E-commerce and Technology Innovations
E-commerce and Technology Innovations is a research topic within Business and International Management. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1953. 6.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the drivers, barriers, and implications of cross-border e-commerce, particularly within the context of logistics, digital technologies, supply chain integration, risk assessment, and economic development. It explores topics such as the role of digital technologies and capabilities, adoption of technological innovations, impact on international trade, risk assessment using text mining and fuzzy reasoning, and the development of cross-border e-commerce platforms.
- Cross-Border E-Commerce
- Logistics
- Digital Technologies
- Supply Chain
- International Trade
- Risk Assessment
- Fuzzy Theory
- B2B Context
- Economic Development
- Big Data Analytics
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1953
- In the world top 10%
- 1.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +117% the tick is no change
Which countries lead E-commerce and Technology Innovations research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (8.2k and 420 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 8.2k works
- 2 India 420 works
- 3 United States 304 works
- 4 Indonesia 300 works
- 5 ?? 191 works
- 6 Malaysia 168 works
- 7 Philippines 131 works
- 8 United Kingdom 129 works
- 9 South Korea 117 works
- 10 Thailand 104 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead E-commerce and Technology Innovations research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Wuhan Business University publishes the most E-commerce and Technology Innovations research, followed by Anhui University of Finance and Economics and Wuhan University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Wuhan Business UniversityChina 97 works
- 2 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 90 works
- 3 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 71 works
- 4 Shandong Institute of Commerce & TechnologyChina 69 works
- 5 Shanghai UniversityChina 55 works
- 6 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 55 works
- 7 Wuhan Donghu UniversityChina 54 works
- 8 China Automotive Technology and Research CenterChina 52 works
- 9 Guangzhou Vocational College of Science and TechnologyChina 51 works
- 10 Nanning Normal UniversityChina 51 works
Who are the leading researchers in E-commerce and Technology Innovations?
The most-cited researchers publishing on E-commerce and Technology Innovations include Yang Liu.
- 1 Yang Liu Singapore 3.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is E-commerce and Technology Innovations research done?
The largest centres of E-commerce and Technology Innovations research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bengbu and Guangzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BengbuCN · 97.1 works35×
- Guangzhou40.9 works34×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in E-commerce and Technology Innovations than the world average.
Where is the best place to study E-commerce and Technology Innovations?
Among universities, judged by research, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Sichuan International Studies University and Xijing University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shandong University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 67.6 | 27.3% | 15.4× | 13 | +89.5% |
| 2 | Sichuan International Studies UniversityChina | 64.5 | 26.4% | 36.6× | 14 | — |
| 3 | Xijing UniversityChina | 63.4 | 20.4% | 14.6× | 9 | +269.4% |
| 4 | University of International Business and EconomicsChina | 62.0 | 29.3% | 11.9× | 12 | -46.0% |
| 5 | Wuhan Business UniversityChina | 61.9 | 0.9% | 118.7× | 97 | +194.2% |
| 6 | Wuhan Donghu UniversityChina | 58.9 | 2.4% | 134.0× | 54 | +226.1% |
| 7 | City University of MacauMacau | 58.4 | 6.4% | 19.1× | 31 | — |
| 8 | Shanghai UniversityChina | 56.4 | 10.6% | 7.2× | 55 | +117.3% |
| 9 | Minzu University of ChinaChina | 56.2 | 5.5% | 9.4× | 29 | +505.9% |
| 10 | Harbin UniversityChina | 55.9 | 9.0% | 25.5× | 15 | +310.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is E-commerce and Technology Innovations research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 117% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are E-commerce and Technology Innovations.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.