---
title: "Maddison Project: research papers using this data"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 52 archived papers mentioned Maddison Project in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2026 (5)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/maddison-project
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/maddison-project.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 52 archived papers mentioned Maddison Project in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 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
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---

# Maddison Project

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/4.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: Maddison Project, Maddison database, Maddison data

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, 52 archived papers mentioned Maddison Project in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2026 (5).
- No paper of the tracked journals mentioned Maddison Project in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Maddison Project was mentioned in 57 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (48), operations research (3) and finance (2).
- 15 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were George Mason University (4), London School of Economics and Political Science (4) and King's College London (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were Explorations in Economic History (7), European Economic Review (5) and World Development (4).
- The most-cited of them is “How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis” (World Development Perspectives, 2024), with 66 citations.
- Papers use Maddison Project most often with V-Dem (11), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (9) and Polity (7); it has 13 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 22 | 13 | 17 | 52 |

## 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 13 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Explorations in Economic History](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/explorations-in-economic-history.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 4 |
| 4 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 2 |
| 5 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Journal of Economic Growth](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-growth.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [International Economics and Economic Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-economics-and-economic-policy.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 1 |
| 10 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [George Mason University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/george-mason-university.md) | 4 |
| 2 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 4 |
| 3 | [King's College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/king-s-college-london.md) | 3 |
| 4 | [Sapienza University of Rome](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sapienza-university-of-rome.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [The University of Western Australia](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-western-australia.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Aarhus University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/aarhus-university.md) | 2 |
| 7 | Center for Economic and Policy Research | 2 |
| 8 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Columbia University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/columbia-university.md) | 2 |
| 10 | Freie Universität Berlin | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 16 |
| 2 | United States | 11 |
| 3 | Spain | 8 |
| 4 | Italy | 8 |
| 5 | Australia | 7 |
| 6 | Germany | 7 |
| 7 | France | 4 |
| 8 | Austria | 3 |
| 9 | Denmark | 3 |
| 10 | Sweden | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 5 |
| 3 | industrialization | 4 |
| 4 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 4 |
| 5 | Little Divergence | 3 |
| 6 | developed countries | 3 |
| 7 | long-run economic growth | 3 |
| 8 | Brazil | 2 |
| 9 | England | 2 |
| 10 | Milton Friedman | 2 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | 2.4 | [How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100612) | [World Development Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development-perspectives.md) | 2024-07-23 | Jason Hickel, Dylan Sullivan |
| 2 | 39 | 1.2 | [The Macroeconomic Impact of Global and Country-Specific Climate Risk](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00831-0) | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 2024-01-26 | Joseph P. Byrne, Prince Asare Vitenu‐Sackey |
| 3 | 31 | 0.9 | [Does growing up in economic hard times increase compassion? The case of attitudes towards immigration](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.11.023) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2023-12-18 | Maria Cotofan, Robert A. J. Dur, Stephan Meier |
| 4 | 30 | 1.1 | [Unsustainable prosperity? Decoupling wellbeing, economic growth, and greenhouse gas emissions over the past 150 years](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106754) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2024-08-15 | Juan Infante‐Amate, Emiliano Travieso, Eduardo Aguilera |
| 5 | 19 | 0.6 | [Revisiting the trends in global inequality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106607) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2024-04-08 | Carlos Gradín |

## Used together with

Papers use Maddison Project most often with V-Dem (11), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (9) and Polity (7); it has 13 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Maddison Project 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 | 11 | 49.6 |
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 9 | 8.0 |
| [Polity](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/polity.md) | Dataset | 7 | 63.9 |
| [Penn World Table](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table.md) | Dataset | 6 | 25.7 |
| [World Values Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-values-survey.md) | Dataset | 5 | 14.3 |
| [Global Carbon Project](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/global-carbon-project.md) | Dataset | 4 | 64.6 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 4 | 3.6 |
| [Our World in Data](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/our-world-in-data.md) | Dataset | 4 | 15.0 |
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 4 | 7.5 |
| [Bureau of Economic Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/bureau-of-economic-analysis.md) | Dataset | 3 | 12.5 |
| [CEPII BACI](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cepii-baci.md) | Dataset | 3 | 14.6 |
| [IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/imf-data-ifs-weo-dots.md) | Dataset | 3 | 13.3 |

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

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Maddison Project. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/maddison-project

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