---
title: "Energy consumption research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “energy consumption” appeared in 1,280 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (601), operations research (281) and AI (223)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-consumption
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “energy consumption” appeared in 1,280 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (601), operations research (281) and AI (223). (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# Papers on “energy consumption”

Research on “energy consumption” 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 “energy consumption” appeared in 1,280 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (601), operations research (281) and AI (223).
- 182 of them were published in 2025, against 80 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Tongji University (16), Tsinghua University (14) and Beijing Institute of Technology (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (71), Energy Economics (57) and Computers & Industrial Engineering (57).
- The most-cited of them is “Environmental degradation in France: The effects of FDI, financial development, and energy innovations” (Energy Economics, 2018), with 1,193 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) | 51 | 56 | 53 | 55 | 62 | 74 | 81 | 71 | 68 | 30 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 38 | 53 | 43 | 44 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 37 | 33 | 45 | 32 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 80 | 79 | 75 | 105 | 123 | 144 | 182 | 183 | 182 | 127 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 71 |
| 2 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 57 |
| 3 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 57 |
| 4 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 44 |
| 5 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 26 |
| 6 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 26 |
| 7 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 18 |
| 8 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 17 |
| 9 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Tongji University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tongji-university.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Shanghai Jiao Tong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-jiao-tong-university.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Southwest Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwest-jiaotong-university.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 333 |
| 2 | India | 62 |
| 3 | United States | 61 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 58 |
| 5 | Turkey | 38 |
| 6 | France | 33 |
| 7 | Australia | 26 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 25 |
| 9 | Canada | 23 |
| 10 | Iran | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 120 |
| 2 | [multi-objective optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-objective-optimization.md) | 65 |
| 3 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 63 |
| 4 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 56 |
| 5 | [energy efficiency](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-efficiency.md) | 45 |
| 6 | [environmental sustainability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-sustainability.md) | 33 |
| 7 | [renewable energy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/renewable-energy.md) | 33 |
| 8 | [makespan minimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/makespan-minimization.md) | 29 |
| 9 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 29 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,193 | 12.0 | [Environmental degradation in France: The effects of FDI, financial development, and energy innovations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.07.020) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2018-07-29 | Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz, Muhammad Ali Nasir, David Roubaud |
| 2 | 1,170 | 15.3 | [Digitalization and energy consumption. Does ICT reduce energy demand?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106760) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2020-06-23 | Steffen Lange, Johanna Pohl, Tilman Santarius |
| 3 | 935 | 13.8 | [Digitalization and energy: How does internet development affect China's energy consumption?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105220) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-03-18 | Siyu Ren, Yu Hao, Lu Xu et al. |
| 4 | 854 | 8.6 | [Economic growth, CO2 emissions and energy consumption: What causes what and where?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.07.022) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2018-07-27 | Alex Opoku Acheampong |
| 5 | 811 | 9.2 | [The impact of natural resources, human capital, and foreign direct investment on the ecological footprint: The case of the United States](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.101428) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2019-06-17 | Muhammad Wasif Zafar, Syed Anees Haider Zaidi, Naveed R. Khan et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “energy consumption”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-consumption

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “energy consumption”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-consumption}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).