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title: "Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: research profile"
description: "Research profile of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 981 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,222."
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share_text: "Research profile of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 981 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,222. (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: Germany
- web domain: lmu.de

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

## Key findings

- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München was involved in 10 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #149 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Japanese Economic Review (1), Digital Finance (1) and Quality & Quantity (1).
- Countries: Germany (10), Japan (1) and United Arab Emirates (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München took part in 981 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (441), AI (116) and management (101).
- 79 of them were published in 2025, against 90 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Ifo Institute for Economic Research (63), Munich Center for Machine Learning (41) and Technical University of Munich (29).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Public Economics (17), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (14) and Machine Learning (12).
- The most-cited of them is “Generative AI” (Business & Information Systems Engineering, 2023), with 1,488 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München has 327,821 works with 33,981,575 citations (h-index 1,222).
- The tracked journals hold 885 of its 125,892 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.7%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4,723), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4,314) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (4,059).

## 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) | 49 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 68 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 32 | 31 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 20 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 4 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 90 | 89 | 104 | 105 | 131 | 92 | 90 | 105 | 79 | 96 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 17 |
| 2 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Machine Learning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/machine-learning.md) | 12 |
| 4 | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [International Journal of Research in Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-research-in-marketing.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Approximate Reasoning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-approximate-reasoning.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ifo Institute for Economic Research | 63 |
| 2 | Munich Center for Machine Learning | 41 |
| 3 | [Technical University of Munich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/technical-university-of-munich.md) | 29 |
| 4 | Babeș-Bolyai University | 21 |
| 5 | Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie | 15 |
| 6 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 10 |
| 8 | LMU Klinikum | 9 |
| 9 | University of Mannheim | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Germany | 370 |
| 2 | United States | 66 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 46 |
| 4 | Austria | 27 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 24 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 22 |
| 7 | Romania | 21 |
| 8 | France | 20 |
| 9 | Italy | 15 |
| 10 | Australia | 14 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Germany](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/germany.md) | 14 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 8 |
| 5 | research transparency | 6 |
| 6 | accountability | 5 |
| 7 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 5 |
| 8 | market analysis | 5 |
| 9 | partial least squares structural equation modeling | 5 |
| 10 | publication bias | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,488 | 39.5 | [Generative AI](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-023-00834-7) | [Business & Information Systems Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-information-systems-engineering.md) | 2023-09-12 | Stefan Feuerriegel, Jochen Hartmann, Christian Janiesch et al. |
| 2 | 985 | 8.8 | [Digitalization: Opportunity and Challenge for the Business and Information Systems Engineering Community](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-017-0484-2) | [Business & Information Systems Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-information-systems-engineering.md) | 2017-07-04 | Christine Legner, Torsten Eymann, Thomas Heß et al. |
| 3 | 839 | 8.8 | [Digital transformation strategy making in pre-digital organizations: The case of a financial services provider](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2018.11.003) | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | 2018-11-28 | Simon Chanias, Michael David Myers, Thomas Heß |
| 4 | 806 | 7.6 | [Social media analytics – Challenges in topic discovery, data collection, and data preparation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.12.002) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2017-12-21 | Stefan Stieglitz, Milad Mirbabaie, Björn Roß et al. |
| 5 | 729 | 8.5 | [Benchmark for filter methods for feature selection in high-dimensional classification data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2019.106839) | [Computational Statistics & Data Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-statistics-data-analysis.md) | 2019-09-19 | Andrea Bommert, Xudong Sun, Bernd Bischl et al. |
| 6 | 569 | 6.8 | [Corporate digital responsibility](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.006) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2019-11-28 | Lara Lobschat, Benjamin Mueller, Felix Eggers et al. |
| 7 | 458 | 3.9 | [Multilingual processing of speech via web services](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csl.2017.01.005) | [Computer Speech & Language](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computer-speech-language.md) | 2017-02-09 | Thomas Kisler, Uwe D. Reichel, Florian Schiel |
| 8 | 409 | 4.6 | [AI-Based Digital Assistants](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-019-00600-8) | [Business & Information Systems Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-information-systems-engineering.md) | 2019-06-11 | Alexander Maedche, Christine Legner, Alexander Benlian et al. |
| 9 | 324 | 7.1 | [Cross-sectional research: A critical perspective, use cases, and recommendations for IS research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102625) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2023-01-20 | Christian Maier, Jason Bennett Thatcher, Varun Grover et al. |
| 10 | 323 | 5.3 | [Latent class analysis in PLS-SEM: A review and recommendations for future applications](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.08.051) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2021-09-27 | Marko Sarstedt, Lăcrămioara Radomir, Ovidiu Ioan Moisescu et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Also known as | LMU, LMU Munich, LMU München, Ludwig Maximilian University |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 28 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 327,821 |
| Citations | 33,981,575 |
| h-index | 1,222 |
| i10-index | 417,180 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.50 |
| Website | [www.lmu.de](https://www.lmu.de) |
| ROR | [ror.org/05591te55](https://ror.org/05591te55) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I8204097](https://openalex.org/I8204097) |

