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title: "Henan University: research profile, papers and co-authors"
description: "Research profile of Henan University: 589 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 318."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/henan-university
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share_text: "Research profile of Henan University: 589 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 318. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T18:03:26+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# Henan University

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: henu.edu.cn

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



## Key findings

- Henan University was involved in 7 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #236 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Expert Systems with Applications (2), Studies In Educational Evaluation (1) and Artificial Intelligence Review (1).
- Countries: China (7), United States (1) and Switzerland (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Henan University took part in 589 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (275), economics (103) and finance (86).
- 115 of them were published in 2025, against 12 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Chinese Academy of Sciences (12), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (12) and Wuhan University (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (51), Applied Intelligence (33) and Finance research letters (31).
- The most-cited of them is “Deep learning fault diagnosis method based on global optimization GAN for unbalanced data” (Knowledge-Based Systems, 2019), with 570 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Henan University has 51,032 works with 2,673,779 citations (h-index 318).
- The tracked journals hold 471 of its 29,574 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.6%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (1,217), Plant Molecular Biology Research (1,093) and Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (1,079).

## 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) | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 41 | 32 | 33 | 55 | 63 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 14 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 16 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 12 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 73 | 72 | 87 | 115 | 118 |

## 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) | 51 |
| 2 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 33 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 31 |
| 4 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 23 |
| 5 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 19 |
| 6 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Knowledge and Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-and-information-systems.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 12 |
| 2 | [University of Electronic Science and Technology of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-electronic-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [Zhengzhou University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhengzhou-university.md) | 9 |
| 6 | Henan University Huaihe Hospital and Huaihe Clinical Institute | 8 |
| 7 | [Beijing Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-normal-university.md) | 7 |
| 8 | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research | 6 |
| 9 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 392 |
| 2 | United States | 17 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 13 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 11 |
| 5 | South Korea | 8 |
| 6 | Australia | 6 |
| 7 | Belgium | 4 |
| 8 | Canada | 3 |
| 9 | Spain | 3 |
| 10 | Ghana | 3 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 35 |
| 2 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [feature fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/feature-fusion.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [feature selection](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/feature-selection.md) | 7 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 570 | 6.5 | [Deep learning fault diagnosis method based on global optimization GAN for unbalanced data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2019.07.008) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2019-07-09 | Funa Zhou, Shuai Yang, Hamido Fujita et al. |
| 2 | 439 | 3.8 | [An up-to-date comparison of state-of-the-art classification algorithms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.04.003) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2017-04-05 | Chongsheng Zhang, Changchang Liu, Xiangliang Zhang et al. |
| 3 | 366 | 4.2 | [Dynamism, disruption orientation, and resilience in the supply chain and the impacts on financial performance: A dynamic capabilities perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.07.013) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2019-07-15 | Wantao Yu, Mark A. Jacobs, Roberto Chávez et al. |
| 4 | 318 | 2.8 | [A novel image encryption scheme based on DNA sequence operations and chaotic systems](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-017-2993-9) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2017-04-18 | Xiuli Chai, Zhihua Gan, Ke Yuan et al. |
| 5 | 258 | 3.6 | [Role of big data analytics capability in developing integrated hospital supply chains and operational flexibility: An organizational information processing theory perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120417) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-10-27 | Wantao Yu, Gen Zhao, Qi Liu et al. |
| 6 | 212 | 4.8 | [An efficient lightweight convolutional neural network for industrial surface defect detection](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-023-10438-y) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2023-03-01 | Dehua Zhang, Xinyuan Hao, Dechen Wang et al. |
| 7 | 210 | 3.6 | [Social anxiety as a moderator in consumer willingness to accept AI assistants based on utilitarian and hedonic values](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102878) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2021-12-11 | Chunlin Yuan, Chenlei Zhang, Shuman Wang |
| 8 | 209 | 2.1 | [A chaotic image encryption algorithm based on 3-D bit-plane permutation](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3541-y) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2018-05-22 | Zhihua Gan, Xiuli Chai, Daojun Han et al. |
| 9 | 198 | 2.0 | [An empirical comparison on state-of-the-art multi-class imbalance learning algorithms and a new diversified ensemble learning scheme](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2018.05.037) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2018-06-04 | Jingjun Bi, Chongsheng Zhang |
| 10 | 186 | 2.0 | [Determining China's CO2 emissions peak with a dynamic nonlinear artificial neural network approach and scenario analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.058) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2019-02-04 | Guangyue Xu, Peter Schwarz, Hualiu Yang |

## In OpenAlex

*Henan University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Kaifeng, China |
| Also known as | Hénán Dàxué, 河南大学 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 51,032 |
| Citations | 2,673,779 |
| h-index | 318 |
| i10-index | 60,072 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.33 |
| Website | [www.henu.edu.cn](https://www.henu.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/003xyzq10](https://ror.org/003xyzq10) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391150](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391150) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I173899330](https://openalex.org/I173899330) |

*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) | 5,070 | 121,991 | 118 | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 5,597 | 141,089 | 115 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 4,846 | 115,860 | 87 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 4,203 | 91,890 | 72 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 4,328 | 81,134 | 73 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 3,175 | 62,012 | 46 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,617 | 47,080 | 28 | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 2,092 | 31,295 | 18 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,532 | 20,549 | 20 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,184 | 15,450 | 12 | 1.0% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques | Energy | 1,217 |
| 2 | Plant Molecular Biology Research | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1,093 |
| 3 | Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications | Materials Science | 1,079 |
| 4 | Chinese history and philosophy | Social Sciences | 1,063 |
| 5 | TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells | Energy | 1,018 |

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 | [PAMT: Progress-aware task sampling for multi-task supervised fine-tuning of mixture-of-experts models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134928) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Weimin Cheng, Junru Liao, Xuanjing Huang et al. | Henan University; Fudan University |
| 2026-10-27 | [Adaptive multi-scale feature hybrid graph neural network for major depressive disorder classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134885) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Shengbin Liang, Zhe Zhang, Feng Gu | Henan University; College of Staten Island; City University of New York |
| 2026-10-27 | [Evaluating and diagnosing mathematics learning efficiency with an intelligent agent: A double machine learning framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2026.101701) | [Studies In Educational Evaluation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/studies-in-educational-evaluation.md) | Weilong Hu, Yaxin Zhang, Yuhuan Zhang et al. | Henan University |
| 2026-10-23 | [Retrieval-augmented generation in biomedicine: a survey of technologies, datasets, and clinical applications](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-026-11743-y) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | Jiawei He, Boya Zhang, Hossein Rouhizadeh et al. | University of Geneva; Hunan City University; Henan University; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [Income responsiveness of household energy expenditure across life-cycle stages: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115669) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Danhong Ma, Weizhen Ren, Zilong Zhang | Lanzhou University; Henan University |
| 2026-10-10 | [Wage arrears of migrant workers, digital government construction and government fiscal-financial intervention intensity: a Quasi-natural experiment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110914) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 王梦佳, Linyi Xiao, Ni Zhang | Henan University; University of Macau; China Jiliang University |
| 2026-10-09 | [The impact of pension fund market entry reform on household risk asset allocation: A financial analysis based on lifecycle theory](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105964) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Guang Guo, Ying Liu, Wenhao Ling | Henan University |

## Cite this page

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

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  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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