Papers on “Stackelberg game”
Research on “Stackelberg game” 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 “Stackelberg game” appeared in 883 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (612), economics (93) and AI (79).
- 115 of them were published in 2025, against 44 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (26), Northeastern University (15) and University of Science and Technology of China (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were Computers & Industrial Engineering (53), Annals of Operations Research (37) and Expert Systems with Applications (33).
- The most-cited of them is “Pricing and carbon emission reduction decisions in supply chains with vertical and horizontal cooperation” (International Journal of Production Economics, 2017), with 348 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Research | 32 | 59 | 46 | 57 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 78 | 72 | 65 |
| Economics | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 15 |
| AI | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 21 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Marketing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Management | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 44 | 68 | 64 | 77 | 85 | 95 | 107 | 116 | 115 | 112 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 53 |
| 2 | Annals of Operations Research | 37 |
| 3 | Expert Systems with Applications | 33 |
| 4 | International Journal of Production Economics | 31 |
| 5 | Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review | 31 |
| 6 | European Journal of Operational Research | 30 |
| 7 | Operational Research | 13 |
| 8 | Electronic Commerce Research | 13 |
| 9 | Omega | 11 |
| 10 | Energy Economics | 10 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 26 |
| 2 | Northeastern University | 15 |
| 3 | University of Science and Technology of China | 15 |
| 4 | Shanghai University | 10 |
| 5 | Central South University | 9 |
| 6 | Tianjin University | 9 |
| 7 | Shenzhen University | 8 |
| 8 | Tongji University | 8 |
| 9 | National University of Singapore | 7 |
| 10 | Southeast University | 7 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 296 |
| 2 | United States | 58 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 35 |
| 4 | India | 32 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 6 | Iran | 26 |
| 7 | Canada | 24 |
| 8 | France | 19 |
| 9 | Australia | 18 |
| 10 | Germany | 15 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | social welfare (welfare economics) | 48 |
| 2 | supply chain coordination | 46 |
| 3 | government subsidies | 30 |
| 4 | bi-level optimization | 28 |
| 5 | closed-loop supply chain | 25 |
| 6 | pricing strategy | 25 |
| 7 | price setting | 24 |
| 8 | Nash equilibrium | 23 |
| 9 | dual-channel supply chain | 21 |
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Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “Stackelberg game”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/stackelberg-game
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