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title: "Marketization research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "Historical profile (data snapshot 2026-11-04). From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “marketization” appeared in 568 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (290), economics (182) and management (48)."
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# Papers on “marketization”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory/page/4.md)

Historical profile. Data snapshot: 2026-11-04. This profile is outside the current selection; the figures and research below are retained from that snapshot. Browse the directory for other profiles.

Research on “marketization” 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 “marketization” appeared in 568 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (290), economics (182) and management (48).
- 134 of them were published in 2025, against 9 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (19), Xiamen University (17) and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (86), International Review of Economics & Finance (54) and International Review of Financial Analysis (46).
- The most-cited of them is “Can carbon emission trading scheme achieve energy conservation and emission reduction? Evidence from the industrial sector in China” (Energy Economics, 2019), with 622 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) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 41 | 72 | 80 | 52 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 41 | 37 | 32 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 57 | 73 | 124 | 134 | 100 |

## 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) | 86 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 54 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 46 |
| 4 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 42 |
| 5 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 9 |

*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) | 19 |
| 2 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Guangdong University of Foreign Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/guangdong-university-of-foreign-studies.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 407 |
| 2 | United States | 20 |
| 3 | Australia | 19 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 14 |
| 5 | Macao | 10 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 10 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 8 |
| 8 | Canada | 7 |
| 9 | Japan | 6 |
| 10 | France | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 120 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 101 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 83 |
| 4 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 77 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 45 |
| 6 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 42 |
| 7 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 32 |
| 8 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 25 |
| 9 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 24 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 622 | 7.4 | [Can carbon emission trading scheme achieve energy conservation and emission reduction? Evidence from the industrial sector in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104590) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2019-11-19 | Yucai Hu, Shenggang Ren, Yangjie Wang et al. |
| 2 | 402 | 8.3 | [Digital finance and corporate ESG](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103426) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2022-10-18 | Weiwei Mu, Liu Kefu, Yunqing Tao et al. |
| 3 | 360 | 6.6 | [The impact of carbon emissions trading on energy efficiency: Evidence from quasi-experiment in China's carbon emissions trading pilot](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106025) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-04-21 | Qianqian Hong, Linhao Cui, Penghui Hong |
| 4 | 318 | 5.3 | [How Does Green Investment Affect Environmental Pollution? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00615-4) | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 2021-11-09 | Siyu Ren, Yu Hao, Haitao Wu |
| 5 | 270 | 6.0 | [How does corporate ESG performance affect bond credit spreads: Empirical evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.01.024) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2023-01-29 | Yonghui Lian, Tao Ye, Yiyang Zhang et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “marketization”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/marketization

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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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