---
title: "Russian invasion of Ukraine research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Russian invasion of Ukraine” appeared in 1,057 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (467), finance (413) and management (63)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Russian invasion of Ukraine” appeared in 1,057 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (467), finance (413) and management (63). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “Russian invasion of Ukraine”

Research on “Russian invasion of Ukraine” 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 “Russian invasion of Ukraine” appeared in 1,057 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (467), finance (413) and management (63).
- 263 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (53), United Arab Emirates University (22) and Tunis El Manar University (20).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (95), Resources Policy (69) and Finance research letters (60).
- The most-cited of them is “The impact of the Ukraine–Russia war on world stock market returns” (Economics Letters, 2022), with 572 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) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 137 | 115 | 117 | 67 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 86 | 108 | 102 | 82 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 5 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 266 | 266 | 263 | 172 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 95 |
| 2 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 69 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 60 |
| 4 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 47 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 45 |
| 6 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 45 |
| 7 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 31 |
| 8 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 31 |
| 9 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 24 |
| 10 | [Computational Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-economics.md) | 22 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 53 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates University | 22 |
| 3 | Tunis El Manar University | 20 |
| 4 | University of Sfax | 20 |
| 5 | International University of Rabat | 15 |
| 6 | Paris School of Business | 15 |
| 7 | Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University | 14 |
| 8 | Manouba University | 13 |
| 9 | [Qingdao University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/qingdao-university.md) | 13 |
| 10 | Tunis University | 13 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 241 |
| 2 | United States | 112 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 97 |
| 4 | France | 80 |
| 5 | Italy | 78 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 74 |
| 7 | India | 71 |
| 8 | Germany | 64 |
| 9 | Lebanon | 56 |
| 10 | Turkey | 49 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 430 |
| 2 | [geopolitical risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/geopolitical-risk.md) | 171 |
| 3 | [volatility spillovers](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/volatility-spillovers.md) | 99 |
| 4 | [portfolio diversification](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-diversification.md) | 76 |
| 5 | [Bitcoin](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/bitcoin.md) | 67 |
| 6 | [oil prices](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/oil-prices.md) | 60 |
| 7 | [hedging](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/hedging.md) | 59 |
| 8 | [spillover effects](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/spillover-effects.md) | 54 |
| 9 | gold | 53 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 572 | 10.5 | [The impact of the Ukraine–Russia war on world stock market returns](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110516) | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 2022-04-21 | Whelsy Boungou, Alhonita Yatié |
| 2 | 522 | 9.7 | [Heterogeneous impacts of wars on global equity markets: Evidence from the invasion of Ukraine](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102934) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2022-05-04 | Sabri Boubaker, John W. Goodell, Dharen Kumar Pandey et al. |
| 3 | 432 | 8.1 | [The impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the connectedness of financial markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102976) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2022-05-16 | Zaghum Umar, Onur Polat, Sun‐Yong Choi et al. |
| 4 | 377 | 7.3 | [The reaction of G20+ stock markets to the Russia–Ukraine conflict “black-swan” event: Evidence from event study approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2022.100723) | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-finance.md) | 2022-07-22 | Imran Yousaf, Ritesh Jayantibhai Patel, Larisa Yarovaya |
| 5 | 339 | 7.6 | [The impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on global financial markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102598) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2023-02-17 | Marwan Izzeldin, Yaz Gűlnur Muradoğlu, Vasileios Pappas et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “Russian invasion of Ukraine”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/russian-invasion-of-ukraine

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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).