---
title: "BASF (Germany): research papers, co-authors and journals"
description: "Historical profile (data snapshot 2026-11-04). From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at BASF (Germany) took part in 28 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (13), AI (8) and finance (2). 6 of them were published in 2025, against 3 in 2017."
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share_text: "Historical profile (data snapshot 2026-11-04)."
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updated: 2026-11-04T18:03:26+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# BASF (Germany)

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Historical profile. Data snapshot: 2026-11-04. This profile is outside the current selection; the figures and research below are retained from that snapshot. Browse the directory for other profiles.

Papers in the tracked journals with an author at BASF (Germany): 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.

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## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at BASF (Germany) took part in 28 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (13), AI (8) and finance (2).
- 6 of them were published in 2025, against 3 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Korea University (3), Technische Universität Berlin (3) and Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (2).
- The journals publishing most of them were IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (3), Pattern Recognition (1) and Information Processing & Management (1).
- The most-cited of them is “How are reinforcement learning and deep learning algorithms used for big data based decision making in financial industries–A review and research agenda” (International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, 2022), with 203 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 23 of its papers 113 times; 96% of those links came from papers with a university author and 1% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 62 times, 15% of them papers with a company author.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, BASF (Germany) has 13,755 works with 928,833 citations (h-index 335).
- The tracked journals hold 27 of its 3,684 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.7%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Polymer crystallization and properties (753), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (741) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (508).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |

## 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) | 3 |
| 2 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 1 |
| 3 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 1 |
| 4 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 1 |
| 5 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 1 |
| 6 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 1 |
| 7 | [Optimization Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/optimization-letters.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Korea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-university.md) | 3 |
| 2 | [Technische Universität Berlin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/technische-universitat-berlin.md) | 3 |
| 3 | Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data | 2 |
| 4 | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | 2 |
| 5 | [ETH Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eth-zurich.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Imperial College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/imperial-college-london.md) | 2 |
| 7 | Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria | 2 |
| 8 | Max Planck Institute for Informatics | 2 |
| 9 | Universidad de Murcia | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Germany | 10 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 2 |
| 4 | Spain | 2 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [knowledge graphs](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/knowledge-graphs.md) | 2 |
| 2 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 2 |
| 3 | LLM reasoning | 1 |
| 4 | LRP | 1 |
| 5 | Shapley value | 1 |
| 6 | acquisition functions | 1 |
| 7 | attribution methods | 1 |
| 8 | chain-of-thought prompting | 1 |
| 9 | comprehensibility | 1 |
| 10 | constrained Bayesian optimization | 1 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 203 | 3.9 | [How are reinforcement learning and deep learning algorithms used for big data based decision making in financial industries–A review and research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjimei.2022.100094) | [International Journal of Information Management Data Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management-data-insights.md) | 2022-06-28 | Vinay Kumar Singh, Shiuann-Shuoh Chen, Minal Singhania et al. |
| 2 | 90 | 1.7 | [How to Maximize Clicks for Display Advertisement in Digital Marketing? A Reinforcement Learning Approach](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-022-10314-0) | [Information Systems Frontiers](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-systems-frontiers.md) | 2022-07-21 | Vinay Kumar Singh, Brijesh Nanavati, Arpan Kumar Kar et al. |
| 3 | 49 | 1.0 | [The vehicle routing problem with time windows and flexible delivery locations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.11.029) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2022-11-26 | Christian M. M. Frey, Alexander Jungwirth, Markus Frey et al. |
| 4 | 45 | 0.7 | [A neural network based price sensitive recommender model to predict customer choices based on price effect](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102573) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2021-04-15 | Shiuann-Shuoh Chen, Bhaskar Choubey, Vinay Kumar Singh |
| 5 | 40 | 0.4 | [Managing renewable energy production risk](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.09.001) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2018-09-25 | Martin Hain, Hans Schermeyer, Marliese Uhrig‐Homburg et al. |
| 6 | 35 | 0.3 | [The noncooperative transportation problem and linear generalized Nash games](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.10.001) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2017-10-13 | Oliver T. Stein, Nathan Sudermann‐Merx |
| 7 | 23 | 1.0 | [OntoGenix: Leveraging Large Language Models for enhanced ontology engineering from datasets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2024.104042) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 2024-12-24 | Mikel Val-Calvo, Mikel Egaña Aranguren, Juan Mulero-Hernández et al. |
| 8 | 21 | 1.4 | [Demystifying Chains, Trees, and Graphs of Thoughts](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2025.3598182) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2025-08-12 | Maciej Besta, Florim Memedi, Zhenyu Zhang et al. |
| 9 | 19 | 0.2 | [The noncooperative fixed charge transportation problem](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.12.024) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2019-12-17 | Simone Sagratella, Marcel Schmidt, Nathan Sudermann‐Merx |
| 10 | 19 | 0.6 | [Disentangled Explanations of Neural Network Predictions by Finding Relevant Subspaces](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2024.3388275) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2024-04-12 | Pattarawat Chormai, Jan Herrmann, Klaus‐Robert Müller et al. |

## Who cites its research

*Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology.md) | University | Germany | 5 |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | University | India | 5 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | University | Hong Kong | 4 |
| 4 | [Korea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-university.md) | University | South Korea | 4 |
| 5 | [Macau University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/macau-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | University | Macao | 3 |
| 6 | [Tongji University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tongji-university.md) | University | China | 3 |
| 7 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | University | Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| 8 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | University | Hong Kong | 3 |
| 9 | University of Agder | University | Norway | 3 |
| 10 | [Norwegian University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/norwegian-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | University | Norway | 3 |

## What its papers cite

*Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Technische Universität Berlin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/technische-universitat-berlin.md) | University | Germany | 15 |
| 2 | [Korea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-university.md) | University | South Korea | 13 |
| 3 | Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data | Research facility | Germany | 11 |
| 4 | Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute | Research facility | Germany | 7 |
| 5 | Max Planck Institute for Informatics | Research facility | Germany | 7 |
| 6 | [Google (United States)](https://scholar4ai.com/companies/google-united-states.md) | Company | United States | 3 |
| 7 | Singapore University of Technology and Design | University | Singapore | 3 |
| 8 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | University | Australia | 3 |
| 9 | University of Göttingen | University | Germany | 3 |
| 10 | Freie Universität Berlin | University | Germany | 3 |

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

## In OpenAlex

*BASF (Germany) in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Company |
| Location | Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany |
| Also known as | Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 9 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 13,755 |
| Citations | 928,833 |
| h-index | 335 |
| i10-index | 13,140 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.45 |
| Website | [www.basf.com/en.html](https://www.basf.com/en.html) |
| ROR | [ror.org/01q8f6705](https://ror.org/01q8f6705) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I4210107087](https://openalex.org/I4210107087) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 372 | 27,441 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2025 | 425 | 33,721 | 6 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 477 | 32,041 | 2 | 0.4% |
| 2023 | 457 | 29,241 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 2022 | 430 | 27,858 | 4 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 385 | 27,357 | 4 | 1.0% |
| 2020 | 388 | 24,966 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 358 | 22,122 | 3 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 388 | 21,115 | 4 | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 376 | 19,972 | 3 | 0.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Polymer crystallization and properties | Materials Science | 753 |
| 2 | Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization | Chemistry | 741 |
| 3 | Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 508 |
| 4 | Process Optimization and Integration | Engineering | 492 |
| 5 | Polymer Synthesis and Characterization | Materials Science | 470 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). BASF (Germany). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/basf-germany

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-companies-basf-germany,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {BASF (Germany)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/companies/basf-germany}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference 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/).