---
title: "Economic development research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-development
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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---

# 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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## 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

*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) | 63 | 63 | 64 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 80 | 87 | 82 | 57 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 7 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 16 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 30 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 15 |
| 5 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [International Monetary Fund](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/international-monetary-fund.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 6 |
| 5 | "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati | 5 |
| 6 | [Anhui University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/anhui-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.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 | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 63 |
| 2 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 32 |
| 3 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 28 |
| 4 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 27 |
| 5 | [cross-national comparison](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cross-national-comparison.md) | 26 |
| 6 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 26 |
| 7 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 25 |
| 8 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 24 |
| 9 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 23 |

## 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 | 793 | 6.8 | [Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions, and Income Inequality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.12.020) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-9991-x) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2018-03-27 | Christian Haddad, Lars Hornuf |
| 4 | 537 | 4.6 | [The Importance of Manufacturing in Economic Development: Has This Changed?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.12.013) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-021-00140-w) | [IMF Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/imf-economic-review.md) | 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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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “economic development”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-development}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

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