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title: "State ownership research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “state ownership” appeared in 822 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (427), economics (176) and management (144)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “state ownership” appeared in 822 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (427), economics (176) and management (144). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Papers on “state ownership”

Research on “state ownership” 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 “state ownership” appeared in 822 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (427), economics (176) and management (144).
- 158 of them were published in 2025, against 43 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Central University of Finance and Economics (22), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (19) and Xiamen University (17).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (89), International Review of Economics & Finance (46) and International Review of Financial Analysis (45).
- The most-cited of them is “Can the green credit policy stimulate green innovation in heavily polluting enterprises? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China” (Energy Economics, 2021), with 791 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 22 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 87 | 97 | 53 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 32 | 35 | 19 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 20 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| All categories | 43 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 67 | 75 | 96 | 145 | 158 | 105 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 89 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 46 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 45 |
| 4 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 24 |
| 5 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 22 |
| 6 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 22 |
| 7 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 20 |
| 8 | [International Journal of Disclosure and Governance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-disclosure-and-governance.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 19 |
| 3 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 15 |
| 7 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 401 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 43 |
| 3 | United States | 38 |
| 4 | Australia | 32 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 17 |
| 6 | France | 16 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 13 |
| 8 | Macao | 11 |
| 9 | Canada | 10 |
| 10 | Japan | 10 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 167 |
| 2 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 99 |
| 3 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 94 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 84 |
| 5 | [firm size](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-size.md) | 49 |
| 6 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 44 |
| 7 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 36 |
| 8 | [listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/listed-companies.md) | 36 |
| 9 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 34 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 791 | 11.4 | [Can the green credit policy stimulate green innovation in heavily polluting enterprises? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105134) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-01-24 | Guoqiang Hu, Xiaoqi Wang, Yu Wang |
| 2 | 694 | 10.3 | [Do carbon emission trading schemes stimulate green innovation in enterprises? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120744) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-03-21 | Zhongfei Chen, Xiao Zhang, Fanglin Chen |
| 3 | 645 | 14.8 | [Do ESG ratings promote corporate green innovation? A quasi-natural experiment based on SynTao Green Finance's ESG ratings](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102623) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2023-03-17 | Juxian Wang, Mengdi Ma, Tianyi Dong et al. |
| 4 | 584 | 11.4 | [Climate policy uncertainty and firm-level total factor productivity: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106209) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-07-27 | Xiaohang Ren, Xiao Zhang, Cheng Yan et al. |
| 5 | 509 | 8.3 | [What is the role of telecommunications infrastructure construction in green technology innovation? A firm-level analysis for China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105576) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-09-20 | Chang Tang, Yuanyuan Xu, Yu Hao et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “state ownership”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-ownership

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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-state-ownership,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “state ownership”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-ownership}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  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/).