Papers on “economic development”
Research on “economic development” 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 “economic development” appeared in 1,077 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (734), management (137) and finance (114).
- 130 of them were published in 2025, against 87 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (7), Chinese Academy of Sciences (6) and International Monetary Fund (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (30), Finance research letters (21) and Energy Economics (15).
- 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#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 63 | 63 | 64 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 80 | 87 | 82 | 57 |
| Management | 7 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| Finance | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 16 |
| Operations Research | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education and Research | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marketing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| All categories | 87 | 92 | 96 | 118 | 114 | 98 | 120 | 128 | 130 | 94 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resources Policy | 30 |
| 2 | Finance research letters | 21 |
| 3 | Energy Economics | 15 |
| 4 | World Development | 15 |
| 5 | Land Use Policy | 14 |
| 6 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 13 |
| 7 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 13 |
| 8 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 12 |
| 9 | Energy Policy | 12 |
| 10 | Structural Change and Economic Dynamics | 10 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 7 |
| 2 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 6 |
| 3 | International Monetary Fund | 6 |
| 4 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 6 |
| 5 | "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati | 5 |
| 6 | Anhui University of Finance and Economics | 5 |
| 7 | Capital University of Economics and Business | 5 |
| 8 | City University of Macau | 5 |
| 9 | ETH Zurich | 5 |
| 10 | George Mason University | 5 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 173 |
| 2 | United States | 79 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 42 |
| 4 | Italy | 26 |
| 5 | France | 23 |
| 6 | Spain | 21 |
| 7 | Australia | 20 |
| 8 | India | 17 |
| 9 | Germany | 15 |
| 10 | Turkey | 13 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 63 |
| 2 | developing countries | 32 |
| 3 | institutional quality | 28 |
| 4 | CO2 emissions | 27 |
| 5 | cross-national comparison | 26 |
| 6 | economic growth | 26 |
| 7 | foreign direct investment | 25 |
| 8 | sustainable development | 24 |
| 9 | innovation | 23 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | 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 | Energy Policy | 2019-05-14 | Kerui Du, Jianglong Li |
| 2 | 793 | 6.8 | Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions, and Income Inequality | World Development | 2017-01-24 | Dominik Hartmann, Miguel Guevara, Cristian Ignacio Jara-Figueroa et al. |
| 3 | 753 | 7.3 | The emergence of the global fintech market: economic and technological determinants | Small Business Economics | 2018-03-27 | Christian Haddad, Lars Hornuf |
| 4 | 537 | 4.6 | The Importance of Manufacturing in Economic Development: Has This Changed? | World Development | 2017-02-17 | Nobuya Haraguchi, Charles Fang Chin Cheng, Eveline Smeets |
| 5 | 454 | 7.1 | Social Norms as a Barrier to Women’s Employment in Developing Countries | IMF Economic Review | 2021-07-05 | Seema Jayachandran |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “economic development”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-development
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