---
title: "Chang'an University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Chang'an University: 576 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 283."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chang-an-university
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share_text: "Research profile of Chang'an University: 576 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 283. (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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---

# Chang'an University

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: chd.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- Chang'an 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 Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (2), Transport Policy (2) and Research in Transportation Business & Management (2).
- Countries: China (9), United Kingdom (1) and Hong Kong (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Chang'an University took part in 576 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (237), operations research (190) and economics (89).
- 138 of them were published in 2025, against 12 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Xi'an Jiaotong University (43), Northwestern Polytechnical University (21) and Tongji University (19).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (85), Transport Policy (33) and Knowledge-Based Systems (24).
- The most-cited of them is “What drives people to accept automated vehicles? Findings from a field experiment” (Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, 2018), with 634 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Chang'an University has 45,457 works with 1,763,869 citations (h-index 283).
- The tracked journals hold 432 of its 27,546 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.6%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (4,300), Geotechnical and construction materials studies (3,799) and Traffic control and management (1,936).

## 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 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 29 | 70 | 67 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 27 | 30 | 42 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 24 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 12 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 56 | 76 | 138 | 144 |

## 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) | 85 |
| 2 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 33 |
| 3 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 24 |
| 4 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 23 |
| 5 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 43 |
| 2 | [Northwestern Polytechnical University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/northwestern-polytechnical-university.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Tongji University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tongji-university.md) | 19 |
| 4 | [Xidian University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xidian-university.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 12 |
| 7 | Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications | 10 |
| 8 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 414 |
| 2 | Australia | 32 |
| 3 | United States | 28 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 26 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 17 |
| 6 | Macao | 10 |
| 7 | Singapore | 9 |
| 8 | Germany | 8 |
| 9 | Italy | 8 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 7 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [autonomous driving](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/autonomous-driving.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [mode choice](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mode-choice.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [autonomous vehicles](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/autonomous-vehicles.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 8 |
| 9 | intelligent transportation systems | 8 |
| 10 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 8 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 634 | 6.4 | [What drives people to accept automated vehicles? Findings from a field experiment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.07.024) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-07-31 | Zhigang Xu, Kaifan Zhang, Haigen Min et al. |
| 2 | 343 | 3.6 | [Deep Affinity Network for Multiple Object Tracking](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2019.2929520) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2019-01-01 | Shijie Sun, Naveed Akhtar, Huansheng Song et al. |
| 3 | 322 | 4.8 | [Disruption in global supply chain and socio-economic shocks: a lesson from COVID-19 for sustainable production and consumption](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-021-00179-y) | [Operations Management Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-management-research.md) | 2021-03-17 | Zhang Yu, Asif Razzaq, Abdul Rehman et al. |
| 4 | 290 | 4.8 | [Green data analytics, blockchain technology for sustainable development, and sustainable supply chain practices: evidence from small and medium enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04275-x) | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 2021-10-13 | Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Danish Iqbal Godil, Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour et al. |
| 5 | 252 | 4.4 | [Bi-CLKT: Bi-Graph Contrastive Learning based Knowledge Tracing](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2022.108274) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2022-01-31 | Xiangyu Song, Jianxin Li, Qi Lei et al. |
| 6 | 231 | 2.5 | [Willingness to pay for self-driving vehicles: Influences of demographic and psychological factors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.01.022) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2019-02-05 | Peng Liu, Qianru Guo, Fei Yan Ren et al. |
| 7 | 222 | 2.4 | [Day-ahead traffic flow forecasting based on a deep belief network optimized by the multi-objective particle swarm algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2019.01.015) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2019-02-10 | Linchao Li, Lingqiao Qin, Xu Qu et al. |
| 8 | 222 | 4.1 | [Digital technology and circular economy practices: future of supply chains](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-021-00247-3) | [Operations Management Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-management-research.md) | 2022-05-11 | Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Arsalan Zahid Piprani, Zhang Yu |
| 9 | 205 | 2.3 | [The determinants of customers’ intention to use smart lockers for last-mile deliveries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.03.022) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2019-04-17 | Kum Fai Yuen, Xueqin Wang, Fei Ma et al. |
| 10 | 200 | 3.4 | [Terrorism and green innovation in renewable energy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105695) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-11-12 | Mingbo Zheng, Gen‐Fu Feng, Chyi-Lu Jang et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Chang'an University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Xi'an, Shaanxi, China |
| Also known as | Cháng'ān Dàxué, 长安大学 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 45,457 |
| Citations | 1,763,869 |
| h-index | 283 |
| i10-index | 41,189 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.54 |
| Website | [chd.edu.cn](https://chd.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/05mxya461](https://ror.org/05mxya461) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I25355098](https://openalex.org/I25355098) |

