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title: "Our World in Data: research papers using this data"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 213 archived papers mentioned Our World in Data in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jun 2026 (11)."
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# Our World in Data

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/5.md)

Population health statistics, disease burden, health surveys and pandemic trackers.

- data category: Health data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Our World in Data

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Health data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/health-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 213 archived papers mentioned Our World in Data in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jun 2026 (11).
- Our World in Data was mentioned in 5 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #64 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Management (2), Economics (2) and Finance (1).
- Most of them appeared in Future Business Journal (1), Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (1) and Financial Innovation (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Our World in Data was mentioned in 224 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (113), management (26) and health economics and policy (24).
- 71 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were London School of Economics and Political Science (11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (8) and Australian National University (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Policy (6), World Development (6) and Empirical Economics (5).
- The most-cited of them is “The global economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic” (Economic Modelling, 2023), with 116 citations.
- Papers use Our World in Data most often with International Energy Agency (IEA) (36), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (33) and Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (30); it has 56 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 59 | 75 | 79 | 213 |

## 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 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 38 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 55 | 71 | 75 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 6 |
| 2 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [Empirical Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/empirical-economics.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [Agricultural and Food Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/agricultural-and-food-economics.md) | 5 |
| 5 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Transportation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 4 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 11 |
| 2 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Australian National University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/australian-national-university.md) | 4 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics | 4 |
| 5 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 4 |
| 6 | [King's College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/king-s-college-london.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [Politecnico di Milano](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/politecnico-di-milano.md) | 4 |
| 8 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | 4 |
| 9 | University of Aberdeen | 4 |
| 10 | [University of Bologna](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bologna.md) | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 55 |
| 2 | United States | 35 |
| 3 | Italy | 31 |
| 4 | Germany | 24 |
| 5 | Australia | 19 |
| 6 | France | 16 |
| 7 | Turkey | 15 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 14 |
| 9 | Canada | 11 |
| 10 | Norway | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 44 |
| 2 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [cross-national comparison](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cross-national-comparison.md) | 13 |
| 4 | COVID-19 mortality | 9 |
| 5 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [energy transition](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-transition.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [greenhouse gas emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/greenhouse-gas-emissions.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 8 |
| 9 | vaccine hesitancy | 7 |
| 10 | COVID-19 vaccination | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 116 | 3.2 | [The global economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106551) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 2023-10-14 | Warwick J. McKibbin, Roshen Fernando |
| 2 | 79 | 2.2 | [Norms that matter: Exploring the distribution of women’s work between income generation, expenditure-saving and unpaid domestic responsibilities in India](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106435) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2023-10-25 | Ashwini Deshpande, Naila Kabeer |
| 3 | 71 | 1.7 | [Framework for assessing the sustainability of ESG performance in industrial cluster ecosystems in a circular economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joitmc.2023.100071) | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2023-06-01 | Aleksandr V. Babkin, Elena Shkarupeta, Larissa Tashenova et al. |
| 4 | 49 | 1.0 | [BRICS and the Race to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050: Is COVID-19 a Barrier or an Opportunity?](https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc8040172) | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2022-09-26 | Lazarus Chapungu, Godwell Nhamo, David Chikodzi et al. |
| 5 | 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 |

## Used together with

Papers use Our World in Data most often with International Energy Agency (IEA) (36), World Development Indicators (World Bank) (33) and Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (30); it has 56 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Our World in Data together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 36 | 8.2 |
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 33 | 7.5 |
| [Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/oxford-covid-19-government-response-tracker.md) | Dataset | 30 | 34.3 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 21 | 3.1 |
| [Facebook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/facebook.md) | Dataset | 17 | 1.2 |
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 15 | 7.1 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 13 | 1.2 |
| [Penn World Table](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table.md) | Dataset | 13 | 14.2 |
| [OECD statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/oecd-statistics.md) | Dataset | 10 | 6.1 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 10 | 0.5 |
| [V-Dem](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/v-dem.md) | Dataset | 10 | 11.5 |
| [YouTube / TikTok](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/youtube-tiktok.md) | Dataset | 9 | 1.0 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Our World in Data in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 | [Assessing the dynamic role of artificial intelligence in driving economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa](https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-026-01033-y) | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | Emmanuel Baffour Gyau, Jodian J. Blake, Seidu Musah et al. | Jiangsu University; American College of Education |
| 2026-10-20 | [Public support for a carbon tax towards cleaner-energy transition: an experimental investigation](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-026-00479-2) | [Environmental Economics and Policy Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-economics-and-policy-studies.md) | Andrea Amado, Koji Kotani, Makoto Kakinaka et al. | Kochi University of Technology; Rikkyo University; Urban Institute, Kyushu University; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Sustainable finance versus non-sustainable finance and environmental sustainability: evidence from selected OECD economies](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-026-00981-2) | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Magdalena Radulescu, Niu Rong et al. | Azerbaijan State University of Economics; Universidad Ecotec; University of Castilla-La Mancha; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Cross-country policy learning for electric vehicle adoption: A data-driven open innovation perspective integrating culture, policy, and market behavior](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joitmc.2026.100892) | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | Imam Djati Widodo, Dwi Adi Purnama, Sayyidah Maulidatul Afraah | Islamic University of Indonesia |
| 2026-10-07 | [The lithium bubble in the aftermath of COVID and the energy transition hype](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2026.106067) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | Pablo Agnese, Francisco Ríos Muñoz | United Arab Emirates University; Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Our World in Data. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/our-world-in-data

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  title = {Our World in Data},
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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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