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title: "Dalian University of Technology: research profile"
description: "Research profile of Dalian University of Technology: 1,976 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; #44 for 2023–2025; h-index 580."
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share_text: "Research profile of Dalian University of Technology: 1,976 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; #44 for 2023–2025; h-index 580. (as of 2026-11-02)"
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# Dalian University of Technology

- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: dlut.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- Dalian University of Technology was involved in 18 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #39 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Pattern Recognition (2), Information Fusion (2) and Expert Systems with Applications (2).
- Countries: China (18), United States (3) and Hong Kong (1).
- From 2023 to 2025, Dalian University of Technology ranks #44 among all institutions publishing in the tracked journals.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Dalian University of Technology took part in 1,976 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (1,066), operations research (401) and economics (119).
- 312 of them were published in 2025, against 98 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Dalian Maritime University (41), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (37) and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (35).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (140), Knowledge-Based Systems (66) and Pattern Recognition (61).
- The most-cited of them is “A survey on deep learning for big data” (Information Fusion, 2017), with 1,226 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Dalian University of Technology has 137,818 works with 9,893,550 citations (h-index 580).
- The tracked journals hold 1,665 of its 75,111 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (2.2%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (2,720), Advanced Neural Network Applications (2,550) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (2,204).

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#44 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) | 36 | 51 | 49 | 71 | 76 | 117 | 136 | 162 | 174 | 194 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 31 | 22 | 17 | 28 | 37 | 39 | 49 | 52 | 67 | 59 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 17 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 10 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 7 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 98 | 93 | 102 | 139 | 163 | 232 | 248 | 278 | 312 | 311 |

## 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) | 140 |
| 2 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 66 |
| 3 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 61 |
| 4 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 53 |
| 5 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 51 |
| 6 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 45 |
| 7 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 38 |
| 8 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 36 |
| 9 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 36 |
| 10 | [IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-fuzzy-systems.md) | 29 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dalian Maritime University | 41 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 37 |
| 3 | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | 35 |
| 4 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 32 |
| 5 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 29 |
| 6 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 25 |
| 7 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 25 |
| 8 | Dalian University | 24 |
| 9 | [Tianjin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tianjin-university.md) | 24 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 1,149 |
| 2 | United States | 89 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 68 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 63 |
| 5 | Australia | 42 |
| 6 | Canada | 34 |
| 7 | Singapore | 34 |
| 8 | Japan | 25 |
| 9 | India | 21 |
| 10 | Spain | 15 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 34 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 29 |
| 3 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 29 |
| 4 | attention mechanism | 26 |
| 5 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 26 |
| 6 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 22 |
| 7 | interpretability | 22 |
| 8 | [multimodal fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multimodal-fusion.md) | 19 |
| 9 | multi-objective optimization | 17 |
| 10 | manufacturing companies | 16 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,226 | 11.4 | [A survey on deep learning for big data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2017.10.006) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2017-11-11 | Qingchen Zhang, Laurence Tianruo Yang, Zhikui Chen et al. |
| 2 | 922 | 11.8 | [The impact of digital technologies on economic and environmental performance in the context of industry 4.0: A moderated mediation model](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107777) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2020-04-30 | Ying Li, Jing Dai, Li Cui |
| 3 | 910 | 17.2 | [Beluga whale optimization: A novel nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2022.109215) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2022-06-09 | Changting Zhong, Gang Li, Zeng Meng |
| 4 | 821 | 15.9 | [Influence mechanism between green finance and green innovation: Exploring regional policy intervention effects in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121882) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-07-19 | Muhammad Faisal Irfan, Asif Razzaq, Arshian Sharif et al. |
| 5 | 671 | 11.3 | [Multi-sensor information fusion based on machine learning for real applications in human activity recognition: State-of-the-art and research challenges](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2021.11.006) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2021-11-13 | Sen Qiu, Hongkai Zhao, Nan Jiang et al. |
| 6 | 582 | 6.6 | [Environmental regulation and green productivity growth: Empirical evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from OECD industrial sectors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.016) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2019-06-13 | Wang Yun, Xiaohua Sun, Xu Jian Guo |
| 7 | 517 | 4.8 | [Deep visual tracking: Review and experimental comparison](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2017.11.007) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 2017-11-06 | Peixia Li, Dong Wang, Lijun Wang et al. |
| 8 | 516 | 6.0 | [Service quality, perceived value, and citizens’ continuous-use intention regarding e-government: Empirical evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2019.103197) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | 2019-08-15 | Yan Li, Huping Shang |
| 9 | 505 | 8.1 | [Towards carbon neutrality by implementing carbon emissions trading scheme: Policy evaluation in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112510) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2021-08-14 | Xing Chen, Boqiang Lin |
| 10 | 494 | 7.4 | [Graph Learning: A Survey](https://doi.org/10.1109/tai.2021.3076021) | [IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2021-04-01 | Feng Xia, Ke Sun, Shuo Yu et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Dalian University of Technology in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Dalian, China |
| Also known as | DUT, Dàlián Lǐgōng Dàxué, 大连理工大学 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 5 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 137,818 |
| Citations | 9,893,550 |
| h-index | 580 |
| i10-index | 191,259 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.90 |
| Website | [www.dlut.edu.cn](https://www.dlut.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/023hj5876](https://ror.org/023hj5876) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1477368](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1477368) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I27357992](https://openalex.org/I27357992) |

