Which topics in research overall grew the most over the past year?

Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “absorptive capacity” (44 papers, +22 vs. its earlier share), “AI governance” (52 papers, +20 vs. its earlier share), “uncertainty estimation” (41 papers, +18 vs. its earlier share), “mixture of experts” (47 papers, +16 vs. its earlier share) and “human-AI collaboration” (36 papers, +16 vs. its earlier share).

Which topics in finance research grew the most over the past year?

Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “artificial intelligence” (31 papers, +14 vs. its earlier share), “corporate finance” (18 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share), “price discovery” (18 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share), “greenwashing” (24 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share) and “asset pricing” (28 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share).

Which topics in accounting research grew the most over the past year?

Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “accounting education” (10 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share), “moderating effect” (8 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share), “information transparency” (5 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share), “corporate disclosure” (7 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share) and “ESG performance” (7 papers, +3 vs. its earlier share).

Which topics in economics research grew the most over the past year?

Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “corporate governance” (35 papers, +13 vs. its earlier share), “total factor productivity” (33 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share), “systemic risk” (22 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share), “treatment effect heterogeneity” (14 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share) and “absorptive capacity” (17 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share).

Which topics in management research grew the most over the past year?

Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “absorptive capacity” (21 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share), “customer satisfaction” (17 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share), “knowledge-based view” (15 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share), “human-AI collaboration” (15 papers, +7 vs. its earlier share) and “customer engagement” (13 papers, +5 vs. its earlier share).

Which topics in operations research grew the most over the past year?

Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “price competition” (11 papers, +9 vs. its earlier share), “drone delivery” (15 papers, +9 vs. its earlier share), “supply chain coordination” (19 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share), “local search” (15 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share) and “distributionally robust optimization” (22 papers, +7 vs. its earlier share).

Which topics in AI research grew the most over the past year?

Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “AI governance” (41 papers, +18 vs. its earlier share), “mixture of experts” (47 papers, +17 vs. its earlier share), “uncertainty estimation” (39 papers, +16 vs. its earlier share), “foundation models” (27 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share) and “spatial transcriptomics” (14 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share).

Research trends over the last 12 months

Monthly paper counts and keyword trends from the archive of every paper this site has collected, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026 (* marks the current month, which is still incomplete). Growing keywords are ranked by how many more papers they had in Jul 2026–Sep 2026 than their share of papers in Oct 2025–Jun 2026 predicts, among keywords whose share grew at least 1.5 times.

Key findings

Papers per month in all tracked journals: 3,130 to 3,970 over the last 12 complete months.
Fastest-growing keywords in all tracked journals (Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026): “absorptive capacity” (44 papers, +22 vs. its earlier share), “AI governance” (52 papers, +20 vs. its earlier share) and “uncertainty estimation” (41 papers, +18 vs. its earlier share).
Papers per month in the tracked finance journals: 522 to 741 over the last 12 complete months.
Fastest-growing keywords in the tracked finance journals (Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026): “artificial intelligence” (31 papers, +14 vs. its earlier share), “corporate finance” (18 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share) and “price discovery” (18 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share).
Papers per month in the tracked accounting journals: 49 to 92 over the last 12 complete months.
Fastest-growing keywords in the tracked accounting journals (Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026): “accounting education” (10 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share), “moderating effect” (8 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share) and “information transparency” (5 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share).
Papers per month in the tracked economics journals: 774 to 960 over the last 12 complete months.
Fastest-growing keywords in the tracked economics journals (Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026): “corporate governance” (35 papers, +13 vs. its earlier share), “total factor productivity” (33 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share) and “systemic risk” (22 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share).
Papers per month in the tracked management journals: 270 to 398 over the last 12 complete months.
Fastest-growing keywords in the tracked management journals (Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026): “absorptive capacity” (21 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share), “customer satisfaction” (17 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share) and “knowledge-based view” (15 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share).
Papers per month in the tracked operations research journals: 238 to 331 over the last 12 complete months.
Fastest-growing keywords in the tracked operations research journals (Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026): “price competition” (11 papers, +9 vs. its earlier share), “drone delivery” (15 papers, +9 vs. its earlier share) and “supply chain coordination” (19 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share).
Papers per month in the tracked AI journals: 1,123 to 1,580 over the last 12 complete months.
Fastest-growing keywords in the tracked AI journals (Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026): “AI governance” (41 papers, +18 vs. its earlier share), “mixture of experts” (47 papers, +17 vs. its earlier share) and “uncertainty estimation” (39 papers, +16 vs. its earlier share).

