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title: "Climate change research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “climate change” appeared in 1,378 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (788), finance (193) and management (152)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “climate change” appeared in 1,378 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (788), finance (193) and management (152). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “climate change”

Research on “climate change” 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” appeared in 1,378 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (788), finance (193) and management (152).
- 221 of them were published in 2025, against 58 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (17), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (13) and University of Bologna (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (46), Finance research letters (37) and Resources Policy (35).
- The most-cited of them is “Climate risks and market efficiency” (Journal of Econometrics, 2018), with 964 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) | 42 | 50 | 43 | 75 | 58 | 95 | 105 | 147 | 102 | 71 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 41 | 55 | 33 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 22 | 14 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 9 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| All categories | 58 | 73 | 64 | 104 | 118 | 157 | 168 | 260 | 221 | 155 |

## 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 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 35 |
| 4 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 33 |
| 5 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 25 |
| 6 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 24 |
| 7 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 24 |
| 8 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 23 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 21 |
| 10 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 20 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 17 |
| 2 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 13 |
| 3 | [University of Bologna](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bologna.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [International Monetary Fund](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/international-monetary-fund.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [University of Edinburgh](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-edinburgh.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 210 |
| 2 | United States | 142 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 105 |
| 4 | Italy | 73 |
| 5 | France | 63 |
| 6 | Australia | 60 |
| 7 | Germany | 51 |
| 8 | Spain | 41 |
| 9 | Canada | 37 |
| 10 | India | 37 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 66 |
| 2 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 65 |
| 3 | [climate risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-risk.md) | 51 |
| 4 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 40 |
| 5 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 39 |
| 6 | [climate change adaptation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-change-adaptation.md) | 37 |
| 7 | [green finance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-finance.md) | 33 |
| 8 | [energy transition](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-transition.md) | 29 |
| 9 | [environmental sustainability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-sustainability.md) | 28 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 964 | 10.0 | [Climate risks and market efficiency](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2018.09.015) | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 2018-10-16 | Harrison G. Hong, Frank Weikai Li, Jiangmin Xu |
| 2 | 792 | 7.5 | [An Inconvenient Cost: The Effects of Climate Change on Municipal Bonds](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.06.006) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-01-01 | Marcus Painter |
| 3 | 764 | 7.6 | [Climate Change, Financial Stability and Monetary Policy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.05.011) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2018-06-19 | Yannis Dafermos, Maria Nikolaidi, Giorgos Galanis |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 715 | 8.5 | [The sustainable development index: Measuring the ecological efficiency of human development in the anthropocene](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.05.011) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2019-11-12 | Jason Hickel |

## Cite this page

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

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “climate change”},
  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/).