---
title: "Climate Policy Uncertainty index: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 491 archived papers mentioned Climate Policy Uncertainty index in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (25)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/climate-policy-uncertainty-index
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license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 491 archived papers mentioned Climate Policy Uncertainty index in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (25). (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
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---

# Climate Policy Uncertainty index

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/2.md)

Text- and survey-based indices of policy uncertainty, geopolitical risk, investor sentiment and financial stress.

- data category: Uncertainty and sentiment indices
- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Climate Policy Uncertainty

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Uncertainty and sentiment indices datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/uncertainty-and-sentiment-indices.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 491 archived papers mentioned Climate Policy Uncertainty index in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (25).
- Climate Policy Uncertainty index was mentioned in 9 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #36 of the 255 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Finance (7) and Economics (2).
- Most of them appeared in Finance research letters (2), Financial markets and portfolio management (2) and Economic Analysis and Policy (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Climate Policy Uncertainty index was mentioned in 558 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (307), economics (191) and management (41).
- 170 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (25), Central South University (17) and Capital University of Economics and Business (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (68), International Review of Economics & Finance (66) and Energy Economics (53).
- The most-cited of them is “Climate policy uncertainty and firm-level total factor productivity: Evidence from China” (Energy Economics, 2022), with 584 citations.
- Papers use Climate Policy Uncertainty index most often with Economic Policy Uncertainty index (170), VIX (40) and S&P 500 (37); it has 68 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 111 | 165 | 215 | 491 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 56 | 98 | 116 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 57 | 47 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 53 | 127 | 170 | 182 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 68 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 66 |
| 3 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 53 |
| 4 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 32 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 19 |
| 7 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 19 |
| 8 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [Journal of commodity markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-commodity-markets.md) | 15 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 25 |
| 2 | [Central South University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-south-university.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 14 |
| 6 | Institutes of Science and Development | 14 |
| 7 | [Qingdao University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/qingdao-university.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 283 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 96 |
| 3 | United States | 43 |
| 4 | Turkey | 33 |
| 5 | France | 30 |
| 6 | Italy | 29 |
| 7 | Lebanon | 26 |
| 8 | Macao | 19 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 18 |
| 10 | Australia | 17 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | climate policy uncertainty | 351 |
| 2 | [climate risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-risk.md) | 65 |
| 3 | [economic policy uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-policy-uncertainty.md) | 57 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 56 |
| 5 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 51 |
| 6 | [geopolitical risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/geopolitical-risk.md) | 48 |
| 7 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 35 |
| 8 | [energy transition](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-transition.md) | 34 |
| 9 | [green finance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-finance.md) | 33 |
| 10 | [green bonds](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-bonds.md) | 32 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 584 | 11.4 | [Climate policy uncertainty and firm-level total factor productivity: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106209) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-07-27 | Xiaohang Ren, Xiao Zhang, Cheng Yan et al. |
| 2 | 417 | 7.4 | [Climate policy uncertainty and the price dynamics of green and brown energy stocks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102740) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2022-03-04 | Elie I. Bouri, Najaf Iqbal, Tony Klein |
| 3 | 375 | 7.1 | [Climate policy uncertainty and world renewable energy index volatility forecasting](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121810) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-06-17 | Chao Liang, Muhammad Umar, Feng Ma et al. |
| 4 | 261 | 7.0 | [Effects of climate policy uncertainty on green innovation in Chinese enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102960) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2023-10-02 | Guanglin Sun, Jiming Fang, Ting Li et al. |
| 5 | 210 | 4.0 | [Nonlinear effects of climate policy uncertainty and financial speculation on the global prices of oil and gas](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102286) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2022-07-06 | Jiaqi Guo, Shaobo Long, Weijie Luo |

## Used together with

Papers use Climate Policy Uncertainty index most often with Economic Policy Uncertainty index (170), VIX (40) and S&P 500 (37); it has 68 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

*What papers use Climate Policy Uncertainty index together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 170 | 6.1 |
| [VIX](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/vix.md) | Dataset | 40 | 3.5 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 37 | 1.4 |
| [WTI crude oil](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wti-crude-oil.md) | Dataset | 35 | 4.6 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 31 | 2.8 |
| [Geopolitical Risk index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/geopolitical-risk-index.md) | Dataset | 30 | 10.8 |
| [CSMAR](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/csmar.md) | Dataset | 27 | 5.3 |
| [Trade Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/trade-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 24 | 6.6 |
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 20 | 1.8 |
| [Bloomberg](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/bloomberg.md) | Dataset | 17 | 9.9 |
| [Brent crude oil](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/brent-crude-oil.md) | Dataset | 17 | 3.3 |
| [Earnings call transcripts](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/earnings-call-transcripts.md) | Dataset | 17 | 5.4 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Climate Policy Uncertainty index in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 | [Policy regime dependence in sustainability index return predictability: evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.111026) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Yusen Tan, Binsheng Qian | Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance; University College Dublin |
| 2026-10-30 | [Does stringent environmental legislation deliver corporate green governance? Evidence from the 2015 overhaul of China’s Environmental Protection Law](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2026.10.077) | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | ZuoDong Liang, Hong Yu |  |
| 2026-10-23 | [A fund by any other name: short-lived effects of name changes on European fund flows](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-026-00505-z) | [Financial markets and portfolio management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-markets-and-portfolio-management.md) | Víctor Barros, Bruno Pinhão, J M de Almeida et al. | University of Lisbon; ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão; Banco Santander (Portugal); … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Implied temperature rise metrics: a compass without direction?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-026-00502-2) | [Financial markets and portfolio management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-markets-and-portfolio-management.md) | Manuel C. Kathan, Moritz Reisser, Sebastian Utz | University of Augsburg; University of St.Gallen |
| 2026-10-12 | [Do climate-related risks and policy dynamics reshape bank income structure? Evidence from U.S. banks’ non-interest income activities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110925) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Konstantinos Michail Kapetanakis, Christos Floros | Hellenic Mediterranean University |
| 2026-10-10 | [Innovation bridging sustainability: the role of digital finance, institutional policy stringency, and climate physical risks for advancing energy transformation](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-026-00972-3) | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | Huma Iftikhar, Luo Guang, Ningyu Qian | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-08 | [Is the relationship between climate policy uncertainty and cash holding nonlinear?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2026.102730) | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | Augustinos I. Dimitras, Efstathios Magerakis, George Peppas | Hellenic Open University |
| 2026-10-07 | [Geopolitical risk and the spatial convergence of renewable energy consumption: Evidence from 1996 to 2026](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105920) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Liu He, 邹佰峰, Xing Chiang | Northeast Agricultural University; Northeast Forestry University; City University of Macau |
| 2026-10-06 | [Green hydrogen promotion in Cameroon: Implications for sustainable development](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115629) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Anja Brumme, Alexander Golub, Anil Markandya et al. | TU Bergakademie Freiberg; American University; University of the Basque Country; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Climate Policy Uncertainty index. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/climate-policy-uncertainty-index

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Climate Policy Uncertainty index},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/climate-policy-uncertainty-index}},
  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/).