---
title: "Duke University: research profile, papers and co-authors"
description: "Research profile of Duke University: 853 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,531."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/duke-university
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/duke-university.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "Research profile of Duke University: 853 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,531. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T00:03:46+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Duke University

- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- country: United States
- web domain: duke.edu

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

## Key findings

- Duke University was involved in 11 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #123 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Journal of Public Economics (2), PharmacoEconomics (1) and Journal of Banking & Finance (1).
- Countries: United States (11), United Kingdom (2) and Singapore (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Duke University took part in 853 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (454), AI (91) and statistics (71).
- 80 of them were published in 2025, against 79 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were National Bureau of Economic Research (16), National University of Singapore (13) and Columbia University (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Econometrics (13), Journal of Public Economics (11) and Research Policy (9).
- The most-cited of them is “Stop explaining black box machine learning models for high stakes decisions and use interpretable models instead” (Nature Machine Intelligence, 2019), with 10,516 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Duke University has 290,126 works with 36,120,956 citations (h-index 1,531).
- The tracked journals hold 779 of its 121,248 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.6%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4,507), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (4,458) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3,110).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 51 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 55 | 46 | 41 | 51 | 38 | 37 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 79 | 86 | 84 | 92 | 96 | 88 | 74 | 100 | 80 | 74 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/organizational-behavior-and-human-decision-processes.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [National Bureau of Economic Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-bureau-of-economic-research.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | 13 |
| 3 | [Columbia University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/columbia-university.md) | 9 |
| 4 | Duke Medical Center | 9 |
| 5 | [Stanford University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/stanford-university.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Harvard University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harvard-university.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [University of Chicago](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chicago.md) | 7 |
| 8 | Auburn University | 6 |
| 9 | Federal Reserve Board of Governors | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 328 |
| 2 | China | 34 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 21 |
| 4 | Germany | 15 |
| 5 | Singapore | 15 |
| 6 | Australia | 13 |
| 7 | Canada | 13 |
| 8 | Italy | 13 |
| 9 | Spain | 8 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 8 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 8 |
| 2 | [quality-adjusted life years](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/quality-adjusted-life-years.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 5 |
| 5 | employment effects | 5 |
| 6 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 5 |
| 8 | out-of-pocket costs | 5 |
| 9 | asset pricing | 4 |
| 10 | discrete choice experiment | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,516 | 117.2 | [Stop explaining black box machine learning models for high stakes decisions and use interpretable models instead](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-019-0048-x) | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 2019-05-13 | Cynthia D Rudin |
| 2 | 3,086 | 31.1 | [A systematic study of the class imbalance problem in convolutional neural networks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2018.07.011) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2018-07-29 | Mateusz Buda, Atsuto Maki, Maciej A. Mazurowski |
| 3 | 691 | 9.1 | [What does the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about global value chains? The case of medical supplies](https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00062-w) | [Journal of International Business Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-policy.md) | 2020-07-15 | Gary Gereffi |
| 4 | 607 | 6.1 | [How does hedge fund activism reshape corporate innovation?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.06.012) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-06-30 | Alon P. Brav, Wei Jiang, Song Ma et al. |
| 5 | 583 | 5.4 | [Temperature effects on productivity and factor reallocation: Evidence from a half million chinese manufacturing plants](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2017.11.001) | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2017-11-08 | Peng Zhang, Olivier Deschênes, Kyle C. Meng et al. |
| 6 | 475 | 4.9 | [Rank Minimization for Snapshot Compressive Imaging](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2873587) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-10-04 | Yang Liu, Xin Yuan, Jinli Suo et al. |
| 7 | 472 | 4.1 | [Changes in corporate effective tax rates over the past 25 years](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.04.001) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2017-04-13 | Scott Dyreng, Michelle Hanlon, Edward L. Maydew et al. |
| 8 | 431 | 8.6 | [Corporate culture: Evidence from the field](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.07.008) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2022-09-07 | John Robert Graham, Jillian Grennan, Campbell R. Harvey et al. |
| 9 | 424 | 4.0 | [Financial reporting fraud and other forms of misconduct: a multidisciplinary review of the literature](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-017-9435-x) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2018-01-25 | Dan Amiram, Zahn Bozanic, James D. Cox et al. |
| 10 | 405 | 4.4 | [Non-monetary news in central bank communication](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.01.012) | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 2019-02-14 | Anna Cieślak, Andreas Schrimpf |

