Papers on “multinational corporations”
Research on “multinational corporations” 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 “multinational corporations” appeared in 1,950 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (1,210), economics (414) and finance (146).
- 215 of them were published in 2025, against 155 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Reading (29), Copenhagen Business School (27) and University of Birmingham (23).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of International Business Studies (121), International Business Review (82) and Journal of International Management (68).
- The most-cited of them is “Driving forces and barriers of Industry 4.0: Do multinational and small and medium-sized companies have equal opportunities?” (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019), with 1,278 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 94 | 116 | 120 | 93 | 145 | 108 | 139 | 139 | 126 | 130 |
| Economics | 33 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 42 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 45 |
| Finance | 15 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 9 |
| Accounting | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Operations Research | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Marketing | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 155 | 177 | 185 | 159 | 225 | 194 | 212 | 231 | 215 | 197 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of International Business Studies | 121 |
| 2 | International Business Review | 82 |
| 3 | Journal of International Management | 68 |
| 4 | Journal of World Business | 42 |
| 5 | Management International Review | 38 |
| 6 | Journal of Business Research | 33 |
| 7 | Journal of International Business Policy | 33 |
| 8 | International Tax and Public Finance | 24 |
| 9 | Journal of International Economics | 16 |
| 10 | Journal of Business Ethics | 14 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Reading | 29 |
| 2 | Copenhagen Business School | 27 |
| 3 | University of Birmingham | 23 |
| 4 | Vienna University of Economics and Business | 23 |
| 5 | University of Manchester | 22 |
| 6 | University of Leeds | 20 |
| 7 | Western University | 18 |
| 8 | Ivey Business School | 17 |
| 9 | Northeastern University | 15 |
| 10 | BI Norwegian Business School | 14 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 226 |
| 2 | United States | 226 |
| 3 | China | 188 |
| 4 | Canada | 80 |
| 5 | Australia | 67 |
| 6 | France | 67 |
| 7 | Germany | 61 |
| 8 | Italy | 57 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 52 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 36 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | foreign direct investment | 95 |
| 2 | emerging markets | 60 |
| 3 | corporate social responsibility | 58 |
| 4 | global value chains | 53 |
| 5 | foreign subsidiaries | 47 |
| 6 | institutional theory | 35 |
| 7 | profit shifting | 33 |
| 8 | tax avoidance | 33 |
| 9 | corporate governance | 30 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “multinational corporations”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations
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