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title: "Macau University of Science and Technology"
description: "Research profile of Macau University of Science and Technology: 1,012 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and tourism and hospitality; h-index 281."
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share_text: "Research profile of Macau University of Science and Technology: 1,012 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and tourism and hospitality; h-index 281. (as of 2026-11-02)"
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# Macau University of Science and Technology

- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- country: Macao
- web domain: must.edu.mo

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

## Key findings

- Macau University of Science and Technology was involved in 12 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #74 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (2), Tourism Management Perspectives (1) and Health Economics Review (1).
- Countries: Macao (12), China (7) and Australia (4).
- From 2023 to 2025, Macau University of Science and Technology ranks #6 in tourism and hospitality.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Macau University of Science and Technology took part in 1,012 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (335), tourism and hospitality (200) and finance (148).
- 213 of them were published in 2025, against 22 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (43), City University of Macau (34) and University of Macau (31).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (75), International Journal of Hospitality Management (57) and Finance research letters (45).
- The most-cited of them is “Common pitfalls and recommendations for using machine learning to detect and prognosticate for COVID-19 using chest radiographs and CT scans” (Nature Machine Intelligence, 2021), with 1,043 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Macau University of Science and Technology has 24,243 works with 1,140,495 citations (h-index 281).
- The tracked journals hold 802 of its 17,995 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (4.5%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Astro and Planetary Science (923), Planetary Science and Exploration (861) and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (785).
- OpenAlex lists it under Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation.

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#6 in tourism and hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/tourism-and-hospitality.md)

## 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) | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 39 | 43 | 56 | 67 | 54 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 38 | 52 | 43 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 42 | 33 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 22 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 27 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 22 | 25 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 87 | 114 | 193 | 213 | 210 |

## 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) | 75 |
| 2 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 57 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 45 |
| 4 | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | 33 |
| 5 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 28 |
| 6 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 22 |
| 7 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 21 |
| 8 | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 18 |
| 9 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 17 |
| 10 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 17 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 43 |
| 2 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 34 |
| 3 | [University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-macau.md) | 31 |
| 4 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 25 |
| 5 | University of Alberta | 25 |
| 6 | Macao Polytechnic University | 22 |
| 7 | Institute of Automation | 19 |
| 8 | Istinye University | 19 |
| 9 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 18 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Macao | 730 |
| 2 | China | 504 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 76 |
| 4 | Australia | 58 |
| 5 | United States | 58 |
| 6 | Canada | 47 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 32 |
| 8 | Turkey | 28 |
| 9 | South Korea | 27 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 26 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 39 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 34 |
| 3 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 21 |
| 4 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 20 |
| 5 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 19 |
| 6 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 19 |
| 7 | multi-objective optimization | 19 |
| 8 | state-owned enterprises | 19 |
| 9 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 16 |
| 10 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 13 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,043 | 15.4 | [Common pitfalls and recommendations for using machine learning to detect and prognosticate for COVID-19 using chest radiographs and CT scans](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-021-00307-0) | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 2021-03-15 | Michael Roberts, Derek Driggs, Matthew Thorpe et al. |
| 2 | 383 | 3.3 | [How and When Does Perceived CSR Affect Employees’ Engagement in Voluntary Pro-environmental Behavior?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3497-3) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2017-03-11 | Tian Qing, Jennifer L. Robertson |
| 3 | 365 | 5.4 | [Varieties in state capitalism and corporate innovation: Evidence from an emerging economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.101919) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2021-02-27 | Yongjia Rebecca Lin, Xiaoqing Fu, Xiaolan Fu et al. |
| 4 | 345 | 2.9 | [Does institutional ownership influence firm performance? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.01.021) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2017-01-20 | Yongjia Rebecca Lin, Xiaoqing Fu |
| 5 | 296 | 5.6 | [Risk prediction in financial management of listed companies based on optimized BP neural network under digital economy](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-022-07377-0) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2022-05-26 | Xuetao Li, Jia Wang, Chengying Yang |
| 6 | 248 | 2.8 | [Improved Fuzzy Bayesian Network-Based Risk Analysis With Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets and D–S Evidence Theory](https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2019.2929024) | [IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-fuzzy-systems.md) | 2019-07-23 | Yue Pan, Limao Zhang, Zhiwu Li et al. |
| 7 | 220 | 2.9 | [Are privacy concerns still relevant? Revisiting consumer behaviour in omnichannel retailing](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102242) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2020-08-01 | Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Xin‐Jean Lim, Hiram Ting et al. |
| 8 | 215 | 2.6 | [An Efficient Group Recommendation Model With Multiattention-Based Neural Networks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2019.2955567) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-01-15 | Zhenhua Huang, Xin Xu, Honghao Zhu et al. |
| 9 | 212 | 3.6 | [A Novel Approach to Large-Scale Dynamically Weighted Directed Network Representation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2021.3132503) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2021-12-13 | Xin Luo, Hao Wu, Zhi Wang et al. |
| 10 | 200 | 4.5 | [Geopolitical risk, climate risk and energy markets: A dynamic spillover analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102597) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2023-02-16 | Yi Jin, Hang Zhao, Lin Bu et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Macau University of Science and Technology in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Macao, Macau |
| Also known as | MUST, Universidade de Ciência e Tecnologia de Macau |
| Part of | [Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation](https://openalex.org/I4391767947) |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 24,243 |
| Citations | 1,140,495 |
| h-index | 281 |
| i10-index | 17,422 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.63 |
| Website | [www.must.edu.mo](https://www.must.edu.mo) |
| ROR | [ror.org/03jqs2n27](https://ror.org/03jqs2n27) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I111950717](https://openalex.org/I111950717) |

