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title: "Technological innovation research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “technological innovation” appeared in 1,249 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (575), management (315) and finance (226)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “technological innovation” appeared in 1,249 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (575), management (315) and finance (226). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Papers on “technological innovation”

Research on “technological innovation” 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 “technological innovation” appeared in 1,249 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (575), management (315) and finance (226).
- 227 of them were published in 2025, against 40 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Wuhan University (19), Anhui University of Finance and Economics (17) and Beijing Institute of Technology (17).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (88), Finance research letters (70) and International Review of Economics & Finance (60).
- The most-cited of them is “Reviving tourism industry post-COVID-19: A resilience-based framework” (Tourism Management Perspectives, 2020), with 903 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 16 | 13 | 18 | 28 | 38 | 69 | 117 | 107 | 88 | 81 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 11 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 88 | 43 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| All categories | 40 | 37 | 39 | 81 | 86 | 136 | 213 | 218 | 227 | 172 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 88 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 70 |
| 3 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 60 |
| 4 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 54 |
| 5 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 47 |
| 6 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 42 |
| 7 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 35 |
| 8 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 28 |
| 9 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 28 |
| 10 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 20 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 19 |
| 2 | [Anhui University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/anhui-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 15 |
| 7 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 12 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 592 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 52 |
| 3 | United States | 49 |
| 4 | Australia | 31 |
| 5 | Italy | 27 |
| 6 | South Korea | 27 |
| 7 | Spain | 26 |
| 8 | France | 26 |
| 9 | Macao | 23 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 208 |
| 2 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 91 |
| 3 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 80 |
| 4 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 70 |
| 5 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 56 |
| 6 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 54 |
| 7 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 52 |
| 8 | industrial upgrading | 52 |
| 9 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 49 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 903 | 12.9 | [Reviving tourism industry post-COVID-19: A resilience-based framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100786) | [Tourism Management Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management-perspectives.md) | 2020-12-29 | Gagan Deep Sharma, Asha Thomas, Justin Paul |
| 2 | 777 | 10.5 | [The dynamic impact of natural resources, technological innovations and economic growth on ecological footprint: An advanced panel data estimation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101817) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-09-06 | Mahmood Ahmad, Ping Yu Jiang, Abdul Hannan Majeed et al. |
| 3 | 715 | 12.5 | [The linkages between natural resources, human capital, globalization, economic growth, financial development, and ecological footprint: The moderating role of technological innovations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102569) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2022-01-25 | Atif Jahanger, Muhammad Zahid Usman, Muntasir Murshed et al. |
| 4 | 702 | 9.2 | [Influence of artificial intelligence on technological innovation: Evidence from the panel data of china's manufacturing sectors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120142) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-06-17 | Liu Jun, Huihong Chang, Jeffrey Yi‐Lin Forrest et al. |
| 5 | 646 | 8.0 | [How does environmental regulation promote technological innovations in the industrial sector? Evidence from Chinese provincial panel data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111310) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2020-02-24 | Xiaoling Ouyang, Qiong Li, Kerui Du |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “technological innovation”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/technological-innovation

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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).