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title: "Spillover effects research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “spillover effects” appeared in 1,960 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (1,001), finance (548) and management (120)."
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# Papers on “spillover effects”

Research on “spillover effects” 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 “spillover effects” appeared in 1,960 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (1,001), finance (548) and management (120).
- 312 of them were published in 2025, against 95 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Peking University (27), Central University of Finance and Economics (23) and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (21).
- The journals publishing most of them were Energy Economics (79), Finance research letters (74) and International Review of Economics & Finance (52).
- The most-cited of them is “Heterogeneous green innovations and carbon emission performance: Evidence at China's city level” (Energy Economics, 2021), with 873 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) | 70 | 68 | 85 | 70 | 100 | 113 | 117 | 134 | 143 | 101 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 12 | 18 | 27 | 44 | 37 | 52 | 64 | 108 | 106 | 80 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 20 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 15 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| All categories | 95 | 99 | 142 | 152 | 190 | 210 | 228 | 295 | 312 | 237 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 79 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 74 |
| 3 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 52 |
| 4 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 45 |
| 5 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 40 |
| 6 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 34 |
| 7 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 24 |
| 8 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 24 |
| 9 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 19 |
| 10 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 16 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 27 |
| 2 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 23 |
| 3 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 21 |
| 4 | Pusan National University | 20 |
| 5 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 19 |
| 6 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 19 |
| 7 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | 18 |
| 8 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 18 |
| 9 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 17 |
| 10 | Sultan Qaboos University | 17 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 530 |
| 2 | United States | 183 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 84 |
| 4 | Germany | 61 |
| 5 | Italy | 60 |
| 6 | France | 49 |
| 7 | South Korea | 47 |
| 8 | Australia | 43 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 28 |
| 10 | Spain | 27 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 122 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 109 |
| 3 | [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/russian-invasion-of-ukraine.md) | 54 |
| 4 | [geopolitical risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/geopolitical-risk.md) | 40 |
| 5 | [portfolio diversification](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-diversification.md) | 39 |
| 6 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 38 |
| 7 | [green bonds](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-bonds.md) | 36 |
| 8 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 36 |
| 9 | [economic policy uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-policy-uncertainty.md) | 34 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 873 | 13.2 | [Heterogeneous green innovations and carbon emission performance: Evidence at China's city level](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105269) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-04-28 | Le Emily Xu, Meiting Fan, Lili Yang et al. |
| 2 | 751 | 8.3 | [The way to induce private participation in green finance and investment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2019.04.016) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2019-04-08 | Farhad Taghizadeh Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino |
| 3 | 630 | 7.4 | [Economic policy uncertainty: A literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeca.2019.e00133) | [The Journal of Economic Asymmetries](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-economic-asymmetries.md) | 2019-09-23 | Saud Asaad Althaqeb, Barrak Ghanim Algharabali |
| 4 | 626 | 9.7 | [Real effects of climate policy: Financial constraints and spillovers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.06.015) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2021-06-23 | Söhnke M. Bartram, Kewei Hou, Sehoon Kim |
| 5 | 605 | 8.7 | [Low-carbon city pilot and carbon emission efficiency: Quasi-experimental evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105125) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-01-27 | Yantuan Yu, Ning Zhang |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Papers on “spillover effects”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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