---
title: "Environmental policy research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “environmental policy” appeared in 1,005 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (722), finance (103) and management (81)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-policy
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “environmental policy” appeared in 1,005 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (722), finance (103) and management (81). (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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---

# Papers on “environmental policy”

Research on “environmental policy” 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 policy” appeared in 1,005 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (722), finance (103) and management (81).
- 139 of them were published in 2025, against 71 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (16), Xi'an Jiaotong University (14) and Wuhan University (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (81), Energy Economics (55) and Finance research letters (26).
- The most-cited of them is “Social Norms and Pro-environmental Behavior: A Review of the Evidence” (Ecological Economics, 2017), with 958 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) | 55 | 66 | 52 | 64 | 56 | 70 | 101 | 110 | 80 | 68 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 20 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 71 | 77 | 62 | 81 | 79 | 104 | 130 | 156 | 139 | 106 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 81 |
| 2 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 55 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 26 |
| 4 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 20 |
| 5 | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 16 |
| 10 | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 15 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [University of Pisa](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-pisa.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Zhengzhou University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhengzhou-university.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [Jiangsu University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jiangsu-university.md) | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 274 |
| 2 | Italy | 54 |
| 3 | United States | 52 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 43 |
| 5 | France | 35 |
| 6 | Spain | 22 |
| 7 | Australia | 21 |
| 8 | Germany | 21 |
| 9 | India | 20 |
| 10 | Turkey | 19 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 90 |
| 2 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 73 |
| 3 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 69 |
| 4 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 50 |
| 5 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 49 |
| 6 | environmental degradation | 38 |
| 7 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 34 |
| 8 | [environmental sustainability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-sustainability.md) | 30 |
| 9 | ecological footprint | 28 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 958 | 8.4 | [Social Norms and Pro-environmental Behavior: A Review of the Evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.04.017) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2017-05-04 | Katherine Farrow, Gilles Grolleau, Lisette Ibanez |
| 2 | 777 | 10.5 | [The dynamic impact of natural resources, technological innovations and economic growth on ecological footprint: An advanced panel data estimation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101817) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-09-06 | Mahmood Ahmad, Ping Yu Jiang, Abdul Hannan Majeed et al. |
| 3 | 609 | 8.6 | [How does fiscal decentralization affect CO2 emissions? The roles of institutions and human capital](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105060) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2020-12-07 | Zeeshan Khan, Shahid Ali, Kangyin Y. Dong et al. |
| 4 | 518 | 6.6 | [Economic complexity and the green economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.103948) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2020-04-08 | Penny Mealy, Alexander Teytelboym |
| 5 | 503 | 4.4 | [The impact of energy consumption and economic development on Ecological Footprint and CO2 emissions: Evidence from a Markov Switching Equilibrium Correction Model](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.05.009) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2017-05-22 | Lanouar Charfeddine |

## Cite this page

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

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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-environmental-policy,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “environmental policy”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-policy}},
  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/).