Papers on “sustainable development”
Research on “sustainable development” 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.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “sustainable development” appeared in 2,090 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (1,172), management (351) and finance (257).
- 341 of them were published in 2025, against 85 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (41), Qingdao University (28) and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (22).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (337), Finance research letters (79) and International Review of Economics & Finance (60).
- The most-cited of them is “Circular Economy: The Concept and its Limitations” (Ecological Economics, 2017), with 3,955 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 59 | 61 | 63 | 58 | 71 | 126 | 283 | 251 | 117 | 83 |
| Management | 16 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 35 | 64 | 71 | 46 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 67 | 108 | 47 |
| Operations Research | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 14 |
| Marketing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Information Systems | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Accounting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 85 | 91 | 101 | 104 | 138 | 197 | 379 | 442 | 341 | 212 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resources Policy | 337 |
| 2 | Finance research letters | 79 |
| 3 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 60 |
| 4 | Energy Economics | 57 |
| 5 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 51 |
| 6 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 50 |
| 7 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 48 |
| 8 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 34 |
| 9 | Research in International Business and Finance | 33 |
| 10 | Ecological Economics | 31 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese American University | 41 |
| 2 | Qingdao University | 28 |
| 3 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 22 |
| 4 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 21 |
| 5 | University of International Business and Economics | 21 |
| 6 | Anhui University of Finance and Economics | 18 |
| 7 | Liaoning University | 18 |
| 8 | Hunan University | 17 |
| 9 | Sichuan University | 16 |
| 10 | Wuhan University | 16 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 805 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 111 |
| 3 | United States | 77 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 71 |
| 5 | India | 68 |
| 6 | Australia | 63 |
| 7 | Italy | 62 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 61 |
| 9 | France | 53 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 52 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 189 |
| 2 | economic growth | 179 |
| 3 | CO2 emissions | 148 |
| 4 | green innovation | 115 |
| 5 | green finance | 113 |
| 6 | Chinese listed companies | 85 |
| 7 | environmental sustainability | 78 |
| 8 | resource curse | 72 |
| 9 | renewable energy | 71 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “sustainable development”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development
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