Papers on “institutional ownership”
Research on “institutional ownership” 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 “institutional ownership” appeared in 741 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (502), accounting (77) and management (76).
- 135 of them were published in 2025, against 42 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (15), Xiamen University (14) and Central University of Finance and Economics (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (76), International Review of Financial Analysis (38) and International Review of Economics & Finance (38).
- The most-cited of them is “Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2018), with 2,547 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 33 | 19 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 76 | 98 | 75 |
| Accounting | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| Management | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 9 |
| Economics | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 14 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 42 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 57 | 73 | 85 | 105 | 135 | 114 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 76 |
| 2 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 38 |
| 3 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 38 |
| 4 | Pacific-Basin Finance Journal | 33 |
| 5 | Research in International Business and Finance | 28 |
| 6 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 14 |
| 7 | International Journal of Disclosure and Governance | 13 |
| 8 | Journal of Corporate Finance | 12 |
| 9 | Journal of Business Ethics | 10 |
| 10 | Global Finance Journal | 10 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 15 |
| 2 | Xiamen University | 14 |
| 3 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 12 |
| 4 | Capital University of Economics and Business | 11 |
| 5 | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | 11 |
| 6 | Nankai University | 10 |
| 7 | Renmin University of China | 10 |
| 8 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics | 9 |
| 9 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 9 |
| 10 | Hunan University | 8 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 253 |
| 2 | United States | 73 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 59 |
| 4 | Australia | 36 |
| 5 | Canada | 24 |
| 6 | France | 20 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 15 |
| 8 | Taiwan | 15 |
| 9 | India | 14 |
| 10 | South Korea | 12 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | corporate governance | 121 |
| 2 | Chinese listed companies | 97 |
| 3 | state-owned enterprises | 49 |
| 4 | information asymmetry | 47 |
| 5 | institutional investors | 41 |
| 6 | financial constraints | 40 |
| 7 | analyst coverage | 28 |
| 8 | China | 24 |
| 9 | emerging markets | 24 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,547 | 26.0 | Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence | Journal of Financial Economics | 2018-09-04 | Alexander Dyck, Karl V. Lins, Lukas Roth et al. |
| 2 | 1,159 | 10.9 | Do Shareholders Benefit from Green Bonds? | Journal of Corporate Finance | 2018-01-01 | Dragon Yongjun Tang, Yupu Zhang |
| 3 | 978 | 11.0 | Institutional shareholders and corporate social responsibility | Journal of Financial Economics | 2019-06-15 | Tao Chen, Hui Dong, Chen Lin |
| 4 | 616 | 9.4 | The Big Three and corporate carbon emissions around the world | Journal of Financial Economics | 2021-05-24 | José Azar, Miguel Duro, Igor Kadach et al. |
| 5 | 470 | 7.3 | Green credit policy and firm performance: What we learn from China | Energy Economics | 2021-06-29 | Shouyu Yao, Yuying Pan, Ahmet Şensoy et al. |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “institutional ownership”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-ownership
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