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title: "Greenhouse gas emissions research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “greenhouse gas emissions” appeared in 1,165 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (715), operations research (244) and finance (64)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “greenhouse gas emissions” appeared in 1,165 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (715), operations research (244) and finance (64). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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---

# Papers on “greenhouse gas emissions”

Research on “greenhouse gas emissions” 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 “greenhouse gas emissions” appeared in 1,165 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (715), operations research (244) and finance (64).
- 133 of them were published in 2025, against 110 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (10), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (8) and Curtin University (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (45), Energy Policy (39) and Ecological Economics (34).
- The most-cited of them is “The effects of board characteristics and sustainable compensation policy on carbon performance of UK firms” (The British Accounting Review, 2017), with 748 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) | 82 | 63 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 72 | 74 | 92 | 72 | 74 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 17 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 30 | 36 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 17 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 110 | 81 | 87 | 96 | 102 | 122 | 124 | 166 | 133 | 144 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 45 |
| 2 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 39 |
| 3 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 34 |
| 4 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 28 |
| 5 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 23 |
| 7 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 18 |
| 8 | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 10 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Curtin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/curtin-university.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Shanghai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [University of Tehran](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-tehran.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 126 |
| 2 | United States | 87 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 62 |
| 4 | Germany | 48 |
| 5 | France | 45 |
| 6 | Italy | 40 |
| 7 | Australia | 37 |
| 8 | India | 34 |
| 9 | Canada | 33 |
| 10 | Spain | 29 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [climate change mitigation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-change-mitigation.md) | 49 |
| 2 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 38 |
| 3 | [climate policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-policy.md) | 36 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 30 |
| 5 | [carbon pricing](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-pricing.md) | 29 |
| 6 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 29 |
| 7 | [renewable energy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/renewable-energy.md) | 28 |
| 8 | [climate change](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-change.md) | 27 |
| 9 | [carbon tax](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-tax.md) | 24 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 748 | 6.3 | [The effects of board characteristics and sustainable compensation policy on carbon performance of UK firms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.01.001) | [The British Accounting Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-british-accounting-review.md) | 2017-01-07 | Faizul Haque |
| 2 | 584 | 5.0 | [Energy innovation and renewable energy consumption in the correction of air pollution levels](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.009) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2017-03-09 | Agustín Álvarez Herranz, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz et al. |
| 3 | 553 | 9.1 | [The AI gambit: leveraging artificial intelligence to combat climate change—opportunities, challenges, and recommendations](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01294-x) | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | 2021-10-18 | Josh Cowls, Andreas Tsamados, Mariarosaria Taddeo et al. |
| 4 | 425 | 5.3 | [Green hydrogen characterisation initiatives: Definitions, standards, guarantees of origin, and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111300) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2020-02-06 | Anthony Velazquez Abad, Paul E. Dodds |
| 5 | 425 | 6.8 | [The impact of carbon disclosure mandates on emissions and financial operating performance](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-021-09611-x) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2021-08-05 | Benedikt Downar, Jürgen Ernstberger, Stefan J. Reichelstein et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “greenhouse gas emissions”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/greenhouse-gas-emissions

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  title = {Papers on “greenhouse gas emissions”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).