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title: "Research agenda research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “research agenda” appeared in 1,028 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (510), information systems (134) and marketing (82)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “research agenda” appeared in 1,028 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (510), information systems (134) and marketing (82). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “research agenda”

Research on “research agenda” 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 “research agenda” appeared in 1,028 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (510), information systems (134) and marketing (82).
- 103 of them were published in 2025, against 65 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Politecnico di Milano (10), University of Johannesburg (10) and University of Vaasa (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Research (40), Management Review Quarterly (25) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (23).
- The most-cited of them is “Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda” (The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2019), with 7,304 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) | 27 | 30 | 37 | 44 | 70 | 70 | 81 | 61 | 50 | 40 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 8 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 9 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| All categories | 65 | 65 | 87 | 95 | 130 | 134 | 139 | 123 | 103 | 87 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 40 |
| 2 | [Management Review Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/management-review-quarterly.md) | 25 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 23 |
| 4 | [Review of Managerial Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-managerial-science.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Electronic Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-markets.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Politecnico di Milano](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/politecnico-di-milano.md) | 10 |
| 2 | [University of Johannesburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-johannesburg.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [University of Vaasa](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-vaasa.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [Copenhagen Business School](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/copenhagen-business-school.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [University of Reading](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-reading.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Erasmus University Rotterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/erasmus-university-rotterdam.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [HEC Montréal](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hec-montreal.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lappeenranta-lahti-university-of-technology.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 93 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 83 |
| 3 | Germany | 52 |
| 4 | Italy | 50 |
| 5 | Australia | 44 |
| 6 | China | 41 |
| 7 | India | 37 |
| 8 | Spain | 35 |
| 9 | France | 32 |
| 10 | Canada | 29 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [research trends](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/research-trends.md) | 32 |
| 2 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 24 |
| 3 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 22 |
| 4 | research gaps | 20 |
| 5 | conceptual framework | 19 |
| 6 | [sustainability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainability.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [digitalization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digitalization.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [corporate social responsibility](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-social-responsibility.md) | 13 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,304 | 78.8 | [Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2019.01.003) | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | 2019-02-10 | Grégory Vial |
| 2 | 2,801 | 30.1 | [An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004) | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | 2019-01-31 | Jonathan Köhler, Frank Willem Geels, Florian Kern et al. |
| 3 | 2,754 | 53.3 | [Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102542) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2022-07-15 | Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Laurie Hughes, Abdullah Mohammed Baabdullah et al. |
| 4 | 1,597 | 20.3 | [COVID-19 and finance: Agendas for future research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101512) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2020-04-12 | John W. Goodell |
| 5 | 1,202 | 15.3 | [Artificial intelligence for sustainability: Challenges, opportunities, and a research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102104) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2020-04-20 | Rohit Nishant, Mike Kennedy, Jacqueline Corbett |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Papers on “research agenda”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).