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title: "Guangdong University of Foreign Studies: research profile"
description: "Research profile of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies: 697 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly finance and economics; h-index 143."
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share_text: "Research profile of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies: 697 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly finance and economics; h-index 143. (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: gdufs.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- Guangdong University of Foreign Studies was involved in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #507 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (1), Economic Modelling (1) and Finance research letters (1).
- Countries: China (4).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies took part in 697 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (261), economics (192) and AI (96).
- 119 of them were published in 2025, against 13 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Sun Yat-sen University (31), Jinan University (28) and South China Normal University (18).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (50), International Review of Financial Analysis (36) and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (31).
- The most-cited of them is “Analyzing the role of governance in CO2 emissions mitigation: The BRICS experience” (Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2019), with 378 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies has 11,331 works with 153,031 citations (h-index 143).
- The tracked journals hold 604 of its 6,979 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (8.7%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (1,018), Translation Studies and Practices (664) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (514).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 30 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 29 | 43 | 32 | 25 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| All categories | 13 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 73 | 85 | 103 | 139 | 119 | 93 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 50 |
| 2 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 36 |
| 3 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 31 |
| 4 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 28 |
| 5 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 24 |
| 6 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 17 |
| 8 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 31 |
| 2 | [Jinan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jinan-university.md) | 28 |
| 3 | [South China Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/south-china-normal-university.md) | 18 |
| 4 | [University of Technology Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-technology-sydney.md) | 18 |
| 5 | [Guangdong University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/guangdong-university-of-technology.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [Guangzhou University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/guangzhou-university.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [Macquarie University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/macquarie-university.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [South China University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/south-china-university-of-technology.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 16 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 454 |
| 2 | Australia | 45 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 14 |
| 4 | United States | 13 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 10 |
| 6 | Macao | 10 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 6 |
| 9 | Japan | 5 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 4 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 108 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 58 |
| 3 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 48 |
| 4 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 44 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 28 |
| 6 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 19 |
| 7 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 18 |
| 8 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 17 |
| 9 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/listed-companies.md) | 15 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 378 | 4.4 | [Analyzing the role of governance in CO2 emissions mitigation: The BRICS experience](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2019.08.007) | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 2019-08-19 | Danish, Muhammad Awais Baloch, Bo Wang |
| 2 | 316 | 4.3 | [Relationship between energy consumption and environmental sustainability in OECD countries: The role of natural resources rents](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101803) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2020-09-18 | Recep Ulucak, Danish, Burcu Özcan |
| 3 | 263 | 5.5 | [Green innovation effect of pilot zones for green finance reform: Evidence of quasi natural experiment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122079) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-11-09 | Sheng Liu, Yukai Wang |
| 4 | 233 | 4.3 | [CSR and idiosyncratic risk: Evidence from ESG information disclosure](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102936) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2022-05-04 | Feng He, Shuqi Qin, Yuanyuan Liu et al. |
| 5 | 203 | 3.0 | [The impact of COVID-19 on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Evidence from two-wave phone surveys in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101607) | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 2021-02-27 | Ruochen Dai, Hao Feng, Junpeng Hu et al. |
| 6 | 202 | 3.1 | [Cash flow uncertainty, financial constraints and R&D investment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101785) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2021-04-28 | Hamid Beladi, Jie Deng, May Hu |
| 7 | 199 | 2.4 | [Effects of information and communication technology and real income on CO2 emissions: The experience of countries along Belt and Road](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2019.101300) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2019-10-14 | Danish |
| 8 | 196 | 3.8 | [Does the bank’s FinTech innovation reduce its risk-taking? Evidence from China’s banking industry](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2022.100219) | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 2022-07-01 | Chengming Li, Si He, Yuan Tian et al. |
| 9 | 179 | 1.6 | [The signaling effect of management response in engaging customers: A study of the hotel industry](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.03.009) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2017-04-02 | Chunyu Li, Geng Cui, Ling Peng |
| 10 | 166 | 2.6 | [High-speed railways and collaborative innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103717) | [Regional Science and Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/regional-science-and-urban-economics.md) | 2021-08-10 | Douglas Hanley, Jiancheng Li, Mingqin Wu |

## In OpenAlex

*Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Also known as | GDUFS, 广东外语外贸大学 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 11,331 |
| Citations | 153,031 |
| h-index | 143 |
| i10-index | 2,952 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 2.58 |
| Website | [english.gdufs.edu.cn](http://english.gdufs.edu.cn/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00fhc9y79](https://ror.org/00fhc9y79) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I186272606](https://openalex.org/I186272606) |

*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) | 885 | 14,106 | 93 | 10.5% |
| 2025 | 1,145 | 18,799 | 119 | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 999 | 16,866 | 139 | 13.9% |
| 2023 | 985 | 15,288 | 103 | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 891 | 12,467 | 85 | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 822 | 8,982 | 73 | 8.9% |
| 2020 | 749 | 5,656 | 36 | 4.8% |
| 2019 | 529 | 3,980 | 23 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 513 | 2,653 | 13 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 346 | 1,853 | 13 | 3.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning | Arts and Humanities | 1,018 |
| 2 | Translation Studies and Practices | Arts and Humanities | 664 |
| 3 | Second Language Acquisition and Learning | Psychology | 514 |
| 4 | Discourse Analysis in Language Studies | Arts and Humanities | 499 |
| 5 | Topic Modeling | Computer Science | 406 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | [Who benefits from LLMs? Prompt engineering competence and equity in higher education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-026-00633-6) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | Zhengdao Li, Yezi Liu, Jianan Jiang et al. | Guangdong University of Foreign Studies; Guangzhou University; Xidian University |
| 2026-10-23 | [Supply chain selection amid distrust: Distant versus local partners](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2026.107910) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | Shuang Pan, Kaiguo Zhou, Ye Guo et al. | Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics; Capital University of Economics and Business; Jinan University; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Time-consistent reinsurance-investment optimization for an ambiguity-averse insurer with Bayesian learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110910) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Xinya He, Haixiang Yao, Shumin Chen | Guangdong University of Technology; Guangdong University of Foreign Studies |
| 2026-10-10 | [Rural e-commerce policy and agricultural corporate performance: evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-026-10211-7) | [Electronic Commerce Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research.md) | Ling Hu, Fengzi Lu, CHEN Zhao et al. | Guangdong University of Foreign Studies; Jiangxi Institute of Fashion Technology |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/guangdong-university-of-foreign-studies

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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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