Papers per month (all journals)

Oct 2025Oct 2026 *

Papers per month by publication date
Month	All journals	Finance	Accounting	Economics	Management	Operations Research	AI
Oct 2025	3,130	619	49	801	270	268	1,123
Nov 2025	3,454	741	82	901	354	238	1,138
Dec 2025	3,474	702	56	806	287	274	1,349
Jan 2026	3,539	567	82	885	389	295	1,321
Feb 2026	3,425	522	82	912	359	266	1,284
Mar 2026	3,970	691	68	938	398	295	1,580
Apr 2026	3,681	645	81	819	344	288	1,504
May 2026	3,652	600	78	844	343	331	1,456
Jun 2026	3,720	605	86	960	316	309	1,444
Jul 2026	3,574	625	92	910	366	281	1,300
Aug 2026	3,366	546	57	774	304	283	1,402
Sep 2026	3,597	668	67	931	346	287	1,298
Oct 2026 *	2,553	410	50	676	238	204	975

All journals

Most frequent keywords

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Keyword	12 months	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26*
China	1,599	132	139	157	130	131	147	149	120	131	132	113	118	65
large language models	1,312	68	94	103	90	83	129	129	126	147	111	122	110	72
Chinese listed companies	1,274	110	122	150	111	86	99	106	89	111	95	91	104	46
corporate governance	887	82	99	81	74	70	88	71	55	70	64	62	71	39
financial constraints	840	71	99	89	73	66	75	70	65	68	58	54	52	25
state-owned enterprises	666	63	73	71	56	34	68	61	45	47	53	48	47	18
emerging markets	611	36	46	50	48	59	57	53	55	62	52	31	62	30
COVID-19 pandemic	610	56	55	59	45	65	58	49	48	48	50	49	28	24
graph neural networks	551	49	32	47	44	33	50	59	47	51	54	44	41	32
information asymmetry	534	31	61	32	51	33	43	38	54	57	48	39	47	25
contrastive learning	528	31	38	48	38	45	56	58	38	46	40	49	41	21
digital transformation	519	52	49	48	42	42	52	45	42	36	39	31	41	27
artificial intelligence	499	34	32	56	42	35	45	43	29	36	50	48	49	26
multimodal fusion	481	32	36	34	46	46	44	41	44	46	44	41	27	24
class imbalance	453	36	29	36	36	34	43	44	45	40	29	47	34	19

Fastest-growing keywords

Keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share, Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026
Keyword	Papers Oct 2025–Jun 2026	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	Expected at earlier share	Extra papers	Share growth
absorptive capacity	67	44	22.0	+22.0	×2.0
AI governance	96	52	31.6	+20.4	×1.6
uncertainty estimation	70	41	23.0	+18.0	×1.8
mixture of experts	94	47	30.9	+16.1	×1.5
human-AI collaboration	62	36	20.4	+15.6	×1.8
financial contagion	48	31	15.8	+15.2	×2.0
monetary policy transmission	73	39	24.0	+15.0	×1.6
corporate finance	25	23	8.2	+14.8	×2.8
innovation policy	49	30	16.1	+13.9	×1.9
stablecoins	25	22	8.2	+13.8	×2.7

Finance

Most frequent keywords

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Keyword	12 months	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26*
Chinese listed companies	852	77	91	112	62	42	62	78	64	75	60	69	60	18
China	679	53	78	77	37	50	64	68	54	52	61	46	39	23
financial constraints	563	44	68	65	45	31	56	54	44	49	40	38	29	12
corporate governance	517	55	60	52	39	31	62	49	29	40	32	34	34	17
state-owned enterprises	425	46	52	51	29	19	43	45	27	28	28	31	26	6
information asymmetry	305	19	38	19	31	11	27	22	36	26	28	25	23	6
emerging markets	298	18	29	28	19	25	24	24	28	29	29	13	32	14
COVID-19 pandemic	266	21	18	27	19	43	30	21	14	19	21	22	11	7
regional heterogeneity	226	32	45	32	13	9	24	12	11	22	12	8	6	2
listed companies	215	29	38	34	10	8	17	24	9	12	12	10	12	2
moderating effect	208	35	44	34	7	6	15	17	12	11	11	8	8	4
digital transformation	195	26	20	29	13	9	15	16	15	16	11	9	16	10
green finance	185	17	27	19	14	14	13	14	15	18	5	11	18	10
green innovation	177	16	23	20	15	13	8	16	12	16	7	18	13	5
systemic risk	172	11	12	20	13	20	20	13	16	11	13	12	11	6

