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title: "Renewable energy research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “renewable energy” appeared in 1,265 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (974), management (102) and finance (72)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “renewable energy” appeared in 1,265 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (974), management (102) and finance (72). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “renewable energy”

Research on “renewable energy” 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 “renewable energy” appeared in 1,265 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (974), management (102) and finance (72).
- 178 of them were published in 2025, against 86 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (21), Azerbaijan State University of Economics (12) and Near East University (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (147), Energy Policy (97) and Energy Economics (86).
- The most-cited of them is “CO2 emissions, economic and population growth, and renewable energy: Empirical evidence across regions” (Energy Economics, 2018), with 695 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) | 75 | 85 | 64 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 153 | 155 | 122 | 92 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 19 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 86 | 100 | 74 | 77 | 106 | 111 | 187 | 208 | 178 | 138 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 147 |
| 2 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 97 |
| 3 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 86 |
| 4 | [Utilities Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/utilities-policy.md) | 30 |
| 5 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 30 |
| 6 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 20 |
| 7 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Mineral Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mineral-economics.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 21 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics | 12 |
| 3 | Near East University | 12 |
| 4 | [Qingdao University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/qingdao-university.md) | 12 |
| 5 | Ural Federal University | 11 |
| 6 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 10 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 271 |
| 2 | United States | 63 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 58 |
| 4 | India | 49 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 49 |
| 6 | France | 47 |
| 7 | Turkey | 45 |
| 8 | Italy | 42 |
| 9 | Pakistan | 42 |
| 10 | Germany | 38 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 142 |
| 2 | [energy transition](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-transition.md) | 134 |
| 3 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 109 |
| 4 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 71 |
| 5 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 65 |
| 6 | [green finance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-finance.md) | 58 |
| 7 | [environmental sustainability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-sustainability.md) | 48 |
| 8 | [energy efficiency](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-efficiency.md) | 45 |
| 9 | wind energy | 42 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 695 | 7.1 | [CO2 emissions, economic and population growth, and renewable energy: Empirical evidence across regions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.08.017) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2018-08-23 | Kangyin Y. Dong, Gal Hochman, Yaqing Zhang et al. |
| 2 | 612 | 7.5 | [The relationship between energy consumption, economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions in Pakistan](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-019-0162-0) | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 2020-01-08 | Muhammad Kamran Khan, Muhammad Imran Khan, Muhammad Rehan |
| 3 | 544 | 6.9 | [ICT and environmental quality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects and transmission channels](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120028) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-03-26 | Désiré Avom, Hilaire Nkengfack, Hervé Kaffo Fotio et al. |
| 4 | 510 | 8.9 | [Environmental concern in the era of industrialization: Can financial development, renewable energy and natural resources alleviate some load?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112780) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2022-01-14 | Muhammad Usman, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente |
| 5 | 449 | 4.4 | [Public appeal, environmental regulation and green investment: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.05.020) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2018-05-23 | Xianchun Liao, Xunpeng Shi |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “renewable energy”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/renewable-energy

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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-renewable-energy,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “renewable energy”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/renewable-energy}},
  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/).