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title: "Listed companies research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “listed companies” appeared in 1,804 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (1,083), economics (283) and management (226)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “listed companies” appeared in 1,804 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (1,083), economics (283) and management (226). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “listed companies”

Research on “listed companies” 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 “listed companies” appeared in 1,804 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (1,083), economics (283) and management (226).
- 504 of them were published in 2025, against 52 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (42), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (33) and Central University of Finance and Economics (28).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (513), International Review of Economics & Finance (152) and International Review of Financial Analysis (95).
- The most-cited of them is “Green process innovation, green product innovation, and corporate financial performance: A content analysis method” (Journal of Business Research, 2019), with 1,380 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) | 18 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 50 | 55 | 117 | 257 | 398 | 118 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 67 | 43 | 37 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 16 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 40 | 19 | 34 | 26 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 52 | 50 | 68 | 71 | 117 | 137 | 223 | 376 | 504 | 206 |

## 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) | 513 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 152 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 95 |
| 4 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 43 |
| 5 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 38 |
| 6 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 29 |
| 7 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 24 |
| 8 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 23 |
| 9 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 20 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Disclosure and Governance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-disclosure-and-governance.md) | 16 |

*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) | 42 |
| 2 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 33 |
| 3 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 28 |
| 4 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 28 |
| 5 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 26 |
| 6 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 24 |
| 7 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 23 |
| 8 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 22 |
| 9 | [Jinan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jinan-university.md) | 21 |
| 10 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 20 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 1,031 |
| 2 | United States | 76 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 74 |
| 4 | Australia | 46 |
| 5 | Macao | 32 |
| 6 | Italy | 29 |
| 7 | South Korea | 29 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 28 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 26 |
| 10 | France | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 269 |
| 2 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 206 |
| 3 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 205 |
| 4 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 188 |
| 5 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 138 |
| 6 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 113 |
| 7 | [mediating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mediating-effect.md) | 80 |
| 8 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 78 |
| 9 | [R&D investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/r-d-investment.md) | 72 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,380 | 14.7 | [Green process innovation, green product innovation, and corporate financial performance: A content analysis method](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.01.010) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2019-01-15 | Xuemei Xie, Jiage Huo, Zou Hailiang |
| 2 | 1,243 | 18.6 | [Demand for green finance: Resolving financing constraints on green innovation in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112255) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2021-04-08 | Chin‐Hsien Yu, Xiuqin Wu, Dayong Zhang et al. |
| 3 | 1,101 | 10.4 | [Dealing with endogeneity bias: The generalized method of moments (GMM) for panel data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.11.010) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2018-01-09 | Subhan Ullah, Pervaiz Akhtar, Ghasem Zaefarian |
| 4 | 788 | 7.3 | [The impact of climate risk on firm performance and financing choices: An international comparison](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-017-0125-5) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 2017-11-14 | Henry He Huang, Joseph Kerstein, Chong Wang |
| 5 | 746 | 13.9 | [Can digital transformation promote enterprise performance? —From the perspective of public policy and innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2022.100198) | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 2022-05-09 | Yongzhang Peng, Changqi Tao |

## Cite this page

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

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “listed companies”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/listed-companies}},
  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/).