Lancaster University

1 paper in the last 7 days · country: United Kingdom · web domain: lancaster.ac.uk

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Key findings#

Lancaster University was involved in 11 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #124 of 3,809 institutions.
Most of them appeared in Journal of Business Venturing (1), International Journal for Equity in Health (1) and Philosophy & Technology (1).
Countries: United Kingdom (11), Canada (3) and China (3).
From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Lancaster University took part in 1,292 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (315), operations research (279) and management (204).
127 of them were published in 2025, against 107 in 2017.
Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were International Institute for Management Development (28), Zhejiang University (28) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (18).
The journals publishing most of them were European Journal of Operational Research (24), Expert Systems with Applications (16) and Statistics and Computing (15).
The most-cited of them is “Forecasting: theory and practice” (International Journal of Forecasting, 2022), with 947 citations.
Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Lancaster University has 86,730 works with 6,745,091 citations (h-index 693).
The tracked journals hold 1,189 of its 35,610 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (3.3%).
Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (3,493), Particle Detector Development and Performance (2,550) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (2,461).

Papers per year#

20172026 (so far)

Papers per publication year and category
Category	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 (so far)
Economics	27	51	38	32	33	32	25	31	38	8
Operations Research	26	34	37	32	36	32	33	14	22	13
Management	17	25	19	22	28	27	12	24	16	14
AI	5	7	5	10	6	22	11	14	19	35
Statistics	4	12	6	9	9	14	5	10	6	8
Finance	12	7	7	9	10	12	5	6	7	4
Tourism and Hospitality	4	7	6	11	3	1	0	3	2	2
Higher Education and Research	4	4	6	4	4	5	1	3	3	1
Marketing	5	3	2	4	5	3	1	5	3	2
Information Systems	0	2	2	1	5	5	4	4	4	5
Health Economics and Policy	1	3	1	1	3	2	6	2	3	8
Accounting	2	4	1	5	1	1	5	3	4	3
All categories	107	159	130	140	143	156	108	119	127	103

Where the papers come from and its co-authors#

Journals with the most papers, since 2023
#	Journal	Papers
1	European Journal of Operational Research	24
2	Expert Systems with Applications	16
3	Statistics and Computing	15
4	Journal of Business Research	13
5	Economics Letters	11
6	Industrial Marketing Management	10
7	Small Business Economics	10
8	Pattern Recognition	8
9	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	8
10	Computers & Operations Research	8

Institutions with the most papers, since 2023
#	Institution	Papers
1	International Institute for Management Development	28
2	Zhejiang University	28
3	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano	18
4	MBS School of Business	14
5	Technical University of Denmark	14
6	University of Manchester	13
7	University of Chieti-Pescara	12
8	University of Liverpool	12
9	Monash University	10

Countries with the most papers, since 2023
#	Country	Papers
1	United Kingdom	457
2	China	106
3	United States	65
4	Italy	46
5	France	40
6	Australia	34
7	Switzerland	32
8	Germany	32
9	Sweden	25
10	Spain	21

Keywords with the most papers, since 2023
#	Keyword	Papers
1	family business	24
2	COVID-19 pandemic	10
3	multi-objective optimization	9
4	combinatorial optimization	8
5	firm performance	7
6	bank efficiency	6
7	mixed integer programming	6
8	adaptive large neighborhood search	5
9	asset allocation	5
10	change point detection	5

Most-cited papers#

Most-cited papers since 2017
#	Citations	Per month	Title	Journal	Published	Authors
1	947	16.5	Forecasting: theory and practice	International Journal of Forecasting	2022-01-19	Fotios Petropoulos, Daniele Apiletti, Vassilios Assimakopoulos et al.
2	669	11.5	Human Action Recognition From Various Data Modalities: A Review	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	2022-01-01	Zehua Sun, Qiuhong Ke, Hossein Rahmani et al.
3	640	6.2	“Sponge City” in China—A breakthrough of planning and flood risk management in the urban context	Land Use Policy	2018-03-18	Faith Ka Shun Chan, James Andrew Griffiths, David Laurence Higgitt et al.
4	577	17.7	Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A manifesto of open challenges and interdisciplinary research directions	Information Fusion	2024-02-15	Luca Longo, Mario Brčić, Federico Cabitza et al.
5	569	7.7	Academic engagement: A review of the literature 2011-2019	Research Policy	2020-08-29	Markus Perkmann, Rossella Salandra, Valentina Tartari et al.
6	501	4.4	Sparse representation based multi-sensor image fusion for multi-focus and multi-modality images: A review	Information Fusion	2017-06-09	Qiang Zhang, Yi Liu, Rick S. Blum et al.
7	484	13.2	Generative artificial intelligence in marketing: Applications, opportunities, challenges, and research agenda	International Journal of Information Management	2023-10-18	Nir Kshetri, Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Thomas H. Davenport et al.
8	426	5.8	Understanding the COVID-19 tourist psyche: The Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm	Annals of Tourism Research	2020-09-09	Florian Köck, Astrid Nørfelt, Alexander Josiassen et al.
9	376	4.7	Absorptive capacity, strategic flexibility, and business model innovation: Empirical evidence from Italian SMEs	Journal of Business Research	2020-02-17	Ivan Miroshnychenko, Andreas Ströbl, Kurt Matzler et al.
10	374	3.5	Bridging funding gaps for climate and sustainable development: Pitfalls, progress and potential of private finance	Land Use Policy	2017-12-21	Robyn A. Clark, JAMES F. REED, Trey Sunderland

