Worldwide Governance Indicators
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Country indices of governance, democracy, corruption, economic freedom, political risk and capital openness.
Key findings#
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 407 archived papers mentioned Worldwide Governance Indicators in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Sep 2026 (39).
- Worldwide Governance Indicators was mentioned in 10 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #26 of the 255 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (5), Management (4) and Finance (1).
- Most of them appeared in Energy Policy (2), Small Business Economics (1) and Public Choice (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Worldwide Governance Indicators was mentioned in 442 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (188), management (106) and finance (100).
- 88 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 (12), Université Clermont Auvergne (9) and World Bank (8).
- The journals publishing most of them were Future Business Journal (25), Borsa Istanbul Review (18) and International Review of Economics & Finance (16).
- The most-cited of them is “Climate policies and legislation for renewable energy transition: The roles of financial sector and political institutions” (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024), with 106 citations.
- Papers use Worldwide Governance Indicators most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (181), Corruption Perceptions Index (40) and Economic freedom indices (36); it has 80 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….
Mentions over 36 months#
| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 88 | 188 | 407 |
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 40 | 72 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 48 |
| Finance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 18 | 40 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 132 | 88 | 172 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Future Business Journal | 25 |
| 2 | Borsa Istanbul Review | 18 |
| 3 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 16 |
| 4 | International Business Review | 14 |
| 5 | Journal of International Business Studies | 12 |
| 6 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 11 |
| 7 | International Economics and Economic Policy | 10 |
| 8 | World Development | 9 |
| 9 | Public Choice | 8 |
| 10 | Resources Policy | 8 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 12 |
| 2 | Université Clermont Auvergne | 9 |
| 3 | World Bank | 8 |
| 4 | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement | 7 |
| 5 | University of Birmingham | 7 |
| 6 | University of Johannesburg | 7 |
| 7 | University of Reading | 7 |
| 8 | University of Sheffield | 7 |
| 9 | Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International | 6 |
| 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 99 |
| 2 | United States | 53 |
| 3 | China | 44 |
| 4 | Italy | 38 |
| 5 | Germany | 37 |
| 6 | France | 35 |
| 7 | Spain | 34 |
| 8 | Australia | 30 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 21 |
| 10 | South Africa | 21 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | institutional quality | 98 |
| 2 | foreign direct investment | 30 |
| 3 | corruption | 29 |
| 4 | developing countries | 29 |
| 5 | economic growth | 26 |
| 6 | multinational corporations | 25 |
| 7 | cross-national comparison | 23 |
| 8 | governance quality | 22 |
| 9 | corruption control | 21 |
| 10 | emerging markets | 21 |
Most-cited papers#
Used together with#
| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Development Indicators (World Bank) | Dataset | 181 | 18.3 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | Dataset | 40 | 19.0 |
| Economic freedom indices | Dataset | 36 | 18.1 |
| Economic Policy Uncertainty index | Dataset | 32 | 1.3 |
| V-Dem | Dataset | 32 | 17.1 |
| International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) | Dataset | 31 | 30.1 |
| Refinitiv Eikon / LSEG Workspace | Dataset | 29 | 7.2 |
| International Energy Agency (IEA) | Dataset | 28 | 2.8 |
| Eurostat | Dataset | 27 | 1.8 |
| World Values Survey | Dataset | 26 | 9.2 |
| CEPII BACI | Dataset | 23 | 12.7 |
| Penn World Table | Dataset | 22 | 10.6 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Worldwide Governance Indicators. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-worldwide-governance-indicators,
author = {{Scholar4AI}},
title = {Worldwide Governance Indicators},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators}},
urldate = {2026-11-04},
note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}