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title: "Hefei University of Technology: research profile"
description: "Research profile of Hefei University of Technology: 1,760 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 373."
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share_text: "Research profile of Hefei University of Technology: 1,760 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 373. (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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# Hefei University of Technology

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

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

## Key findings

- Hefei University of Technology was involved in 13 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #86 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Pattern Recognition Letters (2), Expert Systems with Applications (2) and Neural Networks (2).
- Countries: China (13).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Hefei University of Technology took part in 1,760 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (847), operations research (466) and economics (154).
- 300 of them were published in 2025, against 71 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Science and Technology of China (97), Anhui University (56) and Beihang University (28).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (93), Pattern Recognition (59) and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (49).
- The most-cited of them is “Object Detection With Deep Learning: A Review” (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2019), with 5,543 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Hefei University of Technology has 66,548 works with 3,414,423 citations (h-index 373).
- The tracked journals hold 1,502 of its 37,294 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (4.0%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Advanced Neural Network Applications (1,578), Advancements in Battery Materials (1,147) and Multilevel Inverters and Converters (1,030).

## 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) | 28 | 29 | 52 | 51 | 73 | 97 | 96 | 125 | 166 | 130 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 33 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 38 | 79 | 64 | 66 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 24 | 18 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 9 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 71 | 88 | 114 | 110 | 148 | 185 | 205 | 281 | 300 | 258 |

## 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) | 93 |
| 2 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 59 |
| 3 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 49 |
| 4 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 48 |
| 5 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 46 |
| 6 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 38 |
| 7 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 35 |
| 8 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 34 |
| 9 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 31 |
| 10 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 25 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Science and Technology of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | 97 |
| 2 | [Anhui University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/anhui-university.md) | 56 |
| 3 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | 28 |
| 4 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | 28 |
| 5 | [Shanghai Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-maritime-university.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 22 |
| 7 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 22 |
| 8 | [Anhui University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/anhui-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 20 |
| 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 | 1,044 |
| 2 | United States | 77 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 61 |
| 4 | Australia | 51 |
| 5 | Singapore | 47 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 46 |
| 7 | Canada | 22 |
| 8 | Italy | 15 |
| 9 | Macao | 14 |
| 10 | France | 13 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 40 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 25 |
| 3 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 24 |
| 4 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 21 |
| 5 | [makespan minimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/makespan-minimization.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [mixed-integer linear programming](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mixed-integer-linear-programming.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [deep reinforcement learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/deep-reinforcement-learning.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [data envelopment analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/data-envelopment-analysis.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 15 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,543 | 59.5 | [Object Detection With Deep Learning: A Review](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2018.2876865) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2019-01-28 | Zhong‐Qiu Zhao, Peng Zheng, Shou-Tao Xu et al. |
| 2 | 2,296 | 23.4 | [FusionGAN: A generative adversarial network for infrared and visible image fusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2018.09.004) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2018-09-05 | Jiayi Ma, Wei Yu, Pengwei Liang et al. |
| 3 | 1,564 | 17.9 | [IFCNN: A general image fusion framework based on convolutional neural network](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2019.07.011) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2019-07-24 | Yu Zhang, Yü Liu, Peng Sun et al. |
| 4 | 1,381 | 40.9 | [Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2024.3352100) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2024-01-10 | Shirui Pan, Linhao Luo, Yufei Wang et al. |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 738 | 6.9 | [Deep learning for pixel-level image fusion: Recent advances and future prospects](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2017.10.007) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2017-11-11 | Yü Liu, Xun Chen, Zengfu Wang et al. |
| 7 | 595 | 12.3 | [Brain tumor segmentation based on the fusion of deep semantics and edge information in multimodal MRI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2022.10.022) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2022-10-27 | Zhiqin Zhu, Xianyu He, Guanqiu Qi et al. |
| 8 | 552 | 7.6 | [Panic buying in the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country examination](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102357) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2020-10-23 | Tahir Islam, Abdul Hameed Pitafi, Vikas Arya et al. |
| 9 | 445 | 11.2 | [Haar wavelet downsampling: A simple but effective downsampling module for semantic segmentation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2023.109819) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 2023-07-13 | Guoping Xu, Wentao Liao, Xuan Zhang et al. |
| 10 | 426 | 9.7 | [Does enterprise digital transformation contribute to the carbon emission reduction? Micro-level evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.02.019) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2023-03-07 | Yuping Shang, Syed Ali Raza, Zhe Huo et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Hefei University of Technology in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Hefei, China |
| Also known as | HFUT, 合肥工业大学 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 66,548 |
| Citations | 3,414,423 |
| h-index | 373 |
| i10-index | 74,426 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.05 |
| Website | [www.hfut.edu.cn](https://www.hfut.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/02czkny70](https://ror.org/02czkny70) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5698213](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5698213) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I16365422](https://openalex.org/I16365422) |

