---
title: "World Bank Group: funded research papers"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), World Bank Group was named as a funder of 807 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (598), finance (66) and management (47). 105 of them were published in 2025, against 82 in 2017."
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data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T00:03:46+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# World Bank Group

Papers in the tracked journals that name World Bank Group as a funder. Funders are the organisations OpenAlex links to a paper from its funding information (Crossref metadata and the paper's acknowledgements); a paper counts once for each funder it names. Grant numbers are not shown.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/funders.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), World Bank Group was named as a funder of 807 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (598), finance (66) and management (47).
- 105 of them were published in 2025, against 82 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were World Bank (144), World Bank Group (39) and International Food Policy Research Institute (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Development Economics (60), World Development (33) and Food Policy (13).
- The most-cited of them is “Walking the walk or talking the talk? Corporate social responsibility decoupling in emerging market multinationals” (Journal of International Business Studies, 2018), with 557 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, World Bank Group is linked to 24,594 funded works with 963,582 citations (h-index 349).
- The tracked journals hold 755 of its 11,287 funded works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (6.7%).

## 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) | 58 | 75 | 71 | 46 | 52 | 47 | 63 | 60 | 83 | 43 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 82 | 104 | 94 | 56 | 81 | 64 | 83 | 86 | 105 | 52 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 60 |
| 2 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 33 |
| 3 | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [International Journal of Educational Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-development.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [World Bank](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/world-bank.md) | 144 |
| 2 | World Bank Group | 39 |
| 3 | International Food Policy Research Institute | 9 |
| 4 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 7 |
| 7 | Universidad del Rosario | 7 |
| 8 | Center for Global Development | 6 |
| 9 | [Harvard University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harvard-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [International Monetary Fund](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/international-monetary-fund.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 211 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 64 |
| 3 | Germany | 24 |
| 4 | China | 19 |
| 5 | France | 19 |
| 6 | Italy | 19 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 17 |
| 8 | Australia | 14 |
| 9 | Spain | 12 |
| 10 | Canada | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 26 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [India](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/india.md) | 12 |
| 4 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 11 |
| 6 | smallholder farmers | 11 |
| 7 | [sub-Saharan Africa](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sub-saharan-africa.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [financial inclusion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-inclusion.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 9 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 8 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 557 | 5.6 | [Walking the walk or talking the talk? Corporate social responsibility decoupling in emerging market multinationals](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-018-0171-7) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 2018-08-06 | Pete Tashman, Valentina Marano, Tatiana Kostova |
| 2 | 555 | 7.0 | [Immigrant entrepreneurship: A review and research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.03.013) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-03-26 | Marina Dabić, Božidar Vlačić, Justin Paul et al. |
| 3 | 384 | 6.2 | [Banking sector performance during the COVID-19 crisis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2021.106305) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2021-08-29 | Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Álvaro Pedraza, Claudia Ruiz‐Ortega |
| 4 | 374 | 3.5 | [Bridging funding gaps for climate and sustainable development: Pitfalls, progress and potential of private finance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.013) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 2017-12-21 | Robyn A. Clark, JAMES F. REED, Trey Sunderland |
| 5 | 359 | 4.3 | [Sustainability of SMEs in the Competition: A Systemic Review on Technological Challenges and SME Performance](https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc5040100) | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2019-12-01 | Rpir Prasanna, Jmsb Jayasundara, Sisira Kumara Naradda Gamage et al. |
| 6 | 320 | 3.0 | [Review: Taking stock of Africa’s second-generation agricultural input subsidy programs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.01.003) | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 2018-02-01 | Thomas S. Jayne, Nicole M. Mason, William Burke et al. |
| 7 | 300 | 5.2 | [Circular economy and digital capabilities of SMEs for providing value to customers: Combined resource-based view and ambidexterity perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.039) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2021-12-28 | Atanu Chaudhuri, Nachiappan Subramanian, Manoj Kumar Dora |
| 8 | 298 | 2.9 | [Carbon Pricing: Effectiveness and Equity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.03.030) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2018-04-17 | James K. Boyce |
| 9 | 293 | 3.0 | [Food security and conflict: Empirical challenges and future opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.07.011) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2018-08-09 | Charles Martin-Shields, Wolfgang Stojetz |
| 10 | 291 | 2.9 | [Does investment in national highways help or hurt hinterland city growth?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2018.05.001) | [Journal of Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-urban-economics.md) | 2018-06-30 | Nathaniel Brandt Baum-Snow, J. Vernon Henderson, Matthew A. Turner et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*World Bank Group in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | international financial institution |
| Country | United States |
| Also known as | مجموعة البنك الدولي, WBG, Groupe Banque Mondiale |
| Grants listed in OpenAlex | 854 |
| Also a research institution | [World Bank Group](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/world-bank.md) |
| Funded works in OpenAlex | 24,594 |
| Citations | 963,582 |
| h-index | 349 |
| i10-index | 12,566 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.64 |
| Website | [www.worldbank.org](http://www.worldbank.org) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00ae7jd04](https://ror.org/00ae7jd04) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7164](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7164) |
| Crossref Funder ID | [doi.org/10.13039/100004421](https://doi.org/10.13039/100004421) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/F4320307855](https://openalex.org/F4320307855) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Funded works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 523 | 57,219 | 52 | 9.9% |
| 2025 | 892 | 74,303 | 105 | 11.8% |
| 2024 | 909 | 78,010 | 86 | 9.5% |
| 2023 | 1,425 | 76,902 | 83 | 5.8% |
| 2022 | 1,396 | 76,877 | 64 | 4.6% |
| 2021 | 1,373 | 76,452 | 81 | 5.9% |
| 2020 | 1,299 | 66,920 | 56 | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 1,409 | 53,725 | 94 | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 1,322 | 46,469 | 104 | 7.9% |
| 2017 | 1,262 | 41,238 | 82 | 6.5% |

From OpenAlex's own record of the funder (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). World Bank Group. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/funders/world-bank-group

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-funders-world-bank-group,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {World Bank Group},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/funders/world-bank-group}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  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/).