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title: "Resource allocation research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “resource allocation” appeared in 1,388 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (416), economics (284) and AI (217)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “resource allocation” appeared in 1,388 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (416), economics (284) and AI (217). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “resource allocation”

Research on “resource allocation” 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 “resource allocation” appeared in 1,388 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (416), economics (284) and AI (217).
- 240 of them were published in 2025, against 88 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (13), Shandong University (10) and City University of Hong Kong (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (58), Finance research letters (38) and Computers & Industrial Engineering (30).
- The most-cited of them is “Digitalization, business models, and SMEs: How do business model innovation practices improve performance of digitalizing SMEs?” (Telecommunications Policy, 2019), with 652 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 28 | 27 | 27 | 47 | 32 | 43 | 48 | 53 | 61 | 50 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 17 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 29 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 11 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 36 | 45 | 29 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 21 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 18 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 29 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 88 | 87 | 76 | 114 | 127 | 121 | 144 | 207 | 240 | 184 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 58 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 38 |
| 3 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 30 |
| 4 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 23 |
| 5 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/cost-effectiveness-and-resource-allocation.md) | 17 |
| 8 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 16 |
| 10 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 15 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [Shandong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shandong-university.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Sichuan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Southeast University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southeast-university.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 331 |
| 2 | United States | 93 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 65 |
| 4 | Australia | 39 |
| 5 | France | 37 |
| 6 | Iran | 34 |
| 7 | India | 32 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 31 |
| 9 | Italy | 31 |
| 10 | Canada | 28 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 46 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 26 |
| 4 | [energy efficiency](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-efficiency.md) | 21 |
| 5 | [multi-objective optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-objective-optimization.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 21 |
| 7 | [deep reinforcement learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/deep-reinforcement-learning.md) | 19 |
| 8 | [Internet of Things](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/internet-of-things.md) | 17 |
| 9 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 16 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 652 | 7.3 | [Digitalization, business models, and SMEs: How do business model innovation practices improve performance of digitalizing SMEs?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2019.101828) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 2019-05-24 | Harry Bouwman, Shahrokh Nikou, Mark de Reuver |
| 2 | 582 | 5.6 | [Entrepreneurship, institutional economics, and economic growth: an ecosystem perspective](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0013-9) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2018-03-06 | Zoltán J. Ács, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Marek Mickiewicz et al. |
| 3 | 556 | 11.1 | [Federated learning review: Fundamentals, enabling technologies, and future applications](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2022.103061) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 2022-08-26 | Syreen Banabilah, Moayad Aloqaily, Eitaa Alsayed et al. |
| 4 | 360 | 6.6 | [The impact of carbon emissions trading on energy efficiency: Evidence from quasi-experiment in China's carbon emissions trading pilot](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106025) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-04-21 | Qianqian Hong, Linhao Cui, Penghui Hong |
| 5 | 320 | 8.9 | [Effect of digital transformation on enterprises' green innovation: Empirical evidence from listed companies in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107135) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2023-10-30 | Maogang Tang, Yinlin Liu, Fengxia Hu et al. |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Papers on “resource allocation”},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).