OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of the Knowledge Economy is 32. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the Impact of Geographic Factors on Urban Financial Innovation in China: Insights from the Banking, Insurance, and Securities Industries	267
Innovative Approaches to Assessing Urban Space Quality: A Multi-Source Big Data Perspective on Knowledge Dynamics	106
Optimizing Knowledge-Driven Competition: Analyzing Product Differentiation in the Physical Education and Sports Training Oligopoly Market Using the Hotelling Model	93
Do Women’s Financial Literacy Accelerate Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Pakistan	89
Income Inequality in Globalization Context: Evidence from Global Data	80
Does the Green Economy Influence Environmental Sustainability? Nexus Between Staple Food Crops Consumption and Total Factor Productivity	74
Impact of Intellectual Capital on the Financial Performance of Innovation-Driven Pharmaceutical Firms: Empirical Evidence from India	72
Examining the Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Firm Performance: A Longitudinal Study of Start-ups in Emerging Markets	67
Technological Innovation Through Complex Networks: a Study of 100 Listed Companies on China’s Growth Enterprise Market	66
Causal Analysis of Company Performance and Technology Mediation in Small and Medium Enterprises During COVID-19	66
Beyond the Swipe: Investigating the Interplay of Technology, Media, and Human Behavior in Digital Romance	63
Sustainability of Small-Scale Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises in the Agricultural Sector: a Focus on Sustainable Innovators	61
Economic Openness, Institution, and Environmental Degradation in a Small Open Dynamic Economy: Recent Evidence from Malaysia	60
Does Digital Financial Inclusion Have an Impact on High-Quality Development of Trade? Evidence from China	54
Enhancing Enterprise Value Creation Through Intelligent Digital Transformation of the Value Chain: A Deep Learning and Edge Computing Approach	49
The Impact of Public Debt and Quality of Governance on Economic Growth in High-Income Countries	49
A Model of Effective Factors for Sustainable Growth of New Technology-Based Firms in Developing Countries	48
How Does Abusive Supervision Influence Employee’s Sustainable Innovation Behavior: The Moderating Effect of Psychological Empowerment?	48
Investigating the Role of Non-family CEOs in Knowledge Diffusion and Investment Behavior in Family Firms During Succession	45
Optimizing Enterprise Productivity in the Digital Economy: A Genetic Algorithm and Multi-Objective Approach	44
Navigating Global Economic Dynamics: Institutional Innovation and Rule of Law in China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones	40
The Role of External Network, Government Support, and Absorptive Capacity on the Innovative Activities of SMEs in Vietnam	40
An Empirical Note on the Long-Run Effects of Public and Private R&D on TFP	38
Exploring Brand Attachment Dynamics in Live Streaming Platforms: a TikTok Perspective in the Digital Knowledge Economy	38
Environmental Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Case of Production and Consumption Activities	38

Defining the Relationship Between Firm’s Performance and Delisting: Empirical Evidence of Going Private in Europe	38
Systems Evaluation of University-Industry Collaboration Efficiency in Iran: Current Situation and Proposed Policy Framework	37
Does Investment in Human Capital via Education Stimulate Economic Growth in an Oil-Rich Country? A Case Study of Saudi Arabia	37
Unlocking Teacher Job Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multi-criteria Satisfaction Analysis	34
Enhancing Sustainable Development Through Sentiment Analysis of Public Digital Resources: A PSO-LSTM Approach	34
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Social Science Issues: a Case Study on Predicting Population Change	33
Modeling the Relationship Between Environmental Regulations and Stock Market Growth in China: Evidence Beyond Symmetry	33