---
title: "Carbon neutrality research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “carbon neutrality” appeared in 636 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (376), management (80) and finance (80)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “carbon neutrality” appeared in 636 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (376), management (80) and finance (80). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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---

# Papers on “carbon neutrality”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory.md)

Research on “carbon neutrality” 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 “carbon neutrality” appeared in 636 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (376), management (80) and finance (80).
- 129 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Beijing Institute of Technology (21), Lebanese American University (21) and Xiamen University (21).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (64), Resources Policy (61) and Energy Policy (47).
- The most-cited of them is “Effects of digital economy on carbon emission reduction: New evidence from China” (Energy Policy, 2022), with 628 citations.

## 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) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 44 | 106 | 87 | 60 | 44 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 6 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 9 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 11 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 80 | 158 | 146 | 129 | 78 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 64 |
| 2 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 61 |
| 3 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 47 |
| 4 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 31 |
| 5 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 21 |
| 7 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 21 |
| 8 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 20 |
| 9 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Technology in Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technology-in-society.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 21 |
| 2 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 21 |
| 4 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 15 |
| 7 | [Qingdao University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/qingdao-university.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Central South University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-south-university.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 418 |
| 2 | United States | 31 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 4 | France | 24 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 21 |
| 6 | Lebanon | 21 |
| 7 | Australia | 19 |
| 8 | Macao | 19 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 18 |
| 10 | India | 17 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 145 |
| 2 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 111 |
| 3 | carbon peak | 82 |
| 4 | [energy transition](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-transition.md) | 42 |
| 5 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 39 |
| 6 | [green finance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-finance.md) | 35 |
| 7 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 34 |
| 8 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 29 |
| 9 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 26 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 628 | 12.8 | [Effects of digital economy on carbon emission reduction: New evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113271) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2022-10-01 | Ming Yi, Yafen Liu, Mingyue Selena Sheng et al. |
| 2 | 506 | 8.1 | [Towards carbon neutrality by implementing carbon emissions trading scheme: Policy evaluation in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112510) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2021-08-14 | Xing Chen, Boqiang Lin |
| 3 | 464 | 8.0 | [Assessing the Digital Economy and its Carbon-Mitigation Effects: The Case of China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106198) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-01-01 | Jianda Wang, Kangyin Y. Dong, Xiucheng Dong et al. |
| 4 | 460 | 12.5 | [Media coverage and corporate ESG performance: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.103003) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2023-10-12 | Feng He, Xinyao Guo, Pengpeng Yue |
| 5 | 300 | 6.0 | [How does the digital economy improve high-quality energy development? The case of China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121960) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-08-26 | Jianda Wang, Bo Wang, Kangyin Y. Dong et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “carbon neutrality”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-neutrality

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “carbon neutrality”},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  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/).