*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) | 11,483 | 334,198 | 311 | 2.7% |
| 2025 | 12,819 | 418,700 | 312 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 11,244 | 373,572 | 278 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 9,358 | 313,690 | 248 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 8,824 | 282,349 | 232 | 2.6% |
| 2021 | 7,692 | 237,448 | 163 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 7,100 | 194,991 | 139 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 6,683 | 159,383 | 102 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 6,076 | 127,065 | 93 | 1.5% |
| 2017 | 5,315 | 101,133 | 98 | 1.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion | Energy | 2,720 |
| 2 | Advanced Neural Network Applications | Computer Science | 2,550 |
| 3 | Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques | Energy | 2,204 |
| 4 | Structural Health Monitoring Techniques | Engineering | 2,113 |
| 5 | Advanced machining processes and optimization | Engineering | 2,099 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | [The power of meaning: How meaning pursuit shapes preference for virtue products](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2026.105191) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | WenXin Guan, Li Jiang, Xinmiao Wang | Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-27 | [Scheduling human interventions to free trapped autonomous vehicles: A robust multi-priority P-queue model](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2026.103627) | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | Bo Lü, Jiajun Wang, Guowei Zhang et al. | Dalian University of Technology; Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 2026-10-26 | [Beyond the clock: Submission timing and research impact](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105645) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | Guangyao Zhang, Lili Wang, Wencan Tian et al. | Nanjing University; Dalian University of Technology; Beijing Normal University; … |
| 2026-10-24 | [Structure-preserving discriminative representation recovery for incomplete multi-view clustering](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115209) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Enze Ji, Liang Zhao, Zhikui Chen | Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-23 | [Strategic synergy for sustainability: Merging total quality management and sustainable supply chain management in the pursuit of circular economy goals](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-026-00622-y) | [Operations Management Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-management-research.md) | Anwar-Ul-Haq, Hongguang Bo, Mohsin Shahzad | Dalian University of Technology; Liaoning Normal University |
| 2026-10-22 | [Mesh-free stitched image rectangling via multi-scale iterative flow estimation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115164) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Xiaomei Feng, Qi Jia, Yu Liu et al. | Shanghai Polytechnic University; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-21 | [Bernstein Polynomial Estimation for Binomial Regression](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-026-10353-z) | [Methodology And Computing In Applied Probability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/methodology-and-computing-in-applied-probability.md) | Lina Wang, Xinyi Chen, Bing Wang et al. | Anhui University; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-21 | [Enhancing gas pipeline accident risk assessment using a knowledge graph of latent contributing factor probabilities](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-026-07555-w) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | Zhihan Zhu, Mingyuan Zhang, Sirui Li | Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-20 | [Event-Guided Decomposition from a Long-Exposure Nighttime Snapshot into Video Sequence](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-026-03057-x) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | Jianbo Cao, Yuqi Han, Siming Zheng et al. | Peking University; Tsinghua University; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-19 | [Focusing on object relations in scenes: A multi-collaborative graph-structured framework for infrared and visible image fusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104886) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Jiawei Li, Hongwei Yu, Xinlong Ding et al. | University of Science and Technology Beijing; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-18 | [Platform mode selection and evolutionary equilibrium under digital empowerment and integrated operation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2026.101652) | [Electronic Commerce Research and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications.md) | Yuangang Zheng, Hongguang Bo | Qufu Normal University; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-16 | [Government subsidy policy and farmer’s live-streaming strategy in the fresh agricultural products supply chain](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-026-01112-6) | [Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operational-research.md) | Jiaqi Tian, Qi Zhang, Yang Liu | Northeastern University; Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-16 | [Global-local information fusion via contrastive learning and optimal transport for weakly paired H&E-to-IHC stain transfer](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104879) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Weiwei Zhou, Dongdong Zhou, Qibin Zhang et al. | Dalian University of Technology; Jiangsu Province Hospital; First Hospital of China Medical University; … |
| 2026-10-12 | [Optimizing environmental taxes for synergistic governance: From tax-rate to tax-system optimization](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2026.109645) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | Yiting Yang, Guobao Song, Wei Pu et al. | Dalian University of Technology; Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics; Nankai University |
| 2026-10-09 | [A Q-Learning-Based hybrid optimization algorithm for storage space allocation and yard Crane cooperative scheduling in double U-shaped Automated container terminals](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134517) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Houming Fan, Wenxin Liu, Hao Fan et al. | Dalian University of Technology; Dalian Maritime University; Shijiazhuang Tiedao University |
| 2026-10-09 | [Financial synergy, industrial gradient transfer, and coordinated regional development](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110906) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 传剑 曹, Yiran Bai, Hong Zhang | Lanzhou University; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-07 | [Integrating fuzzy neural networks and elastic weight consolidation for continual learning under non-stationary data streams](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134609) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Kun Zhou, Zhicong Zhu, Jianlong Qiu et al. | Linyi University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sungkyunkwan University; … |
| 2026-10-05 | [Robust vehicle routing problem with flexible docking drones in humanitarian logistics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106048) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Mingze Wu, Xinpeng Geng, Chun Cheng et al. | Dalian Maritime University; Dalian University of Technology; University of Wisconsin–Madison |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Dalian University of Technology. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-university-of-technology

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