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title: "Chongqing University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Chongqing University: 1,962 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; #36 for 2023–2025; h-index 493."
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share_text: "Research profile of Chongqing University: 1,962 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; #36 for 2023–2025; h-index 493. (as of 2026-11-02)"
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# Chongqing University

- 3 papers in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: cqu.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- Chongqing University was involved in 20 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #27 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Expert Systems with Applications (3), Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (2) and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (2).
- Countries: China (20), Hong Kong (2) and United Kingdom (2).
- From 2023 to 2025, Chongqing University ranks #36 among all institutions publishing in the tracked journals.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Chongqing University took part in 1,962 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (969), operations research (267) and finance (265).
- 346 of them were published in 2025, against 60 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission (79), Southwest University (42) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (40).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (180), Knowledge-Based Systems (66) and Finance research letters (64).
- The most-cited of them is “A self-learning genetic algorithm based on reinforcement learning for flexible job-shop scheduling problem” (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020), with 555 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Chongqing University has 138,452 works with 8,325,503 citations (h-index 493).
- The tracked journals hold 1,647 of its 84,321 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (2.0%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications (3,786), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (3,191) and Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (2,731).

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#36 overall](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year.md)

## 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) | 29 | 29 | 36 | 55 | 93 | 129 | 148 | 131 | 168 | 151 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 14 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 34 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 63 | 70 | 45 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 44 | 47 | 42 | 45 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 18 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| All categories | 60 | 69 | 78 | 108 | 165 | 225 | 287 | 309 | 346 | 315 |

## 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) | 180 |
| 2 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 66 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 64 |
| 4 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 49 |
| 5 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 48 |
| 6 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 45 |
| 7 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 45 |
| 8 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 38 |
| 9 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 37 |
| 10 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 36 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission | 79 |
| 2 | Southwest University | 42 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 40 |
| 4 | Chongqing University of Technology | 39 |
| 5 | Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications | 33 |
| 6 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 32 |
| 7 | Chongqing Normal University | 31 |
| 8 | Chongqing Technology and Business University | 30 |
| 9 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 20 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 1,257 |
| 2 | United States | 75 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 73 |
| 4 | Australia | 64 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 44 |
| 6 | Singapore | 31 |
| 7 | Canada | 27 |
| 8 | Macao | 26 |
| 9 | South Korea | 12 |
| 10 | Japan | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 109 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 96 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 45 |
| 4 | state-owned enterprises | 42 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 36 |
| 6 | regional heterogeneity | 28 |
| 7 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 22 |
| 8 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 21 |
| 9 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 21 |
| 10 | environmental regulation | 20 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 555 | 7.5 | [A self-learning genetic algorithm based on reinforcement learning for flexible job-shop scheduling problem](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106778) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2020-08-29 | Ronghua Chen, Bo Yuan Yang, Li Shi et al. |
| 2 | 542 | 7.9 | [Application of deep learning algorithms in geotechnical engineering: a short critical review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-021-09967-1) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2021-02-16 | Wengang Zhang, Hongrui Li, Yongqin Li et al. |
| 3 | 402 | 5.5 | [How do technological innovation and fiscal decentralization affect the environment? A story of the fourth industrial revolution and sustainable growth](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120398) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-10-15 | Ya Cheng, Usama Awan, Shabbir Ahmad et al. |
| 4 | 399 | 4.2 | [Large-scale group decision making model based on social network analysis: Trust relationship-based conflict detection and elimination](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.11.075) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2018-12-03 | Bingsheng Liu, Qi Zhou, Ru‐Xi Ding et al. |
| 5 | 385 | 5.5 | [A literature review of blockchain technology applications in supply chains: A comprehensive analysis of themes, methodologies and industries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107133) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2021-01-20 | Ming Kim Lim, Yan Li, Chao Wang et al. |
| 6 | 330 | 3.0 | [Prescribed Performance Control of Uncertain Euler–Lagrange Systems Subject to Full-State Constraints](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2017.2727223) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2017-08-11 | Kai Zhao, Yongduan Song, Tiedong Ma et al. |
| 7 | 313 | 6.0 | [Transfer Adaptation Learning: A Decade Survey](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2022.3183326) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2022-06-21 | Lei Zhang, Xinbo Gao |
| 8 | 310 | 3.9 | [Railway and road infrastructure in the Belt and Road Initiative countries: Estimating the impact of transport infrastructure on economic growth](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.02.009) | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 2020-02-27 | Chao Wang, Ming Kim Lim, Xinyi Zhang et al. |
| 9 | 307 | 2.8 | [A Multi-Depot Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem with Delivery Options Arising in the Last Mile Distribution](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.08.011) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2017-08-12 | Lin Zhou, Roberto Baldacci, Daniele Vigo et al. |
| 10 | 301 | 3.7 | [Large-Scale decision-making: Characterization, taxonomy, challenges and future directions from an Artificial Intelligence and applications perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2020.01.006) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2020-01-22 | Ru‐Xi Ding, Iván Palomares, Xueqing Wang et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Chongqing University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Chongqing, China |
| Also known as | CQU, Chóngqìng Dàxué, 重庆大学 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 3 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 138,452 |
| Citations | 8,325,503 |
| h-index | 493 |
| i10-index | 171,157 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.47 |
| Website | [www.cqu.edu.cn](https://www.cqu.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/023rhb549](https://ror.org/023rhb549) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I158842170](https://openalex.org/I158842170) |

