Papers on “emissions trading”
Research on “emissions trading” 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 “emissions trading” appeared in 1,030 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (592), finance (179) and operations research (177).
- 171 of them were published in 2025, against 60 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (22), Hunan University (19) and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (116), Energy Policy (48) and Finance research letters (42).
- The most-cited of them is “Do carbon emission trading schemes stimulate green innovation in enterprises? Evidence from China” (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2021), with 694 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 50 | 39 | 33 | 42 | 48 | 69 | 74 | 91 | 80 | 66 |
| Finance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 44 | 50 | 27 |
| Operations Research | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 23 |
| Management | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 60 | 50 | 49 | 63 | 85 | 114 | 131 | 173 | 171 | 134 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energy Economics | 116 |
| 2 | Energy Policy | 48 |
| 3 | Finance research letters | 42 |
| 4 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 30 |
| 5 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 23 |
| 6 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 22 |
| 7 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 21 |
| 8 | Annals of Operations Research | 19 |
| 9 | Expert Systems with Applications | 18 |
| 10 | Research in International Business and Finance | 17 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 22 |
| 2 | Hunan University | 19 |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics | 14 |
| 4 | Capital University of Economics and Business | 13 |
| 5 | Beihang University | 12 |
| 6 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 12 |
| 7 | Tamkang University | 12 |
| 8 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 12 |
| 9 | Anhui University | 11 |
| 10 | Beijing Institute of Technology | 11 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 425 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 59 |
| 3 | United States | 41 |
| 4 | France | 29 |
| 5 | Australia | 24 |
| 6 | Germany | 21 |
| 7 | Taiwan | 21 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 20 |
| 9 | Canada | 18 |
| 10 | Italy | 18 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | carbon pricing | 111 |
| 2 | China | 106 |
| 3 | carbon emission reduction | 59 |
| 4 | carbon tax | 54 |
| 5 | CO2 emissions | 47 |
| 6 | EU Emissions Trading System | 47 |
| 7 | climate policy | 40 |
| 8 | environmental regulation | 37 |
| 9 | green innovation | 34 |
Most-cited papers#
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Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “emissions trading”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emissions-trading
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