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title: "Most-cited research papers of 2018"
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# Most-cited papers published in 2018

Papers the tracked finance, accounting, economics, management, marketing, information systems, tourism and hospitality, operations research and AI journals published in 2018, ranked by the citations OpenAlex counts for them so far. Citation counts are the ones OpenAlex reports, read again every day for the last year's papers, every week for the two years before and every month for older ones.

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## Key findings

- The most-cited paper the tracked journals published in 2018 is “Focal Loss for Dense Object Detection” (IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence), with 9,547 citations.
- In finance, the most-cited was “Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence” (Journal of Financial Economics), with 2,547 citations.
- In accounting, the most-cited was “The effect of economic policy uncertainty on investor information asymmetry and management disclosures” (Journal of Accounting and Economics), with 678 citations.
- In economics, the most-cited was “Barriers to the Circular Economy: Evidence From the European Union (EU)” (Ecological Economics), with 1,900 citations.
- In management, the most-cited was “Building dynamic capabilities for digital transformation: An ongoing process of strategic renewal” (Long Range Planning), with 3,512 citations.
- In marketing, the most-cited was “Dealing with endogeneity bias: The generalized method of moments (GMM) for panel data” (Industrial Marketing Management), with 1,101 citations.
- In information systems, the most-cited was “A systematic literature review of blockchain-based applications: Current status, classification and open issues” (Telematics and Informatics), with 2,576 citations.
- In tourism and hospitality, the most-cited was “Cultural tourism: A review of recent research and trends” (Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management), with 1,323 citations.
- In operations research, the most-cited was “CasADi: a software framework for nonlinear optimization and optimal control” (Mathematical Programming Computation), with 3,895 citations.
- In AI, the most-cited was “Focal Loss for Dense Object Detection” (IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence), with 9,547 citations.

