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title: "Global Financial Development Database: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 86 archived papers mentioned Global Financial Development Database in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2024 (6)."
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# Global Financial Development Database

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

Cross-country series on output, prices, trade, population and development.

- data category: Macroeconomic and development indicators
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Global Financial Development Database, Global Financial Development

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Macroeconomic and development indicators datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/macroeconomic-and-development-indicators.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 86 archived papers mentioned Global Financial Development Database in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2024 (6).
- Global Financial Development Database was mentioned in 2 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #127 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (2).
- Most of them appeared in Review of World Economics (1) and Economic Modelling (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Global Financial Development Database was mentioned in 90 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (41), economics (32) and management (15).
- 27 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were KU Leuven (4), Centre for Economic Policy Research (3) and Charles University (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were Borsa Istanbul Review (7), Future Business Journal (7) and Financial Innovation (6).
- The most-cited of them is “Fintech adoption, the regulatory environment and bank stability: An empirical investigation from GCC economies” (Borsa Istanbul Review, 2023), with 99 citations.
- Papers use Global Financial Development Database most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (47), Worldwide Governance Indicators (17) and Global Findex (16); it has 30 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 29 | 27 | 30 | 86 |

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 27 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [Journal of Financial Stability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-stability.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [Review of World Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-world-economics.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [Journal of Banking Regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-regulation.md) | 3 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [KU Leuven](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ku-leuven.md) | 4 |
| 2 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 3 |
| 3 | Charles University | 3 |
| 4 | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 3 |
| 5 | University of Ghana | 3 |
| 6 | [University of Leeds](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-leeds.md) | 3 |
| 7 | Kobe University | 2 |
| 8 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 2 |
| 9 | Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies | 2 |
| 10 | Linköping University | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 18 |
| 2 | China | 12 |
| 3 | South Africa | 9 |
| 4 | United States | 8 |
| 5 | Belgium | 7 |
| 6 | Australia | 6 |
| 7 | Ghana | 6 |
| 8 | Canada | 5 |
| 9 | Germany | 5 |
| 10 | France | 5 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [financial inclusion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-inclusion.md) | 18 |
| 2 | [financial development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-development.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [financial stability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-stability.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 9 |
| 6 | bank stability | 8 |
| 7 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [sub-Saharan Africa](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sub-saharan-africa.md) | 7 |
| 9 | banking regulation | 6 |
| 10 | environmental degradation | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | 2.7 | [Fintech adoption, the regulatory environment and bank stability: An empirical investigation from GCC economies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2023.10.010) | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 2023-11-01 | Habib Hussain Khan, Shoaib Khan, Abdul Ghafoor |
| 2 | 67 | 1.9 | [A new answer to the old question of the environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Does it work for BRICS countries?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.104332) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2023-11-02 | Md. Bokhtiar Hasan, Justyna Wieloch, Md. Sumon Ali et al. |
| 3 | 53 | 1.6 | [Digitalization, crowdfunding, eco-innovation and financial development for sustainability transitions and sustainable competitiveness: Insights from complexity theory](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2023.100460) | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 2024-01-01 | Amal Dabbous, Karine Aoun Barakat, Abbas A. Tarhini |
| 4 | 50 | 1.6 | [The dark side of the moon? Fintech and financial stability](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12232-024-00449-8) | [International Review of Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics.md) | 2024-03-25 | Serhan Cevik |
| 5 | 46 | 1.4 | [Digital financial inclusion in the context of financial development: Environmental destruction or the driving force for technological advancement](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2024.01.003) | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 2024-01-03 | Tran Thi Kim Oanh |

## Used together with

Papers use Global Financial Development Database most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (47), Worldwide Governance Indicators (17) and Global Findex (16); it has 30 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Global Financial Development Database together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 47 | 26.6 |
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 17 | 20.1 |
| [Global Findex](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/global-findex.md) | Dataset | 16 | 60.3 |
| [BankFocus / BankScope](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/bankfocus-bankscope.md) | Dataset | 15 | 96.1 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 12 | 2.7 |
| [IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/imf-data-ifs-weo-dots.md) | Dataset | 8 | 22.5 |
| [World Bank Enterprise Surveys](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-bank-enterprise-surveys.md) | Dataset | 7 | 12.4 |
| [Chinn-Ito financial openness index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/chinn-ito-financial-openness-index.md) | Dataset | 6 | 59.1 |
| [Polity](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/polity.md) | Dataset | 6 | 34.7 |
| [Credit registers (e.g. AnaCredit)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/credit-registers-e-g-anacredit.md) | Dataset | 5 | 32.4 |
| [Economic freedom indices](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-freedom-indices.md) | Dataset | 5 | 14.1 |
| [International Country Risk Guide (ICRG)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-country-risk-guide-icrg.md) | Dataset | 5 | 27.4 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Global Financial Development Database in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | [Global value chains and credit risk in times of exogenous shocks](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-026-00674-z) | [Review of World Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-world-economics.md) | Filomena Pietrovito, Chiara Franco | University of Molise; University of Pisa |
| 2026-10-14 | [Financial frictions and climate policy in a small open economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2026.107886) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | Emilie Rosenlund Soysal, Hendrik Schuldt, Kai Lessmann | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Technische Universität Berlin |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Global Financial Development Database. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/global-financial-development-database

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-global-financial-development-database,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Global Financial Development Database},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/global-financial-development-database}},
  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/).