---
title: "Kenneth French Data Library: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 163 archived papers mentioned Kenneth French Data Library in their title, abstract, keywords or full text, most of them in Sep 2026 (10)."
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 163 archived papers mentioned Kenneth French Data Library in their title, abstract, keywords or full text, most of them in Sep 2026 (10). (as of 2026-11-05)"
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updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
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# Kenneth French Data Library

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/4.md)

Published factor returns and anomaly portfolios used as benchmarks.

- data category: Asset pricing factor data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Kenneth French, Ken French, French data library, French's data library, French's website

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Asset pricing factor data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/asset-pricing-factor-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 163 archived papers mentioned Kenneth French Data Library in their title, abstract, keywords or full text, most of them in Sep 2026 (10).
- No paper of the tracked journals mentioned Kenneth French Data Library in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Kenneth French Data Library was mentioned in 165 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (95), economics (31) and operations research (11).
- 45 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Durham University (5), Monash University (5) and Erasmus University Rotterdam (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Banking & Finance (11), Journal of Asset Management (10) and Journal of Financial Economics (8).
- The most-cited of them is “Machine learning and fund characteristics help to select mutual funds with positive alpha” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2023), with 115 citations.
- Papers use Kenneth French Data Library most often with CRSP (58), S&P 500 (56) and Marketization index (Fan Gang) (35); it has 53 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, keywords and full texts)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 60 | 49 | 54 | 163 |

## 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 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 29 | 30 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 63 | 45 | 48 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 11 |
| 2 | [Journal of Asset Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-asset-management.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 8 |
| 4 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-quantitative-finance-and-accounting.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Journal of Empirical Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-empirical-finance.md) | 5 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Durham University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/durham-university.md) | 5 |
| 2 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [Erasmus University Rotterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/erasmus-university-rotterdam.md) | 4 |
| 4 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [University of Bath](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bath.md) | 4 |
| 6 | [Aarhus University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/aarhus-university.md) | 3 |
| 7 | Bucharest University of Economic Studies | 3 |
| 8 | Centro de Estudos de Economia Aplicada do Atlântico | 3 |
| 9 | City, University of London | 3 |
| 10 | [Copenhagen Business School](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/copenhagen-business-school.md) | 3 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 50 |
| 2 | United States | 27 |
| 3 | Germany | 22 |
| 4 | France | 15 |
| 5 | Italy | 14 |
| 6 | China | 13 |
| 7 | Australia | 12 |
| 8 | Spain | 11 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 10 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 6 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [stock returns](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/stock-returns.md) | 27 |
| 2 | [abnormal returns](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/abnormal-returns.md) | 15 |
| 3 | asset pricing | 14 |
| 4 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [ESG ratings](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/esg-ratings.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [portfolio optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-optimization.md) | 8 |
| 8 | ESG investing | 7 |
| 9 | Sharpe ratio | 6 |
| 10 | asset allocation | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 115 | 3.2 | [Machine learning and fund characteristics help to select mutual funds with positive alpha](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2023.103737) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2023-10-26 | Victor DeMiguel, Javier Gil‐Bazo, Francisco J. Nogales et al. |
| 2 | 45 | 1.3 | [CEO personality traits, strategic flexibility, and firm dynamics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2023.102524) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2023-12-13 | Tom Aabo, Christos Pantzalis, Jung Chul Park et al. |
| 3 | 45 | 1.4 | [Robo advisors and access to wealth management](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103829) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2024-03-22 | Michael Reher, Stanislav Sokolinski |
| 4 | 44 | 2.5 | [Noisy biodiversity: The impact of ESG biodiversity ratings on asset prices](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108662) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2025-05-14 | Wei Xin, Lewis Grant, Ben Groom et al. |
| 5 | 40 | 1.5 | [On the resilience of ESG firms during the COVID-19 crisis: evidence across countries and asset classes](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00718-2) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 2024-08-29 | Gianfranco Gianfrate, Mirco Rubin, Dario Ruzzi et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use Kenneth French Data Library most often with CRSP (58), S&P 500 (56) and Marketization index (Fan Gang) (35); it has 53 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

*What papers use Kenneth French Data Library together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [CRSP](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crsp.md) | Dataset | 58 | 39.5 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 56 | 7.1 |
| [Marketization index (Fan Gang)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/marketization-index-fan-gang.md) | Dataset | 35 | 15.2 |
| [Compustat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat.md) | Dataset | 32 | 14.7 |
| [Refinitiv Datastream](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/refinitiv-datastream.md) | Dataset | 24 | 18.6 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 21 | 2.5 |
| [Refinitiv Eikon / LSEG Workspace](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/refinitiv-eikon-lseg-workspace.md) | Dataset | 20 | 15.3 |
| [Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/baker-wurgler-investor-sentiment.md) | Dataset | 15 | 26.7 |
| [I/B/E/S](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/i-b-e-s.md) | Dataset | 15 | 17.3 |
| [VIX](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/vix.md) | Dataset | 15 | 4.5 |
| [Morningstar](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/morningstar.md) | Dataset | 14 | 28.4 |
| [Euro Stoxx / DAX](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/euro-stoxx-dax.md) | Dataset | 13 | 9.0 |

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

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Kenneth French Data Library. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/kenneth-french-data-library

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Kenneth French Data Library},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/kenneth-french-data-library}},
  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/).