Papers on “resource curse”
Research on “resource curse” 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 “resource curse” appeared in 730 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (693), finance (19) and management (13).
- 59 of them were published in 2025, against 22 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Université de Dschang (17), Université de Yaoundé II (15) and Lebanese American University (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (298), Mineral Economics (26) and World Development (15).
- The most-cited of them is “Energy endowment, industrial structure upgrading, and CO2 emissions in China: Revisiting resource curse in the context of carbon emissions” (Resources Policy, 2021), with 400 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 20 | 29 | 37 | 54 | 58 | 86 | 181 | 136 | 54 | 38 |
| Finance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 22 | 29 | 37 | 58 | 62 | 89 | 186 | 142 | 59 | 46 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resources Policy | 298 |
| 2 | Mineral Economics | 26 |
| 3 | World Development | 15 |
| 4 | Energy Economics | 13 |
| 5 | Energy Policy | 9 |
| 6 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 6 |
| 7 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 6 |
| 8 | Economic Modelling | 4 |
| 9 | Comparative Economic Studies | 3 |
| 10 | Financial Innovation | 3 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Université de Dschang | 17 |
| 2 | Université de Yaoundé II | 15 |
| 3 | Lebanese American University | 14 |
| 4 | King Saud University | 11 |
| 5 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 9 |
| 6 | Wuhan University | 8 |
| 7 | Beijing Institute of Technology | 7 |
| 8 | Jilin University | 7 |
| 9 | Sichuan University | 7 |
| 10 | Tashkent State University of Economics | 7 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 241 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 42 |
| 3 | United States | 35 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 26 |
| 5 | Cameroon | 25 |
| 6 | Turkey | 25 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 23 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 22 |
| 9 | Australia | 19 |
| 10 | France | 19 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | economic growth | 145 |
| 2 | natural resource rents | 99 |
| 3 | financial development | 73 |
| 4 | sustainable development | 72 |
| 5 | natural resource wealth | 71 |
| 6 | institutional quality | 58 |
| 7 | natural resources | 55 |
| 8 | China | 52 |
| 9 | resource-rich countries | 41 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “resource curse”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/resource-curse
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