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Research Policy

Elsevier BV · NL · since 1971 · ISSN 0048-7333

Economics, finance and management

171works in 2025
764kcitations, all years

Among the 50 economics, finance and management journals in this index it has the 16th highest h-index and the 18th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.

Works published per year
2017: 139172018: 223182019: 166192020: 187202021: 193212022: 175222023: 160232024: 158242025: 17125

2017: 139, 2018: 223, 2019: 166, 2020: 187, 2021: 193, 2022: 175, 2023: 160, 2024: 158, 2025: 171

Listed article processing charge: about $4 280.

Where its authors come from

Share of the 655 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.

CountryShare of papers
United States29%
United Kingdom24%
Germany14%
China13%
Italy12%

What it publishes

Mix of article types:

TypeShare
Research articles93%

Main subject areas of those papers:

Subject areaShare of papers
Intellectual Property and Patents12%
Innovation and Knowledge Management9%
scientometrics and bibliometrics research9%
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences4%
Digital Platforms and Economics3%
Innovation Policy and R&D3%

Most cited papers since 2023

  1. Technology sovereignty as an emerging frame for innovation policy. Defining rationales, ends and means (2023, 306 citations)
  2. Externalities and complementarities in platforms and ecosystems: From structural solutions to endogenous failures (2023, 216 citations)
  3. What is the price of a skill? The value of complementarity (2023, 175 citations)
  4. Focusing the ecosystem lens on innovation studies (2024, 170 citations)
  5. Epidemic effects in the diffusion of emerging digital technologies: evidence from artificial intelligence adoption (2023, 127 citations)

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