Papers on “market competition”
Research on “market competition” 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 “market competition” appeared in 820 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (322), economics (286) and management (83).
- 194 of them were published in 2025, against 41 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (18), Renmin University of China (17) and Xiamen University (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (91), International Review of Economics & Finance (42) and International Review of Financial Analysis (39).
- The most-cited of them is “How does environmental regulation promote technological innovations in the industrial sector? Evidence from Chinese provincial panel data” (Energy Policy, 2020), with 646 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 70 | 106 | 56 |
| Economics | 23 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 43 | 49 | 38 |
| Management | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 12 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Accounting | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marketing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 41 | 39 | 48 | 45 | 39 | 63 | 77 | 148 | 194 | 126 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 91 |
| 2 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 42 |
| 3 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 39 |
| 4 | Pacific-Basin Finance Journal | 23 |
| 5 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 22 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 17 |
| 7 | Research in International Business and Finance | 17 |
| 8 | Economic Modelling | 15 |
| 9 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 7 |
| 10 | International Journal of Industrial Organization | 7 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 18 |
| 2 | Renmin University of China | 17 |
| 3 | Xiamen University | 15 |
| 4 | Capital University of Economics and Business | 14 |
| 5 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 13 |
| 6 | Nankai University | 12 |
| 7 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 11 |
| 8 | Jinan University | 11 |
| 9 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 10 |
| 10 | Sun Yat-sen University | 10 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 373 |
| 2 | United States | 69 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 38 |
| 4 | Australia | 25 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 21 |
| 6 | Germany | 19 |
| 7 | Italy | 16 |
| 8 | Japan | 12 |
| 9 | Macao | 11 |
| 10 | Canada | 10 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese listed companies | 125 |
| 2 | China | 94 |
| 3 | financial constraints | 88 |
| 4 | state-owned enterprises | 81 |
| 5 | corporate governance | 49 |
| 6 | digital transformation | 41 |
| 7 | listed companies | 31 |
| 8 | green innovation | 28 |
| 9 | corporate innovation | 23 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 646 | 8.0 | How does environmental regulation promote technological innovations in the industrial sector? Evidence from Chinese provincial panel data | Energy Policy | 2020-02-24 | Xiaoling Ouyang, Qiong Li, Kerui Du |
| 2 | 273 | 3.1 | The Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystem—a critique and reconfiguration | Small Business Economics | 2019-07-26 | Abraham K. Song |
| 3 | 270 | 2.6 | Determinants of innovation in tourism evidence from Australia | Tourism Management | 2018-02-02 | Sarath Divisekera, Van K. Nguyen |
| 4 | 245 | 5.1 | Breaking barriers to innovation: The power of digital transformation | Finance research letters | 2022-11-06 | Yuhao Niu, Wen Wen, Sai Wang et al. |
| 5 | 245 | 5.2 | Does digital finance matter for corporate green investment? Evidence from heavily polluting industries in China | Energy Economics | 2022-12-14 | Qian Ding, Jianbai Huang, Jinyu Chen |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “market competition”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/market-competition
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