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title: "Trade Policy Uncertainty index: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 234 archived papers mentioned Trade Policy Uncertainty index in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in May 2026 (17)."
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# Trade Policy Uncertainty index

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/6.md)

Text- and survey-based indices of policy uncertainty, geopolitical risk, investor sentiment and financial stress.

- data category: Uncertainty and sentiment indices
- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Trade Policy Uncertainty

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Uncertainty and sentiment indices datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/uncertainty-and-sentiment-indices.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 234 archived papers mentioned Trade Policy Uncertainty index in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in May 2026 (17).
- Trade Policy Uncertainty index was mentioned in 6 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #51 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (3) and Finance (3).
- Most of them appeared in Maritime Economics & Logistics (1), International Economics (1) and The North American Journal of Economics and Finance (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Trade Policy Uncertainty index was mentioned in 312 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (141), finance (134) and management (23).
- 77 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (7), Fudan University (6) and Renmin University of China (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (25), International Review of Economics & Finance (21) and Financial Innovation (14).
- The most-cited of them is “The economic effects of trade policy uncertainty” (Journal of Monetary Economics, 2019), with 738 citations.
- Papers use Trade Policy Uncertainty index most often with Economic Policy Uncertainty index (109), Geopolitical Risk index (36) and VIX (31); it has 48 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 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 54 | 74 | 106 | 234 |

## 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) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 34 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 42 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 63 | 77 | 90 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 25 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Fudan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/fudan-university.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 6 |
| 4 | University of the West of England | 6 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics | 5 |
| 6 | [Central South University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-south-university.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 115 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 44 |
| 3 | United States | 39 |
| 4 | Australia | 17 |
| 5 | Turkey | 15 |
| 6 | France | 13 |
| 7 | South Korea | 11 |
| 8 | Germany | 10 |
| 9 | Italy | 9 |
| 10 | India | 7 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | trade policy uncertainty | 149 |
| 2 | [economic policy uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-policy-uncertainty.md) | 36 |
| 3 | [geopolitical risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/geopolitical-risk.md) | 36 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 31 |
| 5 | fiscal policy uncertainty | 18 |
| 6 | monetary policy uncertainty | 17 |
| 7 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 15 |
| 9 | climate policy uncertainty | 14 |
| 10 | US-China trade war | 11 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 738 | 8.8 | [The economic effects of trade policy uncertainty](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2019.11.002) | [Journal of Monetary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-monetary-economics.md) | 2019-11-08 | Dario Caldara, Matteo M. Iacoviello, Patrick Molligo et al. |
| 2 | 380 | 3.8 | [On the transmission mechanism of country-specific and international economic uncertainty spillovers: Evidence from a TVP-VAR connectedness decomposition approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.07.007) | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 2018-07-19 | David Gabauer, Rangan Gupta |
| 3 | 348 | 3.0 | [Trade policy uncertainty and exports: Evidence from China's WTO accession](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2016.12.009) | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 2017-01-29 | Ling Feng, Zhiyuan Li, Deborah L. Swenson |
| 4 | 287 | 5.2 | [Anxiety or pain? The impact of tariffs and uncertainty on Chinese firms in the trade war](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2022.103608) | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 2022-03-20 | Felipe Benguria, Jaerim Choi, Deborah L. Swenson et al. |
| 5 | 258 | 3.5 | [Trade policy uncertainty and innovation: Firm level evidence from China’s WTO accession](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103387) | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 2020-09-09 | Qing Liu, Hong Ma |

## Used together with

Papers use Trade Policy Uncertainty index most often with Economic Policy Uncertainty index (109), Geopolitical Risk index (36) and VIX (31); it has 48 partners in the code and data network, in the group around S&P 500, Economic Policy…, Compustat.

*What papers use Trade Policy Uncertainty index together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 109 | 7.0 |
| [Geopolitical Risk index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/geopolitical-risk-index.md) | Dataset | 36 | 23.1 |
| [VIX](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/vix.md) | Dataset | 31 | 4.9 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 29 | 1.9 |
| [Climate Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/climate-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 24 | 6.6 |
| [Marketization index (Fan Gang)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/marketization-index-fan-gang.md) | Dataset | 20 | 4.6 |
| [WTI crude oil](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wti-crude-oil.md) | Dataset | 18 | 4.2 |
| [Refinitiv Datastream](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/refinitiv-datastream.md) | Dataset | 11 | 4.5 |
| [FTSE indices](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/ftse-indices.md) | Dataset | 10 | 5.4 |
| [CSI 300 / Shanghai Composite](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/csi-300-shanghai-composite.md) | Dataset | 9 | 4.6 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 9 | 0.3 |
| [Brent crude oil](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/brent-crude-oil.md) | Dataset | 8 | 2.8 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Trade Policy Uncertainty index in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | [Sailing through the storm: evaluating the performance of China’s shipping markets to multiple uncertainties](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-026-00376-1) | [Maritime Economics & Logistics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/maritime-economics-logistics.md) | Zheng-Zheng Li, Chenyang Wang, Meng Qin et al. | Qingdao University; West University of Timişoara; City University of Macau; … |
| 2026-11-01 | [Trade Policy Uncertainty, FDI Volatility and Manufacturing Intensity in Africa](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2026.100762) | [International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-economics.md) | Amine Chentouf, Zahra Mansouri |  |
| 2026-10-27 | [Does Bitcoin hedge trade policy uncertainty shocks? horizon- and state-dependent evidence from wavelet and quantile regressions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2026.102743) | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | Samuel Asante Gyamerah, Perpetual Andam Boiquaye, Luis A. Gil‐Alana | Toronto Metropolitan University; University of Ghana; Universidad Francisco de Vitoria; … |
| 2026-10-21 | [Trade wars, geopolitical risk, and volatility dynamics in sustainable and conventional energy ETFs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2026.109658) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | Muhammad Shabaz, Mosab Ismail Tabash, Umaid A. Sheikh et al. | Al Ain University; University of Central Punjab; The University of Texas at San Antonio; … |
| 2026-10-17 | [Asymmetric effects of policy uncertainty on aggregate earnings](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110930) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Weiyi Kang, Jing Wang | California Polytechnic State University; California State University, Bakersfield |
| 2026-10-14 | [Government-sourced categorical economic policy uncertainty](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105966) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Khanh Cong Gia Hoang, Linh Pham, Thanh Ngo et al. |  |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Trade Policy Uncertainty index. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/trade-policy-uncertainty-index

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Trade Policy Uncertainty index},
  year = {2026},
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  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/).