*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) | 13,189 | 362,963 | 315 | 2.4% |
| 2025 | 15,175 | 450,030 | 346 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 13,397 | 380,560 | 309 | 2.3% |
| 2023 | 11,874 | 305,302 | 287 | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 11,351 | 261,595 | 225 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 8,816 | 202,335 | 165 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 7,223 | 154,498 | 108 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 6,595 | 113,441 | 78 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 5,486 | 83,175 | 69 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 4,404 | 60,131 | 60 | 1.4% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications | Materials Science | 3,786 |
| 2 | Rock Mechanics and Modeling | Engineering | 3,191 |
| 3 | Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis | Engineering | 2,731 |
| 4 | Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion | Energy | 2,727 |
| 5 | High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena | Materials Science | 2,633 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | [Climate Transition Risk and Corporate ESG Greenwashing: A Nonlinear Governance Perspective](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-026-11440-6) | [Computational Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-economics.md) | Min Zhong, Ting Yi, Shulin Xu et al. | Chongqing Normal University; Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics; Guangdong University of Finance; … |
| 2026-10-28 | [Gated rotary-enhanced linear attention with rank modulation for long-term sequential recommendation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134889) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Juntao Hu, Wei Zhou, Haini Cai et al. | Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-27 | [Human-AI collaboration recovery: How complaint type and managerial response shape consumer forgiveness](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2026.105179) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | Guangmei Yang, Bingjia Shao, Weiyao Kang | Chongqing University; Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications |
| 2026-10-22 | [An explainable and expert knowledge-enhanced hierarchical supervised learning approach for egg hatchability prediction in cyber-physical systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134841) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Qingguo Wu, Tianteng Wang, David Jingjun Xu et al. | Northwest A&F University; City University of Hong Kong; Chongqing University; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [Does generative AI improve price discovery? Evidence from China’s investor platforms: A pre-registered report](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2026.103411) | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | Yingshuang Tan, Wei Song | Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-20 | [Discrete approximation for a class of stochastic hierarchical optimization problems](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10589-026-00839-4) | [Computational Optimization and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-optimization-and-applications.md) | Jie Jiang | Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-19 | [A reciprocal perspective on internationalization and ESG in EMNEs: The role of digitalization](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2026.102668) | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | Chao Zhang, Ioannis Petrakis, Zonghan He et al. | Northumbria University; Chongqing University; University of Birmingham; … |
| 2026-10-18 | [Clean steel, higher prices: Ultra-low emission upgrades and local housing markets in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2026.109655) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | Huijun Yan, 殷亮 | University of Alberta; Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-17 | [Can the digital RMB policy improve corporate investment efficiency?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2026.102251) | [The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-quarterly-review-of-economics-and-finance.md) | Shiyao Min, Qiqi Wu | Chongqing University; Chongqing Technology and Business University |
| 2026-10-17 | [Self-built or retailer-based? Online direct-to-consumer channel introduction strategies for the fresh producer under retailer competition and disruption risk](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2026.105164) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | Yibao Wang, Bin Dan, Yuan Sui et al. | Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-17 | [FinTech regulatory innovation and credit allocation efficiency in China's regulatory sandbox: A pre-registered report](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2026.103414) | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | Fengming Tao, Jize Xie, Dan Zhu et al. | Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-16 | [Cost sharing in joint resource purchasing: balancing efficiency improvements and cost savings](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-026-01115-3) | [Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operational-research.md) | Yao Wen, Xiangyang Tao | Fuzhou University; Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Robust generalized two-dimensional principal component analysis with optimal bias learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109762) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Xinyu Xia, Hu Yang | Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-12 | [A sector-based sparse variable competition framework for large-scale many-objective optimization](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134638) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Qingxia Shang, Xinman Zhao, Bin Qian et al. | Kunming University of Science and Technology; Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-12 | [Infrastructure-enabled centralized trajectory planning for lane sorting in mixed-autonomy urban traffic bottlenecks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106064) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Qingquan Liu, Kaixuan Tian, Xiangdong Chen et al. | Chongqing University; Tsinghua University; National University of Singapore |
| 2026-10-10 | [Adjusting modal contributions via differential-driven SoftMax fusion for RGB-IR object detection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109707) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Hang Yu, Jun Zhang, Rui Ding et al. | Chongqing University; Civil Aviation Administration of China |
| 2026-10-09 | [Explaining movements in government debt](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2026.103816) | [Journal of Macroeconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-macroeconomics.md) | Tatiana Kirsanova, Eric Michael Leeper, Campbell Leith et al. | University of Glasgow; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Virginia; … |
| 2026-10-08 | [Is tourism destination image uniformly effective in heritage spaces? Spatially paradoxical effects of user-generated content and urban form on tourists’ online preference expressions in Quanzhou Old City, China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2026.101565) | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | Di Yang, Xi Chen, Zhaolun Ye et al. | Fujian University of Technology; Suzhou Research Institute; Nanjing University of the Arts; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [HGLD-STRec: A Hyperbolic Global–Local Dynamic Evolution Framework for Spatio-Temporal Recommendation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117160) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Yueyi Guo, Jun Zeng, Yinchen Pan et al. | Chongqing University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 2026-10-05 | [Corporate innovation propensity: From measurement to impact—A text-based analytical approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103732) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | Lingbing Feng, Tianle Zou, Fengwen Chen et al. | Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics; Chongqing University; Nanjing University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Chongqing University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university

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