Innovation and Knowledge Management

Innovation and Knowledge Management is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1953. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the topics of knowledge management, organizational innovation, and strategic capabilities. It encompasses research on dynamic capabilities, knowledge transfer, business models, innovation networks, organizational learning, absorptive capacity, strategic alliances, social capital, resource-based view, and market orientation.

Dynamic Capabilities
Knowledge Transfer
Business Models
Innovation Networks
Organizational Learning
Absorptive Capacity
Strategic Alliances
Social Capital
Resource-Based View
Market Orientation

Research works: 55k
In the world top 10%: 5.6k
Top-10% rate: 10.2%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -9%
Largest producer: China

Innovation and Knowledge Management

Which countries lead Innovation and Knowledge Management research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 924 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 1.5k works
2 United States 924 works
3 United Kingdom 463 works
4 Germany 402 works
5 Brazil 368 works
6 India 346 works
7 Italy 339 works
8 France 247 works
9 Spain 232 works
10 Indonesia 188 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.

China1,539 · 30.5%United States924 · 18.3%United Kingdom463 · 9.2%Germany402 · 8.0%6 others listed1,720 · 34.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Innovation and Knowledge Management research?

By volume in 2022-now, Copenhagen Business School publishes the most Innovation and Knowledge Management research, followed by Aalborg University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 51 works
2 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 30 works
3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 29 works
4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 26 works
5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 25 works
6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 24 works
7 Tongji UniversityChina 22 works
8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 22 works
9 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 22 works
10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Innovation and Knowledge Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Innovation and Knowledge Management include Mika Kivimäki, Kai You Wang and Marko Sarstedt.

1 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
3 Marko Sarstedt Germany 221k citations
4 Christian M. Ringle Germany 215k citations
5 Michael C. Jensen United States 203k citations
6 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
7 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 189k citations
8 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
9 Jeffrey L. Cummings United States 176k citations
10 Kathleen M. Eisenhardt United States 169k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Innovation and Knowledge Management?

The most cited paper in Innovation and Knowledge Management is "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage" (Jay Bryan Barney, 1991), with 47,651 citations. Next come "Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation" (35,497) and "Dynamic capabilities and strategic management" (32,830).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage Jay Bryan Barney · Journal of Management Open access	Mar 1991	47,651
2	Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation Wesley M. Cohen, Daniel A. Levinthal · Administrative Science Quarterly	Mar 1990	35,497
3	Dynamic capabilities and strategic management David J. Teece, Gary Paul Pisano, Amy Shuen · Strategic Management Journal	Aug 1997	32,830
4	A resource‐based view of the firm Birger Wernerfelt · Strategic Management Journal	Apr 1984	25,311
5	A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation Ikujiro Nonaka · Organization Science	Feb 1994	17,764

All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Innovation and Knowledge Management research done?

The largest centres of Innovation and Knowledge Management research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hangzhou (China) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 221 works
2 ShanghaiChina 120 works
3 HangzhouChina 92 works
4 LondonUnited Kingdom 86 works
5 NanjingChina 83 works
6 SeoulSouth Korea 83 works
7 GuangzhouChina 77 works
8 Xi'anChina 77 works
9 WuhanChina 68 works
10 São PauloBrazil 67 works

