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title: "SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals: research papers"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), SDG 17 (Partnerships for the goals) was addressed by 3,136 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (1,255), management (624) and health economics and policy (366). It is #15 of the 17 goals by papers from 2023 to 2025 (1,103)."
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# SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals

Papers in the tracked journals on UN Sustainable Development Goal 17, Partnerships for the goals. 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 17 (Partnerships for the goals) was addressed by 3,136 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (1,255), management (624) and health economics and policy (366).
- It is #15 of the 17 goals by papers from 2023 to 2025 (1,103).
- 403 of them were published in 2025, against 252 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University College London (21), World Bank (20) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (19).
- The journals publishing most of them were Health Research Policy and Systems (82), World Development (81) and International Journal of Educational Development (47).
- The most-cited of them is “Financial inclusion and economic growth in OIC countries” (Research in International Business and Finance, 2017), with 699 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) | 104 | 103 | 116 | 134 | 111 | 113 | 144 | 141 | 163 | 126 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 44 | 39 | 47 | 61 | 66 | 78 | 67 | 75 | 66 | 81 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 38 | 28 | 26 | 42 | 53 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 47 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 30 | 31 | 28 | 39 | 26 | 24 | 34 | 45 | 39 | 45 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 19 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 36 | 65 | 53 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 7 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 252 | 235 | 244 | 316 | 311 | 294 | 334 | 366 | 403 | 381 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 82 |
| 2 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 81 |
| 3 | [International Journal of Educational Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-development.md) | 47 |
| 4 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 46 |
| 5 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 45 |
| 6 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 42 |
| 7 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 35 |
| 8 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 33 |
| 9 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 32 |
| 10 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 32 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | University College London | 21 |
| 2 | World Bank | 20 |
| 3 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 19 |
| 4 | University of Oxford | 19 |
| 5 | University of Manchester | 17 |
| 6 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 16 |
| 7 | Copenhagen Business School | 14 |
| 8 | World Health Organization | 14 |
| 9 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 13 |
| 10 | University of Vaasa | 13 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 342 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 252 |
| 3 | United States | 236 |
| 4 | Germany | 93 |
| 5 | Australia | 81 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 79 |
| 7 | France | 75 |
| 8 | Canada | 74 |
| 9 | India | 74 |
| 10 | Italy | 69 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | developing countries | 157 |
| 2 | Sustainable Development Goals | 137 |
| 3 | sustainable development | 96 |
| 4 | foreign direct investment | 91 |
| 5 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 71 |
| 6 | financial development | 65 |
| 7 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 58 |
| 8 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 57 |
| 9 | institutional quality | 56 |
| 10 | low- and middle-income countries | 54 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 699 | 6.3 | [Financial inclusion and economic growth in OIC countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.07.178) | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 2017-07-19 | Dai-Won Kim, Jung‐Suk Yu, M. Kabir Hassan |
| 2 | 622 | 6.2 | [Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: An institutional approach to corporate engagement](https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-018-0008-x) | [Journal of International Business Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-policy.md) | 2018-06-12 | Jan Anton van Zanten, Rob J.M. van Tulder |
| 3 | 573 | 8.4 | [Energy efficiency: The role of technological innovation and knowledge spillover](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120659) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-02-24 | Huaping Sun, Bless Kofi Edziah, Anthony Kwaku Kporsu et al. |
| 4 | 570 | 6.9 | [Digital transformation and localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106490) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2019-12-23 | Suzanna Elmassah, Mahmoud Mohieldin |
| 5 | 553 | 5.3 | [The External Wealth of Nations Revisited: International Financial Integration in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-017-0048-y) | [IMF Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/imf-economic-review.md) | 2018-02-17 | Philip R. Lane, Gian Maria Milesi‐Ferretti |
| 6 | 442 | 3.8 | [Critical success factors (CSFs) for integration of sustainability into construction project management practices in developing countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.01.014) | [International Journal of Project Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-project-management.md) | 2017-02-03 | Saeed Banihashemi, M. Reza Hosseini, Hamed Golizadeh et al. |
| 7 | 418 | 7.6 | [Environmental performance, green finance and green innovation: What's the long-run relationships among variables?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106004) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-04-04 | Quan‐Jing Wang, Haijie Wang, Chun‐Ping Chang |
| 8 | 413 | 5.5 | [Sustainability and development after COVID-19](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105082) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2020-07-10 | Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess |
| 9 | 405 | 4.9 | [Are we on the right path to achieve the sustainable development goals?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104749) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2019-11-20 | Jonathan D. Moyer, Steve Hedden |
| 10 | 403 | 6.2 | [Implementing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in international business](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-021-00445-y) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 2021-05-25 | Iván Montiel, Álvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Junghoon Park et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/sdgs/17-partnerships-for-the-goals

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/sdgs/17-partnerships-for-the-goals}},
  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/).