Papers on “green transition”
Research on “green transition” 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 “green transition” appeared in 611 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (327), finance (172) and management (64).
- 185 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Central University of Finance and Economics (11), Xiamen University (11) and Shandong University of Finance and Economics (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Review of Economics & Finance (58), Energy Economics (52) and Finance research letters (46).
- 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 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 71 | 89 | 90 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 65 | 62 |
| Management | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 26 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 7 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 63 | 115 | 185 | 190 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 58 |
| 2 | Energy Economics | 52 |
| 3 | Finance research letters | 46 |
| 4 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 44 |
| 5 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 26 |
| 6 | Energy Policy | 22 |
| 7 | Ecological Economics | 19 |
| 8 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 18 |
| 9 | Resources Policy | 16 |
| 10 | Journal of Innovation & Knowledge | 11 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 11 |
| 2 | Xiamen University | 11 |
| 3 | Shandong University of Finance and Economics | 10 |
| 4 | University of International Business and Economics | 10 |
| 5 | Zhejiang Gongshang University | 10 |
| 6 | Anhui University of Finance and Economics | 9 |
| 7 | Renmin University of China | 9 |
| 8 | Sichuan University | 9 |
| 9 | Bank of Italy | 8 |
| 10 | Beijing Institute of Technology | 8 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 323 |
| 2 | Italy | 63 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 36 |
| 4 | France | 32 |
| 5 | Spain | 25 |
| 6 | Germany | 24 |
| 7 | United States | 21 |
| 8 | Australia | 16 |
| 9 | Denmark | 15 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 14 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 77 |
| 2 | environmental regulation | 69 |
| 3 | green innovation | 68 |
| 4 | Chinese listed companies | 66 |
| 5 | financial constraints | 56 |
| 6 | state-owned enterprises | 50 |
| 7 | CO2 emissions | 33 |
| 8 | sustainable development | 33 |
| 9 | digital transformation | 32 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “green transition”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-transition
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