---
title: "Brent crude oil: research papers using this data"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 253 archived papers mentioned Brent crude oil in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (18)."
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 253 archived papers mentioned Brent crude oil in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (18). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Brent crude oil

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory.md)

Benchmark prices of crude oil, natural gas, metals and agricultural commodities.

- data category: Commodity prices
- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Brent crude, Brent oil, Brent price

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Commodity prices datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/commodity-prices.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 253 archived papers mentioned Brent crude oil in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (18).
- Brent crude oil was mentioned in 7 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #48 of the 255 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Finance (5), Economics (1) and AI (1).
- Most of them appeared in Finance research letters (2), Journal of Quantitative Economics (1) and International Review of Economics & Finance (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Brent crude oil was mentioned in 436 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (208), finance (181) and management (15).
- 58 of them were published in 2025, against 10 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (10), Swansea University (7) and Poznań University of Economics and Business (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (37), Resources Policy (24) and Financial Innovation (21).
- The most-cited of them is “Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on asymmetric multifractality of gold and oil prices” (Resources Policy, 2020), with 290 citations.
- Papers use Brent crude oil most often with WTI crude oil (218), Economic Policy Uncertainty index (73) and S&P 500 (62); it has 43 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 90 | 65 | 98 | 253 |

## 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) | 5 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 40 | 21 | 35 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 32 | 49 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| All categories | 10 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 47 | 89 | 58 | 95 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 37 |
| 2 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 24 |
| 3 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 21 |
| 4 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Computational Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-economics.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 6 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 10 |
| 2 | [Swansea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/swansea-university.md) | 7 |
| 3 | Poznań University of Economics and Business | 6 |
| 4 | [Zhejiang Gongshang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-gongshang-university.md) | 6 |
| 5 | Tunis El Manar University | 5 |
| 6 | University of Waikato | 5 |
| 7 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [Cardiff University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/cardiff-university.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Concordia University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/concordia-university.md) | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 71 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 54 |
| 3 | Turkey | 25 |
| 4 | France | 22 |
| 5 | Italy | 22 |
| 6 | Spain | 20 |
| 7 | Australia | 17 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 15 |
| 9 | United States | 15 |
| 10 | India | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Brent crude oil | 107 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 57 |
| 3 | WTI crude oil | 52 |
| 4 | [oil prices](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/oil-prices.md) | 50 |
| 5 | [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/russian-invasion-of-ukraine.md) | 38 |
| 6 | [volatility spillovers](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/volatility-spillovers.md) | 37 |
| 7 | [geopolitical risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/geopolitical-risk.md) | 30 |
| 8 | [portfolio diversification](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-diversification.md) | 25 |
| 9 | gold | 21 |
| 10 | oil price volatility | 19 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 290 | 3.9 | [Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on asymmetric multifractality of gold and oil prices](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101829) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-08-12 | Walid Mensi, Ahmet Şensoy, Xuan Vinh Vo et al. |
| 2 | 284 | 2.5 | [Forecasting oil price realized volatility using information channels from other asset classes](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2017.05.006) | [Journal of International Money and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-money-and-finance.md) | 2017-05-25 | Stavros Antonios Degiannakis, George N. Filis |
| 3 | 206 | 2.6 | [Analyzing time-varying volatility spillovers between the crude oil markets using a new method](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104711) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2020-02-11 | Tangyong Liu, Xu Gong |
| 4 | 168 | 2.9 | [Asymmetric spillover and network connectedness between gold, BRENT oil and EU subsector markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101487) | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 2021-12-17 | Walid Mensi, Imran Yousaf, Xuan Vinh Vo et al. |
| 5 | 161 | 1.5 | [Analyzing time–frequency co-movements across gold and oil prices with BRICS stock markets: A VaR based on wavelet approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.07.032) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2017-08-08 | Walid Mensi, Besma Hkiri, Khamis Hamed Al‐Yahyaee et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use Brent crude oil most often with WTI crude oil (218), Economic Policy Uncertainty index (73) and S&P 500 (62); it has 43 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

*What papers use Brent crude oil together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [WTI crude oil](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wti-crude-oil.md) | Dataset | 218 | 36.7 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 73 | 3.3 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 62 | 3.0 |
| [VIX](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/vix.md) | Dataset | 44 | 5.0 |
| [Marketization index (Fan Gang)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/marketization-index-fan-gang.md) | Dataset | 33 | 5.4 |
| [Geopolitical Risk index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/geopolitical-risk-index.md) | Dataset | 25 | 11.4 |
| [US Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/us-energy-information-administration-eia.md) | Dataset | 25 | 15.2 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 23 | 2.7 |
| [Euro Stoxx / DAX](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/euro-stoxx-dax.md) | Dataset | 21 | 5.5 |
| [Refinitiv Eikon / LSEG Workspace](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/refinitiv-eikon-lseg-workspace.md) | Dataset | 18 | 5.2 |
| [Climate Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/climate-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 17 | 3.3 |
| [MSCI indices](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/msci-indices.md) | Dataset | 17 | 10.3 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Brent crude oil in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | [Contemporaneous and Lagged R2 Decomposed Connectedness: Evidence for Stock Market Indices, Thematic ETFs, Bitcoin, Brent Crude Oil and Geopolitical Risks](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40953-026-00540-7) | [Journal of Quantitative Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-quantitative-economics.md) | Fekria Belhouichet, Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Luis A. Gil‐Alana | University of Sfax; Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax; Brunel University of London; … |
| 2026-10-28 | [Geopolitical risk and energy-price transmission in GCC stock markets during the Russo–Ukrainian conflict: An econometric and neural network analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105962) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Nadia Al‐Rousan, Hazem Mohammad Al-Najjar, Dana Al-Najjar | German Jordanian University; Applied Science Private University |
| 2026-10-26 | [Abnormal trading volume in brent crude oil futures before a public announcement](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110954) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Ørjan Mydland, Erik Haugom, Erik Smith-Meyer | University of Inland Norway |
| 2026-10-15 | [Energy firms and global equity returns during escalations and de-escalations in the 2025–2026 Iran-US/Israel conflicts](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110935) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Björn Miketta, Christian Ludwig, Florian Gärtner et al. | Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen |
| 2026-10-13 | [A context-aware dynamic ensemble interval-valued crude oil price forecasting system](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105214) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | Wendong Yang, Junyuan Li, Shuai Wang et al. | Shandong University of Finance and Economics; Shandong Normal University |
| 2026-10-09 | [When the strait stops: The 2026 Hormuz crisis and the frequency analysis of commodity market connectedness](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2026.102248) | [The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-quarterly-review-of-economics-and-finance.md) | Mucahit Kochan, Cigdem Gonul Kochan | Northeastern Illinois University |
| 2026-10-06 | [Is bitcoin a hedge against central banking? Evidence from AI-driven monetary policy expectations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2026.103683) | [Journal of International Money and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-money-and-finance.md) | Maxime L. D. Nicolas, François Sicard, Marion Labouré et al. | University College London; Deutsche Bank (United Kingdom) |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Brent crude oil. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/brent-crude-oil

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Brent crude oil},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/brent-crude-oil}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference 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/).