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title: "Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities was named as a funder of 10,383 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (4,792), operations research (1,685) and economics (1,502). It ranks #2 among the funders of the tracked journals' papers from 2023 to 2025."
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# Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Papers in the tracked journals that name Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities as a funder. Funders are the organisations OpenAlex links to a paper from its funding information (Crossref metadata and the paper's acknowledgements); a paper counts once for each funder it names. Grant numbers are not shown.

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

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities was named as a funder of 10,383 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (4,792), operations research (1,685) and economics (1,502).
- It ranks #2 among the funders of the tracked journals' papers from 2023 to 2025.
- 2,013 of them were published in 2025, against 357 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Beijing Jiaotong University (252), Xidian University (245) and Chongqing University (233).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (604), Pattern Recognition (347) and Knowledge-Based Systems (333).
- The most-cited of them is “A Survey of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis, Applications, and Prospects” (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2021), with 5,262 citations.

## 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) | 138 | 179 | 281 | 380 | 418 | 495 | 570 | 646 | 1,011 | 674 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 73 | 83 | 111 | 169 | 137 | 182 | 200 | 235 | 286 | 209 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 70 | 78 | 129 | 188 | 127 | 135 | 176 | 168 | 251 | 180 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 20 | 29 | 63 | 70 | 75 | 121 | 143 | 164 | 222 | 129 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 14 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 39 | 50 | 43 | 71 | 51 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 11 | 12 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 34 | 52 | 40 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 19 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 22 | 30 | 33 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 2 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 23 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 13 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 9 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| All categories | 357 | 437 | 703 | 932 | 878 | 1,051 | 1,256 | 1,376 | 2,013 | 1,380 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 604 |
| 2 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 347 |
| 3 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 333 |
| 4 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 268 |
| 5 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 238 |
| 6 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 205 |
| 7 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 192 |
| 8 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 151 |
| 9 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 144 |
| 10 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 139 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 252 |
| 2 | Xidian University | 245 |
| 3 | Chongqing University | 233 |
| 4 | Hefei University of Technology | 228 |
| 5 | Northeastern University | 224 |
| 6 | [Tongji University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tongji-university.md) | 217 |
| 7 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 193 |
| 8 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | 191 |
| 9 | Dalian University of Technology | 191 |
| 10 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 190 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 5,955 |
| 2 | United States | 443 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 337 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 297 |
| 5 | Australia | 247 |
| 6 | Singapore | 153 |
| 7 | Canada | 106 |
| 8 | Macao | 95 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 54 |
| 10 | France | 53 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 377 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 156 |
| 3 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 115 |
| 4 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 115 |
| 5 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 112 |
| 6 | state-owned enterprises | 103 |
| 7 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 98 |
| 8 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 95 |
| 9 | attention mechanism | 83 |
| 10 | [knowledge distillation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/knowledge-distillation.md) | 78 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,262 | 81.3 | [A Survey of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis, Applications, and Prospects](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2021.3084827) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2021-06-10 | Zewen Li, Fan Liu, Wenjie Yang et al. |
| 2 | 1,270 | 14.8 | [Underwater scene prior inspired deep underwater image and video enhancement](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2019.107038) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 2019-09-05 | Chongyi Li, Saeed Anwar, Fatih Porikli |
| 3 | 1,230 | 20.8 | [A Review on Generative Adversarial Networks: Algorithms, Theory, and Applications](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2021.3130191) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2021-11-23 | Jie Gui, Zhenan Sun, Yonggang Wen et al. |
| 4 | 1,007 | 11.4 | [Do green technology innovations contribute to carbon dioxide emission reduction? Empirical evidence from patent data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.06.010) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2019-06-17 | Kerui Du, Pengzhen Li, Zheming Yan |
| 5 | 990 | 14.2 | [Artificial intelligence in education: The three paradigms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2021.100020) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2021-01-01 | Fan Ouyang, Pengcheng Jiao |
| 6 | 961 | 11.3 | [The impact of digital finance on household consumption: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.09.027) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 2019-09-21 | Jie Li, Yu Wu, Jing Jian Xiao |
| 7 | 845 | 11.5 | [Deep Learning for Spatio-Temporal Data Mining: A Survey](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2020.3025580) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2020-09-22 | Senzhang Wang, Jiannong Cao, Philip S. Yu |
| 8 | 772 | 11.2 | [Learning Dynamics and Heterogeneity of Spatial-Temporal Graph Data for Traffic Forecasting](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2021.3056502) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2021-02-03 | Shengnan Guo, Youfang Lin, Huaiyu Wan et al. |
| 9 | 768 | 9.0 | [Institutional quality, green innovation and energy efficiency](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111002) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2019-09-27 | Huaping Sun, Bless Kofi Edziah, Chuanwang Sun et al. |
| 10 | 745 | 9.8 | [A Coevolutionary Framework for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization Problems](https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2020.3004012) | [IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-evolutionary-computation.md) | 2020-06-22 | Ye Tian, Tao Zhang, Jianhua Xiao et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/funders/fundamental-research-funds-for-the-central-universities

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