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title: "China National Petroleum Corporation (China)"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at China National Petroleum Corporation (China) took part in 43 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (18), AI (15) and operations research (3). It ranks #41 among the companies publishing in the tracked journals from 2023 to 2025."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at China National Petroleum Corporation (China) took part in 43 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (18), AI (15) and operations research (3). (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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# China National Petroleum Corporation (China)

Papers in the tracked journals with an author at China National Petroleum Corporation (China): per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at China National Petroleum Corporation (China) took part in 43 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (18), AI (15) and operations research (3).
- It ranks #41 among the companies publishing in the tracked journals from 2023 to 2025.
- 8 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Renmin University of China (4), Tsinghua University (4) and Beijing Institute of Technology (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (6), Energy Economics (3) and Neural Computing and Applications (2).
- The most-cited of them is “Coordination of tradable carbon emission permits market and renewable electricity certificates market in China” (Energy Economics, 2020), with 120 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 24 of its papers 90 times; 98% of those links came from papers with a university author and 4% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 176 times, 7% of them papers with a company author.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 6 |
| 2 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 3 |
| 3 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2 |
| 4 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2 |
| 5 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 1 |
| 6 | [Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-academy-of-marketing-science.md) | 1 |
| 7 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [International Journal of Forecasting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-forecasting.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 1 |
| 10 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 4 |
| 2 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 4 |
| 3 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 3 |
| 4 | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | 3 |
| 5 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Sichuan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | 2 |
| 8 | Southwest Petroleum University | 2 |
| 9 | University of Rhode Island | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 26 |
| 2 | United States | 3 |
| 3 | Czechia | 1 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 5 | Croatia | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 4 |
| 2 | Brent crude oil | 2 |
| 3 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 2 |
| 4 | GDP growth | 2 |
| 5 | WTI crude oil | 2 |
| 6 | attention mechanism | 2 |
| 7 | carbon neutrality | 2 |
| 8 | evolutionary game theory | 2 |
| 9 | oil price volatility | 2 |
| 10 | Asian economies | 1 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 | 1.7 | [Coordination of tradable carbon emission permits market and renewable electricity certificates market in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105038) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2020-11-30 | Ge Wang, Qi Zhang, Bin Su et al. |
| 2 | 76 | 0.6 | [China's energy system transformation towards the 2°C goal: Implications of different effort-sharing principles](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.01.020) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2017-01-17 | Pan Xunzhang, Wenying Chen, Leon Clarke et al. |
| 3 | 67 | 1.1 | [Research on lithology identification method based on mechanical specific energy principle and machine learning theory](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116142) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2021-10-29 | Haibo Liang, Haifeng Chen, Jinhong Guo et al. |
| 4 | 66 | 0.8 | [Shape Matters: Package Shape Informs Brand Status Categorization and Brand Choice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2019.08.003) | [Journal of Retailing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing.md) | 2019-09-10 | Huan Chen, Jun Pang, Minkyung Koo et al. |
| 5 | 61 | 1.4 | [Implications of carbon neutrality for power sector investments and stranded coal assets in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106682) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2023-04-17 | Xunzhang Pan, Xueqing Ma, Yanru Zhang et al. |
| 6 | 47 | 0.8 | [How do demand-side policies contribute to the electrification and decarburization of private transportation in China? A CGE-based analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121322) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-11-08 | Hong-Dian Jiang, Meimei Xue, Qiao‐Mei Liang et al. |
| 7 | 45 | 0.4 | [Investment opportunity in China's overseas oil project: An empirical analysis based on real option approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.02.023) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2017-03-24 | Bao-Jun Tang, Huiling Zhou, Hao Chen et al. |
| 8 | 44 | 0.6 | [Implications of near-term mitigation on China's long-term energy transitions for aligning with the Paris goals](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104865) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2020-07-13 | Xunzhang Pan, Wenying Chen, Sheng Zhou et al. |
| 9 | 30 | 0.5 | [Economic structural change and freight transport demand in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112567) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2021-09-10 | Xun Xu, Nicholas Chase, Tianduo Peng |
| 10 | 30 | 0.9 | [When feeling powerless, we crave nostalgia: The impact of powerlessness on the preference for nostalgic products](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-023-00990-y) | [Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-academy-of-marketing-science.md) | 2023-12-01 | Sheng Bi, Jun Pang, Huan Chen et al. |

## Who cites its research

*Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | University | China | 7 |
| 2 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | University | China | 7 |
| 3 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | University | China | 5 |
| 4 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | University | Macao | 5 |
| 5 | North China Electric Power University | University | China | 4 |
| 6 | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | University | China | 4 |
| 7 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing) | University | China | 4 |
| 8 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics | University | China | 3 |
| 9 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | University | China | 3 |

## What its papers cite

*Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | Government | China | 9 |
| 2 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | University | China | 9 |
| 3 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | University | China | 8 |
| 4 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | University | China | 8 |
| 5 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | University | China | 8 |
| 6 | China University of Mining and Technology | University | China | 7 |
| 7 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | University | China | 4 |
| 8 | Southwest Petroleum University | University | China | 4 |
| 9 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | University | China | 4 |
| 10 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | University | China | 4 |

More: https://scholar4ai.com/corporate-citations.md · https://scholar4ai.com/industry-university.md

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). China National Petroleum Corporation (China). Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/china-national-petroleum-corporation-china

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  title = {China National Petroleum Corporation (China)},
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  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).