---
title: "Freedom House: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 74 archived papers mentioned Freedom House in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (5)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/freedom-house
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/freedom-house.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 74 archived papers mentioned Freedom House in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (5). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Freedom House

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/3.md)

Country indices of governance, democracy, corruption, economic freedom, political risk and capital openness.

- data category: Governance and institutional indicators
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Freedom House

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Governance and institutional indicators datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/governance-and-institutional-indicators.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 74 archived papers mentioned Freedom House in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (5).
- Freedom House was mentioned in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #165 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (1).
- Most of them appeared in Public Choice (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Freedom House was mentioned in 76 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (45), finance (11) and management (10).
- 18 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Aarhus University (3), University of Dundee (3) and University of Manchester (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were Public Choice (10), Journal of International Business Studies (4) and World Development (3).
- The most-cited of them is “Optimal expenditure decentralization for sustainable development: evidence from a 52-country panel analysis” (Financial Innovation, 2025), with 55 citations.
- Papers use Freedom House most often with V-Dem (27), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (25) and Polity (23); it has 20 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 25 | 21 | 28 | 74 |

## 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 25 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 10 |
| 2 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 4 |
| 3 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 3 |
| 4 | [Economics of Governance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-governance.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [Journal of Financial Stability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-stability.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Eastern Economic Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/eastern-economic-journal.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Aarhus University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/aarhus-university.md) | 3 |
| 2 | University of Dundee | 3 |
| 3 | [University of Manchester](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester.md) | 3 |
| 4 | [Universität Hamburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universitat-hamburg.md) | 3 |
| 5 | Audencia Business School | 2 |
| 6 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.md) | 2 |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 2 |
| 9 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability | 2 |
| 10 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 21 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 17 |
| 3 | Germany | 13 |
| 4 | France | 8 |
| 5 | Denmark | 5 |
| 6 | Italy | 5 |
| 7 | China | 4 |
| 8 | Spain | 4 |
| 9 | South Africa | 4 |
| 10 | Hungary | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | democracy | 16 |
| 2 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 6 |
| 5 | authoritarian regimes | 5 |
| 6 | [corruption](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corruption.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 5 |
| 8 | civil liberties | 4 |
| 9 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 4 |
| 10 | political rights | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55 | 3.5 | [Optimal expenditure decentralization for sustainable development: evidence from a 52-country panel analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-025-00780-1) | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 2025-07-15 | Hui Jin, Fu-Sheng Tsai, Jorge Martínez-Vázquez |
| 2 | 46 | 1.4 | [Multi-sectoral collaborations in selected countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region: assessment, enablers and missed opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic response](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01098-z) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2024-01-24 | Fadi El‐Jardali, Racha Fadlallah, Najla Daher |
| 3 | 34 | 1.2 | [Higher economic growth in poor countries, lower migration flows to the OECD – Revisiting the migration hump with panel data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106655) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2024-06-12 | David Benček, Claas Schneiderheinze |
| 4 | 34 | 1.2 | [Green bond issuance and credit risk: International evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.102013) | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 2024-06-13 | Laura Ballester, Ana González‐Urteaga, Long Shen |
| 5 | 26 | 0.7 | [Diversification in resource-rich Africa, 1999–2019](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.104437) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2023-12-02 | Michael L. Ross, Eric D. Werker |

## Used together with

Papers use Freedom House most often with V-Dem (27), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (25) and Polity (23); it has 20 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

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

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [V-Dem](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/v-dem.md) | Dataset | 27 | 91.4 |
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 25 | 16.7 |
| [Polity](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/polity.md) | Dataset | 23 | 157.4 |
| [Economic freedom indices](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-freedom-indices.md) | Dataset | 13 | 43.3 |
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 13 | 18.2 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 12 | 1.7 |
| [Penn World Table](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table.md) | Dataset | 11 | 35.3 |
| [World Values Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-values-survey.md) | Dataset | 8 | 17.1 |
| [Corruption Perceptions Index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/corruption-perceptions-index.md) | Dataset | 7 | 21.6 |
| [Facebook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/facebook.md) | Dataset | 7 | 1.5 |
| [International Country Risk Guide (ICRG)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-country-risk-guide-icrg.md) | Dataset | 5 | 32.5 |
| [Our World in Data](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/our-world-in-data.md) | Dataset | 5 | 14.1 |

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

## Papers

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

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 | [The cultural roots of state-owned enterprises: evidence from Europe](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-01474-7) | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | Ákos Dombi, Piotr Matuszak, Katarzyna Szarzec | Eötvös Loránd University; Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych; Polish Academy of Sciences; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Freedom House. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/freedom-house

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-freedom-house,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Freedom House},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/freedom-house}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  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/).