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Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1956. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the economic impact of environmental policies and resources, focusing on CO2 emissions, energy consumption, economic growth, renewable energy, environmental regulation, panel data analysis, Kuznets Curve, trade openness, financial development, and urbanization. The research investigates the relationship between these factors and their implications for sustainable development and environmental degradation.

  • CO2 Emissions
  • Energy Consumption
  • Economic Growth
  • Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Regulation
  • Panel Data Analysis
  • Kuznets Curve
  • Trade Openness
  • Financial Development
  • Urbanization
Research works
49k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
4.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+117%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
66% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Which countries lead Energy, Environment, Economic Growth research?

By volume, China and Türkiye publish the most (13k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 13k works
  2. 2 Türkiye 1.5k works
  3. 3 India 986 works
  4. 4 United States 929 works
  5. 5 Pakistan 697 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 603 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 561 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 494 works
  9. 9 Vietnam 435 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 390 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 65.7%Türkiye: 7.8%India: 5.1%United States: 4.8%6 others listed: 16.5%66%largest
China13k · 65.7%Türkiye1,510 · 7.8%India986 · 5.1%United States929 · 4.8%6 others listed3,179 · 16.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Energy, Environment, Economic Growth research?

By volume in 2022-now, Anhui University of Finance and Economics publishes the most Energy, Environment, Economic Growth research, followed by Xiamen University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 175 works
  2. 2 Xiamen UniversityChina 166 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 163 works
  4. 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 151 works
  5. 5 Wuhan UniversityChina 141 works
  6. 6 Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina 136 works
  7. 7 Jiangsu UniversityChina 126 works
  8. 8 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 119 works
  9. 9 University of International Business and EconomicsChina 115 works
  10. 10 Renmin University of ChinaChina 114 works

Who are the leading researchers in Energy, Environment, Economic Growth?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth include Wei Huang, Philippe Ciais and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  5. 5 Michelle Lee Bell United States 197k citations
  6. 6 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  7. 7 Majid Ezzati United Kingdom 175k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Energy, Environment, Economic Growth?

The most cited paper in Energy, Environment, Economic Growth is "A Comparative Study of Unit Root Tests with Panel Data and a New Simple Test" (Gangadharrao S. Maddala, Shaowen Wu, 1999), with 6,949 citations. Next come "Pooled Mean Group Estimation of Dynamic Heterogeneous Panels" (6,479) and "Testing for Granger non-causality in heterogeneous panels" (5,865).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comparative Study of Unit Root Tests with Panel Data and a New Simple Test Gangadharrao S. Maddala, Shaowen Wu · Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Open access Nov 1999 6,949
2 Pooled Mean Group Estimation of Dynamic Heterogeneous Panels M. Hashem Pesaran, Yongcheol Shin, Ron P Smith · Journal of the American Statistical Association Open access Jun 1999 6,479
3 Testing for Granger non-causality in heterogeneous panels Elena-Ivona Dumitrescu, Christophe Hurlin · Economic Modelling Open access 22 Mar 2012 5,865
4 Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Survey Soumyananda Dinda · Ecological Economics 16 Jul 2004 4,041
5 The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve David I. Stern · World Development 21 Jul 2004 3,967
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Energy, Environment, Economic Growth research done?

The largest centres of Energy, Environment, Economic Growth research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gongyi, Bengbu and Famagusta.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 2k works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 775 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 732 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 700 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 473 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 446 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 425 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 386 works
  9. 9 JinanChina 359 works
  10. 10 ChangshaChina 312 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GongyiCN · 37.0 works47×
  2. BengbuCN · 176.0 works27×
  3. FamagustaCY · 22.7 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Energy, Environment, Economic Growth than the world average.

See Energy, Environment, Economic Growth on the map

Where is the best place to study Energy, Environment, Economic Growth?

Among universities, judged by research, Lebanese American University, ILMA University and Xiamen University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 23.79%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →ILMA UniversityLebanese American Un…Cyprus International…Xiamen University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Lebanese American UniversityLebanon 82.030.9%25.9×64 +1250.5%
2ILMA UniversityPakistan 76.734.0%86.2×28 +258.4%
3Xiamen UniversityChina 71.517.1%8.5×166 +149.4%
4Cyprus International UniversityCyprus 71.026.8%38.6×45 +140.4%
5Azerbaijan State University of EconomicsAzerbaijan 68.322.4%54.3×68 +710.7%
6China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 68.229.5%5.5×58 +51.4%
7Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina 67.616.1%42.5×136 +140.1%
8Jiangsu UniversityChina 67.018.0%7.0×126 +138.1%
9Nanchang UniversityChina 66.827.0%4.0×68 +232.3%
10University of International Business and EconomicsChina 66.316.1%53.7×114 +175.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, country by country

Is Energy, Environment, Economic Growth research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 117% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Energy, Environment, Economic Growth.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Energy, Environment, Economic Growth as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.11% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Energy, Environment, Economic Growth0.099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Energy, Environment, Economic Growth over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Energy, Environment, Economic Growth10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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