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title: "Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: research profile"
description: "Research profile of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: 767 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 552."
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# Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: Israel
- web domain: bgu.ac.il

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

## Key findings

- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was involved in 5 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #385 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Knowledge and Information Systems (1), Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (1) and International Journal for Equity in Health (1).
- Countries: Israel (5), United States (1) and Russia (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev took part in 767 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (193), AI (172) and health economics and policy (138).
- 82 of them were published in 2025, against 82 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hebrew University of Jerusalem (24), Tel Aviv University (21) and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (49), Artificial Intelligence (12) and Finance research letters (11).
- The most-cited of them is “A practical tutorial on bagging and boosting based ensembles for machine learning: Algorithms, software tools, performance study, practical perspectives and opportunities” (Information Fusion, 2020), with 588 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has 96,731 works with 5,519,341 citations (h-index 552).
- The tracked journals hold 712 of its 37,202 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.9%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (1,577), Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (1,224) and Advanced Graph Theory Research (957).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 27 | 33 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 12 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 15 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 11 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 12 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 7 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 82 | 91 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 91 | 71 | 74 | 82 | 55 |

## Where the papers come from and its co-authors

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 49 |
| 2 | [Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Games and Economic Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/games-and-economic-behavior.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Machine Learning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/machine-learning.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 6 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hebrew University of Jerusalem](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hebrew-university-of-jerusalem.md) | 24 |
| 2 | [Tel Aviv University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tel-aviv-university.md) | 21 |
| 3 | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | 13 |
| 4 | Bar-Ilan University | 12 |
| 5 | Clalit Health Services | 12 |
| 6 | [Israel Ministry of Health](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/israel-ministry-of-health.md) | 12 |
| 7 | Ariel University | 11 |
| 8 | University of Haifa | 11 |
| 9 | Soroka Medical Center | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Israel | 282 |
| 2 | United States | 47 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 4 | Canada | 14 |
| 5 | Germany | 12 |
| 6 | China | 11 |
| 7 | France | 8 |
| 8 | Poland | 7 |
| 9 | Italy | 6 |
| 10 | Belgium | 5 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Israel | 22 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 12 |
| 3 | NP-hardness | 9 |
| 4 | fixed-parameter tractability | 7 |
| 5 | social choice | 7 |
| 6 | approximation algorithms | 6 |
| 7 | disaster preparedness | 6 |
| 8 | multi-agent systems | 5 |
| 9 | [risk-taking](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-taking.md) | 5 |
| 10 | single machine scheduling | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 588 | 7.8 | [A practical tutorial on bagging and boosting based ensembles for machine learning: Algorithms, software tools, performance study, practical perspectives and opportunities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2020.07.007) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2020-07-27 | Sergio González, Salvador García, Javier Del Ser et al. |
| 2 | 497 | 7.9 | [Explaining anomalies detected by autoencoders using Shapley Additive Explanations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115736) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2021-08-11 | Liat Antwarg, Ronnie Mindlin Miller, Bracha Shapira et al. |
| 3 | 211 | 3.7 | [Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards 2022 (CHEERS 2022) Statement: Updated Reporting Guidance for Health Economic Evaluations](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-021-00704-x) | [Applied Health Economics and Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-health-economics-and-health-policy.md) | 2022-01-11 | Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Federico Augustovski et al. |
| 4 | 200 | 2.3 | [Multi-Agent Pathfinding with Continuous Time](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2022.103662) | [Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence.md) | 2019-07-28 | Андрейчук Антон Андреевич, Konstantin Yakovlev, Pavel Surynek et al. |
| 5 | 189 | 2.4 | [Explainable decision forest: Transforming a decision forest into an interpretable tree](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2020.03.013) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2020-03-26 | Omer Sagi, Lior Rokach |
| 6 | 187 | 1.9 | [Addressing overuse of health services in health systems: a critical interpretive synthesis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0325-x) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2018-06-15 | Synthesis working group, Moriah Ellen, Michael G. Wilson et al. |
| 7 | 167 | 1.6 | [The role of electronic word of mouth in reducing information asymmetry: An empirical investigation of online hotel booking](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.019) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-01-04 | Eran Manes, Anat Tchetchik |
| 8 | 167 | 1.6 | [Analyzing large-scale human mobility data: a survey of machine learning methods and applications](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-018-1186-x) | [Knowledge and Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-and-information-systems.md) | 2018-03-30 | Eran Toch, Boaz Lerner, Eyal Ben‐Zion et al. |
| 9 | 161 | 1.5 | [Environmental risk management and financial performance in the banking industry: A cross-country comparison](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.019) | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 2017-09-18 | Maya Finger, Ilanit Gavious, Ronny Manos |
| 10 | 155 | 2.3 | [Usage of urban green space and related feelings of deprivation during the COVID-19 lockdown: Lessons learned from an Italian case study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105437) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 2021-04-09 | Francesca Ugolini, Luciano Massetti, David Pearlmutter et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Beersheba, Southern District, Israel |
| Also known as | BGU, Universitat Ben Gurion Banegev, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, جامعة بن غوريون |
| Works in OpenAlex | 96,731 |
| Citations | 5,519,341 |
| h-index | 552 |
| i10-index | 96,805 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.41 |
| Website | [www.bgu.ac.il](https://www.bgu.ac.il) |
| ROR | [ror.org/05tkyf982](https://ror.org/05tkyf982) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I124227911](https://openalex.org/I124227911) |

*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) | 3,859 | 140,501 | 55 | 1.4% |
| 2025 | 4,294 | 188,558 | 82 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 4,604 | 189,655 | 74 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 4,362 | 179,998 | 71 | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 4,430 | 175,991 | 91 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 4,460 | 175,483 | 72 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,173 | 151,593 | 76 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 3,796 | 127,065 | 73 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,738 | 110,874 | 91 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 3,345 | 102,053 | 82 | 2.5% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs | Computer Science | 1,577 |
| 2 | Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies | Social Sciences | 1,224 |
| 3 | Advanced Graph Theory Research | Computer Science | 957 |
| 4 | Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions | Medicine | 812 |
| 5 | Holomorphic and Operator Theory | Mathematics | 810 |

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.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | [Feature selection strategies for improving MinHash-based classifiers’ performance and generalization](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-026-02922-y) | [Knowledge and Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-and-information-systems.md) | Tomer Panker, Nir Nissim | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| 2026-10-26 | [Transition by timing: mileage-based user fees and the dynamics of heterogeneous electrification pathways](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2026.101212) | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | Itay Dabush, Chen Cohen | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| 2026-10-23 | [Chronic structural inequalities, acute stressors, and psychological distress among Palestinian Bedouin women across locality types in the Naqab](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-03068-7) | [International Journal for Equity in Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-equity-in-health.md) | Heba Faiek Zedan, Sarah Abu‐Kaf | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Emory University |
| 2026-10-15 | [Transformer Architectures for Respiratory Sound Analysis and Multimodal Diagnosis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s43069-026-00698-z) | [Operations Research Forum](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-research-forum.md) | Theodore Aptekarev, Vladimir Sokolovsky, G. B. Furman et al. | National Research University Higher School of Economics; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Perm State Medical Academy |
| 2026-10-10 | [Theory and practice of dynamic scheduling problems](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-026-00892-1) | [Journal of Scheduling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-scheduling.md) | Stanisław Gawiejnowicz, Dvir Shabtay | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev

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  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
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