SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
Papers in the tracked journals on UN Sustainable Development Goal 8, Decent work and economic growth. 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. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth) was addressed by 49,224 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (23,601), management (10,904) and finance (7,645).
- It is #2 of the 17 goals by papers from 2023 to 2025 (18,787).
- 7,359 of them were published in 2025, against 3,344 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Renmin University of China (295), Peking University (270) and Central University of Finance and Economics (268).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (1,666), International Review of Economics & Finance (1,010) and Economic Analysis and Policy (769).
- The most-cited of them is “Building dynamic capabilities for digital transformation: An ongoing process of strategic renewal” (Long Range Planning, 2018), with 3,512 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 1,853 | 1,912 | 1,956 | 2,259 | 2,314 | 2,336 | 2,450 | 2,732 | 3,075 | 2,714 |
| Management | 717 | 781 | 826 | 855 | 1,168 | 1,183 | 1,266 | 1,293 | 1,437 | 1,378 |
| Finance | 364 | 295 | 320 | 451 | 548 | 536 | 783 | 1,285 | 1,868 | 1,195 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 111 | 136 | 182 | 255 | 247 | 211 | 169 | 232 | 257 | 190 |
| Operations Research | 91 | 123 | 130 | 174 | 166 | 214 | 238 | 255 | 281 | 246 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 64 | 62 | 76 | 69 | 81 | 73 | 66 | 79 | 98 | 110 |
| Information Systems | 31 | 36 | 46 | 49 | 60 | 89 | 85 | 86 | 104 | 109 |
| Marketing | 35 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 55 | 83 | 71 | 70 | 59 |
| Accounting | 35 | 26 | 24 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 56 | 70 | 87 | 96 |
| Higher Education and Research | 30 | 26 | 26 | 37 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 31 |
| AI | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 41 |
| Statistics | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| All categories | 3,344 | 3,451 | 3,647 | 4,261 | 4,741 | 4,824 | 5,248 | 6,180 | 7,359 | 6,169 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 1,666 |
| 2 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 1,010 |
| 3 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 769 |
| 4 | Economic Modelling | 524 |
| 5 | Journal of Business Research | 501 |
| 6 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 466 |
| 7 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 451 |
| 8 | Small Business Economics | 430 |
| 9 | Energy Economics | 417 |
| 10 | International Journal of Hospitality Management | 397 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renmin University of China | 295 |
| 2 | Peking University | 270 |
| 3 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 268 |
| 4 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 267 |
| 5 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 264 |
| 6 | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics | 257 |
| 7 | Xiamen University | 257 |
| 8 | University of International Business and Economics | 227 |
| 9 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 213 |
| 10 | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | 208 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 8,042 |
| 2 | United States | 4,591 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 2,540 |
| 4 | Italy | 1,596 |
| 5 | Germany | 1,504 |
| 6 | India | 1,290 |
| 7 | Australia | 1,206 |
| 8 | France | 1,080 |
| 9 | Spain | 1,077 |
| 10 | Canada | 687 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2,183 |
| 2 | COVID-19 pandemic | 1,377 |
| 3 | financial constraints | 1,138 |
| 4 | Chinese listed companies | 1,006 |
| 5 | small and medium-sized enterprises | 987 |
| 6 | digital transformation | 967 |
| 7 | economic growth | 940 |
| 8 | emerging markets | 857 |
| 9 | state-owned enterprises | 822 |
| 10 | moderating effect | 821 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/sdgs/8-decent-work-and-economic-growth
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author = {{Scholar4AI}},
title = {SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/sdgs/8-decent-work-and-economic-growth}},
urldate = {2026-10-31},
note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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