Papers on “value creation”
Research on “value creation” 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 “value creation” appeared in 950 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (464), marketing (108) and information systems (92).
- 104 of them were published in 2025, against 68 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Vaasa (13), Copenhagen Business School (12) and Queensland University of Technology (8).
- The journals publishing most of them were Technological Forecasting and Social Change (32), Journal of Business Research (29) and Technovation (25).
- 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#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 33 | 34 | 39 | 55 | 51 | 46 | 66 | 51 | 45 | 44 |
| Marketing | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 8 |
| Information Systems | 6 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 |
| Economics | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| Finance | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| Operations Research | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| Accounting | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| AI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 68 | 90 | 86 | 91 | 101 | 96 | 117 | 112 | 104 | 85 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 32 |
| 2 | Journal of Business Research | 29 |
| 3 | Technovation | 25 |
| 4 | Industrial Marketing Management | 22 |
| 5 | Review of Managerial Science | 12 |
| 6 | Research Policy | 10 |
| 7 | Electronic Markets | 10 |
| 8 | Journal of Engineering and Technology Management | 8 |
| 9 | International Journal of Production Economics | 8 |
| 10 | Journal of Innovation & Knowledge | 8 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Vaasa | 13 |
| 2 | Copenhagen Business School | 12 |
| 3 | Queensland University of Technology | 8 |
| 4 | NEOMA Business School | 7 |
| 5 | Polytechnic University of Bari | 7 |
| 6 | University of St.Gallen | 7 |
| 7 | Aarhus University | 6 |
| 8 | HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management | 6 |
| 9 | Tampere University | 6 |
| 10 | The University of Sydney | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 69 |
| 2 | Germany | 61 |
| 3 | United States | 59 |
| 4 | China | 49 |
| 5 | Italy | 49 |
| 6 | France | 41 |
| 7 | Finland | 36 |
| 8 | Sweden | 32 |
| 9 | Spain | 30 |
| 10 | Australia | 29 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | value capture | 62 |
| 2 | business model innovation | 37 |
| 3 | digital transformation | 37 |
| 4 | business models | 24 |
| 5 | competitive advantage | 20 |
| 6 | firm performance | 20 |
| 7 | digital platforms | 18 |
| 8 | dynamic capabilities | 18 |
| 9 | artificial intelligence | 17 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,304 | 78.8 | Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda | The Journal of Strategic Information Systems | 2019-02-10 | Grégory Vial |
| 2 | 2,764 | 30.4 | The digital transformation of innovation and entrepreneurship: Progress, challenges and key themes | Research Policy | 2019-04-05 | Satish Nambisan, Mike Wright, Maryann P. Feldman |
| 3 | 1,232 | 11.6 | Fortune favors the prepared: How SMEs approach business model innovations in Industry 4.0 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 2018-01-05 | Julian Marius Müller, Oana Buliga, Kai‐Ingo Voigt |
| 4 | 1,060 | 10.3 | Dynamic and integrative capabilities for profiting from innovation in digital platform-based ecosystems | Research Policy | 2018-04-05 | Constance E. Helfat, Ruth S. Raubitschek |
| 5 | 995 | 10.7 | A Stakeholder Theory Perspective on Business Models: Value Creation for Sustainability | Journal of Business Ethics | 2019-02-08 | Birte Freudenreich, Florian Lüdeke‐Freund, Stefan Schaltegger |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “value creation”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/value-creation
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