## All journals

*The 25 most-cited papers published in 2018, all tracked journals*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9,547 | 96.2 | [Focal Loss for Dense Object Detection](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2858826) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-07-23 | Tsung-Yi Lin, Priya Goyal, Ross Girshick et al. |
| 2 | 5,301 | 55.2 | [Explanation in artificial intelligence: Insights from the social sciences](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2018.07.007) | [Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence.md) | 2018-10-26 | Tim Miller |
| 3 | 5,007 | 47.6 | [Multimodal Machine Learning: A Survey and Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2798607) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-01-25 | Tadas Baltrušaitis, Chaitanya Ahuja, Louis‐Philippe Morency |
| 4 | 3,895 | 39.1 | [CasADi: a software framework for nonlinear optimization and optimal control](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12532-018-0139-4) | [Mathematical Programming Computation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mathematical-programming-computation.md) | 2018-07-11 | Joel A.E. Andersson, Joris Gillis, Greg Horn et al. |
| 5 | 3,512 | 37.2 | [Building dynamic capabilities for digital transformation: An ongoing process of strategic renewal](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.12.001) | [Long Range Planning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/long-range-planning.md) | 2018-12-19 | Karl Warner, Maximilian Wäger |
| 6 | 3,459 | 34.3 | [Mask R-CNN](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2844175) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-06-05 | Kaiming He, Georgia Gkioxari, Piotr Dollár et al. |
| 7 | 3,134 | 32.7 | [Siri, Siri, in my hand: Who’s the fairest in the land? On the interpretations, illustrations, and implications of artificial intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.08.004) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-11-06 | Andreas Kaplan, Michael Haenlein |
| 8 | 3,086 | 31.2 | [A systematic study of the class imbalance problem in convolutional neural networks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2018.07.011) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2018-07-29 | Mateusz Buda, Atsuto Maki, Maciej A. Mazurowski |
| 9 | 2,861 | 28.8 | [Virtual Adversarial Training: A Regularization Method for Supervised and Semi-Supervised Learning](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2858821) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-07-23 | Takeru Miyato, Shin‐ichi Maeda, Masanori Koyama et al. |
| 10 | 2,762 | 26.9 | [Artificial intelligence and the future of work: Human-AI symbiosis in organizational decision making](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.03.007) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-04-12 | Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi |
| 11 | 2,576 | 27.1 | [A systematic literature review of blockchain-based applications: Current status, classification and open issues](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.11.006) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2018-11-22 | Fran Casino, Thomas K. Dasaklis, Constantinos Patsakis |
| 12 | 2,547 | 26.0 | [Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.08.013) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-09-04 | Alexander Dyck, Karl V. Lins, Lukas Roth et al. |
| 13 | 2,296 | 23.5 | [FusionGAN: A generative adversarial network for infrared and visible image fusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2018.09.004) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2018-09-05 | Jiayi Ma, Wei Yu, Pengwei Liang et al. |
| 14 | 2,199 | 22.4 | [The expected contribution of Industry 4.0 technologies for industrial performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.08.019) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2018-08-20 | Lucas Santos Dalenogare, Guilherme Brittes Benitez, Néstor Fabián Ayala et al. |
| 15 | 2,128 | 20.6 | [Impact of digital finance on financial inclusion and stability](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2017.12.003) | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 2018-03-18 | Peterson K Ozili |
| 16 | 2,113 | 20.0 | [Sigmoid-weighted linear units for neural network function approximation in reinforcement learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2017.12.012) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2018-01-11 | Stefan Elfwing, Eiji Uchibe, Kenji Doya |
| 17 | 2,033 | 19.5 | [A Comprehensive Survey of Graph Embedding: Problems, Techniques, and Applications](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2018.2807452) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2018-02-19 | Hongyun Cai, Vincent Wenchen Zheng, Kevin Chen–Chuan Chang |
| 18 | 1,900 | 18.6 | [Barriers to the Circular Economy: Evidence From the European Union (EU)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.04.028) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2018-04-30 | Julian Kirchherr, Laura Piscicelli, Ruben Bour et al. |
| 19 | 1,900 | 20.2 | [Efficient and Robust Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Using Hierarchical Navigable Small World Graphs](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2889473) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-12-28 | Yu. A. Malkov, Dmitry A. Yashunin |
| 20 | 1,852 | 18.7 | [Servant Leadership: A systematic review and call for future research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.07.004) | [The Leadership Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-leadership-quarterly.md) | 2018-07-31 | Nathan Eva, Mulyadi Robin, Sen Sendjaya et al. |
| 21 | 1,830 | 19.3 | [Semantic Understanding of Scenes Through the ADE20K Dataset](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-018-1140-0) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 2018-12-07 | Bolei Zhou, Hang Zhao, Xavier Puig et al. |
| 22 | 1,812 | 18.5 | [Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.08.011) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-08-31 | Johan Schot, W. Edward Steinmueller |
| 23 | 1,807 | 18.5 | [Fintech, regulatory arbitrage, and the rise of shadow banks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.03.011) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-09-04 | Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski et al. |
| 24 | 1,801 | 17.4 | [Graph embedding techniques, applications, and performance: A survey](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2018.03.022) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2018-03-16 | Palash Goyal, Emilio Ferrara |
| 25 | 1,784 | 17.4 | [Profiting from innovation in the digital economy: Enabling technologies, standards, and licensing models in the wireless world](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.01.015) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-04-21 | David J. Teece |

