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1 paper in the last 7 days · country: United States · web domain: worldbank.org

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Key findings#

  • World Bank was involved in 12 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #98 of 3,809 institutions.
  • Most of them appeared in Journal of Economics Race and Policy (2), International Journal of Educational Development (1) and World Development (1).
  • Countries: United States (12), United Kingdom (3) and France (2).
  • From 2023 to 2025, World Bank ranks #5 in economics.
  • From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at World Bank took part in 1,100 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (920), finance (82) and health economics and policy (40).
  • 137 of them were published in 2025, against 96 in 2017.
  • Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were World Bank Group (74), International Monetary Fund (19) and IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (16).
  • The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Development Economics (91), World Development (54) and Journal of Public Economics (23).
  • The most-cited of them is “Can artificial intelligence transform higher education?” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2020), with 489 citations.
  • Across everything OpenAlex indexes, World Bank has 34,321 works with 2,608,874 citations (h-index 583).
  • The tracked journals hold 1,006 of its 10,431 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (9.6%).
  • Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Global trade and economics (3,447), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2,785) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2,396).
  • OpenAlex lists it under World Bank Group.

In the rankings#

Top institutions, 2023–2025: #5 in economics

Papers per year#

2017: 96 papers2018: 114 papers2019: 80 papers2020: 103 papers2021: 114 papers2022: 104 papers2023: 126 papers2024: 132 papers2025: 137 papers2026 (so far): 94 papers
20172026 (so far)
Papers per publication year and category
Category2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 (so far)
Economics82976582908310911212179
Finance7669101010978
Health Economics and Policy2425993312
Higher Education and Research2032402241
Management3333110210
Operations Research0412011303
Information Systems0000000120
Accounting0000000001
Statistics0000001000
Marketing0000000010
All categories961148010311410412613213794

Where the papers come from and its co-authors#

Journals with the most papers, since 2023
#JournalPapers
1Journal of Development Economics91
2World Development54
3Journal of Public Economics23
4Food Policy17
5Journal of International Economics16
6Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization13
7Energy Economics12
8Land Use Policy12
9Economics of Education Review11
10Journal of Environmental Economics and Management9
Institutions with the most papers, since 2023
#InstitutionPapers
1World Bank Group74
2International Monetary Fund19
3IZA - Institute of Labor Economics16
4University of Oxford14
5Centre for Economic Policy Research12
6University College London12
7International Food Policy Research Institute11
8Inter-American Development Bank10
9London School of Economics and Political Science9
Countries with the most papers, since 2023
#CountryPapers
1United States489
2United Kingdom73
3France43
4Germany36
5Italy28
6Canada18
7Netherlands18
8China15
9South Africa15
10Spain14
Keywords with the most papers, since 2023
#KeywordPapers
1developing countries45
2COVID-19 pandemic42
3sub-Saharan Africa21
4economic growth16
5human capital14
6India13
7household welfare11
8poverty11
9Nigeria10
10firm performance10

Most-cited papers#

Most-cited papers since 2017
#CitationsPer monthTitleJournalPublishedAuthors
14896.4Can artificial intelligence transform higher education?International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education2020-06-15Tony Bates, Cristóbal Cobo, Olga Mariño et al.
24675.9From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the LiteratureEconomics of Disasters and Climate Change2020-04-01Stéphane Hallegatte A, Adrien Vogt‐Schilb, Julie Rozenberg et al.
34666.5Gender inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Income, expenditure, savings, and job lossWorld Development2020-11-10Hai-Anh Hoang Dang, Cuong Viet Nguyen
43884.9Economic growth, convergence, and world food demand and supplyWorld Development2020-04-08Emiko Fukase, Will J. Martin
53846.2Banking sector performance during the COVID-19 crisisJournal of Banking & Finance2021-08-29Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Álvaro Pedraza, Claudia Ruiz‐Ortega
63655.7Energy poverty, health and education outcomes: Evidence from the developing worldEnergy Economics2021-07-09Rajabrata Banerjee, Vinod Mishra, Admasu Asfaw Maruta
73234.4Government support to airlines in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemicJournal of Air Transport Management2020-09-14Megersa Abate, Panayotis Christidis, Alloysius Joko Purwanto
83223.2Corporate governance of banks and financial stabilityJournal of Financial Economics2018-06-30Deniz Anginer, Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt, Harry Huizinga et al.
92732.5A New Profile of the Global PoorWorld Development2017-10-11Andrés Castañeda, Dung Doan, David Newhouse et al.
102662.6Mines: The local wealth and health effects of mineral mining in developing countriesJournal of Development Economics2018-06-15Jan von der Goltz, Prabhat Barnwal

