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title: "Carbon tax research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “carbon tax” appeared in 841 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (546), operations research (210) and finance (30)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “carbon tax” appeared in 841 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (546), operations research (210) and finance (30). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Papers on “carbon tax”

Research on “carbon tax” 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 tax” appeared in 841 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (546), operations research (210) and finance (30).
- 115 of them were published in 2025, against 53 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Shanghai Maritime University (9), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (8) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (8).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (46), Energy Policy (40) and Resources Policy (22).
- The most-cited of them is “Retailer-driven carbon emission abatement with consumer environmental awareness and carbon tax: Revenue-sharing versus Cost-sharing” (Omega, 2017), with 424 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) | 40 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 53 | 46 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 64 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 12 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 27 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 53 | 63 | 64 | 67 | 81 | 83 | 98 | 115 | 115 | 102 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 46 |
| 2 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 40 |
| 3 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 22 |
| 5 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 15 |
| 7 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Shanghai Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-maritime-university.md) | 9 |
| 2 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 8 |
| 4 | [University of Tehran](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-tehran.md) | 8 |
| 5 | European Central Bank | 7 |
| 6 | [Yonsei University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/yonsei-university.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Northeastern University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/northeastern-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 148 |
| 2 | United States | 53 |
| 3 | Germany | 32 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 32 |
| 5 | Italy | 31 |
| 6 | France | 28 |
| 7 | India | 24 |
| 8 | Canada | 20 |
| 9 | Australia | 18 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 16 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 82 |
| 2 | [carbon pricing](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-pricing.md) | 78 |
| 3 | [climate policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-policy.md) | 74 |
| 4 | [emissions trading](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emissions-trading.md) | 54 |
| 5 | [carbon emission reduction](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-emission-reduction.md) | 40 |
| 6 | emission reduction | 30 |
| 7 | [greenhouse gas emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/greenhouse-gas-emissions.md) | 24 |
| 8 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 23 |
| 9 | [decarbonization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/decarbonization.md) | 22 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 424 | 3.8 | [Retailer-driven carbon emission abatement with consumer environmental awareness and carbon tax: Revenue-sharing versus Cost-sharing](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.06.012) | [Omega](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/omega.md) | 2017-07-08 | Huixiao Yang, Wenbo Chen |
| 2 | 338 | 4.0 | [French attitudes on climate change, carbon taxation and other climate policies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106496) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2019-11-12 | Thomas Douenne, Adrien Fabre |
| 3 | 318 | 4.1 | [Price competition between green and non green products under corporate social responsible firm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102118) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2020-04-30 | Shib Sankar Sana |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 296 | 2.6 | [Jobs and climate policy: Evidence from British Columbia's revenue-neutral carbon tax](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2017.03.003) | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2017-03-27 | Akio Yamazaki |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Who pays for carbon pricing?](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/who-pays-for-carbon-pricing.md)

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “carbon tax”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-tax

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “carbon tax”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-tax}},
  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/).