Papers on “ownership structure”
Research on “ownership structure” 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. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “ownership structure” appeared in 837 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (401), economics (187) and management (134).
- 167 of them were published in 2025, against 48 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (14), Hunan University (8) and Renmin University of China (8).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (84), International Review of Economics & Finance (47) and International Review of Financial Analysis (35).
- The most-cited of them is “Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance” (Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021), with 2,888 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 22 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 25 | 27 | 39 | 59 | 104 | 46 |
| Economics | 9 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 19 |
| Management | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 22 |
| Accounting | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| Operations Research | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 48 | 54 | 51 | 69 | 77 | 73 | 90 | 109 | 167 | 99 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 84 |
| 2 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 47 |
| 3 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 35 |
| 4 | International Journal of Disclosure and Governance | 21 |
| 5 | Research in International Business and Finance | 16 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 13 |
| 7 | Pacific-Basin Finance Journal | 12 |
| 8 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 11 |
| 9 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 9 |
| 10 | Economic Modelling | 9 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 14 |
| 2 | Hunan University | 8 |
| 3 | Renmin University of China | 8 |
| 4 | Shandong University | 8 |
| 5 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 8 |
| 6 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 7 |
| 7 | Chongqing University | 7 |
| 8 | Jilin University | 7 |
| 9 | Xiamen University | 7 |
| 10 | Beijing Jiaotong University | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 264 |
| 2 | United States | 43 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 41 |
| 4 | Australia | 26 |
| 5 | India | 22 |
| 6 | Italy | 22 |
| 7 | Germany | 17 |
| 8 | France | 17 |
| 9 | South Korea | 13 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 13 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | corporate governance | 121 |
| 2 | Chinese listed companies | 103 |
| 3 | state-owned enterprises | 83 |
| 4 | firm size | 46 |
| 5 | financial constraints | 45 |
| 6 | listed companies | 43 |
| 7 | China | 36 |
| 8 | state ownership | 33 |
| 9 | digital transformation | 31 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,888 | 41.8 | Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance | Journal of Corporate Finance | 2021-01-30 | Stuart Gillan, Andrew Koch, Laura T. Starks |
| 2 | 702 | 9.2 | Influence of artificial intelligence on technological innovation: Evidence from the panel data of china's manufacturing sectors | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 2020-06-17 | Liu Jun, Huihong Chang, Jeffrey Yi‐Lin Forrest et al. |
| 3 | 479 | 8.9 | Green financial system regulation shock and greenwashing behaviors: Evidence from Chinese firms | Energy Economics | 2022-05-13 | Dongyang Zhang |
| 4 | 421 | 4.4 | Agency costs and tax planning when the government is a major Shareholder | Journal of Accounting and Economics | 2018-11-02 | Mark Thomas Bradshaw, Guanmin Liao, Mark Ma |
| 5 | 413 | 9.3 | The effect of digital transformation on real economy enterprises’ total factor productivity | International Review of Economics & Finance | 2023-02-13 | Yiran Cheng, Xiaorui Zhou, Yongjian Li |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “ownership structure”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/ownership-structure
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