## In OpenAlex

*Duke University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Durham, North Carolina, United States |
| Also known as | Universidad de Duke |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 7 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 290,126 |
| Citations | 36,120,956 |
| h-index | 1,531 |
| i10-index | 352,887 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.15 |
| Website | [duke.edu](https://duke.edu) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00py81415](https://ror.org/00py81415) |
| Wikidata | [Q168751](Q168751) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I170897317](https://openalex.org/I170897317) |

*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) | 16,063 | 684,711 | 74 | 0.5% |
| 2025 | 14,610 | 877,200 | 80 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 15,124 | 879,479 | 100 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 14,326 | 846,609 | 74 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 13,606 | 838,545 | 88 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 14,135 | 860,723 | 96 | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 16,965 | 770,662 | 92 | 0.5% |
| 2019 | 11,528 | 652,853 | 84 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 10,881 | 582,259 | 86 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 10,073 | 549,284 | 79 | 0.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 4,507 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 4,458 |
| 3 | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3,110 |
| 4 | Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research | Medicine | 3,047 |
| 5 | Heart Failure Treatment and Management | Medicine | 2,920 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | [A Systematic Literature Review on the Economic Burden of Sjögren’s Disease](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-026-01661-w) | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | Nora Sandorfi, Lisa M. Shea, Alexander Keenan et al. | University of Pennsylvania; Johnson & Johnson (United States); Drexel University; … |
| 2026-11-01 | [Inside the Boardroom: Evidence from the Board Structure and Meeting Minutes of Community Banks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2026.107851) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | Rosalind L. Bennett, Manju Puri, Paul E. Soto | National Bureau of Economic Research; Duke University; Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| 2026-10-22 | [Asymmetric decentralization and inequality](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-026-01586-4) | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | Melissa Ziegler Rogers, Melissa Ziegler Rogers | Duke University; Claremont Graduate University |
| 2026-10-21 | [Assessing the content validity of EQ-5D-5L in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: cognitive interviewing and comparative concept mapping with HUI3 and SF-36](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02644-3) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Pin Pin Pek, Phyo Thet Naing Win, Rahul Malhotra et al. | SingHealth; National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; … |
| 2026-10-19 | [In the streets “you must be hardened”: Gendered and structural drivers of violence against women and children among families in street situations in Kenya](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119926) | [Social Science & Medicine](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-science-medicine.md) | Kathleen Murphy, Jamie M. Lachman, Sheila Kirwa et al. | University of Toronto; University of Oxford; University of Cape Town; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Does the United States spend enough on public schools? Evidence from a market-based efficiency test](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105802) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | Patrick J. Bayer, Peter Sinclair Blair, Kenneth A. Whaley | Duke University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Harvard University; … |
| 2026-10-14 | [Disagreement of disagreement](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2026.104379) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | Christian L. Goulding, Campbell R. Harvey, Hrvoje Kurtović | Auburn University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Duke University; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Investment-goods market power and capital accumulation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2026.103997) | [Journal of Monetary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-monetary-economics.md) | Fabio Bertolotti, Andrea Lanteri, Alessandro T. Villa | Bank of Italy; Duke University; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
| 2026-10-07 | [Entangling humans and AI](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-03387-x) | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | N. Katherine Hayles | University of California, Los Angeles; Duke University |
| 2026-10-07 | [Future in- and out-of-state air pollutant emissions under decarbonization pathways for Massachusetts](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115645) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Kaixin Huang, Emma K Walter, Daniel H. Loughlin et al. | Northeastern University; Environmental Protection Agency; Duke University |
| 2026-10-06 | [Identity politics, partisan sentiment and household spending](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105799) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | Arkadev Ghosh, Aruni Mitra, Ronit Mukherji | National Bureau of Economic Research; Duke University; University of Manchester; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Duke University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/duke-university

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  title = {Duke University},
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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).