In OpenAlex#

Lancaster University in OpenAlex
Item	Value
Type	University
Location	Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Also known as	Prifysgol Caerhirfryn
Units listed in OpenAlex	1
Works in OpenAlex	86,730
Citations	6,745,091
h-index	693
i10-index	85,152
2-year mean citedness	4.39
Website	www.lancaster.ac.uk
ROR	ror.org/04f2nsd36
OpenAlex	openalex.org/I67415387

Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)
#	Topic	Field	Works
1	Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies	Physics and Astronomy	3,493
2	Particle Detector Development and Performance	Physics and Astronomy	2,550
3	Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions	Physics and Astronomy	2,461
4	Innovative Human-Technology Interaction	Computer Science	1,209
5	Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies	Environmental Science	1,105

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)	3,936	166,591	103	2.6%
2025	4,700	222,151	127	2.7%
2024	4,324	223,480	119	2.8%
2023	3,843	213,409	108	2.8%
2022	4,059	211,782	156	3.8%
2021	4,026	216,064	143	3.6%
2020	4,118	189,253	140	3.4%
2019	3,498	157,305	130	3.7%
2018	3,668	137,140	159	4.3%
2017	3,374	119,958	107	3.2%

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Papers, newest first.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-29	Actualizing entrepreneurial futures: Imaginaries, Visions, and the Olivetti Corporation	Journal of Business Venturing	Vittoria Magrelli, Roy Suddaby, Trevor Lyle Israelsen et al.	University of Chieti-Pescara; University of Victoria; Pennsylvania State University; …
2026-10-27	Structural inequities in uniform policy implementation and mental health impacts among Muslim female healthcare professionals in England: a national mixed-methods study	International Journal for Equity in Health	Ushna Qureshi Javed, Fathima Mohamed Rila, Munazzah Vohra et al.	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancaster University; Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; …
2026-10-26	The Precautionary Principle and the Innovation Principle: Incompatible Guides?	Philosophy & Technology	Kim Kaivanto	Lancaster University
2026-10-23	An infinite BART model	Statistics and Computing	Marco Battiston, Yu Luo	Lancaster University; King's College London
2026-10-21	Examining the conceptual and instrumental use of the knowledge-to-action framework: a citation analysis and scoping review	Implementation Science	Christine E. Cassidy, Erin McConnell, Laura Kennedy et al.	Dalhousie University; Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre; University College Cork; …
2026-10-20	Scaffolding the void: Digital platforms as intermediaries in supply chain traceability	International Journal of Production Economics	Quynh Do, Claudia Colicchia, Alessandro Creazza et al.	Lancaster University; Politecnico di Milano; University Carlo Cattaneo
2026-10-17	SMWPF: a cloud-edge collaborative network enabled by large-small model collaboration for wind speed prediction	Journal Of Big Data	Chenyu Jing, Xin Liu, Xiaolong Xu et al.	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology; China Meteorological Administration; Lancaster University
2026-10-15	Benefit take-up in the last year of life: a population-based study using linked data for England and Wales	SSM - Population Health	Joanna M. Davies, Amie Fairs, Daniel Ayoubkhani et al.	King's College London; Office for National Statistics; Loughborough University; …
2026-10-07	Budget impact analysis of implementing point-of-care molecular testing for influenza A&B and RSV in Saudi older adult patients across hospital and home-care settings	Health Economics Review	Walid Ahmed Alkeridy, Khulud Alharbi, Amal Abuhamar et al.	University of British Columbia; King Saud University; Ministry of Health; …
2026-10-07	Mind the Gap: A survey of chronic wound datasets, methods, and clinical translation	Medical Image Analysis	Anum Fatima, Moi Hoon Yap, Neil D. Reeves et al.	Manchester Metropolitan University; Lancaster University
2026-10-06	Correction: Sedimenting Death Literacy Through Affective Practice: A Cooperative Inquiry in a Hong Kong Compassionate Community	Systemic Practice and Action Research	Wing-Sun Chan	Lancaster University

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Lancaster University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lancaster-university

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