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title: "Ownership structure research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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# 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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## 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

*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) | 22 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 25 | 27 | 39 | 59 | 104 | 46 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 9 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 19 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 22 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 84 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 47 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 35 |
| 4 | [International Journal of Disclosure and Governance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-disclosure-and-governance.md) | 21 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.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) | 14 |
| 2 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 8 |
| 4 | [Shandong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shandong-university.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 121 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 103 |
| 3 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 83 |
| 4 | [firm size](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-size.md) | 46 |
| 5 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 45 |
| 6 | [listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/listed-companies.md) | 43 |
| 7 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 36 |
| 8 | [state ownership](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-ownership.md) | 33 |
| 9 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 31 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.101889) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120142) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106064) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-05-13 | Dongyang Zhang |
| 4 | 421 | 4.4 | [Agency costs and tax planning when the government is a major Shareholder](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.10.002) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.02.007) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 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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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-ownership-structure,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “ownership structure”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/ownership-structure}},
  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/).