---
title: "SDG 1 No poverty: research papers"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), SDG 1 (No poverty) was addressed by 12,195 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (9,432), finance (884) and management (560). It is #11 of the 17 goals by papers from 2023 to 2025 (4,352)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), SDG 1 (No poverty) was addressed by 12,195 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (9,432), finance (884) and management (560). (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
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---

# SDG 1: No poverty

Papers in the tracked journals on UN Sustainable Development Goal 1, No poverty. OpenAlex assigns a paper to each UN Sustainable Development Goal that its classifier scores above 0.4 from the paper's text; a paper can belong to several goals or to none.

All 17 goals: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/sdgs.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), SDG 1 (No poverty) was addressed by 12,195 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (9,432), finance (884) and management (560).
- It is #11 of the 17 goals by papers from 2023 to 2025 (4,352).
- 1,591 of them were published in 2025, against 888 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were World Bank (124), Peking University (89) and International Food Policy Research Institute (86).
- The journals publishing most of them were World Development (317), Energy Policy (270) and Finance research letters (245).
- The most-cited of them is “How many jobs can be done at home?” (Journal of Public Economics, 2020), with 2,032 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 739 | 811 | 798 | 979 | 978 | 959 | 1,022 | 1,055 | 1,126 | 965 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 32 | 26 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 92 | 162 | 240 | 142 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 31 | 38 | 55 | 43 | 71 | 67 | 57 | 72 | 60 | 66 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 48 | 41 | 54 | 42 | 58 | 49 | 47 | 67 | 67 | 69 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 15 | 26 | 17 | 30 | 41 | 26 | 48 | 37 | 39 | 44 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 8 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 14 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| All categories | 888 | 965 | 1,002 | 1,177 | 1,264 | 1,216 | 1,311 | 1,450 | 1,591 | 1,331 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 317 |
| 2 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 270 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 245 |
| 4 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 202 |
| 5 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 202 |
| 6 | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 179 |
| 7 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 177 |
| 8 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 145 |
| 9 | [World Development Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development-perspectives.md) | 144 |
| 10 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 136 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | World Bank | 124 |
| 2 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 89 |
| 3 | International Food Policy Research Institute | 86 |
| 4 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 86 |
| 5 | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics | 83 |
| 6 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 75 |
| 7 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 63 |
| 8 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 55 |
| 9 | University of Oxford | 52 |
| 10 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 47 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 1,460 |
| 2 | United States | 1,410 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 568 |
| 4 | Germany | 380 |
| 5 | India | 376 |
| 6 | Italy | 359 |
| 7 | Australia | 247 |
| 8 | France | 239 |
| 9 | Spain | 224 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 185 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 618 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 617 |
| 3 | energy poverty | 274 |
| 4 | rural households | 253 |
| 5 | poverty reduction | 246 |
| 6 | household income | 225 |
| 7 | poverty | 218 |
| 8 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 217 |
| 9 | low-income households | 209 |
| 10 | India | 206 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,032 | 26.8 | [How many jobs can be done at home?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104235) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 2020-07-09 | Jonathan I. Dingel, Brent Neiman |
| 2 | 961 | 11.3 | [The impact of digital finance on household consumption: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.09.027) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 2019-09-21 | Jie Li, Yu Wu, Jing Jian Xiao |
| 3 | 699 | 9.0 | [Does financial inclusion reduce poverty and income inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-020-00214-4) | [Journal of Economic Structures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-structures.md) | 2020-04-28 | Md Abdullah Omar, Kazuo Inaba |
| 4 | 688 | 6.8 | [Entrepreneurship as a solution to extreme poverty: A review and future research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.06.003) | [Journal of Business Venturing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing.md) | 2018-06-12 | Christopher J. Sutter, Garry D. Bruton, Juanyi Chen |
| 5 | 652 | 6.2 | [Inequality, ICT and Financial Access in Africa](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.11.004) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2018-01-01 | Vanessa Simen Tchamyou, Guido Erreygers, Danny Cassimon |
| 6 | 630 | 8.6 | [COVID-19 implications on household income and food security in Kenya and Uganda: Findings from a rapid assessment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105199) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2020-09-18 | Monica Kagorora Kansiime, Justice Akpene Tambo, Idah Mugambi et al. |
| 7 | 628 | 5.5 | [Innocent Bystanders? Monetary policy and inequality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2017.05.005) | [Journal of Monetary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-monetary-economics.md) | 2017-05-17 | Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Lorenz Kueng et al. |
| 8 | 553 | 4.8 | [Spatializing energy justice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.064) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2017-04-08 | Stefan Bouzarovski, Neil Simcock |
| 9 | 552 | 5.0 | [Financial inclusion and stability in MENA: Evidence from poverty and inequality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2017.09.007) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2017-09-20 | Simon Neaime, Isabelle Gaysset |
| 10 | 495 | 6.6 | [Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Household Consumption and Poverty](https://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-020-00070-3) | [Economics of Disasters and Climate Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-disasters-and-climate-change.md) | 2020-07-23 | Amory Martin, Maryia Markhvida, Stéphane Hallegatte A et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). SDG 1: No poverty. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/sdgs/1-no-poverty

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@misc{scholar4ai-sdgs-1-no-poverty,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {SDG 1: No poverty},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/sdgs/1-no-poverty}},
  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).