## Finance

*Most-cited finance papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,547 | 26.0 | [Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.08.013) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-09-04 | Alexander Dyck, Karl V. Lins, Lukas Roth et al. |
| 2 | 2,128 | 20.6 | [Impact of digital finance on financial inclusion and stability](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2017.12.003) | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 2018-03-18 | Peterson K Ozili |
| 3 | 1,807 | 18.5 | [Fintech, regulatory arbitrage, and the rise of shadow banks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.03.011) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-09-04 | Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski et al. |
| 4 | 1,378 | 14.3 | [The effect of pro-environmental preferences on bond prices: Evidence from green bonds](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.10.012) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2018-10-25 | Olivier David Zerbib |
| 5 | 1,172 | 12.0 | [RETRACTED: Cryptocurrencies as a financial asset: A systematic analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2018.09.003) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2018-09-12 | Shaen Corbet, Brian M. Lucey, Andrew Urquhart et al. |
| 6 | 1,159 | 10.9 | [Do Shareholders Benefit from Green Bonds?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.12.001) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2018-01-01 | Dragon Yongjun Tang, Yupu Zhang |
| 7 | 1,021 | 9.8 | [Choosing factors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.02.012) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-02-27 | Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French |
| 8 | 905 | 8.5 | [Trading and Arbitrage in Cryptocurrency Markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.07.001) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-01-01 | Igor Makarov, Antoinette Schoar B |
| 9 | 832 | 8.3 | [Bitcoin is not the New Gold – A comparison of volatility, correlation, and portfolio performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2018.07.010) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2018-07-06 | Tony Klein, Hien Pham Thu, Thomas Walther |
| 10 | 792 | 7.5 | [An Inconvenient Cost: The Effects of Climate Change on Municipal Bonds](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.06.006) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-01-01 | Marcus Painter |

## Accounting

*Most-cited accounting papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 678 | 6.9 | [The effect of economic policy uncertainty on investor information asymmetry and management disclosures](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.08.011) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 2018-08-21 | Venky Nagar, Jordan Schoenfeld, Laura A. Wellman |
| 2 | 515 | 5.4 | [Quality minus junk](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-018-9470-2) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2018-11-04 | Clifford S. Asness, Andrea Frazzini, Lasse Heje Pedersen |
| 3 | 424 | 4.0 | [Financial reporting fraud and other forms of misconduct: a multidisciplinary review of the literature](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-017-9435-x) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2018-01-25 | Dan Amiram, Zahn Bozanic, James D. Cox et al. |
| 4 | 421 | 4.4 | [Agency costs and tax planning when the government is a major Shareholder](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.10.002) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 2018-11-02 | Mark Thomas Bradshaw, Guanmin Liao, Mark Ma |
| 5 | 382 | 3.9 | [Consequences of adopting an expanded auditor’s report in the United Kingdom](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-018-9464-0) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2018-07-30 | Elizabeth F. Gutiérrez, Miguel Minutti‐Meza, Kay W. Tatum et al. |
| 6 | 379 | 4.0 | [Critical dialogical accountability: From accounting-based accountability to accountability-based accounting](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2018.10.003) | [Critical Perspectives on Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/critical-perspectives-on-accounting.md) | 2018-11-03 | Jesse Dillard, Eija M. Vinnari |
| 7 | 377 | 3.6 | [Transparency and firm innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.02.001) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 2018-02-24 | Rong Zhong |
| 8 | 374 | 3.8 | [Do practitioner assessments agree with academic proxies for audit quality? Evidence from PCAOB and internal inspections](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.09.001) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 2018-09-08 | Daniel Aobdia |
| 9 | 333 | 3.2 | [Business intelligence & analytics in management accounting research: Status and future focus](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accinf.2018.03.001) | [International Journal of Accounting Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-accounting-information-systems.md) | 2018-04-09 | Páll Ríkharðsson, Ogan M. Yigitbasioglu |
| 10 | 297 | 3.0 | [Do firms underreport information on cyber-attacks? Evidence from capital markets](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-018-9452-4) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2018-06-19 | Eli Amir, Shai Levi, Tsafrir Livne |

