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title: "V-Dem: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 170 archived papers mentioned V-Dem in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2024 (11)."
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 170 archived papers mentioned V-Dem in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2024 (11). (as of 2026-11-05)"
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---

# V-Dem

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/7.md)

Country indices of governance, democracy, corruption, economic freedom, political risk and capital openness.

- data category: Governance and institutional indicators
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: V-Dem, Varieties of Democracy

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Governance and institutional indicators datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/governance-and-institutional-indicators.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 170 archived papers mentioned V-Dem in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2024 (11).
- V-Dem 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: Economics (4) and Finance (1).
- Most of them appeared in Public Choice (1), The Annals of Regional Science (1) and Telecommunications Policy (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), V-Dem was mentioned in 186 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (144), management (14) and finance (10).
- 52 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (8), Universität Hamburg (7) and Aarhus University (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Public Choice (29), World Development (13) and European Journal of Political Economy (9).
- The most-cited of them is “The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature” (World Development, 2024), with 112 citations.
- Papers use V-Dem most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (64), Polity (36) and Worldwide Governance Indicators (33); 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 46 | 48 | 76 | 170 |

## 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 50 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 52 | 66 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 29 |
| 2 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 13 |
| 3 | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Constitutional Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/constitutional-political-economy.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [Economics of Governance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-governance.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Journal of Comparative Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-comparative-economics.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 3 |

*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) | 8 |
| 2 | [Universität Hamburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universitat-hamburg.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [Aarhus University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/aarhus-university.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [University of Manchester](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [Copenhagen Business School](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/copenhagen-business-school.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [George Mason University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/george-mason-university.md) | 5 |
| 7 | Research Institute of Industrial Economics | 5 |
| 8 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [University of Johannesburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-johannesburg.md) | 4 |
| 10 | WZB Berlin Social Science Center | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 36 |
| 2 | United States | 36 |
| 3 | Germany | 31 |
| 4 | Denmark | 15 |
| 5 | France | 15 |
| 6 | Italy | 15 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 13 |
| 8 | Sweden | 11 |
| 9 | South Africa | 11 |
| 10 | Austria | 8 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | democracy | 27 |
| 2 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 20 |
| 3 | authoritarian regimes | 14 |
| 4 | [corruption](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corruption.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [cross-national comparison](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cross-national-comparison.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 10 |
| 10 | state capacity | 9 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112 | 4.8 | [The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106806) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2024-11-23 | Paola Vesco, Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück et al. |
| 2 | 106 | 3.4 | [Climate policies and legislation for renewable energy transition: The roles of financial sector and political institutions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123347) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2024-03-23 | Anis Omri, Sami Ben Jabeur |
| 3 | 77 | 1.3 | [Corruption and growth: Historical evidence, 1790–2010](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2021.10.002) | [Journal of Comparative Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-comparative-economics.md) | 2021-11-02 | Luca Jacopo Uberti |
| 4 | 48 | 1.4 | [Academic freedom growth and decline episodes](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01156-z) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2023-12-18 | Lars Lott |
| 5 | 44 | 0.6 | [New evidence on the oil-democracy nexus utilising the Varieties of Democracy data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101905) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-10-31 | Brahim Bergougui, Syed Mansoob Murshed |

## Used together with

Papers use V-Dem most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (64), Polity (36) and Worldwide Governance Indicators (33); it has 40 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use V-Dem 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 | 64 | 17.5 |
| [Polity](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/polity.md) | Dataset | 36 | 100.7 |
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 33 | 18.9 |
| [Freedom House](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/freedom-house.md) | Dataset | 27 | 91.4 |
| [Penn World Table](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table.md) | Dataset | 17 | 22.3 |
| [Economic freedom indices](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-freedom-indices.md) | Dataset | 15 | 20.4 |
| [Corruption Perceptions Index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/corruption-perceptions-index.md) | Dataset | 14 | 17.6 |
| [International Country Risk Guide (ICRG)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-country-risk-guide-icrg.md) | Dataset | 12 | 31.8 |
| [Afrobarometer / Latinobarometro](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/afrobarometer-latinobarometro.md) | Dataset | 11 | 33.7 |
| [Maddison Project](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/maddison-project.md) | Dataset | 11 | 49.6 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 11 | 0.6 |
| [World Values Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-values-survey.md) | Dataset | 11 | 9.6 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning V-Dem in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 | [Nonviolent protest and ideological change in education: a public choice approach](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-01485-4) | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | Joshua Ammons, Ali Palida, Ilia Murtazashvili | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Institute for Humane Studies; University of Pittsburgh |
| 2026-10-22 | [Asymmetric decentralization and inequality](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-026-01586-4) | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | Melissa Ziegler Rogers, Melissa Ziegler Rogers | Duke University; Claremont Graduate University |
| 2026-10-15 | [Institutional context and the employment effects of artificial intelligence in European SMEs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2026.103336) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | Anabela Santos, Francesco Molica | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| 2026-10-08 | [Political polarization, public debt, and sovereign rating downgrades](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110855) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | María José Quinteros, Mauricio G. Villena | Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Universidad Diego Portales |
| 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). V-Dem. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/v-dem

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-v-dem,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {V-Dem},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/v-dem}},
  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/).