute-of-technology.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [International Monetary Fund](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/international-monetary-fund.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Korea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-university.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Beijing Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-normal-university.md) | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 186 |
| 2 | United States | 79 |
| 3 | India | 49 |
| 4 | Italy | 44 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 43 |
| 6 | Germany | 30 |
| 7 | Japan | 29 |
| 8 | France | 28 |
| 9 | South Korea | 25 |
| 10 | Australia | 22 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 57 |
| 2 | service sector | 54 |
| 3 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 27 |
| 4 | [global value chains](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/global-value-chains.md) | 25 |
| 5 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 23 |
| 7 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 22 |
| 8 | [total factor productivity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/total-factor-productivity.md) | 21 |
| 9 | [India](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/india.md) | 20 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,120 | 25.2 | [Green innovation and environmental performance: The role of green transformational leadership and green human resource management](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119762) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2019-11-01 | Sanjay Kumar Singh, Manlio Del Giudice, Roberto Chierici et al. |
| 2 | 1,891 | 30.1 | [Industry 5.0: A survey on enabling technologies and potential applications](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2021.100257) | [Journal of Industrial Information Integration](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-industrial-information-integration.md) | 2021-08-11 | Praveen Kumar Reddy Maddikunta, Quoc‐Viet Pham, B. Prabadevi et al. |
| 3 | 1,045 | 12.4 | [Barriers to the adoption of industry 4.0 technologies in the manufacturing sector: An inter-country comparative perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.107546) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2019-11-02 | Alok Raj, Gourav Dwivedi, Ankit Sharma et al. |
| 4 | 822 | 14.5 | [Environmental decentralization, digital finance and green technology innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.02.008) | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 2022-02-12 | Suling Feng, Rong Zhang, Guoxiang Li |
| 5 | 702 | 9.2 | [Influence of artificial intelligence on technological innovation: Evidence from the panel data of china's manufacturing sectors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120142) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-06-17 | Liu Jun, Huihong Chang, Jeffrey Yi‐Lin Forrest et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “manufacturing industry”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/manufacturing-industry

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