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title: "Institutional investors research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “institutional investors” appeared in 1,092 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (806), economics (113) and accounting (87)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “institutional investors” appeared in 1,092 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (806), economics (113) and accounting (87). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Papers on “institutional investors”

Research on “institutional investors” 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 “institutional investors” appeared in 1,092 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (806), economics (113) and accounting (87).
- 191 of them were published in 2025, against 67 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (23), Capital University of Economics and Business (15) and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (96), Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (51) and International Review of Financial Analysis (47).
- The most-cited of them is “Do Investors Care about Carbon Risk?” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2019), with 3,369 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 52 | 45 | 66 | 70 | 50 | 79 | 102 | 124 | 143 | 75 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 67 | 64 | 79 | 92 | 73 | 114 | 133 | 163 | 191 | 116 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 96 |
| 2 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 51 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 47 |
| 4 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 45 |
| 5 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 41 |
| 6 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 20 |
| 7 | [Journal of Financial Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-markets.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 11 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 23 |
| 2 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [Sichuan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [Tianjin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tianjin-university.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 10 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 323 |
| 2 | United States | 131 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 47 |
| 4 | Australia | 35 |
| 5 | South Korea | 27 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 25 |
| 7 | Germany | 19 |
| 8 | France | 19 |
| 9 | Canada | 18 |
| 10 | Italy | 18 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 139 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 87 |
| 3 | [retail investors](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/retail-investors.md) | 81 |
| 4 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 57 |
| 5 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 43 |
| 6 | [institutional ownership](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-ownership.md) | 41 |
| 7 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 39 |
| 8 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 38 |
| 9 | [stock returns](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/stock-returns.md) | 32 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,369 | 35.8 | [Do Investors Care about Carbon Risk?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.05.008) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2019-01-01 | Patrick G M Bolton, Marcin T. Kacperczyk |
| 2 | 2,547 | 26.0 | [Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.08.013) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-09-04 | Alexander Dyck, Karl V. Lins, Lukas Roth et al. |
| 3 | 1,138 | 14.0 | [Greenwashing in environmental, social and governance disclosures](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2020.101192) | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 2020-01-27 | Ellen Pei‐yi Yu, Bac Van Luu, Catherine Huirong Chen |
| 4 | 978 | 11.0 | [Institutional shareholders and corporate social responsibility](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.06.007) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2019-06-15 | Tao Chen, Hui Dong, Chen Lin |
| 5 | 632 | 6.4 | [Corporate social responsibility, firm value, and influential institutional ownership](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.07.004) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2018-07-23 | Bonnie Buchanan, Cathy Xuying Cao, Chongyang Chen |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Institutional investors in rental housing](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/institutional-investors-in-rental-housing.md)

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Papers on “institutional investors”},
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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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