## Economics

*Most-cited economics papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,900 | 18.6 | [Barriers to the Circular Economy: Evidence From the European Union (EU)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.04.028) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2018-04-30 | Julian Kirchherr, Laura Piscicelli, Ruben Bour et al. |
| 2 | 1,812 | 18.5 | [Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.08.011) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-08-31 | Johan Schot, W. Edward Steinmueller |
| 3 | 1,784 | 17.4 | [Profiting from innovation in the digital economy: Enabling technologies, standards, and licensing models in the wireless world](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.01.015) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-04-21 | David J. Teece |
| 4 | 1,193 | 12.0 | [Environmental degradation in France: The effects of FDI, financial development, and energy innovations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.07.020) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2018-07-29 | Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz, Muhammad Ali Nasir, David Roubaud |
| 5 | 1,187 | 11.6 | [Just transition: Integrating climate, energy and environmental justice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.04.014) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2018-04-24 | Darren McCauley, Raphael James Heffron |
| 6 | 1,162 | 11.1 | [The consequences of spatially differentiated water pollution regulation in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2018.01.010) | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2018-02-01 | Zhao Chen, Matthew E. Kahn, Yu Liu et al. |
| 7 | 1,060 | 10.3 | [Dynamic and integrative capabilities for profiting from innovation in digital platform-based ecosystems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.01.019) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-04-05 | Constance E. Helfat, Ruth S. Raubitschek |
| 8 | 964 | 10.0 | [Climate risks and market efficiency](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2018.09.015) | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 2018-10-16 | Harrison G. Hong, Frank Weikai Li, Jiangmin Xu |
| 9 | 854 | 8.6 | [Economic growth, CO2 emissions and energy consumption: What causes what and where?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.07.022) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2018-07-27 | Alex Opoku Acheampong |
| 10 | 844 | 8.7 | [Towards a typology of intermediaries in sustainability transitions: A systematic review and a research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.10.006) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-10-11 | Paula Kivimaa, Wouter Boon, Sampsa Hyysalo et al. |

## Management

*Most-cited management papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,512 | 37.2 | [Building dynamic capabilities for digital transformation: An ongoing process of strategic renewal](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.12.001) | [Long Range Planning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/long-range-planning.md) | 2018-12-19 | Karl Warner, Maximilian Wäger |
| 2 | 3,134 | 32.7 | [Siri, Siri, in my hand: Who’s the fairest in the land? On the interpretations, illustrations, and implications of artificial intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.08.004) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-11-06 | Andreas Kaplan, Michael Haenlein |
| 3 | 2,762 | 26.9 | [Artificial intelligence and the future of work: Human-AI symbiosis in organizational decision making](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.03.007) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-04-12 | Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi |
| 4 | 1,852 | 18.7 | [Servant Leadership: A systematic review and call for future research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.07.004) | [The Leadership Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-leadership-quarterly.md) | 2018-07-31 | Nathan Eva, Mulyadi Robin, Sen Sendjaya et al. |
| 5 | 1,472 | 15.0 | [The role of live streaming in building consumer trust and engagement with social commerce sellers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.08.032) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-09-01 | Apiradee Wongkitrungrueng, Nuttapol Assarut |
| 6 | 1,448 | 15.1 | [The impact of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies on the customer experience](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.10.050) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-11-02 | Carlos Flavián, Sergio Ibáñez‐Sánchez, Carlos Orús |
| 7 | 1,423 | 13.7 | [Populism and the economics of globalization](https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-018-0001-4) | [Journal of International Business Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-policy.md) | 2018-02-22 | Dani Rodrik |
| 8 | 1,333 | 13.4 | [Influencers on Instagram: Antecedents and consequences of opinion leadership](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.07.005) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-07-20 | Luis V. Casaló, Carlos Flavián, Sergio Ibáñez‐Sánchez |
| 9 | 1,280 | 12.1 | [Green innovation and organizational performance: The influence of big data and the moderating role of management commitment and HR practices](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.12.016) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2018-01-03 | Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar, Sanjay Kumar Singh |
| 10 | 1,232 | 11.7 | [Fortune favors the prepared: How SMEs approach business model innovations in Industry 4.0](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.12.019) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2018-01-05 | Julian Marius Müller, Oana Buliga, Kai‐Ingo Voigt |