*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) | 4,534 | 101,048 | 144 | 3.2% |
| 2025 | 5,231 | 121,503 | 138 | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 4,440 | 99,734 | 76 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 3,674 | 77,635 | 56 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 3,509 | 64,320 | 55 | 1.6% |
| 2021 | 2,811 | 45,797 | 40 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,884 | 31,472 | 17 | 0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,140 | 20,952 | 23 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,703 | 12,738 | 15 | 0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,154 | 8,411 | 12 | 1.0% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation | Engineering | 4,300 |
| 2 | Geotechnical and construction materials studies | Engineering | 3,799 |
| 3 | Traffic control and management | Engineering | 1,936 |
| 4 | Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics | Engineering | 1,791 |
| 5 | Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization | Engineering | 1,735 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 | [Robust trajectory tracking for low-altitude logistics UAVs under spatiotemporal disturbances: A decoupled representation reinforcement learning approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106104) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Wangyang Liu, Shuling Wang, Zhe Dai et al. | Tongji University; Chang'an University |
| 2026-10-23 | [TDM3D: Text-Guided Depth-aware Monocular 3D visual grounding](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115220) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Jingqi Qiao, Xinyi Liu, Shijie Sun et al. | Chang'an University; Northwestern Polytechnical University; Beijing Jiaotong University |
| 2026-10-23 | [Deciphering the geometric quantification and mobility patterns of transfers from a spatial cognition perspective: A continuous space analytical framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2026.104511) | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | Yu Li, Yajuan Deng, Hailong Liu et al. | Chang'an University |
| 2026-10-17 | [PrismVG: Posterior State Fusion and Slot Evidence Verification for monocular multi-object 3D visual grounding](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105259) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | Keyu Guo, Hongkai Wei, Tianyu Liang et al. | Chang'an University |
| 2026-10-09 | [Evolutionary game analysis of online car-hailing system under two-way credit evaluation mechanism](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101902) | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | Guo Qiu, Linkun Li, Zhigang Yao et al. | Chang'an University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 2026-10-08 | [Multi-modal travel behaviour modelling with integrated HSR–eVTOL mobility under China's dual-carbon strategy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101896) | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | Liu Ding, Tong Zhu, Jin Zhang et al. | Chang'an University; Shanghai Maritime University; Tsinghua University; … |
| 2026-10-08 | [Dynamic ridesharing matching and vehicle routing optimization of app-based taxis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106049) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Xiqiong Chen, Rufang Pan, Xun Zhou et al. | Chang'an University |
| 2026-10-05 | [Explaining adoption timing in global UAV regulation: Policy diffusion, capacity constraints, and regional dynamics, 2013–2024](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2026.104473) | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | Sheng He, Megat-Usamah Megat-Johari, Tong Zhu et al. | Universiti Putra Malaysia; Chang'an University |
| 2026-10-05 | [Robust bipartite consensus tracking of nonlinear multi-robot systems with external bounded disturbances and parameter uncertainties](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2026.124259) | [Information Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-sciences.md) | Yanzhou Li, Shenghuang He, Yongkang Lu et al. | Great Bay University; Dongguan University of Technology; Chang'an University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Chang'an University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chang-an-university

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