Papers on “financial development”
Research on “financial development” 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 “financial development” appeared in 1,444 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (826), finance (506) and management (86).
- 218 of them were published in 2025, against 82 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (20), Azerbaijan State University of Economics (16) and University of International Business and Economics (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (144), Finance research letters (67) and International Review of Economics & Finance (58).
- 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#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 51 | 43 | 53 | 68 | 75 | 83 | 162 | 131 | 90 | 70 |
| Finance | 28 | 16 | 36 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 54 | 69 | 119 | 85 |
| Management | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 17 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 82 | 65 | 92 | 110 | 121 | 132 | 225 | 221 | 218 | 178 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resources Policy | 144 |
| 2 | Finance research letters | 67 |
| 3 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 58 |
| 4 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 39 |
| 5 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 36 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 34 |
| 7 | Research in International Business and Finance | 28 |
| 8 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 27 |
| 9 | Borsa Istanbul Review | 22 |
| 10 | Economic Modelling | 17 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese American University | 20 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics | 16 |
| 3 | University of International Business and Economics | 15 |
| 4 | Wuhan University | 15 |
| 5 | Korea University | 14 |
| 6 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 14 |
| 7 | Near East University | 13 |
| 8 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 13 |
| 9 | Jilin University | 12 |
| 10 | Université de Yaoundé II | 12 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 444 |
| 2 | United States | 64 |
| 3 | Turkey | 58 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 56 |
| 5 | India | 47 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 47 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 39 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 38 |
| 9 | Australia | 37 |
| 10 | France | 34 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | economic growth | 165 |
| 2 | China | 126 |
| 3 | CO2 emissions | 81 |
| 4 | institutional quality | 79 |
| 5 | resource curse | 73 |
| 6 | trade openness | 60 |
| 7 | developing countries | 58 |
| 8 | sustainable development | 58 |
| 9 | moderating effect | 52 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “financial development”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-development
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