TABLE 5.
The top five most cited documents.
| R | Title | Author/s | Journal | Impact Factor (2018)/ | Year | TC | C/Y |
| 1 | How does insertion in global value chains affect upgrading in industrial clusters? | Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002 | Regional Studies | 3,074 (JCR) Economics (Q1) Geography (Q1) Environmental Studies (Q2) | 2002 | 843 | 46,8 |
| 2 | Upgrading in global value chains: lessons from Latin American clusters | Giuliani et al., 2005 | World Development | 3,905 (JCR) Development Studies (Q1) Economics (Q1) | 2005 | 363 | 24,2 |
| 3 | Clusters, connectivity and catch-up: Bollywood and Bangalore in the global economy | Lorenzen and Mudambi, 2013 | Journal of Economic Geography | 3,359 (JCR) Economics (Q1) Geography (Q1) | 2013 | 140 | 20,0 |
| 4 | Beyond strategic coupling: reassessing the firm-region nexus in global production networks | MacKinnon, 2012 | Journal of Economic Geography | 3,359 (JCR) Economics (Q1) Geography (Q1) | 2012 | 157 | 19,6 |
| 5 | The changing global geography of low-technology, labor-intensive industry: clothing, footwear, and furniture | Scott, 2006 | World Development | 3,905 (JCR) Development Studies (Q1) Economics (Q1) | 2006 | 114 | 8,1 |
R, rank; TC, total citations; C/Y, citations per year.