Papers on “environmental regulation”
Research on “environmental regulation” 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 “environmental regulation” appeared in 1,931 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (1,077), finance (506) and management (163).
- 403 of them were published in 2025, against 73 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Xiamen University (50), Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (43) and Capital University of Economics and Business (40).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (156), Energy Economics (131) and International Review of Economics & Finance (126).
- The most-cited of them is “Environmental regulation, green technology innovation, and industrial structure upgrading: The road to the green transformation of Chinese cities” (Energy Economics, 2021), with 1,192 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 52 | 43 | 44 | 67 | 74 | 100 | 177 | 181 | 176 | 163 |
| Finance | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 47 | 119 | 184 | 104 |
| Management | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 34 | 17 | 32 |
| Operations Research | 17 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 13 |
| Accounting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| AI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 73 | 64 | 56 | 90 | 115 | 175 | 276 | 359 | 403 | 320 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 156 |
| 2 | Energy Economics | 131 |
| 3 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 126 |
| 4 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 116 |
| 5 | Resources Policy | 72 |
| 6 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 68 |
| 7 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 39 |
| 8 | Economic Modelling | 34 |
| 9 | Research in International Business and Finance | 33 |
| 10 | Energy Policy | 32 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiamen University | 50 |
| 2 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 43 |
| 3 | Capital University of Economics and Business | 40 |
| 4 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 38 |
| 5 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics | 36 |
| 6 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 33 |
| 7 | University of International Business and Economics | 33 |
| 8 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 33 |
| 9 | Hunan University | 32 |
| 10 | Peking University | 30 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,055 |
| 2 | United States | 99 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 86 |
| 4 | Australia | 61 |
| 5 | France | 53 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 39 |
| 7 | Spain | 34 |
| 8 | Italy | 32 |
| 9 | South Korea | 27 |
| 10 | Macao | 25 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 371 |
| 2 | green innovation | 227 |
| 3 | Chinese listed companies | 197 |
| 4 | state-owned enterprises | 170 |
| 5 | financial constraints | 169 |
| 6 | CO2 emissions | 109 |
| 7 | green finance | 107 |
| 8 | regional heterogeneity | 95 |
| 9 | green transition | 69 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “environmental regulation”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation
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