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title: "Institutional quality research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# 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.

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

## 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

*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) | 36 | 53 | 71 | 73 | 109 | 105 | 117 | 116 | 130 | 151 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 28 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 77 | 79 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 9 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 58 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 73 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 43 |
| 3 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 40 |
| 4 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 34 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 31 |
| 6 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 28 |
| 7 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 27 |
| 8 | [International Economics and Economic Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-economics-and-economic-policy.md) | 26 |
| 9 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 21 |
| 10 | [Economic Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-systems.md) | 20 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 15 |
| 2 | Université de Yaoundé II | 15 |
| 3 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 12 |
| 4 | [University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-economics-ho-chi-minh-city.md) | 12 |
| 5 | Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans | 11 |
| 6 | Parthenope University of Naples | 11 |
| 7 | [Korea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-university.md) | 10 |
| 8 | University of Salerno | 10 |
| 9 | Université d'Orléans | 10 |
| 10 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 125 |
| 2 | [financial development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-development.md) | 79 |
| 3 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 77 |
| 4 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 75 |
| 5 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 71 |
| 6 | rule of law | 66 |
| 7 | [corruption](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corruption.md) | 60 |
| 8 | [resource curse](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/resource-curse.md) | 58 |
| 9 | regulatory quality | 57 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 768 | 9.0 | [Institutional quality, green innovation and energy efficiency](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111002) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 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?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0038-0) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105060) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.07.027) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2017-08-01 | M. Mostak Ahamed, Sushanta Mallick |
| 5 | 546 | 11.5 | [Can enterprise digitization improve ESG performance?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.106101) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 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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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “institutional quality”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  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/).