What are the most common topics in recent economics research?

In the last 30 days, the most frequent OpenAlex keywords in papers from the tracked economics journals were “China” (44), “monetary policy” (18), “Chinese listed companies” (14), “energy transition” (14) and “regional disparities” (14).

Which universities and institutions publish the most economics research?

In the last 30 days, the institutions with the most papers in the tracked economics journals were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (20), Peking University (12), Centre for Economic Policy Research (12), Renmin University of China (11) and University of Cambridge (9).

Which countries publish the most economics research?

Counting papers with at least one author at an institution in the country, the leaders over the last 30 days were China (178), United States (140), United Kingdom (80), Italy (63) and Germany (50).

Which equations and models do recent economics research papers use most?

Counting papers that mention them by name in the title, abstract, keywords or full text, the most frequent in the tracked economics journals over the last 30 days were Difference-in-differences (60), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (45), Logistic regression (logit) (35), Ordinary least squares (OLS) (34) and Two-way fixed-effects panel regression (21).

What data do recent economics research papers use?

Counting papers that mention a dataset by name, the kinds of data used most over the last 30 days were Macroeconomic and development indicators (33), European and other national household panels (14), China household and social surveys (13), US household and labour surveys (9) and China statistical yearbooks and regional indices (7); the most-mentioned datasets were Eurostat (15), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (14), China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) (6), Penn World Table (6) and Labour Force Surveys (5).

How current is this data?

It is rebuilt from OpenAlex 4 times a day (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00, UTC+09:00); the last update was 2026-10-26 11:39 UTC+09:00. OpenAlex usually indexes new papers within a few days of publication.

Economics research rankings

Papers in the 83 tracked economics journals, window 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days). Keywords, institutions, web domains and countries are ranked by paper count. Also as Markdown.

784Papers (30 days)

92Papers (last 7 days)

83Journals

982Institutions

78Countries

928Web domains

Key findings

In the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), 784 papers were published in the 83 tracked economics journals (as indexed by OpenAlex).
The most frequent keywords were “China” (44), “monetary policy” (18) and “Chinese listed companies” (14).
The institutions with the most papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (20), Peking University (12) and Centre for Economic Policy Research (12).
China was involved in 23% of the papers (178), followed by United States (140) and United Kingdom (80).
Among institution web domains, .edu.cn appeared on 23% of the papers.
The most-mentioned equations and models were Difference-in-differences (60), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (45) and Logistic regression (logit) (35).
The most-mentioned kinds of data were Macroeconomic and development indicators (33), European and other national household panels (14) and China household and social surveys (13); the most-mentioned datasets were Eurostat (15), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (14) and China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) (6).

Papers per day

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Show the numbers

Papers per publication date
Date	Papers
2026-09-27	9
2026-09-28	32
2026-09-29	30
2026-09-30	37
2026-10-01	220
2026-10-02	14
2026-10-03	16
2026-10-04	5
2026-10-05	35
2026-10-06	22
2026-10-07	25
2026-10-08	20
2026-10-09	28
2026-10-10	28
2026-10-11	17
2026-10-12	26
2026-10-13	24
2026-10-14	21
2026-10-15	23
2026-10-16	13
2026-10-17	30
2026-10-18	5
2026-10-19	12
2026-10-20	7
2026-10-21	23
2026-10-22	21
2026-10-23	21
2026-10-24	20
2026-10-25	0
2026-10-26	0

Growing over the year Trends →

Papers in Jul 2026–Sep 2026 beyond what the keyword's share in Oct 2025–Jun 2026 predicts
Keyword	Papers Jul 2026–Sep 2026	vs. earlier share
corporate governance	35	+13
total factor productivity	33	+12
systemic risk	22	+10
treatment effect heterogeneity	14	+10
absorptive capacity	17	+10

Top research keywords

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Keyword	Papers	Last 7 days
1	China	44	2
2	monetary policy	18	0
3	Chinese listed companies	14	0
3	energy transition	14	1
3	regional disparities	14	4
6	climate policy	13	1
7	CO2 emissions	12	0
7	carbon pricing	12	0
7	information asymmetry	12	0
10	developing countries	11	1
10	economic growth	11	2
10	environmental policy	11	0
10	human capital	11	0
10	income inequality	11	2
15	COVID-19 pandemic	10	3
15	emerging markets	10	0
15	geopolitical risk	10	0
18	digitalization	9	1
18	financial constraints	9	0
18	foreign direct investment	9	2

