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title: "Resource curse research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "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)."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# 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.

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

## 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

*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) | 20 | 29 | 37 | 54 | 58 | 86 | 181 | 136 | 54 | 38 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 298 |
| 2 | [Mineral Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mineral-economics.md) | 26 |
| 3 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Comparative Economic Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/comparative-economic-studies.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 3 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Université de Dschang | 17 |
| 2 | Université de Yaoundé II | 15 |
| 3 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 14 |
| 4 | King Saud University | 11 |
| 5 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Sichuan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | 7 |
| 10 | Tashkent State University of Economics | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 145 |
| 2 | natural resource rents | 99 |
| 3 | [financial development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-development.md) | 73 |
| 4 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 72 |
| 5 | natural resource wealth | 71 |
| 6 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 58 |
| 7 | natural resources | 55 |
| 8 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 52 |
| 9 | resource-rich countries | 41 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 400 | 6.4 | [Energy endowment, industrial structure upgrading, and CO2 emissions in China: Revisiting resource curse in the context of carbon emissions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102329) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2021-09-01 | Linfei Wu, Liwen Sun, Peixiao Qi et al. |
| 2 | 394 | 4.8 | [Natural resource abundance, technological innovation, and human capital nexus with financial development: A case study of China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101585) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-01-26 | Zeeshan Khan, Muzzammil Hussain, Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz et al. |
| 3 | 287 | 3.7 | [Natural resources, tourism development, and energy-growth-CO2 emission nexus: A simultaneity modeling analysis of BRI countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101751) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-06-17 | Anwar Ali Khan, Yang Chenggang, Jamal Hussain et al. |
| 4 | 271 | 3.4 | [Natural resources rents nexus with financial development in the presence of globalization: Is the “resource curse” exist or myth?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101641) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-03-09 | Jialin Guan, Derviş Kırıkkaleli, Ayesha Bibi et al. |
| 5 | 269 | 3.3 | [Dynamic interaction between financial development and natural resources: Evaluating the ‘Resource curse’ hypothesis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.101566) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2019-12-26 | Muhammad Asif, Khan Burhan Khan, Muhammad Khalid Anser et al. |

## 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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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “resource curse”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/resource-curse}},
  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/).