*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) | 5,989 | 136,016 | 258 | 4.3% |
| 2025 | 6,578 | 173,076 | 300 | 4.6% |
| 2024 | 5,851 | 149,508 | 281 | 4.8% |
| 2023 | 5,092 | 122,908 | 205 | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 4,705 | 106,398 | 185 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 3,813 | 87,179 | 148 | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 3,315 | 66,704 | 110 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3,191 | 50,865 | 114 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 2,652 | 37,991 | 88 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 2,097 | 28,059 | 71 | 3.4% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Advanced Neural Network Applications | Computer Science | 1,578 |
| 2 | Advancements in Battery Materials | Engineering | 1,147 |
| 3 | Multilevel Inverters and Converters | Engineering | 1,030 |
| 4 | Microgrid Control and Optimization | Engineering | 976 |
| 5 | Geological and Geochemical Analysis | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 957 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 | [Density-based 3D Occlusion Modeling for Multi-view Pedestrian Detection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2026.10.032) | [Pattern Recognition Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition-letters.md) | Feipeng Sun, Jiaqiu Ai, Yanan Zhu et al. | Hefei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-29 | [A training-free, physics-based framework for ego-centric spatio-temporal traffic accident localization](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106099) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Yunfei Shen, Wenjing Li, Jun Zhang et al. | University of Science and Technology of China; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei Institutes of Physical Science; … |
| 2026-10-27 | [A Pareto archive-driven hyper-heuristic for multi-objective cross-regional agricultural machinery scheduling](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134760) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Wenkang Zhang, Longzhe Quan, Jian Chu | Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-24 | [Cross-hierarchical consistency learning network for semi-supervised visible-infrared person re-identification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2026.10.023) | [Pattern Recognition Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition-letters.md) | Rui Sun, Haohao Wang, Jicheng Shen et al. | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China; Hefei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-23 | [Memory dendritic neural P systems for multi-ground type fault line selection in distribution networks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109795) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Song Ma, Fei Li, Xiu Yin et al. | Hefei University of Technology; Shandong Normal University; Chengdu University of Information Technology |
| 2026-10-22 | [Twofold power structure driven minimum cost consensus model with individual utility in social network group decision making](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2026.112474) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | Xu Li, Jie Yang, Jicai Li et al. | Zhejiang Normal University; Xingzhi College Zhejiang Normal University; Shanghai Maritime University; … |
| 2026-10-19 | [DA-S2RL: Disease-aware shared-specific representation learning for heterogeneous image-EHR Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109760) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Wei Wang, Yu Shi, Juan Cheng et al. | Hefei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-15 | [Exploring the social media attention to climate change and its predictive value in the stock market](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2026.102474) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | Yu Bai, Fangfei Yu, Tiantian wu et al. | Hefei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-15 | [Toward class-imbalanced node classification by Causality-Inspired Invariant Representation Disentanglement](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117205) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Xinxin Liu, Jie Cao, Hong Zhao | Minnan Normal University; Hefei University of Technology; Fuzhou University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Structure–degradation Co-reasoning for infrared–visible image fusion under asymmetric degradation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104868) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Xiaosa Wang, Huafeng Li, Wen Wang et al. | Yunnan University; Kunming University of Science and Technology; Hefei University of Technology; … |
| 2026-10-12 | [Does commodity futures internationalization reshape uncertainty transmission? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110892) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Ranran Guo, Tianjun Lu | Hefei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-12 | [A surface defect detection and semantic reasoning framework with a cloud-edge-terminal system for industrial scenarios with zero real defect samples via large–small model and Human-AI collaboration](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134682) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Xiaoqiao Wang, Kui Luo, Jiale Zhang | Hefei University of Technology |
| 2026-10-08 | [A structure-guided reinforcement learning framework for joint scheduling and acceptance in R&D projects under technical risk](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2026.107702) | [Computers & Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-operations-research.md) | Xinyue Wang, Chaoming Hu, Haojun Fang et al. | Hefei University of Technology |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Hefei University of Technology. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hefei-university-of-technology

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