---
title: "Amazon (United States): research papers"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Amazon (United States) took part in 310 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (141), operations research (66) and economics (64). It ranks #5 among the companies publishing in the tracked journals from 2023 to 2025."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Amazon (United States) took part in 310 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (141), operations research (66) and economics (64). (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T19:11:11+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
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---

# Amazon (United States)

Papers in the tracked journals with an author at Amazon (United States): per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Amazon (United States) took part in 310 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (141), operations research (66) and economics (64).
- It ranks #5 among the companies publishing in the tracked journals from 2023 to 2025.
- 41 of them were published in 2025, against 12 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Xi'an Jiaotong University (7), Stanford University (5) and University of Illinois Chicago (5).
- The journals publishing most of them were IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (17), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (10) and International Journal of Computer Vision (9).
- The most-cited of them is “Temporal Segment Networks for Action Recognition in Videos” (IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2018), with 924 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 204 of its papers 1,393 times; 95% of those links came from papers with a university author and 1% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 660 times, 12% of them papers with a company author.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 8 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 23 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 12 | 14 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 43 | 47 | 37 | 41 | 33 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 17 |
| 2 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Computers & Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-operations-research.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Economics of Education Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-education-review.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 4 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 7 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 5 |
| 3 | University of Illinois Chicago | 5 |
| 4 | University of Science and Technology of China | 5 |
| 5 | University of Southern California | 5 |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University | 4 |
| 7 | National Bureau of Economic Research | 4 |
| 8 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 4 |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Austin | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 158 |
| 2 | China | 47 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 14 |
| 4 | Canada | 12 |
| 5 | Spain | 10 |
| 6 | Australia | 9 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 8 |
| 8 | Italy | 8 |
| 9 | France | 6 |
| 10 | Germany | 5 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 7 |
| 2 | self-supervised learning | 7 |
| 3 | Amazon | 5 |
| 4 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 5 |
| 5 | computational efficiency | 4 |
| 6 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 3 |
| 8 | combinatorial optimization | 3 |
| 9 | [explainable AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/explainable-ai.md) | 3 |
| 10 | image classification | 3 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 924 | 9.4 | [Temporal Segment Networks for Action Recognition in Videos](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2868668) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-09-03 | Limin Wang, Yuanjun Xiong, Zhe Wang et al. |
| 2 | 476 | 15.7 | [Recommender Systems in the Era of Large Language Models (LLMs)](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2024.3392335) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2024-04-22 | Zihuai Zhao, Wenqi Fan, Jiatong Li et al. |
| 3 | 396 | 7.3 | [Self-Supervised Learning of Graph Neural Networks: A Unified Review](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2022.3170559) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2022-04-27 | Yaochen Xie, Xu Zhao, Jingtun Zhang et al. |
| 4 | 360 | 4.9 | [LaSOT: A High-quality Large-scale Single Object Tracking Benchmark](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-020-01387-y) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 2020-09-29 | Heng Fan, Hexin Bai, Liting Lin et al. |
| 5 | 259 | 2.6 | [The two-echelon capacitated electric vehicle routing problem with battery swapping stations: Formulation and efficient methodology](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.07.002) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2018-07-08 | Wanchen Jie, Jun Yang, Min Zhang et al. |
| 6 | 235 | 4.2 | [Two-echelon vehicle routing problems: A literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.02.022) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2022-02-22 | Natasja Sluijk, Alexandre M. Florio, Joris Kinable et al. |
| 7 | 230 | 4.6 | [Semi-Supervised and Unsupervised Deep Visual Learning: A Survey](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2022.3201576) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2022-08-25 | Yanbei Chen, Massimiliano Mancini, Xiatian Zhu et al. |
| 8 | 215 | 2.5 | [Research commentary on recommendations with side information: A survey and research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2019.100879) | [Electronic Commerce Research and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications.md) | 2019-08-03 | Zhu Sun, Qing Guo, Jie Yang et al. |
| 9 | 205 | 3.8 | [Combinatorial optimization with physics-inspired graph neural networks](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-022-00468-6) | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 2022-04-21 | Martin J. A. Schuetz, John Kyle Brubaker, Helmut G. Katzgraber |
| 10 | 192 | 1.9 | [The effects of high school personal financial education policies on financial behavior](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.03.006) | [Economics of Education Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-education-review.md) | 2018-03-18 | Carly Urban, Maximilian D. Schmeiser, J. Michael Collins et al. |

## Who cites its research

*Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | Government | China | 46 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | University | Hong Kong | 43 |
| 3 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | University | China | 34 |
| 4 | [Harbin Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harbin-institute-of-technology.md) | University | China | 28 |
| 5 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | University | China | 26 |
| 6 | Dalian University of Technology | University | China | 25 |
| 7 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | University | China | 24 |
| 8 | [University of Electronic Science and Technology of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-electronic-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | University | China | 23 |
| 9 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | University | Singapore | 22 |
| 10 | [National University of Defense Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-defense-technology.md) | University | China | 22 |

## What its papers cite

*Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | University | Singapore | 21 |
| 2 | University of Science and Technology of China | University | China | 18 |
| 3 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | University | China | 17 |
| 4 | Nanyang Technological University | University | Singapore | 15 |
| 5 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | University | China | 15 |
| 6 | Monash University | University | Australia | 12 |
| 7 | [Shanghai Jiao Tong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-jiao-tong-university.md) | University | China | 11 |
| 8 | University of Illinois Chicago | University | United States | 11 |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University | United States | 11 |

More: https://scholar4ai.com/corporate-citations.md · https://scholar4ai.com/industry-university.md

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Amazon (United States). Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/amazon-united-states

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  title = {Amazon (United States)},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).