Fastest-growing keywords

Keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share, Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026
Keyword	Papers Oct 2025–Jun 2026	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	Expected at earlier share	Extra papers	Share growth
artificial intelligence	54	31	17.4	+13.6	×1.8
corporate finance	19	18	6.1	+11.9	×2.9
price discovery	21	18	6.8	+11.2	×2.6
greenwashing	41	24	13.2	+10.8	×1.8
asset pricing	55	28	17.8	+10.2	×1.6
financial contagion	31	20	10.0	+10.0	×2.0
stablecoins	22	17	7.1	+9.9	×2.4
financial intermediation	10	13	3.2	+9.8	×4.0
stock price crash risk	54	27	17.4	+9.6	×1.6
macroprudential policy	44	23	14.2	+8.8	×1.6

Accounting

Most frequent keywords

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Keyword	12 months	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26*
corporate governance	157	12	18	9	18	18	10	11	13	20	10	9	9	8
Chinese listed companies	49	4	4	7	8	3	3	4	0	3	3	5	5	4
information asymmetry	38	0	3	1	5	4	3	1	2	11	1	5	2	3
audit quality	33	0	2	3	3	7	1	4	2	4	1	3	3	1
state-owned enterprises	31	1	2	3	7	1	1	4	4	2	2	4	0	0
corporate social responsibility	29	1	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	3	0
accounting education	27	0	0	1	1	3	2	5	4	1	6	2	2	2
emerging markets	27	0	3	2	1	4	1	3	2	4	1	4	2	0
earnings management	26	1	1	2	5	4	0	2	2	3	4	1	1	2
financial constraints	26	3	1	1	4	5	2	4	0	2	1	3	0	2
China	25	2	2	2	4	2	2	4	3	0	2	2	0	0
voluntary disclosure	23	0	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	2	3	2	1
financial reporting quality	22	1	2	2	3	1	1	4	1	2	2	0	3	3
firm performance	22	1	2	1	2	0	5	3	0	4	2	0	2	0
executive compensation	21	1	0	1	2	3	2	4	1	3	1	1	2	2

Fastest-growing keywords

Keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share, Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026
Keyword	Papers Oct 2025–Jun 2026	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	Expected at earlier share	Extra papers	Share growth
accounting education	17	10	5.5	+4.5	×1.8
moderating effect	11	8	3.6	+4.4	×2.2
information transparency	3	5	1.0	+4.0	×5.1
corporate disclosure	10	7	3.3	+3.7	×2.1
ESG performance	13	7	4.2	+2.8	×1.7
financial reporting	13	7	4.2	+2.8	×1.7
Chinese enterprises	7	5	2.3	+2.7	×2.2
generative AI	8	5	2.6	+2.4	×1.9

Economics

Most frequent keywords

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Keyword	12 months	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26*
China	767	68	50	66	82	63	71	66	52	71	53	57	68	36
COVID-19 pandemic	236	20	31	23	18	13	18	19	18	23	23	16	14	10
energy transition	210	17	17	14	15	21	20	17	21	14	15	18	21	10
Chinese listed companies	195	14	14	16	23	21	14	10	13	20	20	9	21	14
income inequality	195	18	14	18	16	9	20	11	16	24	19	13	17	7
financial constraints	187	16	19	18	21	21	12	10	16	14	14	8	18	9
economic growth	185	16	8	13	22	16	8	18	17	17	22	13	15	10
environmental regulation	167	16	16	9	19	14	16	15	10	17	13	7	15	6
CO2 emissions	163	9	9	9	14	13	29	17	14	17	14	8	10	12
developing countries	162	16	16	14	12	16	15	13	18	12	10	5	15	6
state-owned enterprises	159	13	11	17	14	13	18	7	10	12	17	9	18	9
green innovation	148	14	8	15	16	12	15	13	14	4	14	12	11	7
monetary policy	146	19	9	11	12	17	11	6	16	14	10	8	13	15
emerging markets	145	11	7	14	10	17	18	10	13	13	11	5	16	9
gender differences	139	14	12	9	18	11	14	11	11	12	12	8	7	6

Fastest-growing keywords

Keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share, Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026
Keyword	Papers Oct 2025–Jun 2026	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	Expected at earlier share	Extra papers	Share growth
corporate governance	66	35	21.9	+13.1	×1.6
total factor productivity	62	33	20.6	+12.4	×1.6
systemic risk	35	22	11.6	+10.4	×1.9
treatment effect heterogeneity	13	14	4.3	+9.7	×3.2
absorptive capacity	22	17	7.3	+9.7	×2.3
artificial intelligence	50	26	16.6	+9.4	×1.6
environmental degradation	15	13	5.0	+8.0	×2.6
digital governance	4	9	1.3	+7.7	×6.8
employment	25	16	8.3	+7.7	×1.9
social welfare (welfare economics)	37	20	12.3	+7.7	×1.6

