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title: "Italy research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Italy” appeared in 822 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (490), health economics and policy (109) and operations research (63)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Italy” appeared in 822 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (490), health economics and policy (109) and operations research (63). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “Italy”

Research on “Italy” 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 “Italy” appeared in 822 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (490), health economics and policy (109) and operations research (63).
- 112 of them were published in 2025, against 51 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Sapienza University of Rome (38), Bank of Italy (21) and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (21).
- The journals publishing most of them were Italian Economic Journal (35), Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (16) and Health Policy (14).
- The most-cited of them is “National tourism strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic” (Annals of Tourism Research, 2020), with 292 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) | 26 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 59 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 11 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 51 | 58 | 57 | 82 | 97 | 73 | 102 | 100 | 112 | 90 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Italian Economic Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/italian-economic-journal.md) | 35 |
| 2 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 16 |
| 3 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [Statistical Methods & Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistical-methods-applications.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Sapienza University of Rome](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sapienza-university-of-rome.md) | 38 |
| 2 | Bank of Italy | 21 |
| 3 | [Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universita-cattolica-del-sacro-cuore.md) | 21 |
| 4 | [University of Pisa](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-pisa.md) | 20 |
| 5 | [Bocconi University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/bocconi-university.md) | 19 |
| 6 | [University of Bologna](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bologna.md) | 18 |
| 7 | Parthenope University of Naples | 16 |
| 8 | University of Rome Tor Vergata | 16 |
| 9 | [University of Turin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-turin.md) | 16 |
| 10 | [Politecnico di Milano](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/politecnico-di-milano.md) | 15 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 344 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 42 |
| 3 | Germany | 28 |
| 4 | Spain | 21 |
| 5 | United States | 19 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 11 |
| 7 | Belgium | 9 |
| 8 | France | 9 |
| 9 | Austria | 8 |
| 10 | Australia | 7 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 47 |
| 2 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/germany.md) | 34 |
| 3 | Spain | 33 |
| 4 | France | 29 |
| 5 | [regional disparities](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-disparities.md) | 29 |
| 6 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [cross-national comparison](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cross-national-comparison.md) | 14 |
| 8 | Greece | 12 |
| 9 | North-South divide | 12 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 292 | 4.0 | [National tourism strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.103076) | [Annals of Tourism Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research.md) | 2020-10-19 | Noga Collins‐Kreiner, Yael Ram |
| 2 | 284 | 3.7 | [Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and customer loyalty in the hotel industry: A cross-country study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102565) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2020-06-06 | Khawaja Fawad Latif, Andrea Pérez, Umar Farooq Sahibzada |
| 3 | 250 | 4.4 | [Antecedents to the Adoption of Mobile Payment in China and Italy: an Integration of UTAUT2 and Innovation Resistance Theory](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10237-2) | [Information Systems Frontiers](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-systems-frontiers.md) | 2022-01-22 | Giacomo Migliore, Ralf Wagner, Felipe Schneider Cechella et al. |
| 4 | 247 | 3.1 | [Renewable energy investment risk: An investigation of changes over time and the underlying drivers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111428) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2020-03-31 | Florian Egli |
| 5 | 230 | 3.1 | [Economic growth, transport accessibility and regional equity impacts of high-speed railways in Italy: ten years ex post evaluation and future perspectives](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.07.008) | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 2020-08-07 | Ennio Cascetta, Armando Cartenì, Ilaria Henke et al. |

## Cite this page

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

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  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/).