Papers on “portfolio diversification”
Research on “portfolio diversification” 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 “portfolio diversification” appeared in 1,004 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (613), economics (299) and management (39).
- 131 of them were published in 2025, against 54 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (37), Pusan National University (17) and Tunis El Manar University (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were Research in International Business and Finance (48), Finance research letters (39) and International Review of Economics & Finance (34).
- The most-cited of them is “The contagion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from gold and cryptocurrencies” (Finance research letters, 2020), with 880 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 38 | 32 | 40 | 58 | 60 | 72 | 63 | 93 | 89 | 68 |
| Economics | 10 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 36 | 49 | 45 | 31 | 34 | 20 |
| Management | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Operations Research | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Accounting | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 54 | 62 | 74 | 96 | 106 | 131 | 117 | 133 | 131 | 100 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Research in International Business and Finance | 48 |
| 2 | Finance research letters | 39 |
| 3 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 34 |
| 4 | Energy Economics | 32 |
| 5 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 29 |
| 6 | The North American Journal of Economics and Finance | 28 |
| 7 | Resources Policy | 23 |
| 8 | Financial Innovation | 21 |
| 9 | Computational Economics | 15 |
| 10 | Journal of Asset Management | 14 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese American University | 37 |
| 2 | Pusan National University | 17 |
| 3 | Tunis El Manar University | 15 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates University | 15 |
| 5 | University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City | 14 |
| 6 | Sultan Qaboos University | 12 |
| 7 | University of Lisbon | 11 |
| 8 | Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das Organizações | 10 |
| 9 | University of Ghana | 10 |
| 10 | University of Jordan | 10 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 125 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 57 |
| 3 | United States | 54 |
| 4 | India | 48 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 48 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 46 |
| 7 | France | 45 |
| 8 | Turkey | 45 |
| 9 | Lebanon | 38 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 36 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COVID-19 pandemic | 129 |
| 2 | hedging | 91 |
| 3 | Russian invasion of Ukraine | 76 |
| 4 | volatility spillovers | 70 |
| 5 | Bitcoin | 63 |
| 6 | gold | 52 |
| 7 | cryptocurrency | 45 |
| 8 | safe-haven assets | 42 |
| 9 | green bonds | 40 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 880 | 11.3 | The contagion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from gold and cryptocurrencies | Finance research letters | 2020-05-14 | Shaen Corbet, Charles James Larkin, Brian M. Lucey |
| 2 | 832 | 10.8 | Safe haven or risky hazard? Bitcoin during the Covid-19 bear market | Finance research letters | 2020-05-24 | Thomas Conlon, Richard J. McGee |
| 3 | 633 | 6.1 | Portfolio diversification with virtual currency: Evidence from bitcoin | International Review of Financial Analysis | 2018-03-25 | Khaled Guesmi, Samir Saadi, Ilyes Abid et al. |
| 4 | 632 | 8.8 | Return connectedness across asset classes around the COVID-19 outbreak | International Review of Financial Analysis | 2020-11-20 | Elie I. Bouri, Oğuzhan Çepni, David Gabauer et al. |
| 5 | 603 | 7.8 | Are cryptocurrencies a safe haven for equity markets? An international perspective from the COVID-19 pandemic | Research in International Business and Finance | 2020-06-04 | Thomas Conlon, Shaen Corbet, Richard J. McGee |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “portfolio diversification”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-diversification
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