Management

Most frequent keywords

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Keyword	12 months	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26*
digital transformation	202	14	22	14	18	22	23	15	17	11	16	14	16	10
Chinese listed companies	159	13	11	11	16	20	19	13	11	10	12	7	16	9
dynamic capabilities	149	5	10	6	12	17	18	12	20	13	11	10	15	8
artificial intelligence	141	5	13	12	14	10	14	13	7	15	18	8	12	8
emerging markets	131	6	7	5	16	12	13	16	11	15	11	8	11	5
small and medium-sized enterprises	126	10	17	8	12	11	12	8	11	9	8	11	9	8
moderating effect	124	8	12	9	15	18	13	9	10	5	9	6	10	5
multinational corporations	124	2	12	6	10	13	11	17	12	10	11	10	10	5
generative AI	121	5	12	9	10	7	13	17	4	15	7	13	9	3
corporate social responsibility	116	8	11	10	8	13	10	11	9	13	6	9	8	8
China	101	9	7	10	3	12	7	10	10	7	13	6	7	5
green innovation	101	9	5	6	12	6	10	12	12	9	7	6	7	8
corporate governance	99	6	11	7	9	11	8	8	4	3	10	8	14	7
firm performance	99	4	11	9	10	15	5	4	7	11	9	5	9	4
resource-based view	96	5	1	10	13	6	9	12	7	6	9	10	8	4

Fastest-growing keywords

Keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share, Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026
Keyword	Papers Oct 2025–Jun 2026	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	Expected at earlier share	Extra papers	Share growth
absorptive capacity	26	21	8.6	+12.4	×2.4
customer satisfaction	19	17	6.3	+10.7	×2.7
knowledge-based view	22	15	7.3	+7.7	×2.0
human-AI collaboration	23	15	7.6	+7.4	×2.0
customer engagement	23	13	7.6	+5.4	×1.7
business strategy	5	7	1.7	+5.3	×4.2
inclusive growth	3	6	1.0	+5.0	×6.0
influencer marketing	15	10	5.0	+5.0	×2.0
developing countries	24	13	8.0	+5.0	×1.6
public procurement	4	6	1.3	+4.7	×4.5

Operations Research

Most frequent keywords

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Keyword	12 months	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26*
mixed-integer linear programming	145	17	14	13	15	10	10	14	11	13	11	13	4	11
demand uncertainty	110	6	12	13	11	6	11	12	9	12	2	7	9	6
multi-objective optimization	96	9	7	10	9	6	3	10	9	5	7	15	6	5
vehicle routing	93	7	6	7	8	4	10	4	8	10	9	8	12	1
mixed integer programming	90	9	4	9	9	7	7	6	10	11	5	6	7	2
supply chain resilience	88	7	6	9	3	11	11	7	8	6	6	8	6	8
robust optimization	76	7	3	5	9	9	7	6	7	4	6	2	11	4
distributionally robust optimization	66	9	7	2	3	3	6	5	4	5	5	12	5	6
makespan minimization	66	4	2	3	7	7	6	9	6	11	3	4	4	0
adaptive large neighborhood search	62	5	4	8	8	8	4	2	5	7	5	3	3	4
last-mile delivery	62	4	6	5	3	3	4	5	6	6	8	7	5	5
Benders decomposition	60	5	2	4	5	6	4	7	7	6	6	2	6	3
multi-criteria decision making	57	5	4	1	4	7	5	4	9	11	2	3	2	0
two-stage stochastic programming	57	9	5	6	7	1	4	4	4	7	5	3	2	6
combinatorial optimization	55	3	3	3	6	6	4	6	3	3	3	10	5	2

Fastest-growing keywords

Keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share, Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026
Keyword	Papers Oct 2025–Jun 2026	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	Expected at earlier share	Extra papers	Share growth
price competition	5	11	1.7	+9.3	×6.6
drone delivery	18	15	6.0	+9.0	×2.5
supply chain coordination	33	19	11.0	+8.0	×1.7
local search	22	15	7.3	+7.7	×2.0
distributionally robust optimization	44	22	14.6	+7.4	×1.5
supplier selection	13	11	4.3	+6.7	×2.5
Stackelberg game	29	16	9.6	+6.4	×1.7
matheuristic	25	14	8.3	+5.7	×1.7
live streaming e-commerce	6	7	2.0	+5.0	×3.5
digital platforms	9	8	3.0	+5.0	×2.7

