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title: "International trade research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “international trade” appeared in 1,004 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (801), finance (93) and management (56)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “international trade” appeared in 1,004 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (801), finance (93) and management (56). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “international trade”

Research on “international trade” 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 “international trade” appeared in 1,004 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (801), finance (93) and management (56).
- 138 of them were published in 2025, against 95 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Dartmouth College (25), University of Wisconsin–Madison (24) and International Monetary Fund (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Economics (44), Journal of International Economics (25) and Resources Policy (25).
- The most-cited of them is “Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century” (Ecological Economics, 2020), with 548 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) | 84 | 73 | 67 | 75 | 75 | 83 | 95 | 101 | 104 | 44 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 95 | 88 | 81 | 92 | 90 | 110 | 118 | 129 | 138 | 63 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-economics.md) | 44 |
| 2 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 25 |
| 3 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 25 |
| 4 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Review of World Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-world-economics.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Journal of Policy Modeling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-policy-modeling.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 9 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dartmouth College | 25 |
| 2 | [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-wisconsinmadison.md) | 24 |
| 3 | [International Monetary Fund](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/international-monetary-fund.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Dalian Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-maritime-university.md) | 5 |
| 10 | Fordham University | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 132 |
| 2 | United States | 123 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 36 |
| 4 | Italy | 33 |
| 5 | France | 25 |
| 6 | Germany | 24 |
| 7 | Japan | 19 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 18 |
| 9 | Australia | 12 |
| 10 | Canada | 12 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | trade policy | 36 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 30 |
| 3 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 26 |
| 4 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 24 |
| 5 | [global value chains](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/global-value-chains.md) | 24 |
| 6 | exports | 22 |
| 7 | gravity model | 21 |
| 8 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 20 |
| 9 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 20 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 548 | 7.4 | [Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106824) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2020-09-04 | Christian Dorninger, Alf Hornborg, David J. Abson et al. |
| 2 | 398 | 4.8 | [Corruption in international business: A review and research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101660) | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | 2019-12-31 | Salman Bahoo, Ilan Alon, Andrea Paltrinieri |
| 3 | 378 | 8.5 | [Do green finance and innovation matter for environmental protection? A case of OECD economies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106560) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2023-02-12 | Muhammad Umar, Adnan Safi |
| 4 | 341 | 4.9 | [Economic complexity and greenhouse gas emissions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105317) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2020-12-25 | João Prates Romero, Camila Gramkow |
| 5 | 340 | 3.7 | [The role of trade and FDI for CO2 emissions in Turkey: Nonlinear relationships](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.04.006) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2019-04-10 | Alfred A. Haug, Meltem Ucal |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “international trade”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/international-trade

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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).