What are the most common topics in recent finance research?

In the last 30 days, the most frequent OpenAlex keywords in papers from the tracked finance journals were “China” (27), “Chinese listed companies” (26), “corporate governance” (23), “emerging markets” (18) and “financial constraints” (15).

Which universities and institutions publish the most finance research?

In the last 30 days, the institutions with the most papers in the tracked finance journals were Central University of Finance and Economics (11), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (11), University of International Business and Economics (9), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (7) and City University of Macau (7).

Which countries publish the most finance research?

Counting papers with at least one author at an institution in the country, the leaders over the last 30 days were China (209), United States (63), United Kingdom (20), South Korea (18) and Australia (15).

Which equations and models do recent finance 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 finance journals over the last 30 days were Difference-in-differences (43), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (35), Ordinary least squares (OLS) (35), Mediation model (indirect effect) (26) and Two-way fixed-effects panel regression (23).

What data do recent finance research papers use?

Counting papers that mention a dataset by name, the kinds of data used most over the last 30 days were Stock market indices (25), China financial and firm databases (15), Macroeconomic and development indicators (14), Corporate filings and text (12) and Options and volatility data (12); the most-mentioned datasets were S&P 500 (18), CSMAR (14), VIX (12), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (10) and CRSP (9).

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.

Finance research rankings

Papers in the 46 tracked finance journals, window 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days). Keywords, institutions, web domains and countries are ranked by paper count. Also as Markdown.

491Papers (30 days)

33Papers (last 7 days)

46Journals

641Institutions

67Countries

626Web domains

Key findings

In the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), 491 papers were published in the 46 tracked finance journals (as indexed by OpenAlex).
The most frequent keywords were “China” (27), “Chinese listed companies” (26) and “corporate governance” (23).
The institutions with the most papers were Central University of Finance and Economics (11), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (11) and University of International Business and Economics (9).
China was involved in 43% of the papers (209), followed by United States (63) and United Kingdom (20).
Among institution web domains, .edu.cn appeared on 42% of the papers.
The most-mentioned equations and models were Difference-in-differences (43), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (35) and Ordinary least squares (OLS) (35).
The most-mentioned kinds of data were Stock market indices (25), China financial and firm databases (15) and Macroeconomic and development indicators (14); the most-mentioned datasets were S&P 500 (18), CSMAR (14) and VIX (12).

Papers per day

2026-09-272026-10-26

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Papers per publication date
Date	Papers
2026-09-27	6
2026-09-28	24
2026-09-29	27
2026-09-30	24
2026-10-01	123
2026-10-02	7
2026-10-03	20
2026-10-04	6
2026-10-05	14
2026-10-06	22
2026-10-07	18
2026-10-08	20
2026-10-09	20
2026-10-10	18
2026-10-11	9
2026-10-12	15
2026-10-13	16
2026-10-14	16
2026-10-15	16
2026-10-16	12
2026-10-17	16
2026-10-18	2
2026-10-19	7
2026-10-20	6
2026-10-21	10
2026-10-22	7
2026-10-23	8
2026-10-24	2
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
artificial intelligence	31	+14
corporate finance	18	+12
price discovery	18	+11
greenwashing	24	+11
asset pricing	28	+10

Top research keywords

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Keyword	Papers	Last 7 days
1	China	27	3
2	Chinese listed companies	26	1
3	corporate governance	23	1
4	emerging markets	18	3
5	financial constraints	15	0
6	digital transformation	13	2
6	financial stability	13	1
6	stock returns	13	0
9	green finance	12	1
10	artificial intelligence	11	0
11	climate risk	10	0
11	cryptocurrency market	10	0
11	information asymmetry	10	0
11	market microstructure	10	1
15	corporate disclosure	9	0
15	corporate innovation	9	0
15	digital economy	9	0
15	financial contagion	9	0
15	mergers and acquisitions	9	0
20	Chinese enterprises	8	0

Top universities and research institutions

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Institution	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Central University of Finance and Economics	11	1
1	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	11	0
3	University of International Business and Economics	9	0
4	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	7	0
4	City University of Macau	7	0
4	Xi'an Jiaotong University	7	0
7	Xiamen University	6	0
7	Capital University of Economics and Business	6	0
9	Jinan University	5	0
9	Hunan University	5	0
9	Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics	5	1
9	Shandong University of Finance and Economics	5	0
9	Renmin University of China	5	0
14	Shanghai University	4	0
14	Nanjing Normal University	4	0
14	Corvinus University of Budapest	4	0
14	University of South Africa	4	0
14	Beijing Technology and Business University	4	0
14	University of Macau	4	0
14	Fudan University	4	2