In OpenAlex#

World Bank in OpenAlex
ItemValue
TypeOther
LocationWashington, United States
Also known asBanque Mondiale
Part ofWorld Bank Group
Units listed in OpenAlex1
Also a research funderWorld Bank
Works in OpenAlex34,321
Citations2,608,874
h-index583
i10-index26,809
2-year mean citedness3.65
Websitewww.worldbank.org
RORror.org/00ae7jd04
Wikidatawww.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7164
OpenAlexopenalex.org/I1334329717
Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)
#TopicFieldWorks
1Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3,447
2Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences2,785
3Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences2,396
4Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2,260
5Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2,189
Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals
YearWorks in OpenAlexCitations receivedIn the tracked journalsShare
2026 (so far)99870,417949.4%
20251,01790,93813713.5%
20241,07699,62513212.3%
20231,088102,78112611.6%
20221,219103,8941048.5%
20211,342110,1061148.5%
20201,209101,6821038.5%
20191,16989,575806.8%
20181,17184,6991149.7%
20171,14079,031968.4%

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

Papers, newest first.
DateTitleJournalAuthorsAffiliations
2026-10-31The impact of the transition and European Union membership on the returns to schooling in EuropeInternational Journal of Educational DevelopmentHarry Anthony Patrinos, Angelica Rivera-OlveraWorld Bank; University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2026-10-27Human rights economicsWorld DevelopmentJosé Cuesta, Leja Ejury, Paola Fajardo‐Heyward et al.World Bank; SOAS University of London; University of Chicago
2026-10-27Local public goods as a double-edged sword: familiar positive spillovers versus regional concern over relative provisionInternational Tax and Public FinanceZhiyong AnWorld Bank
2026-10-19How prevalent are credit-constrained firms in the formal private sector? Evidence using global surveysJournal of Financial StabilityAsif Mohammed Islam, Jorge Rodriguez MezaWorld Bank; World Bank Group
2026-10-16Agricultural Transformation and the Vulnerability to the Resource Curse in Developing CountriesComparative Economic StudiesSèna Kimm GnangnonWorld Bank
2026-10-16Detecting tariff evasion: Evidence from matched container dataJournal of Development EconomicsClément Anne, Cyril Romain Chalendard, Ana Margarida Fernandes et al.World Bank; World Bank Group; Utrecht University; …
2026-10-15Correction to: Analyzing Female Employment Trends in South AsiaJournal of Economics Race and PolicyGladys Lopez-Acevedo, Matías Morales, Fatima NajeebWorld Bank; Tulane University; Universidad Andrés Bello; …
2026-10-12Corrigendum to “Clarifying overlapping land rights in semi-formal systems: The case of Mailo Tenant Lands in Uganda” [Land Use Policy 170 (2026) 108139]Land Use PolicyHeather Huntington, Kate Marple-Cantrell, Daniel Ayalew Ali et al.University of Pennsylvania; World Bank
2026-10-10Labor demand for digital skills in post-2022 Ukraine: Evidence from online job vacancy dataEconomic ModellingYurii V. Kleban, Britta RudeNational University Ostroh Academy; World Bank
2026-10-09Revealing tax evasion: Experimental evidence from a representative survey of Indonesian firmsJournal of Economic Behavior & OrganizationChristopher Hoy, Filip Jolevski, Anthony ObeyesekereWorld Bank; The University of Melbourne; George Mason University
2026-10-08Analyzing Female Employment Trends in South AsiaJournal of Economics Race and PolicyGladys Lopez-Acevedo, Matías Morales, Fatima NajeebWorld Bank; Tulane University; Universidad Andrés Bello; …
2026-10-07Aim high or play safe? Commitment, prosocial incentives, and goal settingJournal of Risk and UncertaintyYu Cao, C. Mónica Capra, Yuxin SuWorld Bank; Claremont Graduate University; University of Arizona; …
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Scholar4AI. (2026). World Bank. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/world-bank

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  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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