Papers on “sub-Saharan Africa”
Research on “sub-Saharan Africa” 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. Also as Markdown.
← Top research keywords · Keyword trends
Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “sub-Saharan Africa” appeared in 1,133 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (730), management (131) and finance (77).
- 151 of them were published in 2025, against 80 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Université de Yaoundé II (26), World Bank (21) and Université de Dschang (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Journal of Educational Development (32), World Development (30) and Resources Policy (26).
- The most-cited of them is “Economic growth, CO2 emissions and energy consumption: What causes what and where?” (Energy Economics, 2018), with 854 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 47 | 64 | 65 | 76 | 67 | 78 | 82 | 77 | 94 | 80 |
| Management | 9 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 21 |
| Finance | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Higher Education and Research | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Operations Research | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Marketing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 80 | 84 | 91 | 125 | 105 | 114 | 131 | 128 | 151 | 124 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Journal of Educational Development | 32 |
| 2 | World Development | 30 |
| 3 | Resources Policy | 26 |
| 4 | Energy Policy | 23 |
| 5 | Future Business Journal | 20 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 15 |
| 7 | International Economics and Economic Policy | 15 |
| 8 | Journal of Development Economics | 14 |
| 9 | Food Policy | 12 |
| 10 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 12 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Université de Yaoundé II | 26 |
| 2 | World Bank | 21 |
| 3 | Université de Dschang | 15 |
| 4 | University of Johannesburg | 14 |
| 5 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | 12 |
| 6 | University of Ghana | 11 |
| 7 | University of Oxford | 10 |
| 8 | University of South Africa | 10 |
| 9 | World Bank Group | 10 |
| 10 | University of Cape Coast | 9 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 117 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 87 |
| 3 | South Africa | 54 |
| 4 | Ghana | 51 |
| 5 | China | 46 |
| 6 | Cameroon | 40 |
| 7 | France | 34 |
| 8 | Germany | 32 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 32 |
| 10 | Australia | 24 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | economic growth | 46 |
| 2 | institutional quality | 40 |
| 3 | financial inclusion | 38 |
| 4 | foreign direct investment | 32 |
| 5 | developing countries | 28 |
| 6 | financial development | 26 |
| 7 | corruption | 24 |
| 8 | income inequality | 23 |
| 9 | moderating effect | 20 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 854 | 8.6 | Economic growth, CO2 emissions and energy consumption: What causes what and where? | Energy Economics | 2018-07-27 | Alex Opoku Acheampong |
| 2 | 707 | 8.3 | Digitalization and economic growth: A comparative analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD economies | Telecommunications Policy | 2019-09-26 | Godwin Aloyce Myovella, Mehmet Karaçuka, Justus Haucap |
| 3 | 622 | 7.1 | Modelling for insight: Does financial development improve environmental quality? | Energy Economics | 2019-07-01 | Alex Opoku Acheampong |
| 4 | 544 | 6.9 | ICT and environmental quality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects and transmission channels | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 2020-03-26 | Désiré Avom, Hilaire Nkengfack, Hervé Kaffo Fotio et al. |
| 5 | 438 | 4.0 | Enhancing ICT for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 2017-10-12 | Simplice Anutechia Asongu, Sara le Roux, Nicholas B. Biekpe |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “sub-Saharan Africa”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sub-saharan-africa
@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-sub-saharan-africa,
author = {{Scholar4AI}},
title = {Papers on “sub-Saharan Africa”},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sub-saharan-africa}},
urldate = {2026-11-03},
note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}