Top institution web domains

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Web domain	Papers	Last 7 days
1	cufe.edu.cn	11	1
1	swufe.edu.cn	11	0
3	uibe.edu.cn	9	0
4	cityu.edu.mo	7	0
4	sufe.edu.cn	7	0
4	xjtu.edu.cn	7	0
7	cueb.edu.cn	6	0
7	xmu.edu.cn	6	0
9	gdufe.edu.cn	5	1
9	hnu.edu.cn	5	0
9	jnu.edu.cn	5	0
9	ruc.edu.cn	5	0
9	sdufe.edu.cn	5	0
14	btbu.edu.cn	4	0
14	fudan.edu.cn	4	2
14	njnu.edu.cn	4	0
14	nju.edu.cn	4	0
14	shu.edu.cn	4	0
14	um.edu.mo	4	0
14	uni-corvinus.hu	4	0

Top countries

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Country	Papers	Last 7 days
1	China (CN)	209	8
2	United States (US)	63	2
3	United Kingdom (GB)	20	0
4	South Korea (KR)	18	1
5	Australia (AU)	15	0
5	Turkey (TR)	15	3
7	India (IN)	14	3
7	Italy (IT)	14	0
9	Germany (DE)	13	1
10	Macao (MO)	11	0
11	Japan (JP)	10	0
12	Spain (ES)	9	1
13	Chile (CL)	8	1
13	France (FR)	8	2
15	Belgium (BE)	7	0
15	Canada (CA)	7	1
17	Brazil (BR)	6	1
17	Malaysia (MY)	6	1
17	Pakistan (PK)	6	0
17	South Africa (ZA)	6	0

Research fields

Top 9 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Field	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Economics, Econometrics and Finance	255	16
2	Business, Management and Accounting	165	10
3	Social Sciences	23	1
4	Decision Sciences	17	1
5	Computer Science	13	0
6	Environmental Science	6	0
7	Agricultural and Biological Sciences	2	1
8	Energy	1	1
8	Engineering	1	0

Papers per journal

Top 20 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Journal	Papers	Last 7 days
1	Finance research letters	127	3
2	International Review of Economics & Finance	97	6
3	International Review of Financial Analysis	45	1
4	Research in International Business and Finance	34	1
5	Pacific-Basin Finance Journal	18	1
6	The North American Journal of Economics and Finance	16	0
7	Emerging Markets Review	11	1
7	The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	11	0
9	Journal of Financial Economics	10	2
9	Journal of Financial Stability	10	0
11	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money	9	3
12	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	8	0
13	Asia-Pacific Financial Markets	7	0
13	Digital Finance	7	1
13	Financial Innovation	7	1
13	Journal of Banking & Finance	7	0
13	Journal of Banking Regulation	7	2
13	Journal of Financial Services Marketing	7	1
19	Financial markets and portfolio management	5	2
19	Journal of Economics and Finance	5	3

Most-used equations and models

Top 10 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Equation or model	Formula	Papers
1	Difference-in-differences	$Y_{it} = \alpha_i + \lambda_t + \delta\,(\mathit{Treat}_i \times \mathit{Post}_t) + \varepsilon_{it}$	43
2	Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares)	$\hat\beta_{\mathrm{2SLS}} = (X^\top P_Z X)^{-1} X^\top P_Z\, y,\quad P_Z = Z (Z^\top Z)^{-1} Z^\top$	35
2	Ordinary least squares (OLS)	$\hat\beta = (X^\top X)^{-1} X^\top y$	35
4	Mediation model (indirect effect)	$M = \alpha_0 + a X + e_1,\quad Y = \beta_0 + c' X + b M + e_2,\quad \text{indirect effect} = a\,b$	26
5	Two-way fixed-effects panel regression	$y_{it} = \alpha_i + \lambda_t + x_{it}^\top\beta + \varepsilon_{it}$	23
5	Vector autoregression (VAR)	$y_t = c + \sum_{i=1}^{p} A_i\, y_{t-i} + \varepsilon_t$	23
7	GARCH	$\sigma_t^2 = \omega + \alpha\,\varepsilon_{t-1}^2 + \beta\,\sigma_{t-1}^2$	21
8	Propensity score matching	$e(x) = \Pr(D = 1 \mid X = x)$	20
9	Logistic regression (logit)	$\Pr(y = 1 \mid x) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x^\top\beta}}$	15
9	Quantile regression	$\hat\beta_\tau = \operatorname*{arg\,min}_{\beta} \sum_{i} \rho_\tau(y_i - x_i^\top\beta),\quad \rho_\tau(u) = u\,(\tau - \mathbf{1}\{u < 0\})$	15

