---
title: "China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO): papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 111 archived papers mentioned China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (12)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-patent-office-cnipa-sipo
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 111 archived papers mentioned China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026… (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T18:03:26+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO)

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

Patent applications, grants and citations, and research and development records.

- data category: Patents and innovation data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: CNIPA, China National Intellectual Property Administration, State Intellectual Property Office, SIPO

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Patents and innovation data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/patents-and-innovation-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 111 archived papers mentioned China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (12).
- China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) was mentioned in 2 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #133 of the 255 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Finance (1) and Higher Education and Research (1).
- Most of them appeared in International Review of Economics & Finance (1) and Higher Education Policy (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) was mentioned in 118 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (41), finance (28) and economics (22).
- 29 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Corvinus University of Budapest (6), Durham University (4) and Tsinghua University (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Review of Economics & Finance (16), Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (9) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (4).
- The most-cited of them is “Dual carbon goals and renewable energy innovations” (Research in International Business and Finance, 2024), with 79 citations.
- Papers use China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) most often with CSMAR (39), European Patent Office / WIPO (27) and USPTO / PatentsView (15); it has 23 partners in the code and data network, in the group around CSMAR, CNRDS, National Bureau of….

## 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 29 | 31 | 51 | 111 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 29 | 49 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 9 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 4 |
| 4 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [Eurasian economic review :](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/eurasian-economic-review.md) | 4 |
| 6 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Corvinus University of Budapest | 6 |
| 2 | [Durham University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/durham-university.md) | 4 |
| 3 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 4 |
| 4 | [University of Cambridge](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-cambridge.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [University of Leeds](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-leeds.md) | 4 |
| 6 | HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control | 3 |
| 7 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 3 |
| 8 | University of Pecs | 3 |
| 9 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 2 |
| 10 | Birkbeck, University of London | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 56 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 35 |
| 3 | Hungary | 9 |
| 4 | Germany | 7 |
| 5 | France | 7 |
| 6 | United States | 7 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 6 |
| 8 | Italy | 5 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 4 |
| 10 | Poland | 4 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 12 |
| 4 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [manufacturing companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/manufacturing-companies.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Chinese enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-enterprises.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [R&D investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/r-d-investment.md) | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 79 | 2.7 | [Dual carbon goals and renewable energy innovations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102406) | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 2024-05-23 | Xuanmei Cheng, Kaite Ye, Anna Min Du et al. |
| 2 | 75 | 0.7 | [What determines the duration of patent examination in China? An outcome-specific duration analysis of invention patent applications at SIPO](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.01.002) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-02-17 | Tony W. Tong, Kun Zhang, Zi‐Lin He et al. |
| 3 | 67 | 0.9 | [JUE Insight: Were urban cowboys enough to control COVID-19? Local shelter-in-place orders and coronavirus case growth](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2020.103294) | [Journal of Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-urban-economics.md) | 2020-11-06 | Dhaval Dave, Andrew Friedson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa et al. |
| 4 | 50 | 1.6 | [Local media sentiment towards pollution and its effect on corporate green innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103332) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2024-04-20 | He Yu, Shanglin Lu, Ran Wei et al. |
| 5 | 48 | 2.9 | [How and when does digital transformation promote technological innovation performance? A study of Chinese high-tech firms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103294) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 2025-06-16 | Yong Xu, Junzhe Ji, Yue Qiao et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) most often with CSMAR (39), European Patent Office / WIPO (27) and USPTO / PatentsView (15); it has 23 partners in the code and data network, in the group around CSMAR, CNRDS, National Bureau of….

*What papers use China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [CSMAR](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/csmar.md) | Dataset | 39 | 35.8 |
| [European Patent Office / WIPO](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/european-patent-office-wipo.md) | Dataset | 27 | 30.1 |
| [USPTO / PatentsView](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/uspto-patentsview.md) | Dataset | 15 | 19.6 |
| [Marketization index (Fan Gang)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/marketization-index-fan-gang.md) | Dataset | 13 | 7.8 |
| [China Statistical Yearbook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-statistical-yearbook.md) | Dataset | 10 | 27.2 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 10 | 1.7 |
| [CNRDS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cnrds.md) | Dataset | 8 | 22.3 |
| [Wind](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wind.md) | Dataset | 8 | 19.7 |
| [PATSTAT](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/patstat.md) | Dataset | 6 | 22.1 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 5 | 2.1 |
| [NBER patent data](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/nber-patent-data.md) | Dataset | 5 | 37.2 |
| [China City Statistical Yearbook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-city-statistical-yearbook.md) | Dataset | 4 | 30.3 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO) in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | [Pledging patents for ESG: Evidence from China's listed companies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105987) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Ruoyu Zhu, Qipo Wang, Xiaohui Xin | Tsinghua University; Shandong University of Finance and Economics; Beijing Jiaotong University |
| 2026-10-12 | [From Temporary Programme to European Infrastructure? Funding Dependence, Institutional Resilience and the Future of European University Alliances](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-026-00487-7) | [Higher Education Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education-policy.md) | Norbert Sipos | University of Pecs |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-patent-office-cnipa-sipo

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-china-patent-office-cnipa-sipo,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-patent-office-cnipa-sipo}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).