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title: "Stakeholder engagement research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “stakeholder engagement” appeared in 1,357 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (324), economics (316) and health economics and policy (303)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “stakeholder engagement” appeared in 1,357 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (324), economics (316) and health economics and policy (303). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “stakeholder engagement”

Research on “stakeholder engagement” 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 “stakeholder engagement” appeared in 1,357 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (324), economics (316) and health economics and policy (303).
- 176 of them were published in 2025, against 133 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were McMaster University (13), The University of Sydney (13) and University of Birmingham (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Health Research Policy and Systems (76), Land Use Policy (26) and Health Policy (17).
- The most-cited of them is “Adaptation interventions and their effect on vulnerability in developing countries: Help, hindrance or irrelevance?” (World Development, 2021), with 865 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 32 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 49 | 43 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 34 | 33 | 26 | 35 | 39 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 33 | 25 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 37 | 36 | 18 | 38 | 48 | 26 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 14 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| All categories | 133 | 115 | 121 | 129 | 130 | 145 | 123 | 138 | 176 | 147 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 76 |
| 2 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 26 |
| 3 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 15 |
| 7 | [International Journal of Project Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-project-management.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [McMaster University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/mcmaster-university.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [The University of Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-sydney.md) | 13 |
| 3 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [University College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-college-london.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [University of Sheffield](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sheffield.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [Erasmus University Rotterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/erasmus-university-rotterdam.md) | 9 |
| 8 | Stellenbosch University | 8 |
| 9 | [The University of Melbourne](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-melbourne.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 123 |
| 2 | United States | 89 |
| 3 | Australia | 64 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 53 |
| 5 | Italy | 49 |
| 6 | Germany | 46 |
| 7 | Canada | 44 |
| 8 | China | 37 |
| 9 | Spain | 29 |
| 10 | Sweden | 29 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate social responsibility](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-social-responsibility.md) | 26 |
| 2 | [Sustainable Development Goals](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development-goals.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [health technology assessment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-technology-assessment.md) | 17 |
| 4 | citizen participation | 15 |
| 5 | co-creation | 14 |
| 6 | community participation | 14 |
| 7 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 12 |
| 9 | capacity building | 12 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 865 | 12.5 | [Adaptation interventions and their effect on vulnerability in developing countries: Help, hindrance or irrelevance?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105383) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2021-01-22 | Siri Eriksen, E. Lisa F. Schipper, Morgan Scoville-Simonds et al. |
| 2 | 581 | 8.3 | [Does CSR matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101876) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2021-01-08 | Kee‐Hong Bae, Sadok El Ghoul, Zhaoran Gong et al. |
| 3 | 485 | 4.7 | [Blockchain tokens and the potential democratization of entrepreneurship and innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.03.006) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-04-06 | Yan Chen |
| 4 | 477 | 4.2 | [Circular Cities: Mapping Six Cities in Transition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2017.03.002) | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | 2017-04-10 | Sharon M. Prendeville, E.L.G. Cherim, Nancy M. P. Bocken |
| 5 | 476 | 12.6 | [The ethics of ChatGPT – Exploring the ethical issues of an emerging technology](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102700) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2023-09-09 | Bernd Carsten Stahl, Damian Eke |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Papers on “stakeholder engagement”},
  year = {2026},
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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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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).