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title: "2008 financial crisis research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “2008 financial crisis” appeared in 2,630 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (1,285), economics (1,044) and management (116)."
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# Papers on “2008 financial crisis”

Research on “2008 financial crisis” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

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

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “2008 financial crisis” appeared in 2,630 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (1,285), economics (1,044) and management (116).
- 179 of them were published in 2025, against 320 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were International Monetary Fund (12), Lebanese American University (12) and University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Review of Economics & Finance (39), Finance research letters (36) and International Review of Financial Analysis (35).
- The most-cited of them is “Coronavirus (COVID-19) — An epidemic or pandemic for financial markets” (Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2020), with 715 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 173 | 147 | 159 | 164 | 154 | 124 | 108 | 107 | 91 | 58 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 109 | 128 | 129 | 126 | 149 | 106 | 97 | 86 | 68 | 46 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 14 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 320 | 316 | 321 | 318 | 348 | 265 | 227 | 223 | 179 | 113 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 39 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 36 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 35 |
| 4 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 26 |
| 5 | [Journal of International Money and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-money-and-finance.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 21 |
| 7 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 18 |
| 8 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 16 |
| 10 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 15 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Monetary Fund](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/international-monetary-fund.md) | 12 |
| 2 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-economics-ho-chi-minh-city.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [University of Lisbon](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-lisbon.md) | 11 |
| 5 | European Central Bank | 9 |
| 6 | Massey University | 8 |
| 7 | [Australian National University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/australian-national-university.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 7 |
| 9 | ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão | 7 |
| 10 | Pusan National University | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 163 |
| 2 | China | 126 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 102 |
| 4 | Australia | 49 |
| 5 | France | 46 |
| 6 | Germany | 42 |
| 7 | Italy | 40 |
| 8 | Turkey | 36 |
| 9 | Spain | 33 |
| 10 | India | 33 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 277 |
| 2 | [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/russian-invasion-of-ukraine.md) | 41 |
| 3 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 38 |
| 4 | [monetary policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/monetary-policy.md) | 37 |
| 5 | eurozone crisis | 33 |
| 6 | [volatility spillovers](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/volatility-spillovers.md) | 33 |
| 7 | [financial stability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-stability.md) | 31 |
| 8 | [systemic risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/systemic-risk.md) | 30 |
| 9 | [economic policy uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-policy-uncertainty.md) | 28 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 715 | 9.2 | [Coronavirus (COVID-19) — An epidemic or pandemic for financial markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2020.100341) | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-finance.md) | 2020-05-16 | Mohsin Ali, Nafis Alam, Syed Aun R. Rizvi |
| 2 | 691 | 6.7 | [Time varying risk aversion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.02.007) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-03-19 | Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales |
| 3 | 632 | 6.4 | [Corporate social responsibility, firm value, and influential institutional ownership](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.07.004) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2018-07-23 | Bonnie Buchanan, Cathy Xuying Cao, Chongyang Chen |
| 4 | 553 | 5.3 | [The External Wealth of Nations Revisited: International Financial Integration in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-017-0048-y) | [IMF Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/imf-economic-review.md) | 2018-02-17 | Philip R. Lane, Gian Maria Milesi‐Ferretti |
| 5 | 523 | 7.5 | [Disruptions and resilience in global container shipping and ports: the COVID-19 pandemic versus the 2008–2009 financial crisis](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-020-00180-5) | [Maritime Economics & Logistics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/maritime-economics-logistics.md) | 2021-01-04 | Theo Notteboom, Thanos Pallis, Jean‐Paul Rodrigue |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “2008 financial crisis”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/2008-financial-crisis

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  title = {Papers on “2008 financial crisis”},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  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/).