---
title: "Compustat: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 595 archived papers mentioned Compustat in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2026 (31)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat.md
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 595 archived papers mentioned Compustat in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2026 (31). (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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---

# Compustat

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

Balance sheets, income statements and other accounting data of listed and private companies.

- data category: Company financial statements
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Compustat

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Company financial statements datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/company-financial-statements.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 595 archived papers mentioned Compustat in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2026 (31).
- Compustat 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 (5), Management (1), Accounting (1), Operations Research (1) and Marketing (1).
- Most of them appeared in International Review of Economics & Finance (2), Journal of Economics and Finance (1) and International Business Review (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Compustat was mentioned in 630 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (279), accounting (133) and management (90).
- 181 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Leeds (24), Monash University (22) and University of Manchester (17).
- The journals publishing most of them were Review of Accounting Studies (74), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (49) and Journal of Corporate Finance (40).
- The most-cited of them is “Machine learning models and bankruptcy prediction” (Expert Systems with Applications, 2017), with 952 citations.
- Papers use Compustat most often with CRSP (273), I/B/E/S (122) and S&P 500 (121); it has 122 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 190 | 191 | 214 | 595 |

## 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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 92 | 71 | 86 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 52 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 26 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 19 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 185 | 181 | 195 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 74 |
| 2 | [Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-quantitative-finance-and-accounting.md) | 49 |
| 3 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 40 |
| 4 | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 23 |
| 5 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 20 |
| 6 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 19 |
| 7 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 18 |
| 8 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [The British Accounting Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-british-accounting-review.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Leeds](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-leeds.md) | 24 |
| 2 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 22 |
| 3 | [University of Manchester](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [Durham University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/durham-university.md) | 16 |
| 5 | Audencia Business School | 15 |
| 6 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [University of Nottingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-nottingham.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Erasmus University Rotterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/erasmus-university-rotterdam.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [KU Leuven](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ku-leuven.md) | 13 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 216 |
| 2 | United States | 216 |
| 3 | China | 91 |
| 4 | Australia | 69 |
| 5 | France | 50 |
| 6 | Germany | 41 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 36 |
| 8 | Italy | 32 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 30 |
| 10 | Canada | 26 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 79 |
| 2 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [firm performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-performance.md) | 34 |
| 4 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 33 |
| 5 | [corporate social responsibility](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-social-responsibility.md) | 27 |
| 6 | [firm value](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-value.md) | 27 |
| 7 | mergers and acquisitions | 24 |
| 8 | [firm size](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-size.md) | 23 |
| 9 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 23 |
| 10 | [earnings management](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/earnings-management.md) | 22 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 952 | 8.3 | [Machine learning models and bankruptcy prediction](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.04.006) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2017-04-10 | Flávio Barboza, Herbert Kimura, Edward I. Altman |
| 2 | 205 | 6.5 | [Trade credit and the stability of supply chains](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103830) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2024-03-21 | Nuri Ersahin, Mariassunta Giannetti, Ruidi Huang |
| 3 | 190 | 6.6 | [Green innovation and firms’ financial and environmental performance: The roles of pollution prevention versus control](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2024.101706) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 2024-06-13 | Qiang Cheng, An-Ping Lin, Mengjie Yang |
| 4 | 120 | 3.5 | [Climate change exposure and cost of equity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107288) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2024-01-04 | Oğuzhan Çepni, Ahmet Şensoy, Muhammed Hasan Yılmaz |
| 5 | 111 | 3.4 | [Beyond climate change risk: Biodiversity and corporate cash holdings](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111608) | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 2024-02-19 | Muhammad Farooq Ahmad, Ahmet Karpuz |

## Used together with

Papers use Compustat most often with CRSP (273), I/B/E/S (122) and S&P 500 (121); it has 122 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

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

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [CRSP](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crsp.md) | Dataset | 273 | 48.7 |
| [I/B/E/S](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/i-b-e-s.md) | Dataset | 122 | 36.8 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 121 | 4.0 |
| [10-K filings](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/10-k-filings.md) | Dataset | 82 | 22.0 |
| [ExecuComp](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/execucomp.md) | Dataset | 81 | 71.5 |
| [Earnings call transcripts](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/earnings-call-transcripts.md) | Dataset | 77 | 21.6 |
| [WRDS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wrds.md) | Dataset | 70 | 42.2 |
| [BoardEx](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/boardex.md) | Dataset | 67 | 42.8 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 65 | 2.1 |
| [Thomson Reuters 13F holdings](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/thomson-reuters-13f-holdings.md) | Dataset | 62 | 43.2 |
| [Loughran-McDonald dictionary](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/loughran-mcdonald-dictionary.md) | Dataset | 55 | 21.2 |
| [S&P Capital IQ](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-capital-iq.md) | Dataset | 53 | 35.0 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Compustat in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | [The effect of urban density on stock returns: evidence from satellite imagery and firms in the United States](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12197-026-09789-3) | [Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | Mahsa Memarian, Carles Vergara‐Alert, Sara Benetti | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; IESE Business School; ESE Business School; … |
| 2026-10-26 | [From intra-disciplinary synthesis to problematizing theorization: Rethinking MNE sustainability in local markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2026.102662) | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | T. Roh, J. Joo, Byung Il Park et al. | Paris School of Business; Hanyang University; Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; … |
| 2026-10-14 | [Government-sourced categorical economic policy uncertainty](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105966) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Khanh Cong Gia Hoang, Linh Pham, Thanh Ngo et al. |  |
| 2026-10-13 | [Can central bankers' talk predict bank stock returns? A machine learning approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2026.105465) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | Apostolos G. Katsafados, George N. Leledakis, Nikolaos P. Panagiotou et al. | Athens University of Economics and Business; University College Dublin |
| 2026-10-10 | [So similar, yet so different: comparing the US GAAP and IFRS experience at eliciting greater transparency on pension asset disclosures](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-026-09992-x) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | Divya Anantharaman, Elizabeth Chuk, Tonni Shijun Xia | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; University of California, Irvine; San Diego State University |
| 2026-10-09 | [Product market competition and target difficulty: The role of innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105958) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Seul Gi Oh |  |
| 2026-10-08 | [The impact of firm-specific climate change exposure on vertical integration](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2026.110245) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | Miaomiao Zhang, Hugo K.S. Lam, Yangchun Xiong et al. | Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Liverpool; University of York; … |
| 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 |
| 2026-10-08 | [Populism and sustainable marketing practices: Insights from consumer-packaged goods manufacturers’ new product launches](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-026-01211-y) | [Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-academy-of-marketing-science.md) | Martin Heinberg, Mustapha Belkhouja, H.D. Yoon | University of Leeds; Grenoble Ecole de Management; Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Compustat. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-compustat,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Compustat},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat}},
  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/).