Papers on “ESG ratings”
Research on “ESG ratings” 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 “ESG ratings” appeared in 620 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (429), economics (85) and management (46).
- 160 of them were published in 2025, against 4 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Capital University of Economics and Business (17), Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (16) and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (113), International Review of Financial Analysis (51) and Research in International Business and Finance (36).
- The most-cited of them is “Responsible Investing: The ESG-Efficient Frontier” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2019), with 2,101 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 47 | 124 | 112 | 72 |
| Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 19 |
| Management | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 51 | 81 | 151 | 160 | 117 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 113 |
| 2 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 51 |
| 3 | Research in International Business and Finance | 36 |
| 4 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 35 |
| 5 | Energy Economics | 19 |
| 6 | Pacific-Basin Finance Journal | 16 |
| 7 | Global Finance Journal | 12 |
| 8 | Borsa Istanbul Review | 12 |
| 9 | Economic Modelling | 11 |
| 10 | Journal of Asset Management | 11 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capital University of Economics and Business | 17 |
| 2 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics | 16 |
| 3 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 10 |
| 4 | Peking University | 9 |
| 5 | Sichuan University | 9 |
| 6 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 9 |
| 7 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 8 |
| 8 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 8 |
| 9 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | 8 |
| 10 | Sun Yat-sen University | 8 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 225 |
| 2 | Italy | 58 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 49 |
| 4 | United States | 41 |
| 5 | Germany | 33 |
| 6 | France | 26 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 21 |
| 8 | South Korea | 18 |
| 9 | Turkey | 17 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 17 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese listed companies | 76 |
| 2 | corporate governance | 65 |
| 3 | corporate sustainability | 51 |
| 4 | ESG performance | 48 |
| 5 | ESG disclosure | 44 |
| 6 | financial constraints | 42 |
| 7 | ESG investing | 41 |
| 8 | stock returns | 41 |
| 9 | sustainable investment | 39 |
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Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “ESG ratings”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/esg-ratings
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title = {Papers on “ESG ratings”},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/esg-ratings}},
urldate = {2026-11-03},
note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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