Delft University of Technology
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Key findings#
- Delft University of Technology was involved in 8 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #139 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (2), Journal of Asset Management (1) and Energy Policy (1).
- Countries: Netherlands (8), United States (2) and Belgium (1).
- From 2023 to 2025, Delft University of Technology ranks #8 in information systems.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Delft University of Technology took part in 1,531 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (657), economics (281) and AI (226).
- 166 of them were published in 2025, against 124 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Beijing Jiaotong University (25), University of Twente (25) and Utrecht University (24).
- The journals publishing most of them were Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (68), Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice (47) and Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review (27).
- The most-cited of them is “Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy” (International Journal of Information Management, 2019), with 4,594 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Delft University of Technology has 171,375 works with 11,466,866 citations (h-index 811).
- The tracked journals hold 1,398 of its 71,918 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.9%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Coastal and Marine Dynamics (3,315), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (3,100) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (2,444).
In the rankings#
Top institutions, 2023–2025: #8 in information systems
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Research | 59 | 70 | 65 | 70 | 65 | 65 | 71 | 57 | 67 | 68 |
| Economics | 26 | 31 | 25 | 41 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 19 |
| AI | 17 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 26 | 27 | 17 |
| Information Systems | 8 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
| Management | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 17 |
| Statistics | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Finance | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Marketing | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 124 | 138 | 138 | 171 | 164 | 153 | 191 | 153 | 166 | 133 |
Where the papers come from and its co-authors#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies | 68 |
| 2 | Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice | 47 |
| 3 | Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review | 27 |
| 4 | Transport Policy | 22 |
| 5 | Ethics and Information Technology | 20 |
| 6 | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | 20 |
| 7 | International Journal of Project Management | 18 |
| 8 | Energy Policy | 18 |
| 9 | Research in Transportation Business & Management | 18 |
| 10 | AI & Society | 16 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Jiaotong University | 25 |
| 2 | University of Twente | 25 |
| 3 | Utrecht University | 24 |
| 4 | Eindhoven University of Technology | 23 |
| 5 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 21 |
| 6 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | 15 |
| 7 | Leiden University | 14 |
| 8 | Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research | 13 |
| 9 | Southwest Jiaotong University | 13 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 643 |
| 2 | China | 105 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 58 |
| 4 | United States | 51 |
| 5 | Sweden | 35 |
| 6 | Germany | 34 |
| 7 | Italy | 31 |
| 8 | Australia | 30 |
| 9 | France | 28 |
| 10 | Canada | 21 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mixed-integer linear programming | 17 |
| 2 | mode choice | 16 |
| 3 | adaptive large neighborhood search | 15 |
| 4 | travel behavior | 13 |
| 5 | vehicle routing | 13 |
| 6 | COVID-19 pandemic | 12 |
| 7 | large language models | 12 |
| 8 | sustainability transitions | 12 |
| 9 | CO2 emissions | 11 |
| 10 | autonomous vehicles | 11 |
Most-cited papers#
In OpenAlex#
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Delft, South Holland, Netherlands |
| Also known as | TU Delft, Technische Universiteit Delft |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 171,375 |
| Citations | 11,466,866 |
| h-index | 811 |
| i10-index | 169,995 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.39 |
| Website | www.tudelft.nl |
| ROR | ror.org/02e2c7k09 |
| Wikidata | Q752663 |
| OpenAlex | openalex.org/I98358874 |
| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coastal and Marine Dynamics | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3,315 |
| 2 | Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows | Engineering | 3,100 |
| 3 | Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics | Engineering | 2,444 |
| 4 | Transportation Planning and Optimization | Social Sciences | 2,434 |
| 5 | Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design | Engineering | 2,321 |
| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 8,709 | 339,769 | 133 | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 9,140 | 423,717 | 166 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 9,359 | 412,335 | 153 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 9,038 | 382,302 | 191 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 8,420 | 364,236 | 153 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 8,184 | 357,137 | 164 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 7,584 | 307,537 | 171 | 2.3% |
| 2019 | 7,056 | 264,460 | 138 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 7,033 | 231,980 | 138 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 6,104 | 201,249 | 124 | 2.0% |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Delft University of Technology. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/delft-university-of-technology
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urldate = {2026-11-02},
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