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title: "Social welfare (welfare economics) research"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “social welfare (welfare economics)” appeared in 1,615 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (747), operations research (641) and finance (76)."
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# Papers on “social welfare (welfare economics)”

Research on “social welfare (welfare economics)” 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 “social welfare (welfare economics)” appeared in 1,615 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (747), operations research (641) and finance (76).
- 229 of them were published in 2025, against 147 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (53), Tianjin University (29) and South China University of Technology (19).
- The journals publishing most of them were Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review (68), Computers & Industrial Engineering (39) and European Journal of Operational Research (32).
- The most-cited of them is “Green product supply chain contracts considering environmental responsibilities” (Omega, 2018), with 744 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) | 100 | 71 | 64 | 79 | 70 | 77 | 66 | 80 | 86 | 54 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 27 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 91 | 105 | 66 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 5 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 147 | 113 | 120 | 144 | 173 | 169 | 171 | 204 | 229 | 145 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 68 |
| 2 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 39 |
| 3 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 32 |
| 4 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 32 |
| 5 | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 30 |
| 6 | [Omega](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/omega.md) | 27 |
| 7 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 26 |
| 8 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 26 |
| 9 | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 23 |
| 10 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 21 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 53 |
| 2 | [Tianjin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tianjin-university.md) | 29 |
| 3 | [South China University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/south-china-university-of-technology.md) | 19 |
| 4 | [Hong Kong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 18 |
| 5 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [Shanghai Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-maritime-university.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [Dalian University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-university-of-technology.md) | 14 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 463 |
| 2 | United States | 102 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 77 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 54 |
| 5 | Italy | 37 |
| 6 | France | 30 |
| 7 | Spain | 29 |
| 8 | Canada | 27 |
| 9 | Japan | 25 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 25 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [consumer surplus](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consumer-surplus.md) | 146 |
| 2 | [Stackelberg game](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/stackelberg-game.md) | 48 |
| 3 | [government subsidies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/government-subsidies.md) | 43 |
| 4 | game-theoretic model | 27 |
| 5 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 26 |
| 6 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 23 |
| 7 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 22 |
| 8 | [carbon emission reduction](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/carbon-emission-reduction.md) | 22 |
| 9 | supply chain coordination | 22 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 744 | 7.1 | [Green product supply chain contracts considering environmental responsibilities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.02.010) | [Omega](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/omega.md) | 2018-02-22 | Zhaofu Hong, Xiaolong Guo |
| 2 | 454 | 6.3 | [Green credit financing versus trade credit financing in a supply chain with carbon emission limits](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.10.025) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2020-10-28 | Simin An, Bo Li, Dong‐Ping Song et al. |
| 3 | 404 | 4.8 | [Data quality challenges for sustainable fashion supply chain operations in emerging markets: Roles of blockchain, government sponsors and environment taxes](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.09.019) | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 2019-10-10 | Tsan‐Ming Choi, Suyuan Luo |
| 4 | 355 | 5.4 | [Nexus between energy poverty and energy efficiency: Estimating the long-run dynamics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102063) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2021-05-04 | Weiqing Li, Fengsheng Chien, Ching‐Chi Hsu et al. |
| 5 | 269 | 2.4 | [Subsidy scheme or price discount scheme? Mass adoption of electric vehicles under different market structures](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.04.030) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2017-04-21 | Lulu Shao, Jun Yang, Min Zhang |

## Cite this page

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

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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/).