## Marketing

*Most-cited marketing papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,101 | 10.4 | [Dealing with endogeneity bias: The generalized method of moments (GMM) for panel data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.11.010) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2018-01-09 | Subhan Ullah, Pervaiz Akhtar, Ghasem Zaefarian |
| 2 | 851 | 8.1 | [Waiting for a sales renaissance in the fourth industrial revolution: Machine learning and artificial intelligence in sales research and practice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.12.019) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2018-01-16 | Niladri B. Syam, Arun K. Sharma |
| 3 | 613 | 6.2 | [Modelling the relationship between hotel perceived value, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2018.07.007) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2018-07-11 | Mohammed Ismail El‐Adly |
| 4 | 586 | 5.5 | [The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Retailing Value Chain](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2018.12.002) | [International Journal of Research in Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-research-in-marketing.md) | 2018-01-01 | Werner Reinartz, Nico Wiegand, Monika Imschloß |
| 5 | 572 | 5.5 | [How collaborative innovation networks affect new product performance: Product innovation capability, process innovation capability, and absorptive capacity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.02.009) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2018-03-18 | Saeed Najafi-Tavani, Zhaleh Najafi-Tavani, Peter Naudé et al. |
| 6 | 567 | 5.7 | [The drivers of success in new-product development](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.07.005) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2018-07-27 | Robert G. Cooper |
| 7 | 471 | 4.7 | [How convenient is it? Delivering online shopping convenience to enhance customer satisfaction and encourage e-WOM](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2018.06.007) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2018-06-26 | Paulo Duarte, Susana Cristina Lima da Costa e Silva, Margarida Bernardo Ferreira |
| 8 | 434 | 4.3 | [The role of store image, perceived quality, trust and perceived value in predicting consumers’ purchase intentions towards organic private label food](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2018.04.011) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2018-05-07 | Faruk Anıl Konuk |
| 9 | 418 | 4.4 | [How Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Reshaping Retailing](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-4359(18)30076-9) | [Journal of Retailing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing.md) | 2018-12-01 | Venkatesh Shankar |
| 10 | 399 | 4.1 | [Comparing automated text classification methods](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2018.09.009) | [International Journal of Research in Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-research-in-marketing.md) | 2018-10-24 | Jochen Hartmann, Juliana Huppertz, Christina Schamp et al. |

## Information Systems

*Most-cited information systems papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,576 | 27.1 | [A systematic literature review of blockchain-based applications: Current status, classification and open issues](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.11.006) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2018-11-22 | Fran Casino, Thomas K. Dasaklis, Constantinos Patsakis |
| 2 | 1,533 | 14.7 | [Digital innovation and transformation: An institutional perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoandorg.2018.02.004) | [Information and Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-and-organization.md) | 2018-03-01 | Bob Hinings, Thomas Karl Gegenhuber, Royston Greenwood |
| 3 | 1,084 | 11.4 | [Blockchain adoption challenges in supply chain: An empirical investigation of the main drivers in India and the USA](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.11.021) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2018-12-05 | Maciel Manoel de Queiroz, Samuel Fosso Wamba |
| 4 | 1,026 | 9.8 | [Online social media fatigue and psychological wellbeing—A study of compulsive use, fear of missing out, fatigue, anxiety and depression](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.01.012) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2018-02-22 | Amandeep Dhir, Yossiri Yossatorn, Puneet Kaur et al. |
| 5 | 947 | 9.8 | [Mapping the challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the public sector: Evidence from public healthcare](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2018.09.008) | [Government Information Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/government-information-quarterly.md) | 2018-10-09 | Tara Qian Sun, Rony Medaglia |
| 6 | 927 | 8.9 | [Working and organizing in the age of the learning algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoandorg.2018.02.005) | [Information and Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-and-organization.md) | 2018-03-01 | Samer A Faraj, Stella Pachidi, Karla Sayegh |
| 7 | 910 | 9.1 | [Investigating the impact of social media advertising features on customer purchase intention](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.06.001) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2018-06-20 | Ali Abdallah Alalwan |
| 8 | 839 | 8.8 | [Digital transformation strategy making in pre-digital organizations: The case of a financial services provider](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2018.11.003) | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | 2018-11-28 | Simon Chanias, Michael David Myers, Thomas Heß |
| 9 | 715 | 6.9 | [The limits of trust-free systems: A literature review on blockchain technology and trust in the sharing economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2018.03.005) | [Electronic Commerce Research and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications.md) | 2018-03-18 | Florian Hawlitschek, Benedikt Notheisen, Timm Teubner |
| 10 | 700 | 7.2 | [The sharing economy and digital platforms: A review and research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.07.004) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2018-09-12 | Will Sutherland, Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi |

## Tourism and Hospitality

*Most-cited tourism and hospitality papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,323 | 13.2 | [Cultural tourism: A review of recent research and trends](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2018.03.005) | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | 2018-07-03 | Greg Richards |
| 2 | 1,222 | 12.0 | [The effect of green human resource management on hotel employees’ eco-friendly behavior and environmental performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.04.007) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2018-05-02 | Yong Joong Kim, Woo Gon Kim, Hyung‐Min Choi et al. |
| 3 | 1,074 | 10.5 | [Big data in tourism research: A literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.03.009) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2018-04-10 | Jingjing Li, Lizhi Xu, Ling Tang et al. |
| 4 | 769 | 7.7 | [Transformational leadership and employee performance: The role of identification, engagement and proactive personality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.06.014) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2018-06-19 | Isabel Buil, Eva Martı́nez, Jorge Matute |
| 5 | 707 | 6.9 | [What is food tourism?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.03.025) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2018-04-04 | Ashleigh Ellis, Eerang Park, Sangkyun Kim et al. |
| 6 | 642 | 6.2 | [‘No Ebola…still doomed’ – The Ebola-induced tourism crisis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.03.006) | [Annals of Tourism Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research.md) | 2018-04-06 | Marina Novelli, Liv Gussing Burgess, Adam Leroy Jones et al. |
| 7 | 611 | 5.9 | [Over-tourism and the fall of Venice as a destination](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2018.01.011) | [Journal of Destination Marketing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-destination-marketing-management.md) | 2018-02-22 | Hugues Séraphin, Paul Sheeran, Manuela Pilato |
| 8 | 603 | 6.2 | [Can community-based tourism contribute to sustainable development? Evidence from residents’ perceptions of the sustainability](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.09.003) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2018-09-17 | Tsung Hung Lee, Fen‐Hauh Jan |
| 9 | 497 | 4.9 | [Predicting overall customer satisfaction: Big data evidence from hotel online textual reviews](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.03.017) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2018-05-15 | Yabing Zhao, Xun Xu, Mingshu Wang |
| 10 | 497 | 5.0 | [Differences in perceptions about food delivery apps between single-person and multi-person households](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.06.019) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2018-06-19 | Meehee Cho, Mark A. Bonn, Jun Justin Li |

