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title: "Corruption research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “corruption” appeared in 1,077 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (679), management (157) and finance (146)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “corruption” appeared in 1,077 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (679), management (157) and finance (146). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “corruption”

Research on “corruption” 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 “corruption” appeared in 1,077 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (679), management (157) and finance (146).
- 107 of them were published in 2025, against 93 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Université de Yaoundé II (13), Université de Dschang (12) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (36), European Journal of Political Economy (18) and Economic Change and Restructuring (15).
- The most-cited of them is “Corruption and economic growth: New empirical evidence” (European Journal of Political Economy, 2019), with 416 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) | 51 | 58 | 56 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 84 | 76 | 70 | 65 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 19 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 13 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 12 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 14 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 93 | 92 | 89 | 117 | 123 | 108 | 127 | 119 | 107 | 102 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 36 |
| 2 | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [Journal of Policy Modeling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-policy-modeling.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Université de Yaoundé II | 13 |
| 2 | Université de Dschang | 12 |
| 3 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [Shandong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shandong-university.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [University of Manchester](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester.md) | 6 |
| 6 | University of Salerno | 6 |
| 7 | [World Bank](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/world-bank.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Bocconi University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/bocconi-university.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [George Mason University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/george-mason-university.md) | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 103 |
| 2 | China | 77 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 73 |
| 4 | Italy | 41 |
| 5 | Australia | 30 |
| 6 | Germany | 27 |
| 7 | France | 27 |
| 8 | India | 26 |
| 9 | Cameroon | 23 |
| 10 | Canada | 22 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 60 |
| 2 | bribery | 40 |
| 3 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 40 |
| 4 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 39 |
| 5 | [resource curse](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/resource-curse.md) | 30 |
| 6 | anti-corruption policy | 24 |
| 7 | [sub-Saharan Africa](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sub-saharan-africa.md) | 24 |
| 8 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 22 |
| 9 | natural resource rents | 20 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 416 | 4.8 | [Corruption and economic growth: New empirical evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.08.001) | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 2019-08-22 | Klaus Gründler, Niklas Potrafke |
| 2 | 398 | 4.8 | [Corruption in international business: A review and research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101660) | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | 2019-12-31 | Salman Bahoo, Ilan Alon, Andrea Paltrinieri |
| 3 | 367 | 5.4 | [Varieties in state capitalism and corporate innovation: Evidence from an emerging economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.101919) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2021-02-27 | Yongjia Rebecca Lin, Xiaoqing Fu, Xiaolan Fu et al. |
| 4 | 353 | 3.7 | [Natural resources and economic growth in Africa: The role of institutional quality and human capital](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.11.009) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2018-11-28 | Oumarou Zallé |
| 5 | 329 | 4.2 | [Female political representation and substantive effects on policies: A literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101896) | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 2020-05-04 | Zohal Hessami, Mariana Lopes da Fonseca |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Public procurement, read by machine](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/public-procurement-and-corruption-in-the-data.md)

## Cite this page

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

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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).