EfD used, for the first time this year, the Overton tool to measure the policy impact of EfD publications. We searched policy articles citing research publications by the EfD center researchers.

Publications from the period 2020-2025 were used as input. Results: The total policy citations obtained to date were 1642. These are unique citations in policy documents.

The total number of policy documents that cited EfD articles to date was 1230. Around 25% of the publications by the EfD center researchers have at least one citation in a policy document.

The policy documents were published by 243 policy sources.

In 2025, the total number of policy citations was 335. The bar graph above shows the number of policy citations for the top 10 policy sources in 2025. The source that cited EfD the most in 2025 was the World Bank, with 48 citations.

Top three publications cited in 2025

• The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing,
Journal of Political Economy, 2021 (26 times)

• Diverse values of nature for sustainability,
Nature, 2023 (18 times).

• The role of Indigenous peoples and local communities
in effective and equitable conservation,
Ecology and Society, 2021 (15 times).