20.500.12556/RUL-190711 Technological transformation research thematic evolution analysis with Consistent Impact Rank Aggregation (CIRA) We analyse the evolving literature on technological transformation (1966–2021), offering a systematic and holistic overview of its multi-dimensional and multi-level nature. Using bibliographic performance analysis, science mapping, and thematic evolution analysis, we map the field’s intellectual structure and thematic development. To strengthen performance evaluation of themes, we introduce Consistent Impact Rank Aggregation (CIRA), a conceptually novel, parametric rank-based method with an explicit and adaptable consistency filter, designed to highlight recurrent top-performing units across multiple metrics. Our findings reveal a unifying contemporary structure of the technological transformation field comprising two core streams: (i) firm-level technological capabilities development and learning processes for competitive advantage and catching up in latecomer firms, and (ii) technological upgrading and convergence through knowledge spillovers at national and sectoral levels. Over three decades (1991–2021), the field has evolved through exploratory, expansion, consolidation, and convergence phases, gradually integrating fragmented research into a more cohesive and conceptually mature body of knowledge. This process is marked by increasing thematic convergence, evolving content and importance of themes, and shifting conceptual drivers. In the convergence phase (2016–2021), the technological transformation centres on innovation and technological change topics, with emerging emphasis on technology upgrading and innovation policy, specialisation in Industry 4.0-led technological performance, and is driven by technology diffusion, technological capabilities, and dynamic capabilities themes. CIRA results further confirm that the field’s adaptive core has been consistently sustained by technology diffusion, technological capabilities, and innovation across three decades. This implies diffusionoriented policy should build firms’ absorptive capacity. technological transformation technological capabilities bibliometric analysis thematic evolution Consistent Impact Rank Aggregation (CIRA) tehnološka preobrazba tehnološke zmogljivosti bibliometrična analiza tematski razvoj konsistentno združevanje rangov vpliva (CIRA) true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-11-02 08:15:43 2026-11-02 08:23:22 2026-11-06 09:33:08 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 26 str. no. 4 Vol. 16 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 330.341.1:001.891 2158-2440 10.1177/21582440261502106 303269635 RAZ_Harmina_Anita_2026.pdf RAZ_Harmina_Anita_2026.pdf 1 B94FB9EA62612B902D4B289DDDEB8892 dd74d795628d455034ba743d8e3f66cf7160ea1cc08708b313022cabea5f4183 ca715f29-d68d-11f1-aea2-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=252270 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440261502106 1 2fd9cfe7-d68d-11f1-aea2-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=252269 Ekonomska fakulteta Fakulteta za družbene vede Fakulteta za upravo 0 0 0