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title: "Non-state-owned enterprises research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “non-state-owned enterprises” appeared in 635 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (431), economics (117) and accounting (38)."
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# Papers on “non-state-owned enterprises”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory/page/5.md)

Research on “non-state-owned enterprises” 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 “non-state-owned enterprises” appeared in 635 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (431), economics (117) and accounting (38).
- 184 of them were published in 2025, against 13 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (26), Xiamen University (24) and University of International Business and Economics (23).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (165), International Review of Economics & Finance (58) and International Review of Financial Analysis (42).
- The most-cited of them is “Environmental decentralization, digital finance and green technology innovation” (Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2022), with 822 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) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 48 | 106 | 142 | 74 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 30 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 13 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 38 | 66 | 139 | 184 | 128 |

## 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) | 165 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 58 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 42 |
| 4 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 31 |
| 5 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 28 |
| 6 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 22 |
| 7 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Journal of Asian Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-asian-economics.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Emerging Markets Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/emerging-markets-review.md) | 7 |

*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) | 26 |
| 2 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 24 |
| 3 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 23 |
| 4 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 21 |
| 5 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 20 |
| 6 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 19 |
| 7 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 14 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 488 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 3 | United States | 29 |
| 4 | Australia | 28 |
| 5 | Macao | 15 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 12 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 11 |
| 8 | South Korea | 9 |
| 9 | Taiwan | 7 |
| 10 | Canada | 6 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 193 |
| 2 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 161 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 109 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 107 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 74 |
| 6 | [listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/listed-companies.md) | 46 |
| 7 | [ESG performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/esg-performance.md) | 42 |
| 8 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 37 |
| 9 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 34 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 822 | 14.5 | [Environmental decentralization, digital finance and green technology innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.02.008) | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 2022-02-12 | Suling Feng, Rong Zhang, Guoxiang Li |
| 2 | 285 | 3.5 | [CEOs' hometown connections and access to trade credit: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101574) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2020-01-09 | Dongmin Kong, Yue Pan, Gary Gang Tian et al. |
| 3 | 247 | 2.1 | [Helping hands or grabbing hands? An analysis of political connections and firm value](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2017.03.015) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2017-03-29 | Carl R. Chen, Yingqi Li, Danglun Luo et al. |
| 4 | 234 | 2.0 | [Do Chinese state subsidies affect voluntary corporate social responsibility disclosure?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2017.03.004) | [Journal of Accounting and Public Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-public-policy.md) | 2017-04-11 | Edward Lee, Martin Walker, Cheng Colin Zeng |
| 5 | 234 | 4.1 | [Business networks and organizational resilience capacity in the digital age during COVID-19: A perspective utilizing organizational information processing theory](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121548) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-02-01 | Xuemei Xie, Yonghui Wu, Daniel Palacios‐Marqués et al. |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Mixed-ownership reform: does private capital change state firms?](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/mixed-ownership-reform.md)

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “non-state-owned enterprises”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/non-state-owned-enterprises

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