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title: "Institutional ownership research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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# 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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## 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

*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) | 33 | 19 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 76 | 98 | 75 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 9 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 14 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 76 |
| 2 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 38 |
| 3 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 38 |
| 4 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 33 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 28 |
| 6 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [International Journal of Disclosure and Governance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-disclosure-and-governance.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [Global Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/global-finance-journal.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 12 |
| 4 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 11 |
| 6 | [Nankai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nankai-university.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 121 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 97 |
| 3 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 49 |
| 4 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 47 |
| 5 | [institutional investors](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-investors.md) | 41 |
| 6 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 40 |
| 7 | analyst coverage | 28 |
| 8 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 24 |
| 9 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 24 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | 1,159 | 10.9 | [Do Shareholders Benefit from Green Bonds?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.12.001) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2018-01-01 | Dragon Yongjun Tang, Yupu Zhang |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 616 | 9.4 | [The Big Three and corporate carbon emissions around the world](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.05.007) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105415) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 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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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-institutional-ownership,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “institutional ownership”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-ownership}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).