*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) | 13,748 | 552,944 | 96 | 0.7% |
| 2025 | 18,659 | 713,279 | 79 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 15,443 | 715,391 | 105 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 15,717 | 673,998 | 90 | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 14,526 | 656,671 | 92 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 14,348 | 669,754 | 131 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 13,159 | 585,203 | 105 | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 12,159 | 484,513 | 104 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 11,640 | 432,304 | 89 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 10,241 | 400,654 | 90 | 0.9% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 4,723 |
| 2 | Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | Physics and Astronomy | 4,314 |
| 3 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 4,059 |
| 4 | Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | Physics and Astronomy | 3,871 |
| 5 | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3,375 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | [The personnel inquiry records: a historical microdatabase of elites and families in prewar Japan](https://doi.org/10.1007/s42973-026-00279-z) | [Japanese Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/japanese-economic-review.md) | Hiroshi Kumanomido, Suguru Otani, Yutaro Takayasu | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; The University of Tokyo; Hitotsubashi University |
| 2026-10-26 | [Regime-dependent bitcoin volatility forecasting under alternative information sets: evidence from econometric, deep learning, and hybrid models](https://doi.org/10.1007/s42521-026-00229-9) | [Digital Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/digital-finance.md) | Ahmed Soliman Wafi, Sherif Ismail El-Halaby, Sameh Abd-el Maksoud Mohamed Aboul-Dahab | Cairo University; EU Business School, Munich; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; … |
| 2026-10-23 | [Question characteristics and their effect on measurement quality: Lessons learned from the European Social Survey](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-026-03088-z) | [Quality & Quantity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/quality-quantity.md) | Wiebke Weber, Barbara Felderer, Aida Kreider | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences |
| 2026-10-23 | [Rising inequality, declining mobility: The evolution of intergenerational mobility in Germany](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105811) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | Julia Baarck, Moritz Bode, Andreas Peichl | Ifo Institute for Economic Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; University of Copenhagen |
| 2026-10-22 | [Introduction to theory and practice: The future of robots in customer services](https://doi.org/10.1007/s13162-026-00354-z) | [AMS Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ams-review.md) | Martin Paul Fritze | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 2026-10-22 | [‘Interface Fictions’ and ‘Cyborg Sense-Making’: Troubling Literacy for Language Education Under Postdigital Cultural Conditions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-026-00714-9) | [Postdigital Science and Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/postdigital-science-and-education.md) | Michelle Stannard | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 2026-10-15 | [Citation accuracy, citation noise, and citation bias: a foundation of citation analysis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05841-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Lutz Bornmann, Christian Leibel | Max Planck Society; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 2026-10-08 | [Exclusion Experiences of Highly Qualified Migrants: From Overt Discrimination to Subtle Microaggressions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06485-4) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | Markus Pudelko, Cristina Popescu, Helene Tenzer | University of Tübingen; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 2026-10-08 | [Balancing hierarchical representation and quantization: A performance trade-off in text embeddings](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2026.124271) | [Information Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-sciences.md) | Kai Ponel, Marco Polignano, Erasmo Purificato et al. | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; European Commission; Joint Research Centre; … |
| 2026-10-08 | [Physiological and behavioral modeling of stress and cognitive load in web-based question answering](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2026.103952) | [International Journal of Human-Computer Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-human-computer-studies.md) | Ailin Liu, Francesco Chiossi, Felix Henninger et al. | Munich Center for Machine Learning; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen

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