Papers on “decarbonization”
Research on “decarbonization” 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. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “decarbonization” appeared in 796 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (559), operations research (83) and management (83).
- 146 of them were published in 2025, against 17 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (11), University College London (9) and Wuhan University (8).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Policy (124), Energy Economics (62) and Resources Policy (36).
- The most-cited of them is “Politicizing energy justice and energy system transitions: Fossil fuel divestment and a “just transition”” (Energy Policy, 2017), with 868 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 15 | 22 | 22 | 38 | 44 | 64 | 79 | 61 | 87 | 127 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 31 |
| Management | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 15 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 17 | 23 | 25 | 42 | 59 | 81 | 102 | 102 | 146 | 199 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energy Policy | 124 |
| 2 | Energy Economics | 62 |
| 3 | Resources Policy | 36 |
| 4 | Ecological Economics | 23 |
| 5 | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | 17 |
| 6 | Utilities Policy | 15 |
| 7 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 13 |
| 8 | Annals of Operations Research | 12 |
| 9 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 11 |
| 10 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 10 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 11 |
| 2 | University College London | 9 |
| 3 | Wuhan University | 8 |
| 4 | Griffith University | 7 |
| 5 | Lebanese American University | 7 |
| 6 | University of Cambridge | 7 |
| 7 | King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center | 6 |
| 8 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 6 |
| 9 | The University of Queensland | 6 |
| 10 | The University of Sydney | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 137 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 74 |
| 3 | United States | 60 |
| 4 | Germany | 45 |
| 5 | France | 44 |
| 6 | Italy | 43 |
| 7 | Australia | 41 |
| 8 | Spain | 33 |
| 9 | India | 29 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 20 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | energy transition | 89 |
| 2 | CO2 emissions | 81 |
| 3 | China | 50 |
| 4 | carbon pricing | 36 |
| 5 | energy efficiency | 33 |
| 6 | renewable energy | 33 |
| 7 | climate policy | 31 |
| 8 | energy security | 26 |
| 9 | carbon intensity | 24 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 868 | 7.7 | Politicizing energy justice and energy system transitions: Fossil fuel divestment and a “just transition” | Energy Policy | 2017-06-27 | Noel Healy, John Barry |
| 2 | 347 | 4.7 | A Green New Deal without growth? | Ecological Economics | 2020-09-21 | Riccardo Mastini, Giorgos Kallis, Jason Hickel |
| 3 | 335 | 6.0 | Green finance and decarbonization: Evidence from around the world | Finance research letters | 2022-03-20 | Md Al Mamun, Sabri Boubaker, Duc Khuong Nguyen |
| 4 | 334 | 6.5 | Does green finance counteract the climate change mitigation: Asymmetric effect of renewable energy investment and R&D | Energy Economics | 2022-07-13 | Dongyang Zhang, Muhammad Mohsin, Farhad Taghizadeh Hesary |
| 5 | 329 | 4.0 | A systematic review of motivations, enablers and barriers for consumer engagement with residential demand response | Energy Policy | 2020-01-17 | Bryony Parrish, Philip J. Heptonstall, Robert Gross et al. |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “decarbonization”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/decarbonization
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