Most-used data

Top 10 · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
#	Data category	Most-mentioned datasets	Papers
1	Stock market indices	S&P 500 (18), CSI 300 / Shanghai Composite (4), MSCI indices (2), Euro Stoxx / DAX (2) …	25
2	China financial and firm databases	CSMAR (14), CNRDS (5), Wind (4)	15
3	Macroeconomic and development indicators	World Development Indicators (World Bank) (10), IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS) (4), Eurostat (3), Penn World Table (1) …	14
4	Corporate filings and text	Loughran-McDonald dictionary (9), Earnings call transcripts (6), 10-K filings (2)	12
4	Options and volatility data	VIX (12), OVX (crude oil volatility index) (2)	12
6	Financial data platforms	Refinitiv Eikon / LSEG Workspace (3), Refinitiv Datastream (2), FactSet (2), WRDS (2) …	11
7	China household and social surveys	China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) (8), China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) (3), China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) (1)	10
7	China statistical yearbooks and regional indices	Marketization index (Fan Gang) (7), China Statistical Yearbook (1), China City Statistical Yearbook (1), National Bureau of Statistics of China (1) …	10
9	US stock market data	CRSP (9), NYSE TAQ (1)	9
10	Uncertainty and sentiment indices	Economic Policy Uncertainty index (3), Climate Policy Uncertainty index (3), Trade Policy Uncertainty index (3)	7

Latest finance papers

Latest finance papers
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-24	Reflex without persistence: The dollar’s multi-day safe haven reversal in 2025	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money	Orhan Torul	Boğaziçi University
2026-10-24	Editorial Board	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money
2026-10-23	Volatility persistence across global equity markets: long-memory diagnostics versus horizon-specific VaR rankings	Risk Management	Zhixing Lin, Shuoyan Lin	Jiangxi University of Software Professional Technology; Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics
2026-10-23	Dynamic prediction of loss given default in Norwegian retail credit card debt: advanced machine learning versus statistical models	Digital Finance	Cathy Ho, Isabel A. C. Sandersen, Espen Selliken et al.	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2026-10-23	Central bank tone and financial markets: evidence from the European central bank	Journal of Economics and Finance	Müge SAĞLAM BEZGİN	Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University
2026-10-23	From pixels to profits: trading arbitrage portfolios based on image representations	Financial markets and portfolio management	Niklas Paluszkiewicz	Universität Ulm
2026-10-23	Managerial slack, information environment and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China	International Review of Economics & Finance	Chuyue Wu, Yuyang Ling, Yikai Han	Central University of Finance and Economics
2026-10-23	Dynamic and regime-dependent associations of business confidence and employment with new business creation in La Araucanía, Chile	Journal of Economics and Finance	Humberto Salas Jara, Leonardo Rivas Solar, Francisco Javier Miranda González	Universidad Autónoma de Chile; Universidad de Valladolid; Universidad de Extremadura
2026-10-23	AI herding in financial markets: An experiment with large language models	Pacific-Basin Finance Journal	Leping Zhang, Guangyou Zhou	Fudan University
2026-10-23	A fund by any other name: short-lived effects of name changes on European fund flows	Financial markets and portfolio management	Víctor Barros, Bruno Pinhão, J M de Almeida et al.	University of Lisbon; Banco de Portugal; Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2026-10-22	Do long-term yields help to estimate short-term risk premia?	Journal of Financial Economics	Andrea Berardi, Roger Brown, Stephen M. Schaefer
2026-10-22	Monetary policy regimes and the shape of Bank balance-sheet pass-through: Evidence from Türkiye	International Review of Financial Analysis	Hakan Bal	Beykent University
2026-10-22	Exploring alternative methods for evaluating real earnings management: an overview, comparison, and assessment	Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting	Wen‐Ju Liao, Cheng-Few Lee, Hao‐Chang Sung	Feng Chia University; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; National Chung Cheng University
2026-10-22	Research on the spatiotemporal prediction of supply chain finance risk contagion based on a dynamic graph attention diffusion mechanism	Financial Innovation	Yulong Zhang, Yulong Zhang, Yaqing Zhang et al.	Hengshui University; Columbia University
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Questions this page answers

What are the most common topics in recent finance research?: In the last 30 days, the most frequent OpenAlex keywords in papers from the tracked finance journals were “China” (27), “Chinese listed companies” (26), “corporate governance” (23), “emerging markets” (18) and “financial constraints” (15).
Which universities and institutions publish the most finance research?: In the last 30 days, the institutions with the most papers in the tracked finance journals were Central University of Finance and Economics (11), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (11), University of International Business and Economics (9), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (7) and City University of Macau (7).
Which countries publish the most finance research?: Counting papers with at least one author at an institution in the country, the leaders over the last 30 days were China (209), United States (63), United Kingdom (20), South Korea (18) and Australia (15).
Which equations and models do recent finance 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 finance journals over the last 30 days were Difference-in-differences (43), Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (35), Ordinary least squares (OLS) (35), Mediation model (indirect effect) (26) and Two-way fixed-effects panel regression (23).
What data do recent finance research papers use?: Counting papers that mention a dataset by name, the kinds of data used most over the last 30 days were Stock market indices (25), China financial and firm databases (15), Macroeconomic and development indicators (14), Corporate filings and text (12) and Options and volatility data (12); the most-mentioned datasets were S&P 500 (18), CSMAR (14), VIX (12), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (10) and CRSP (9).
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.