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Where is the best place to study Innovation and Knowledge Management?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Bayreuth, Vienna University of Economics and Business and HEC Montréal score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of BayreuthGermany	65.0	38.0%	7.8×	10	+19.1%
2	Vienna University of Economics and BusinessAustria	59.9	20.9%	27.9×	16	+32.9%
3	HEC MontréalCanada	58.8	15.4%	50.2×	18	+24.1%
4	Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark	58.0	9.8%	42.9×	51	-15.0%
5	University of VaasaFinland	57.4	31.8%	43.6×	17	-33.2%
6	BI Norwegian Business SchoolNorway	57.1	17.2%	63.2×	19	+4.3%
7	Universitat Ramon LlullSpain	53.7	24.6%	19.6×	9	+22.3%
8	Politecnico di MilanoItaly	52.1	20.1%	4.8×	25	-12.3%
9	University of ReadingUnited Kingdom	52.1	23.8%	9.4×	13	-7.3%
10	Jilin University of Finance and EconomicsChina	50.0	26.0%	38.2×	9	+489.3%
11	Virginia TechUnited States	49.0	31.1%	2.0×	8	+21.1%
12	Bocconi UniversityItaly	48.9	11.2%	28.0×	18	-27.2%
13	University of WarwickUnited Kingdom	48.8	18.5%	5.5×	19	-17.3%
14	Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFinland	48.0	19.3%	22.1×	16	-49.5%
15	University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam	47.7	15.0%	18.9×	11	+398.8%
16	University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom	47.5	20.3%	2.7×	15	+0.3%
17	Shanghai UniversityChina	47.4	16.5%	3.7×	19	+99.2%
18	Renmin University of ChinaChina	46.8	17.6%	6.8×	16	+82.8%
19	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina	46.1	17.0%	2.2×	19	+33.9%
20	University of St.GallenSwitzerland	45.8	17.9%	21.5×	16	-35.8%
21	The University of QueenslandAustralia	45.7	22.3%	1.6×	11	+4.0%
22	University of Beira InteriorPortugal	45.0	15.8%	24.6×	19	-21.0%
23	University of LeedsUnited Kingdom	45.0	17.8%	3.5×	14	-15.8%
24	University of TurinItaly	44.8	37.7%	2.0×	8	-61.2%
25	Indiana UniversityUnited States	43.0	27.0%	1.4×	10	-12.2%
26	Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadIndia	42.9	20.4%	25.6×	8	+38.1%
27	Nanjing UniversityChina	42.8	11.8%	2.9×	20	+282.0%
28	Dongbei University of Finance and EconomicsChina	42.8	21.9%	20.9×	9	+279.1%
29	University of GroningenNetherlands	42.5	23.4%	2.5×	13	-38.0%
30	Zhejiang Gongshang UniversityChina	42.0	16.9%	11.8×	13	+65.9%
31	University of International Business and EconomicsChina	41.8	21.6%	12.0×	8	+94.3%
32	Tilburg UniversityNetherlands	41.7	17.4%	8.7×	10	-48.7%
33	University of AntwerpBelgium	41.5	12.2%	4.4×	11	+11.8%
34	Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom	41.5	17.1%	3.4×	9	+29.0%
35	Tongji UniversityChina	41.3	9.6%	2.0×	22	+28.5%
36	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands	41.2	14.9%	3.5×	13	-45.1%
37	Zhejiang UniversityChina	40.9	12.8%	1.2×	24	+19.7%
38	Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands	40.8	14.9%	4.6×	14	-24.4%
39	Aalto UniversityFinland	40.1	14.9%	5.9×	13	-52.8%
40	RMIT UniversityAustralia	39.6	12.3%	4.2×	12	+7.9%
41	Aalborg UniversityDenmark	39.5	4.1%	7.1×	30	-20.0%
42	University of Hong KongChina	38.8	9.8%	1.6×	11	+8.7%
43	Arizona State UniversityUnited States	38.6	20.8%	2.0×	10	-32.7%
44	Tsinghua UniversityChina	37.8	9.5%	1.5×	26	+4.6%
45	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States	35.7	22.6%	1.2×	8	-43.7%
46	Aarhus UniversityDenmark	35.6	8.1%	3.3×	21	-49.8%
47	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	35.1	12.1%	2.0×	13	-16.2%
48	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States	35.1	10.9%	1.3×	10	-43.1%
49	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	32.9	1.0%	1.8×	22	+21.8%
50	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	32.5	11.5%	1.7×	22	-26.9%
51	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	32.1	18.1%	1.6×	8	-41.3%
52	Universidade de São PauloBrazil	30.3	10.2%	1.4×	22	-26.2%
53	City University of Hong KongChina	30.3	8.2%	2.0×	8	-38.7%
54	National University of SingaporeSingapore	27.3	9.3%	1.3×	11	-35.5%
55	University of Technology SydneyAustralia	25.8	12.1%	2.8×	9	-62.2%
56	KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden	24.5	8.2%	3.5×	10	-25.3%
57	KU LeuvenBelgium	24.4	10.0%	1.2×	8	-20.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Innovation and Knowledge Management, country by country

Is Innovation and Knowledge Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Innovation and Knowledge Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.037% in 2024.

Fractional works of Innovation and Knowledge Management over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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Which countries lead Innovation and Knowledge Management research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Innovation and Knowledge Management research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Innovation and Knowledge Management?

What are the most cited papers in Innovation and Knowledge Management?

Where is Innovation and Knowledge Management research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Innovation and Knowledge Management?

Is Innovation and Knowledge Management research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion