---
title: "Penn World Table: research papers using this data"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 184 archived papers mentioned Penn World Table in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Mar 2024 (11)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 184 archived papers mentioned Penn World Table in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Mar 2024 (11). (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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---

# Penn World Table

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/5.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: Penn World Table, PWT

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, 184 archived papers mentioned Penn World Table in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Mar 2024 (11).
- Penn World Table was mentioned in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #79 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (2), Operations Research (1) and Management (1).
- Most of them appeared in Operations Research Forum (1), Telecommunications Policy (1) and Journal of Vocational Behavior (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Penn World Table was mentioned in 196 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (139), finance (25) and management (16).
- 43 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (6), The University of Queensland (6) and Centre for Economic Policy Research (5).
- The journals publishing most of them were World Development (8), Economic Change and Restructuring (8) and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (7).
- The most-cited of them is “Weather, Climate and Total Factor Productivity” (Environmental and Resource Economics, 2018), with 220 citations.
- Papers use Penn World Table most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (69), Worldwide Governance Indicators (22) and Eurostat (21); it has 40 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 71 | 51 | 62 | 184 |

## 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 54 | 30 | 40 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 75 | 43 | 58 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 8 |
| 2 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [Journal of Productivity Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-productivity-analysis.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [Journal of International Money and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-money-and-finance.md) | 5 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 6 |
| 2 | [The University of Queensland](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-queensland.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [Vienna University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/vienna-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 5 |
| 5 | [Aarhus University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/aarhus-university.md) | 4 |
| 6 | Research Institute of Industrial Economics | 4 |
| 7 | [University of Groningen](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-groningen.md) | 4 |
| 8 | University of Göttingen | 4 |
| 9 | [University of Johannesburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-johannesburg.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [University of Turin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-turin.md) | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 36 |
| 2 | United States | 31 |
| 3 | Italy | 28 |
| 4 | Germany | 24 |
| 5 | China | 19 |
| 6 | France | 16 |
| 7 | Spain | 13 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 13 |
| 9 | Australia | 10 |
| 10 | Turkey | 10 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 21 |
| 2 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [total factor productivity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/total-factor-productivity.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [human capital](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/human-capital.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 12 |
| 8 | developed countries | 9 |
| 9 | GDP per capita | 8 |
| 10 | [corruption](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corruption.md) | 8 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 220 | 2.2 | [Weather, Climate and Total Factor Productivity](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-018-0262-8) | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 2018-06-22 | Marco Letta, Richard S.J. Tol |
| 2 | 47 | 1.3 | [The contribution of industrial robots to labor productivity growth and economic convergence: a production frontier approach](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-023-00707-x) | [Journal of Productivity Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-productivity-analysis.md) | 2023-12-01 | Andreas Eder, Wolfgang Koller, Bernhard Mahlberg |
| 3 | 39 | 1.3 | [Smart hydropower management: utilizing machine learning and deep learning method to enhance dam’s energy generation efficiency](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-024-09613-1) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2024-04-04 | Muhammet Emin Şahin, Mücella Özbay Karakuş |
| 4 | 35 | 1.0 | [Technological changes and carbon neutrality targets in European countries: A sustainability approach with Fourier approximations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122994) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2023-11-15 | Uğur Korkut Pata, Mustafa Tevfik Kartal, Shahriyar Mukhtarov |
| 5 | 35 | 1.0 | [How digital technology affects working conditions in globally fragmented production chains: Evidence from Europe](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122998) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2023-11-18 | Aleksandra Parteka, Joanna Wolszczak‐Derlacz, Dagmara Nikulin |

## Used together with

Papers use Penn World Table most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (69), Worldwide Governance Indicators (22) and Eurostat (21); it has 40 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Penn World Table 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 | 69 | 17.9 |
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 22 | 12.0 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 21 | 3.5 |
| [OECD statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/oecd-statistics.md) | Dataset | 18 | 12.6 |
| [V-Dem](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/v-dem.md) | Dataset | 17 | 22.3 |
| [Economic freedom indices](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-freedom-indices.md) | Dataset | 15 | 19.4 |
| [Polity](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/polity.md) | Dataset | 15 | 39.8 |
| [IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/imf-data-ifs-weo-dots.md) | Dataset | 14 | 18.1 |
| [CEPII BACI](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cepii-baci.md) | Dataset | 13 | 18.4 |
| [Our World in Data](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/our-world-in-data.md) | Dataset | 13 | 14.2 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 12 | 3.1 |
| [China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-health-and-nutrition-survey-chns.md) | Dataset | 11 | 12.0 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Penn World Table in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | [Validating Worst-Case System Performance Under Multi-State System Disruptions: Evidence from Supply Chain Networks](https://doi.org/10.1007/s43069-026-00713-3) | [Operations Research Forum](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-research-forum.md) | Ashish Chandra | Illinois State University |
| 2026-10-15 | [Economic impacts of subsea cable deployment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2026.103337) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | Wolfgang Briglauer, Raúl Katz, Monika Köppl-Turyna et al. | Vienna University of Economics and Business; EcoAustria Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung; Columbia University; … |
| 2026-10-09 | [Qualitative examination of future decent work perceptions among Nigerian college students: A psychology of working perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2026.104298) | [Journal of Vocational Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-vocational-behavior.md) | Gabriel N. Ezema, Kelsey L. Autin, Chika Obiano et al. | University of Memphis; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; University of Nigeria; … |
| 2026-10-07 | [Is Europe a laggard? Comparing the EU and the US using an interdisciplinary well-being framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2026.109238) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | Annegeke Jansen, Ranran Wang, Jan-emmanuel De Neve A et al. | Leiden University; University of Oxford; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Penn World Table. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-penn-world-table,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Penn World Table},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table}},
  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/).