Top universities and research institutions

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Institution	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	20	3
2	Peking University	12	1
2	Centre for Economic Policy Research	12	2
4	Renmin University of China	11	0
5	University of Cambridge	9	1
6	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research	8	1
7	National Bureau of Economic Research	7	1
7	Jinan University	7	1
7	Korea University	7	2
10	Beijing Institute of Technology	6	0
10	World Bank	6	0
10	Central University of Finance and Economics	6	0
10	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	6	1
10	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	6	1
15	University of Pisa	5	2
15	Australian National University	5	0
15	Zhongnan University of Economics and Law	5	0
15	National University of Singapore	5	0
15	Chinese University of Hong Kong	5	1
15	Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics	5	0

Top institution web domains

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Web domain	Papers	Last 7 days
1	cnrs.fr	21	4
2	cepr.org	12	2
2	pku.edu.cn	12	1
4	ruc.edu.cn	11	0
5	worldbank.org	10	1
6	cam.ac.uk	9	1
7	liser.lu	8	1
8	jnu.edu.cn	7	1
8	korea.ac.kr	7	2
8	nber.org	7	1
11	bit.edu.cn	6	0
11	cufe.edu.cn	6	0
11	psl.eu	6	0
11	sufe.edu.cn	6	1
11	swufe.edu.cn	6	1
16	anu.edu.au	5	0
16	berkeley.edu	5	0
16	cornell.edu	5	0
16	cuhk.edu.hk	5	1
16	gdufe.edu.cn	5	0

Top countries

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Country	Papers	Last 7 days
1	China (CN)	178	16
2	United States (US)	140	15
3	United Kingdom (GB)	80	11
4	Italy (IT)	63	10
5	Germany (DE)	50	6
6	Spain (ES)	46	5
6	France (FR)	46	7
8	Australia (AU)	24	2
9	South Korea (KR)	22	4
10	Canada (CA)	21	1
11	Japan (JP)	20	2
12	Switzerland (CH)	18	2
13	India (IN)	17	2
14	Netherlands (NL)	16	4
14	Turkey (TR)	16	5
16	Hong Kong (HK)	15	2
17	Denmark (DK)	12	2
17	Sweden (SE)	12	2
19	Ireland (IE)	10	1
19	Luxembourg (LU)	10	1

Research fields

Top 15 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Field	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Economics, Econometrics and Finance	325	31
2	Social Sciences	161	16
3	Business, Management and Accounting	88	9
4	Decision Sciences	57	8
5	Engineering	38	8
6	Energy	30	8
7	Environmental Science	28	2
8	Health Professions	14	2
9	Agricultural and Biological Sciences	9	0
10	Mathematics	7	3
10	Medicine	7	1
12	Computer Science	4	1
12	Psychology	4	1
14	Physics and Astronomy	2	0
15	Arts and Humanities	1	0

Papers per journal

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Journal	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Economic Analysis and Policy	71	1
2	Energy Policy	53	12
3	Economics Letters	49	0
4	Energy Economics	42	0
5	Economic Modelling	41	1
6	Ecological Economics	27	5
6	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	27	3
6	World Development	27	6
9	Computational Economics	24	9
9	The Annals of Regional Science	24	3
11	Journal of Macroeconomics	14	0
12	Food Policy	13	3
12	Journal of Asian Economics	13	0
12	Journal of Mathematical Economics	13	0
12	Research Policy	13	4
12	Utilities Policy	13	5
17	Empirical Economics	12	4
17	Journal of Public Economics	12	3
19	Games and Economic Behavior	11	0
20	Economic Systems	10	0