*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) | 4,016 | 78,870 | 210 | 5.2% |
| 2025 | 4,176 | 94,203 | 213 | 5.1% |
| 2024 | 3,503 | 78,589 | 193 | 5.5% |
| 2023 | 2,697 | 59,106 | 114 | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 2,384 | 49,418 | 87 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 1,712 | 41,111 | 74 | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,213 | 30,730 | 43 | 3.5% |
| 2019 | 887 | 20,537 | 31 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 776 | 14,286 | 25 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 647 | 10,127 | 22 | 3.4% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Astro and Planetary Science | Physics and Astronomy | 923 |
| 2 | Planetary Science and Exploration | Physics and Astronomy | 861 |
| 3 | Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research | Social Sciences | 785 |
| 4 | Advanced Neural Network Applications | Computer Science | 665 |
| 5 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis | Medicine | 579 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | [From storytelling to empowerment: comparing AI- and human-guided tours in fostering teenagers' learning empowerment in museum educational tourism](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2026.101545) | [Tourism Management Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management-perspectives.md) | Ke Wang, Su Zhang | Macau University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-27 | [Threshold associations between governance integrity and public satisfaction with government health coverage: evidence from the 2019 and 2021 China social surveys](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-026-00889-8) | [Health Economics Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-economics-review.md) | Dandan Jin, Yifan Jiang, Jinghua Zhang et al. | Macau University of Science and Technology; Zhanjiang University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-24 | [Weaving lived experiences into strategy: A multi-stakeholder framework for vulnerability-friendly big health tourism](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2026.101176) | [Journal of Destination Marketing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-destination-marketing-management.md) | Jose Weng Chou Wong, Jieqi Guan, Jingye Du | Macau University of Science and Technology; Macao University of Tourism |
| 2026-10-24 | [Developing vulnerability-friendly tourism destinations in Macau: A multilevel perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2026.101177) | [Journal of Destination Marketing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-destination-marketing-management.md) | Aliana Man Wai Leong, Ying Li, Ian Phau et al. | Macau University of Science and Technology; Education University of Hong Kong; Curtin University; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [An explainable and expert knowledge-enhanced hierarchical supervised learning approach for egg hatchability prediction in cyber-physical systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134841) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Qingguo Wu, Tianteng Wang, David Jingjun Xu et al. | Northwest A&F University; City University of Hong Kong; Chongqing University; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [“Beauty” versus “threat”: how awe influences the desire for luxury goods](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2026.116621) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | Yan Gong, Lei Zhao, Wenjuan Guo et al. | Zhejiang University of Technology; Macau University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-22 | [To what extent does weather influence stock market dynamics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2026.101271) | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-finance.md) | Yiqi Wang, Ting Liu, Shaosong Wang | Macau University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-17 | [How have flight operations between China and Europe changed since the Russia–Ukraine war?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2026.103154) | [Journal of Air Transport Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-air-transport-management.md) | Jialin Yang, Bing Zhang, Huan Wang et al. | Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Chinese Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology; Macau University of Science and Technology; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Population aging and corporate asymmetric cost behavior: The roles of labor shortage and automation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2026.100605) | [Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-contemporary-accounting-economics.md) | Xiaofeng Quan, Chenhao Guo, Qingbo Yuan et al. | Soochow University; Macau University of Science and Technology; The University of Melbourne; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [The dark side of disrespect: How workplace incivility breeds service sabotage and turnover](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2026.104940) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | Jinkyung Jenny Kim, Liangliang Zhu, Shiyu Zeng et al. | Macau University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-14 | [Adaptive weight learning for robust unsupervised sparse feature selection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117183) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Jian Wang, Zebaio Hu, Zhilei Sun et al. | China University of Petroleum, East China; Huzhou Normal University; Ministry of Natural Resources; … |
| 2026-10-05 | [Does sustainability enhance or compromise aviation safety? A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2026.104471) | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | Huan Wang, Mark E. Holmes, Yue Gu et al. | Macau University of Science and Technology; University of Southern Queensland; Central Queensland University; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Macau University of Science and Technology. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/macau-university-of-science-and-technology

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