Papers on “institutional quality”
Research on “institutional quality” 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 quality” appeared in 1,715 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (961), finance (453) and management (210).
- 251 of them were published in 2025, against 77 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (15), Université de Yaoundé II (15) and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (73), International Review of Economics & Finance (43) and Economic Change and Restructuring (40).
- The most-cited of them is “Institutional quality, green innovation and energy efficiency” (Energy Policy, 2019), with 768 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 36 | 53 | 71 | 73 | 109 | 105 | 117 | 116 | 130 | 151 |
| Finance | 28 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 77 | 79 |
| Management | 9 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 58 |
| Accounting | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 77 | 104 | 114 | 123 | 176 | 175 | 195 | 195 | 251 | 305 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resources Policy | 73 |
| 2 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 43 |
| 3 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 40 |
| 4 | Finance research letters | 34 |
| 5 | Research in International Business and Finance | 31 |
| 6 | Future Business Journal | 28 |
| 7 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 27 |
| 8 | International Economics and Economic Policy | 26 |
| 9 | Energy Policy | 21 |
| 10 | Economic Systems | 20 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese American University | 15 |
| 2 | Université de Yaoundé II | 15 |
| 3 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 12 |
| 4 | University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City | 12 |
| 5 | Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans | 11 |
| 6 | Parthenope University of Naples | 11 |
| 7 | Korea University | 10 |
| 8 | University of Salerno | 10 |
| 9 | Université d'Orléans | 10 |
| 10 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 9 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 219 |
| 2 | United States | 136 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 98 |
| 4 | Italy | 76 |
| 5 | France | 61 |
| 6 | India | 50 |
| 7 | Vietnam | 45 |
| 8 | Australia | 42 |
| 9 | Pakistan | 38 |
| 10 | Spain | 37 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | economic growth | 125 |
| 2 | financial development | 79 |
| 3 | developing countries | 77 |
| 4 | emerging markets | 75 |
| 5 | foreign direct investment | 71 |
| 6 | rule of law | 66 |
| 7 | corruption | 60 |
| 8 | resource curse | 58 |
| 9 | regulatory quality | 57 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 768 | 9.0 | Institutional quality, green innovation and energy efficiency | Energy Policy | 2019-09-27 | Huaping Sun, Bless Kofi Edziah, Chuanwang Sun et al. |
| 2 | 739 | 7.2 | Twenty-five years of research on institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: what has been learned? | Small Business Economics | 2018-04-12 | David Urbano, Sebastián Aparicio, David Bruce Audretsch |
| 3 | 609 | 8.6 | How does fiscal decentralization affect CO2 emissions? The roles of institutions and human capital | Energy Economics | 2020-12-07 | Zeeshan Khan, Shahid Ali, Kangyin Y. Dong et al. |
| 4 | 578 | 5.2 | Is financial inclusion good for bank stability? International evidence | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 2017-08-01 | M. Mostak Ahamed, Sushanta Mallick |
| 5 | 546 | 11.5 | Can enterprise digitization improve ESG performance? | Economic Modelling | 2022-11-14 | Mingyue Fang, Huihua Nie, Xinyi Shen |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “institutional quality”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality
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