Papers on “urban-rural differences”
Research on “urban-rural differences” 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 “urban-rural differences” appeared in 1,010 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (439), health economics and policy (330) and finance (69).
- 143 of them were published in 2025, against 75 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Peking University (14), World Bank (11) and Renmin University of China (8).
- The journals publishing most of them were Social Science & Medicine (42), International Journal for Equity in Health (35) and Finance research letters (29).
- The most-cited of them is “The Impact of Social Awareness and Lifestyles on Household Carbon Emissions in China” (Ecological Economics, 2019), with 283 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 31 | 22 | 33 | 47 | 28 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 67 | 67 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 28 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 38 | 37 | 40 | 34 | 31 | 42 |
| Finance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 11 |
| Higher Education and Research | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Management | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Operations Research | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Statistics | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Information Systems | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 75 | 61 | 66 | 96 | 89 | 103 | 111 | 125 | 143 | 141 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social Science & Medicine | 42 |
| 2 | International Journal for Equity in Health | 35 |
| 3 | Finance research letters | 29 |
| 4 | SSM - Population Health | 19 |
| 5 | International Journal of Educational Development | 14 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 13 |
| 7 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 13 |
| 8 | Energy Policy | 12 |
| 9 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 12 |
| 10 | Transport Policy | 12 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peking University | 14 |
| 2 | World Bank | 11 |
| 3 | Renmin University of China | 8 |
| 4 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 8 |
| 5 | Xiamen University | 8 |
| 6 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 7 |
| 7 | Columbia University | 7 |
| 8 | Shandong University | 7 |
| 9 | Beijing Normal University | 6 |
| 10 | Harvard University | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 172 |
| 2 | United States | 114 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 53 |
| 4 | India | 39 |
| 5 | Australia | 29 |
| 6 | Germany | 27 |
| 7 | Canada | 20 |
| 8 | Japan | 15 |
| 9 | Spain | 14 |
| 10 | South Africa | 13 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 80 |
| 2 | gender differences | 53 |
| 3 | older adults | 39 |
| 4 | educational attainment | 31 |
| 5 | COVID-19 pandemic | 27 |
| 6 | India | 27 |
| 7 | financial inclusion | 23 |
| 8 | health care access | 23 |
| 9 | health disparities | 23 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “urban-rural differences”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/urban-rural-differences
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