---
title: "Central China Normal University: research profile"
description: "Research profile of Central China Normal University: 642 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 467."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-china-normal-university
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share_text: "Research profile of Central China Normal University: 642 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 467. (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# Central China Normal University

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: ccnu.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- Central China Normal University was involved in 9 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #162 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Information Processing & Management (2), Emerging Markets Review (1) and Test (1).
- Countries: China (9).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Central China Normal University took part in 642 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (305), economics (80) and higher education and research (78).
- 136 of them were published in 2025, against 25 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Wuhan University (54), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (28) and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (19).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (61), Information Processing & Management (43) and Knowledge-Based Systems (36).
- The most-cited of them is “Learning Knowledge Graph Embedding With Heterogeneous Relation Attention Networks” (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2021), with 347 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Central China Normal University has 44,215 works with 3,862,692 citations (h-index 467).
- The tracked journals hold 527 of its 21,001 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (2.5%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (4,905), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4,268) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (4,207).

## 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) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 43 | 40 | 81 | 66 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 25 | 24 | 23 | 39 | 37 | 74 | 83 | 86 | 136 | 115 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 61 |
| 2 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 43 |
| 3 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 36 |
| 4 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [The Internet and Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-internet-and-higher-education.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 54 |
| 2 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 28 |
| 3 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 19 |
| 4 | Hubei University | 18 |
| 5 | Wuhan Textile University | 13 |
| 6 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 10 |
| 7 | Ningxia Normal University | 10 |
| 8 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 420 |
| 2 | United States | 28 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 26 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 14 |
| 5 | Australia | 11 |
| 6 | Canada | 11 |
| 7 | Singapore | 10 |
| 8 | South Korea | 3 |
| 9 | Macao | 3 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 32 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 25 |
| 3 | knowledge tracing | 21 |
| 4 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [knowledge graphs](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/knowledge-graphs.md) | 9 |
| 10 | link prediction | 9 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 347 | 5.1 | [Learning Knowledge Graph Embedding With Heterogeneous Relation Attention Networks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2021.3055147) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2021-02-20 | Zhifei Li, Hai Liu, Zhaoli Zhang et al. |
| 2 | 329 | 6.0 | [Artificial intelligence applications in Latin American higher education: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-022-00326-w) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2022-04-17 | Sdenka Zobeida Salas‐Pilco, Yuqin Yang |
| 3 | 328 | 4.0 | [Provincial cultivated land use efficiency in China: Empirical analysis based on the SBM-DEA model with carbon emissions considered](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119874) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2019-12-17 | Bing Kuang, Xinhai Lu, Min Zhou et al. |
| 4 | 307 | 2.8 | [The role of self-regulated learning in students' success in flipped undergraduate math courses](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2017.09.003) | [The Internet and Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-internet-and-higher-education.md) | 2017-09-28 | Zhiru Sun, Kui Xie, Lynley Hicks Anderman |
| 5 | 303 | 4.3 | [Examining the key influencing factors on college students’ higher-order thinking skills in the smart classroom environment](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-020-00238-7) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2021-01-08 | Kaili Lu, Harrison Hao Yang, Yinghui Shi et al. |
| 6 | 296 | 4.0 | [Corporate social responsibility, Green supply chain management and firm performance: The moderating role of big-data analytics capability](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2020.100557) | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | 2020-09-15 | Chenxiao Wang, Qingpu Zhang, Wei Zhang |
| 7 | 257 | 3.1 | [Does stringent environmental regulation lead to a carbon haven effect? Evidence from carbon-intensive industries in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104631) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2019-12-31 | Xiaomeng Zhao, Chuanjiang Liu, Chuanwang Sun et al. |
| 8 | 251 | 2.4 | [Multi-stream CNN: Learning representations based on human-related regions for action recognition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2018.01.020) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 2018-02-10 | Zhigang Tu, Wei Chau Xie, Qianqing Qin et al. |
| 9 | 239 | 3.6 | [Impact of China's new-type urbanization on energy intensity: A city-level analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105292) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-04-21 | Boqiang Lin, Junpeng Zhu |
| 10 | 238 | 3.8 | [Video anomaly detection with spatio-temporal dissociation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2021.108213) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 2021-08-05 | Yunpeng Chang, Zhigang Tu, Wei Chau Xie et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Central China Normal University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Also known as | CCNU, Huazhong Normal University, 华中师范大学 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 44,215 |
| Citations | 3,862,692 |
| h-index | 467 |
| i10-index | 59,004 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.09 |
| Website | [english.ccnu.edu.cn](http://english.ccnu.edu.cn/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/03x1jna21](https://ror.org/03x1jna21) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I40963666](https://openalex.org/I40963666) |