Most-used equations and models

Top 10 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Equation or model	Formula	Papers
1	Difference-in-differences	$Y_{it} = \alpha_i + \lambda_t + \delta\,(\mathit{Treat}_i \times \mathit{Post}_t) + \varepsilon_{it}$	60
2	Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares)	$\hat\beta_{\mathrm{2SLS}} = (X^\top P_Z X)^{-1} X^\top P_Z\, y,\quad P_Z = Z (Z^\top Z)^{-1} Z^\top$	45
3	Logistic regression (logit)	$\Pr(y = 1 \mid x) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x^\top\beta}}$	35
4	Ordinary least squares (OLS)	$\hat\beta = (X^\top X)^{-1} X^\top y$	34
5	Two-way fixed-effects panel regression	$y_{it} = \alpha_i + \lambda_t + x_{it}^\top\beta + \varepsilon_{it}$	21
6	Vector autoregression (VAR)	$y_t = c + \sum_{i=1}^{p} A_i\, y_{t-i} + \varepsilon_t$	20
7	Propensity score matching	$e(x) = \Pr(D = 1 \mid X = x)$	18
7	Quantile regression	$\hat\beta_\tau = \operatorname*{arg\,min}_{\beta} \sum_{i} \rho_\tau(y_i - x_i^\top\beta),\quad \rho_\tau(u) = u\,(\tau - \mathbf{1}\{u < 0\})$	18
9	Cointegration and error correction (VECM)	$\Delta y_t = \Pi\, y_{t-1} + \sum_{i=1}^{p-1}\Gamma_i\,\Delta y_{t-i} + \varepsilon_t$	14
9	Generalized method of moments (GMM)	$\hat\theta = \operatorname*{arg\,min}_{\theta}\ \bar g(\theta)^\top W\, \bar g(\theta),\quad \bar g(\theta) = \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n} g(w_i, \theta)$	14

Most-used data

Top 10 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Data category	Most-mentioned datasets	Papers
1	Macroeconomic and development indicators	Eurostat (15), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (14), Penn World Table (6), OECD statistics (4) …	33
2	European and other national household panels	Labour Force Surveys (5), SHARE (4), German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2), Understanding Society / BHPS (2) …	14
3	China household and social surveys	China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) (6), CHARLS (3), China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) (2), Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) (2) …	13
4	US household and labour surveys	Health and Retirement Study (4), Current Population Survey (3), PSID (1), Survey of Consumer Finances (1) …	9
5	China statistical yearbooks and regional indices	Marketization index (Fan Gang) (3), China Statistical Yearbook (2), National Bureau of Statistics of China (2), China Energy Statistical Yearbook (1)	7
5	Stock market indices	S&P 500 (3), MSCI indices (2), CSI 300 / Shanghai Composite (2), Euro Stoxx / DAX (2)	7
5	Uncertainty and sentiment indices	Economic Policy Uncertainty index (3), Climate Policy Uncertainty index (3), Trade Policy Uncertainty index (2)	7
5	US macroeconomic data	Bureau of Economic Analysis (3), University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers (3), FRED (2), Bureau of Labor Statistics (1)	7
9	Financial data platforms	Refinitiv Datastream (1), WRDS (1), Investing.com (1)	3
9	Options and volatility data	VIX (3)	3

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Questions this page answers

What are the most common topics in recent economics research?: In the last 30 days, the most frequent OpenAlex keywords in papers from the tracked economics journals were “China” (44), “monetary policy” (18), “Chinese listed companies” (14), “energy transition” (14) and “regional disparities” (14).
Which universities and institutions publish the most economics research?: In the last 30 days, the institutions with the most papers in the tracked economics journals were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (20), Peking University (12), Centre for Economic Policy Research (12), Renmin University of China (11) and University of Cambridge (9).
Which countries publish the most economics research?: Counting papers with at least one author at an institution in the country, the leaders over the last 30 days were China (178), United States (140), United Kingdom (80), Italy (63) and Germany (50).
Which equations and models do recent economics research papers use most?: Counting papers that mention them by name in the title, abstract, keywords or full text, the most frequent in the tracked economics journals over the last 30 days were Difference-in-differences (60), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (45), Logistic regression (logit) (35), Ordinary least squares (OLS) (34) and Two-way fixed-effects panel regression (21).
What data do recent economics research papers use?: Counting papers that mention a dataset by name, the kinds of data used most over the last 30 days were Macroeconomic and development indicators (33), European and other national household panels (14), China household and social surveys (13), US household and labour surveys (9) and China statistical yearbooks and regional indices (7); the most-mentioned datasets were Eurostat (15), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (14), China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) (6), Penn World Table (6) and Labour Force Surveys (5).
How current is this data?: It is rebuilt from OpenAlex 4 times a day (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00, UTC+09:00); the last update was 2026-10-26 11:39 UTC+09:00. OpenAlex usually indexes new papers within a few days of publication.