AI

Most frequent keywords

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Keyword	12 months	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26*
large language models	1,099	54	81	90	70	71	106	112	111	129	82	98	95	55
graph neural networks	529	49	29	45	39	32	49	57	46	47	53	44	39	31
contrastive learning	518	31	38	48	36	43	55	56	38	46	39	48	40	21
multimodal fusion	475	32	36	34	45	46	43	41	42	45	44	40	27	23
class imbalance	411	33	27	32	34	31	39	38	41	35	26	43	32	17
diffusion models	342	24	24	28	35	21	26	43	32	25	31	25	28	17
attention mechanism	337	29	35	30	33	26	30	26	29	28	27	20	24	13
interpretability	332	28	35	26	16	24	34	35	29	36	32	18	19	15
knowledge distillation	327	21	24	28	25	24	23	30	44	27	27	24	30	17
explainable AI	324	30	21	24	12	31	31	28	34	29	21	31	32	20
Mamba	283	13	12	24	28	22	14	31	32	28	25	30	24	9
federated learning	282	17	28	22	35	26	21	23	18	23	21	27	21	21
transformer models	280	21	20	28	21	25	31	24	26	22	26	19	17	13
vision-language models	270	14	14	20	23	29	27	23	27	25	23	19	26	17
computational efficiency	269	15	18	26	25	21	27	29	30	27	16	19	16	10

Fastest-growing keywords

Keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share, Jul 2026–Sep 2026 vs Oct 2025–Jun 2026
Keyword	Papers Oct 2025–Jun 2026	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	Expected at earlier share	Extra papers	Share growth
AI governance	69	41	22.6	+18.4	×1.8
mixture of experts	92	47	30.2	+16.8	×1.6
uncertainty estimation	70	39	23.0	+16.0	×1.7
foundation models	49	27	16.1	+10.9	×1.7
spatial transcriptomics	10	14	3.3	+10.7	×4.3
cross-dataset generalization	41	24	13.4	+10.6	×1.8
reproducibility	21	15	6.9	+8.1	×2.2
aerial imagery	4	9	1.3	+7.7	×6.9
LoRa	29	17	9.5	+7.5	×1.8
inference latency	14	12	4.6	+7.4	×2.6

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Which topics in research overall grew the most over the past year?: Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “absorptive capacity” (44 papers, +22 vs. its earlier share), “AI governance” (52 papers, +20 vs. its earlier share), “uncertainty estimation” (41 papers, +18 vs. its earlier share), “mixture of experts” (47 papers, +16 vs. its earlier share) and “human-AI collaboration” (36 papers, +16 vs. its earlier share).
Which topics in finance research grew the most over the past year?: Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “artificial intelligence” (31 papers, +14 vs. its earlier share), “corporate finance” (18 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share), “price discovery” (18 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share), “greenwashing” (24 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share) and “asset pricing” (28 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share).
Which topics in accounting research grew the most over the past year?: Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “accounting education” (10 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share), “moderating effect” (8 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share), “information transparency” (5 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share), “corporate disclosure” (7 papers, +4 vs. its earlier share) and “ESG performance” (7 papers, +3 vs. its earlier share).
Which topics in economics research grew the most over the past year?: Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “corporate governance” (35 papers, +13 vs. its earlier share), “total factor productivity” (33 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share), “systemic risk” (22 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share), “treatment effect heterogeneity” (14 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share) and “absorptive capacity” (17 papers, +10 vs. its earlier share).
Which topics in management research grew the most over the past year?: Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “absorptive capacity” (21 papers, +12 vs. its earlier share), “customer satisfaction” (17 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share), “knowledge-based view” (15 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share), “human-AI collaboration” (15 papers, +7 vs. its earlier share) and “customer engagement” (13 papers, +5 vs. its earlier share).
Which topics in operations research grew the most over the past year?: Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “price competition” (11 papers, +9 vs. its earlier share), “drone delivery” (15 papers, +9 vs. its earlier share), “supply chain coordination” (19 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share), “local search” (15 papers, +8 vs. its earlier share) and “distributionally robust optimization” (22 papers, +7 vs. its earlier share).
Which topics in AI research grew the most over the past year?: Comparing Jul 2026–Sep 2026 with Oct 2025–Jun 2026, the keywords with the most papers beyond their earlier share were “AI governance” (41 papers, +18 vs. its earlier share), “mixture of experts” (47 papers, +17 vs. its earlier share), “uncertainty estimation” (39 papers, +16 vs. its earlier share), “foundation models” (27 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share) and “spatial transcriptomics” (14 papers, +11 vs. its earlier share).