---
title: "Environmental performance research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “environmental performance” appeared in 786 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (198), finance (178) and management (167)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “environmental performance” appeared in 786 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (198), finance (178) and management (167). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Papers on “environmental performance”

Research on “environmental performance” 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 “environmental performance” appeared in 786 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (198), finance (178) and management (167).
- 145 of them were published in 2025, against 39 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Central University of Finance and Economics (9), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (9) and NEOMA Business School (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (43), International Review of Economics & Finance (28) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (22).
- The most-cited of them is “Corporate green bonds” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2021), with 2,653 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) | 14 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 38 | 25 | 27 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 46 | 59 | 25 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 30 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 12 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 13 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 39 | 30 | 40 | 43 | 61 | 85 | 93 | 143 | 145 | 107 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 43 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 28 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 22 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 20 |
| 6 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 19 |
| 7 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 19 |
| 8 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 18 |
| 9 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 9 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 9 |
| 3 | [NEOMA Business School](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/neoma-business-school.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [University of Turin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-turin.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [University of Science and Technology of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [China University of Geosciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/china-university-of-geosciences.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Durham University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/durham-university.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 232 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 76 |
| 3 | France | 49 |
| 4 | Italy | 44 |
| 5 | United States | 43 |
| 6 | Spain | 28 |
| 7 | Australia | 21 |
| 8 | India | 18 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 16 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 16 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | social performance | 96 |
| 2 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 94 |
| 3 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 61 |
| 4 | [ESG performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/esg-performance.md) | 59 |
| 5 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 55 |
| 6 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 37 |
| 7 | [financial performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-performance.md) | 37 |
| 8 | economic performance | 35 |
| 9 | [corporate sustainability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-sustainability.md) | 32 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,653 | 38.4 | [Corporate green bonds](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.01.010) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2021-01-31 | Caroline Flammer |
| 2 | 2,120 | 25.2 | [Green innovation and environmental performance: The role of green transformational leadership and green human resource management](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119762) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2019-11-01 | Sanjay Kumar Singh, Manlio Del Giudice, Roberto Chierici et al. |
| 3 | 1,280 | 12.1 | [Green innovation and organizational performance: The influence of big data and the moderating role of management commitment and HR practices](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.12.016) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2018-01-03 | Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar, Sanjay Kumar Singh |
| 4 | 1,222 | 12.0 | [The effect of green human resource management on hotel employees’ eco-friendly behavior and environmental performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.04.007) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2018-05-02 | Yong Joong Kim, Woo Gon Kim, Hyung‐Min Choi et al. |
| 5 | 1,116 | 15.0 | [Corporate social responsibility and environmental performance: The mediating role of environmental strategy and green innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120262) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-08-21 | Sascha Kraus, Shafique Ur Rehman, F. Javier Sendra García |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “environmental performance”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-performance

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “environmental performance”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-performance}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  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/).