## Operations Research

*Most-cited operations research papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,895 | 39.1 | [CasADi: a software framework for nonlinear optimization and optimal control](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12532-018-0139-4) | [Mathematical Programming Computation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mathematical-programming-computation.md) | 2018-07-11 | Joel A.E. Andersson, Joris Gillis, Greg Horn et al. |
| 2 | 2,199 | 22.4 | [The expected contribution of Industry 4.0 technologies for industrial performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.08.019) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2018-08-20 | Lucas Santos Dalenogare, Guilherme Brittes Benitez, Néstor Fabián Ayala et al. |
| 3 | 1,113 | 10.6 | [Industry 4.0 and the circular economy: a proposed research agenda and original roadmap for sustainable operations](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2772-8) | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 2018-02-01 | Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour, Moacir Godinho Filho et al. |
| 4 | 1,056 | 11.1 | [A review of Internet of Things (IoT) embedded sustainable supply chain for industry 4.0 requirements](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.11.030) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2018-11-17 | Manavalan Ethirajan, Jayakrishna Kandasamy |
| 5 | 868 | 8.4 | [Autonomous vehicle perception: The technology of today and tomorrow](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.02.012) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-03-08 | Jessica Van Brummelen, Marie O’Brien, Dominique Gruyer et al. |
| 6 | 844 | 8.9 | [The roles of initial trust and perceived risk in public’s acceptance of automated vehicles](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.11.018) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-12-04 | Tingru Zhang, Da Tao, Xingda Qu et al. |
| 7 | 804 | 7.7 | [Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous vehicles: Field experiments](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.02.005) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-02-20 | Raphael Stern, Shumo Cui, Maria Laura Delle Monache et al. |
| 8 | 800 | 7.7 | [A hybrid deep learning based traffic flow prediction method and its understanding](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.03.001) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-03-20 | Yuankai Wu, Huachun Tan, Lingqiao Qin et al. |
| 9 | 763 | 7.7 | [Supply chain finance: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.08.003) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2018-08-10 | Xinhan Xu, Xiangfeng Chen, Fu Jia et al. |
| 10 | 744 | 7.1 | [Green product supply chain contracts considering environmental responsibilities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.02.010) | [Omega](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/omega.md) | 2018-02-22 | Zhaofu Hong, Xiaolong Guo |

## AI

*Most-cited AI papers published in 2018*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9,547 | 96.2 | [Focal Loss for Dense Object Detection](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2858826) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-07-23 | Tsung-Yi Lin, Priya Goyal, Ross Girshick et al. |
| 2 | 5,301 | 55.2 | [Explanation in artificial intelligence: Insights from the social sciences](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2018.07.007) | [Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence.md) | 2018-10-26 | Tim Miller |
| 3 | 5,007 | 47.6 | [Multimodal Machine Learning: A Survey and Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2798607) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-01-25 | Tadas Baltrušaitis, Chaitanya Ahuja, Louis‐Philippe Morency |
| 4 | 3,459 | 34.3 | [Mask R-CNN](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2844175) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-06-05 | Kaiming He, Georgia Gkioxari, Piotr Dollár et al. |
| 5 | 3,086 | 31.2 | [A systematic study of the class imbalance problem in convolutional neural networks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2018.07.011) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2018-07-29 | Mateusz Buda, Atsuto Maki, Maciej A. Mazurowski |
| 6 | 2,861 | 28.8 | [Virtual Adversarial Training: A Regularization Method for Supervised and Semi-Supervised Learning](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2858821) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-07-23 | Takeru Miyato, Shin‐ichi Maeda, Masanori Koyama et al. |
| 7 | 2,296 | 23.5 | [FusionGAN: A generative adversarial network for infrared and visible image fusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2018.09.004) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2018-09-05 | Jiayi Ma, Wei Yu, Pengwei Liang et al. |
| 8 | 2,113 | 20.0 | [Sigmoid-weighted linear units for neural network function approximation in reinforcement learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2017.12.012) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2018-01-11 | Stefan Elfwing, Eiji Uchibe, Kenji Doya |
| 9 | 2,033 | 19.5 | [A Comprehensive Survey of Graph Embedding: Problems, Techniques, and Applications](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2018.2807452) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2018-02-19 | Hongyun Cai, Vincent Wenchen Zheng, Kevin Chen–Chuan Chang |
| 10 | 1,900 | 20.2 | [Efficient and Robust Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Using Hierarchical Navigable Small World Graphs](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2889473) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-12-28 | Yu. A. Malkov, Dmitry A. Yashunin |

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