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title: "Worldwide Governance Indicators: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 412 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 (40)."
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 412 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 (40). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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# Worldwide Governance Indicators

[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: Worldwide Governance Indicators, WGI

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, 412 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 (40).
- 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 449 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (188), management (108) and finance (100).
- 89 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) (183), Corruption Perceptions Index (41) and Economic freedom indices (36); it has 81 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 132 | 89 | 191 | 412 |

## 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 40 | 72 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 49 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 18 | 40 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 133 | 89 | 175 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 25 |
| 2 | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [International Economics and Economic Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-economics-and-economic-policy.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 8 |

*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) | 12 |
| 2 | Université Clermont Auvergne | 9 |
| 3 | [World Bank](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/world-bank.md) | 8 |
| 4 | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement | 7 |
| 5 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [University of Johannesburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-johannesburg.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [University of Reading](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-reading.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [University of Sheffield](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sheffield.md) | 7 |
| 9 | Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International | 6 |
| 10 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100 |
| 2 | United States | 54 |
| 3 | China | 44 |
| 4 | Italy | 38 |
| 5 | Germany | 37 |
| 6 | France | 35 |
| 7 | Spain | 34 |
| 8 | Australia | 31 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 21 |
| 10 | South Africa | 21 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 102 |
| 2 | [corruption](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corruption.md) | 30 |
| 3 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 30 |
| 4 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 29 |
| 5 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 26 |
| 6 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 25 |
| 7 | [cross-national comparison](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cross-national-comparison.md) | 23 |
| 8 | governance quality | 23 |
| 9 | governance | 22 |
| 10 | rule of law | 22 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 99 | 2.7 | [Fintech adoption, the regulatory environment and bank stability: An empirical investigation from GCC economies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2023.10.010) | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 2023-11-01 | Habib Hussain Khan, Shoaib Khan, Abdul Ghafoor |
| 3 | 84 | 1.1 | [Does good governance attract tourists?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104155) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2020-07-06 | Claudio Detotto, Sauveur Giannoni, Claire Goavec |
| 4 | 75 | 1.0 | [Institutional Quality and Growth in West Africa: What Happened after the Great Recession?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-020-09805-0) | [International Advances in Economic Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-advances-in-economic-research.md) | 2020-09-17 | Jonathan Emenike Ogbuabor, Anthony Orji, Charles O. Manasseh et al. |
| 5 | 73 | 2.2 | [Vulnerability to geopolitical disruptions of the global electric vehicle lithium-ion battery supply chain network](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2024.109919) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2024-01-23 | Huanyu Ren, Dong Mu, Chao Wang et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use Worldwide Governance Indicators most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (183), Corruption Perceptions Index (41) and Economic freedom indices (36); it has 81 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Worldwide Governance Indicators 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 | 183 | 20.7 |
| [Corruption Perceptions Index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/corruption-perceptions-index.md) | Dataset | 41 | 21.4 |
| [Economic freedom indices](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-freedom-indices.md) | Dataset | 36 | 20.3 |
| [V-Dem](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/v-dem.md) | Dataset | 33 | 18.9 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 32 | 1.4 |
| [International Country Risk Guide (ICRG)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-country-risk-guide-icrg.md) | Dataset | 31 | 34.0 |
| [Refinitiv Eikon / LSEG Workspace](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/refinitiv-eikon-lseg-workspace.md) | Dataset | 29 | 8.2 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 28 | 3.2 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 27 | 2.0 |
| [World Values Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-values-survey.md) | Dataset | 26 | 9.4 |
| [CEPII BACI](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cepii-baci.md) | Dataset | 23 | 14.2 |
| [Penn World Table](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table.md) | Dataset | 22 | 12.0 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Worldwide Governance Indicators in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | [Local institutional quality, firm size, and innovation: evidence from Italy](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-026-01272-x) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | Stefano Amato, Greta Falavigna, Érica Santini et al. | University of Trento; Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth; Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica Sostenibile; … |
| 2026-10-25 | [The cultural roots of state-owned enterprises: evidence from Europe](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-01474-7) | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | Ákos Dombi, Piotr Matuszak, Katarzyna Szarzec | Eötvös Loránd University; Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych; Polish Academy of Sciences; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Economic sanctions’ ‘blind spot’: the power of internalized markets of MNEs](https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-026-00261-x) | [Journal of International Business Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-policy.md) | Igor V. Filatotchev, Jan Hendrik Fisch, Jelena Graneros et al. | King's College London; Vienna University of Economics and Business; James Cook University; … |
| 2026-10-10 | [Innovation bridging sustainability: the role of digital finance, institutional policy stringency, and climate physical risks for advancing energy transformation](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-026-00972-3) | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | Huma Iftikhar, Luo Guang, Ningyu Qian | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-10 | [Economic, social, environmental, and institutional factors shaping onshore wind LCOE in Europe: Evidence from spatial panel models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115652) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Ömer Kara, Hakan Acaroğlu | Eskişehir Osmangazi University |
| 2026-10-09 | [State ownership, media sentiment, and the completion of cross-border acquisitions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2026.116576) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | Yan Gao, Chao Zhang | Northumbria University |
| 2026-10-08 | [Entrepreneurship development, corruption perception, and sustainable development outcomes in emerging economies: the moderating role of digital financial inclusion](https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-026-01019-w) | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | Seun Adebowale Adebanjo |  |
| 2026-10-06 | [CSR focus under competitive pressure: The role of national institutions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2026.101784) | [Journal of World Business](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-world-business.md) | Limin Fu, Dirk Michael Boehe, Mariano L.M. Heyden | Monash University; Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique |
| 2026-10-06 | [Green hydrogen promotion in Cameroon: Implications for sustainable development](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115629) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Anja Brumme, Alexander Golub, Anil Markandya et al. | TU Bergakademie Freiberg; American University; University of the Basque Country; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [Do digitalization and institutional capacity improve EU fund management for bridging territorial gaps? Evidence from the 2014–2020 Cohesion Policy](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-026-01562-y) | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | Benedetta Coluccia, Valentina Cattivelli, Roberta Barbieri | Pegaso University; University of Salento |

## 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

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  title = {Worldwide Governance Indicators},
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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).