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title: "Emissions trading research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# 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.

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

## 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

*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) | 50 | 39 | 33 | 42 | 48 | 69 | 74 | 91 | 80 | 66 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 44 | 50 | 27 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 23 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 116 |
| 2 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 48 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 42 |
| 4 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 30 |
| 5 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 22 |
| 7 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 21 |
| 8 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 19 |
| 9 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 18 |
| 10 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 17 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | 19 |
| 3 | [Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 12 |
| 7 | Tamkang University | 12 |
| 8 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Anhui University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/anhui-university.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [carbon pricing](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-pricing.md) | 111 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 106 |
| 3 | [carbon emission reduction](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-emission-reduction.md) | 59 |
| 4 | [carbon tax](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-tax.md) | 54 |
| 5 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 47 |
| 6 | EU Emissions Trading System | 47 |
| 7 | [climate policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-policy.md) | 40 |
| 8 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 37 |
| 9 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 34 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 694 | 10.3 | [Do carbon emission trading schemes stimulate green innovation in enterprises? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120744) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-03-21 | Zhongfei Chen, Xiao Zhang, Fanglin Chen |
| 2 | 626 | 9.7 | [Real effects of climate policy: Financial constraints and spillovers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.06.015) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2021-06-23 | Söhnke M. Bartram, Kewei Hou, Sehoon Kim |
| 3 | 622 | 7.5 | [Can carbon emission trading scheme achieve energy conservation and emission reduction? Evidence from the industrial sector in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104590) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2019-11-19 | Yucai Hu, Shenggang Ren, Yangjie Wang et al. |
| 4 | 506 | 8.1 | [Towards carbon neutrality by implementing carbon emissions trading scheme: Policy evaluation in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112510) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2021-08-14 | Xing Chen, Boqiang Lin |
| 5 | 480 | 8.1 | [Dynamic spillover effects among green bond, renewable energy stocks and carbon markets during COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for hedging and investments strategies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2021.100692) | [Global Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/global-finance-journal.md) | 2021-11-23 | Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah, David Gabauer et al. |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Supply chain contracts that cut Scope 3 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/contracts-that-cut-scope-3-emissions.md)

## 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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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).