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title: "OECD countries research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “OECD countries” appeared in 1,113 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (727), management (119) and finance (103)."
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# Papers on “OECD countries”

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

Research on “OECD countries” 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 “OECD countries” appeared in 1,113 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (727), management (119) and finance (103).
- 96 of them were published in 2025, against 95 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (19), Azerbaijan State University of Economics (10) and Qingdao University (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (50), Energy Economics (38) and Economic Analysis and Policy (19).
- The most-cited of them is “Digitalization and economic growth: A comparative analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD economies” (Telecommunications Policy, 2019), with 707 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) | 66 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 79 | 57 | 96 | 100 | 55 | 61 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 95 | 94 | 98 | 101 | 120 | 105 | 144 | 150 | 96 | 110 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 50 |
| 2 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 38 |
| 3 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 19 |
| 4 | [Journal of the Knowledge Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-knowledge-economy.md) | 18 |
| 5 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [Quality & Quantity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/quality-quantity.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 9 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 19 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics | 10 |
| 3 | [Qingdao University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/qingdao-university.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 8 |
| 5 | IPAG Business School | 8 |
| 6 | [Jiangsu University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jiangsu-university.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [University of Lisbon](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-lisbon.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 7 |
| 9 | King Saud University | 7 |
| 10 | Liaoning University | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 129 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 54 |
| 3 | United States | 43 |
| 4 | Italy | 41 |
| 5 | Turkey | 41 |
| 6 | France | 38 |
| 7 | Spain | 36 |
| 8 | Australia | 31 |
| 9 | Germany | 29 |
| 10 | South Korea | 26 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 59 |
| 2 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 55 |
| 3 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 34 |
| 4 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 34 |
| 5 | [financial development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-development.md) | 30 |
| 6 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 30 |
| 7 | [energy transition](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-transition.md) | 29 |
| 8 | [renewable energy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/renewable-energy.md) | 28 |
| 9 | [green finance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-finance.md) | 27 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 707 | 8.3 | [Digitalization and economic growth: A comparative analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD economies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2019.101856) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 2019-09-26 | Godwin Aloyce Myovella, Mehmet Karaçuka, Justus Haucap |
| 2 | 609 | 8.6 | [How does fiscal decentralization affect CO2 emissions? The roles of institutions and human capital](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105060) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2020-12-07 | Zeeshan Khan, Shahid Ali, Kangyin Y. Dong et al. |
| 3 | 584 | 5.0 | [Energy innovation and renewable energy consumption in the correction of air pollution levels](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.009) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2017-03-09 | Agustín Álvarez Herranz, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz et al. |
| 4 | 582 | 6.6 | [Environmental regulation and green productivity growth: Empirical evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from OECD industrial sectors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.016) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2019-06-13 | Wang Yun, Xiaohua Sun, Xu Jian Guo |
| 5 | 573 | 8.4 | [Energy efficiency: The role of technological innovation and knowledge spillover](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120659) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-02-24 | Huaping Sun, Bless Kofi Edziah, Anthony Kwaku Kporsu et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “OECD countries”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/oecd-countries

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  title = {Papers on “OECD countries”},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  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/).