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title: "Climate change mitigation research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “climate change mitigation” appeared in 1,182 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (895), management (108) and finance (61)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “climate change mitigation” appeared in 1,182 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (895), management (108) and finance (61). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “climate change mitigation”

Research on “climate change mitigation” 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 “climate change mitigation” appeared in 1,182 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (895), management (108) and finance (61).
- 150 of them were published in 2025, against 94 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (13), Qingdao University (11) and Xi'an Jiaotong University (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (64), Ecological Economics (56) and Energy Policy (50).
- The most-cited of them is “Towards a green world: How do green technology innovations affect total-factor carbon productivity” (Energy Policy, 2019), with 869 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) | 88 | 72 | 74 | 79 | 74 | 84 | 123 | 106 | 109 | 86 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 94 | 84 | 88 | 102 | 115 | 126 | 157 | 139 | 150 | 127 |

## 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 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 56 |
| 3 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 50 |
| 4 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 49 |
| 5 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 31 |
| 6 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 17 |
| 8 | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [Qingdao University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/qingdao-university.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [Harvard University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harvard-university.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [University of Leeds](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-leeds.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | Joint Research Centre | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 177 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 79 |
| 3 | United States | 77 |
| 4 | Germany | 52 |
| 5 | Italy | 43 |
| 6 | France | 42 |
| 7 | Australia | 35 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 26 |
| 9 | Spain | 25 |
| 10 | Sweden | 22 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 104 |
| 2 | [climate change adaptation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-change-adaptation.md) | 69 |
| 3 | [greenhouse gas emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/greenhouse-gas-emissions.md) | 49 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 46 |
| 5 | Paris Agreement | 34 |
| 6 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 33 |
| 7 | [renewable energy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/renewable-energy.md) | 31 |
| 8 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 29 |
| 9 | [climate policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-policy.md) | 28 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 869 | 9.7 | [Towards a green world: How do green technology innovations affect total-factor carbon productivity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.04.033) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2019-05-14 | Kerui Du, Jianglong Li |
| 2 | 761 | 12.8 | [Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102456) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2021-11-24 | Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Laurie Hughes, Arpan Kumar Kar et al. |
| 3 | 716 | 7.6 | [How much does financial development contribute to renewable energy growth and upgrading of energy structure in China?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.047) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2019-01-08 | Qiang Ji, Dayong Zhang |
| 4 | 710 | 11.3 | [What do you think about climate finance?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.08.004) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2021-08-08 | Johannes Stroebel, Jeffrey A. Wurgler |
| 5 | 694 | 10.3 | [Do carbon emission trading schemes stimulate green innovation in enterprises? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120744) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-03-21 | Zhongfei Chen, Xiao Zhang, Fanglin Chen |

## Cite this page

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

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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/).