Cardiff University
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Key findings#
- Cardiff University was involved in 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #665 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in International Journal of Computer Vision (1), Pattern Recognition (1) and International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (1).
- Countries: China (3) and United Kingdom (3).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Cardiff University took part in 969 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (212), operations research (174) and finance (137).
- 98 of them were published in 2025, against 87 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Chinese Academy of Sciences (12), Sun Yat-sen University (12) and Swansea University (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (15), International Journal of Production Economics (15) and Energy Economics (14).
- The most-cited of them is “An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions” (Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2019), with 2,801 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Cardiff University has 139,746 works with 14,946,249 citations (h-index 1,264).
- The tracked journals hold 914 of its 56,155 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.6%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (2,884), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (2,539) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (2,492).
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 19 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 29 | 32 | 22 | 11 |
| Operations Research | 24 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 6 |
| Finance | 14 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| AI | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Management | 10 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Marketing | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Accounting | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 87 | 88 | 95 | 97 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 110 | 98 | 55 |
Where the papers come from and its co-authors#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence | 15 |
| 2 | International Journal of Production Economics | 15 |
| 3 | Energy Economics | 14 |
| 4 | Expert Systems with Applications | 13 |
| 5 | Journal of Business Research | 12 |
| 6 | Open Economies Review | 11 |
| 7 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 10 |
| 8 | Pattern Recognition | 9 |
| 9 | Journal of Business Ethics | 9 |
| 10 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 9 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 12 |
| 2 | Sun Yat-sen University | 12 |
| 3 | Swansea University | 12 |
| 4 | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics | 10 |
| 5 | Masaryk University | 10 |
| 6 | University of Exeter | 10 |
| 7 | University of Nottingham | 9 |
| 8 | Centre for Economic Policy Research | 8 |
| 9 | University of Southampton | 8 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 377 |
| 2 | China | 128 |
| 3 | United States | 31 |
| 4 | Italy | 28 |
| 5 | Germany | 21 |
| 6 | Australia | 18 |
| 7 | France | 15 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 15 |
| 9 | Canada | 13 |
| 10 | Czechia | 11 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COVID-19 pandemic | 12 |
| 2 | corporate governance | 12 |
| 3 | China | 11 |
| 4 | indirect inference | 8 |
| 5 | Bitcoin | 7 |
| 6 | bullwhip effect | 7 |
| 7 | large language models | 7 |
| 8 | circular economy | 6 |
| 9 | financial constraints | 6 |
| 10 | information asymmetry | 6 |
Most-cited papers#
In OpenAlex#
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Also known as | UCC, UWC, UWCC, Prifysgol Caerdydd, University College Cardiff, University College, Cardiff |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 3 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 139,746 |
| Citations | 14,946,249 |
| h-index | 1,264 |
| i10-index | 147,978 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.77 |
| Website | www.cardiff.ac.uk |
| ROR | ror.org/03kk7td41 |
| OpenAlex | openalex.org/I79510175 |
| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | Physics and Astronomy | 2,884 |
| 2 | Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies | Physics and Astronomy | 2,539 |
| 3 | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2,492 |
| 4 | Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | Physics and Astronomy | 2,274 |
| 5 | Schizophrenia research and treatment | Medicine | 1,938 |
| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 5,623 | 304,385 | 55 | 1.0% |
| 2025 | 6,490 | 397,057 | 98 | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 7,035 | 403,161 | 110 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 6,481 | 378,348 | 114 | 1.8% |
| 2022 | 6,367 | 375,556 | 113 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 6,466 | 382,321 | 112 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 6,272 | 331,970 | 97 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 5,801 | 281,961 | 95 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 5,842 | 252,838 | 88 | 1.5% |
| 2017 | 5,401 | 219,509 | 87 | 1.6% |
| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | SuperSVG++: Semantic-Driven Layer-Wise Scalable Vector Graphics Synthesis with Semantic Layer Decomposition | International Journal of Computer Vision | Teng Hu, Ran Yi, Hongrui Huang et al. | Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Cardiff University |
| 2026-10-09 | Training-free video editing via optical flow-enhanced score distillation | Pattern Recognition | Lianghan Zhu, Yanqi Bao, Jing Huo et al. | Nanjing University; Cardiff University |
| 2026-10-05 | Narrative-driven VR exergames for active older adults: Examining the impact of narrative styles and themes on motivation and user experience | International Journal of Human-Computer Studies | Min Zhou, Mingxuan Jin, Peng Xiaolan et al. | Cardiff University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Software; … |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Cardiff University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/cardiff-university
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note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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