*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) | 3,495 | 79,153 | 115 | 3.3% |
| 2025 | 3,652 | 101,149 | 136 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | 3,273 | 95,030 | 86 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,773 | 82,847 | 83 | 3.0% |
| 2022 | 2,607 | 75,356 | 74 | 2.8% |
| 2021 | 2,127 | 65,815 | 37 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,925 | 55,087 | 39 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,717 | 46,970 | 23 | 1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,544 | 38,071 | 24 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,383 | 33,141 | 25 | 1.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 4,905 |
| 2 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 4,268 |
| 3 | High-Energy Particle Collisions Research | Physics and Astronomy | 4,207 |
| 4 | Particle Detector Development and Performance | Physics and Astronomy | 1,218 |
| 5 | Chinese history and philosophy | Social Sciences | 1,196 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | [The effects of aggregate and local extreme weather on financial distress risk: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2026.101579) | [Emerging Markets Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/emerging-markets-review.md) | Li Li, Xiangyang Li, Jingjie Xiang | Nankai University; Central China Normal University |
| 2026-10-18 | [Testing equality of high-dimensional covariance matrices: two statistics targeting sparsity and small disturbances with their fisher combination](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11749-026-01050-7) | [Test](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/test.md) | 宏媛 赵, Jianwei Hu | Central China Normal University |
| 2026-10-14 | [An intelligent spectrum-aware trajectory data reduction approach for maritime decision support systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134725) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Jingyu Lu, Jinzhe Guo, Jia Xiao | Central China Normal University |
| 2026-10-12 | [YOLO-LGA: Enhance YOLO with local to global attention for multi-class insect pest detection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imavis.2026.106234) | [Image and Vision Computing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/image-and-vision-computing.md) | Jiangfeng Zeng, Cheng Xiong, Huimin Lu et al. | Central China Normal University; Wuhan University of Technology; Southeast University; … |
| 2026-10-10 | [A latent counterfactual disentanglement framework for implicit hate speech detection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105228) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | Chenyang Li, Maoyuan Zhang, Meng Zheng et al. | Central China Normal University |
| 2026-10-09 | [Empowering adaptive MOOCs: A learning path recommendation model based on multi-level knowledge graphs and rule-guided path constraint optimization](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105198) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | Xinqian Ma, Qingtang Liu, Siqi Ma et al. | Central China Normal University; Wuhan University |
| 2026-10-08 | [Beyond topology-driven graph convolution: Node patch convolutional network for node representation learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115100) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Jinsong Chen, TONG Mingwen, Hao Fan et al. | Guangxi Normal University; Central China Normal University; Wuhan University; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [From answer machine to collaborative partner: impact of structured generative AI training on scientific problem solving in STEM education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00652-9) | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | Bingjie Huang, Li Xie, Yamei Liu et al. | Central China Normal University; Southeast University |
| 2026-10-05 | [Seeing what students learn: assessing cognitive representations and academic outcomes via EEG image reconstruction](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-026-00626-5) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | Zhu Su, Zhiqing Ouyang, Xiaoxuan Shao et al. | Central China Normal University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Central China Normal University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-china-normal-university

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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).