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title: "McGill University: research profile, papers and co-authors"
description: "Research profile of McGill University: 847 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,380."
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share_text: "Research profile of McGill University: 847 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,380. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T00:03:46+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# McGill University

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: Canada
- web domain: mcgill.ca

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

## Key findings

- McGill University was involved in 10 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #146 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (1), Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research (1) and Journal of Econometrics (1).
- Countries: Canada (10), United States (2) and Guatemala (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at McGill University took part in 847 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (255), AI (144) and operations research (143).
- 88 of them were published in 2025, against 87 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Toronto (17), Université de Montréal (16) and Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were The Journal of Strategic Information Systems (16), Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (15) and Expert Systems with Applications (14).
- The most-cited of them is “Working and organizing in the age of the learning algorithm” (Information and Organization, 2018), with 927 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, McGill University has 302,162 works with 31,788,498 citations (h-index 1,380).
- The tracked journals hold 759 of its 114,786 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.7%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (5,112), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (5,099) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4,912).

## 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) | 39 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 21 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 18 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 16 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 24 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 87 | 72 | 71 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 80 | 100 | 88 | 88 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Toronto](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-toronto.md) | 17 |
| 2 | Université de Montréal | 16 |
| 3 | Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute | 13 |
| 4 | Polytechnique Montréal | 12 |
| 5 | [Western University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/western-university.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [Concordia University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/concordia-university.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [Université Laval](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universite-laval.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 9 |
| 9 | Dalhousie University | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Canada | 356 |
| 2 | United States | 98 |
| 3 | China | 63 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 44 |
| 5 | France | 20 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 15 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 12 |
| 8 | Australia | 11 |
| 9 | India | 10 |
| 10 | Germany | 9 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 10 |
| 2 | Montreal | 9 |
| 3 | [deep reinforcement learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/deep-reinforcement-learning.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [uncertainty quantification](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/uncertainty-quantification.md) | 7 |
| 5 | Canada | 5 |
| 6 | bus rapid transit | 5 |
| 7 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [model interpretability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/model-interpretability.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 4 |
| 10 | accessibility (transport and spatial geography) | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 927 | 8.9 | [Working and organizing in the age of the learning algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoandorg.2018.02.005) | [Information and Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-and-organization.md) | 2018-03-01 | Samer A Faraj, Stella Pachidi, Karla Sayegh |
| 2 | 834 | 7.2 | [New frontiers and conceptual frameworks for energy justice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.005) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2017-03-18 | Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool, Matthew J. Burke, Lucy Baker et al. |
| 3 | 547 | 10.0 | [Deep learning, reinforcement learning, and world models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2022.03.037) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2022-04-19 | Yutaka Matsuo, Yann LeCun, Maneesh Sahani et al. |
| 4 | 453 | 6.0 | [Labor demand in the time of COVID-19: Evidence from vacancy postings and UI claims](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104238) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 2020-07-13 | Eliza C. Forsythe, Lisa Kahn, Fabian Lange et al. |
| 5 | 374 | 3.9 | [A Bayesian tensor decomposition approach for spatiotemporal traffic data imputation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.11.003) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-11-28 | Xinyu Chen, Zhaocheng He, Lijun Sun |
| 6 | 372 | 5.1 | [Cutoff criteria for overall model fit indexes in generalized structured component analysis](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41270-020-00089-1) | [Journal of Marketing Analytics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-marketing-analytics.md) | 2020-09-20 | Gyeongcheol Cho, Heungsun Hwang, Marko Sarstedt et al. |
| 7 | 287 | 3.6 | [How does integrated knowledge translation (IKT) compare to other collaborative research approaches to generating and translating knowledge? Learning from experts in the field](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-0539-6) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2020-03-30 | Tram Nguyen, Ian D. Graham, Kelly Mrklas et al. |
| 8 | 284 | 4.5 | [How the live streaming commerce viewers process the persuasive message: An ELM perspective and the moderating effect of mindfulness](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2021.101087) | [Electronic Commerce Research and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications.md) | 2021-08-14 | Xiayuan Gao, Xiaoyu Xu, Syed Muhammad Usman Tayyab et al. |
| 9 | 283 | 2.4 | [The concept of ‘vulnerability’ in research ethics: an in-depth analysis of policies and guidelines](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0164-6) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2017-02-07 | Dearbhail Bracken‐Roche, Emily C. Bell, Mary Ellen Macdonald et al. |
| 10 | 264 | 2.2 | [What is this thing called organic? – How organic farming is codified in regulations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.12.009) | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 2017-01-07 | Verena Seufert, Navin Ramankutty, Tabea Mayerhofer |

## In OpenAlex

*McGill University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Also known as | Université McGill |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 9 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 302,162 |
| Citations | 31,788,498 |
| h-index | 1,380 |
| i10-index | 369,554 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.96 |
| Website | [www.mcgill.ca](https://www.mcgill.ca) |
| ROR | [ror.org/01pxwe438](https://ror.org/01pxwe438) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I5023651](https://openalex.org/I5023651) |

*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) | 12,559 | 638,360 | 88 | 0.7% |
| 2025 | 14,473 | 825,214 | 88 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 14,378 | 837,948 | 100 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 14,004 | 796,176 | 80 | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 13,499 | 776,485 | 88 | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 13,426 | 788,511 | 84 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 12,732 | 703,283 | 89 | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 11,200 | 594,872 | 71 | 0.6% |
| 2018 | 10,799 | 534,978 | 72 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 10,275 | 493,094 | 87 | 0.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research | Medicine | 5,112 |
| 2 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 5,099 |
| 3 | Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research | Neuroscience | 4,912 |
| 4 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 4,479 |
| 5 | Alzheimer's disease research and treatments | Medicine | 3,609 |

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 | [Mapless UAV navigation in complex environments: A survey on deep reinforcement learning approaches](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2026.105833) | [Robotics and Autonomous Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/robotics-and-autonomous-systems.md) | Dawei Ni, Steven H. H. Ding, Benjamin C. M. Fung | Ericsson (Canada); McGill University |
| 2026-10-27 | [Three Years of Care Trajectories Among Patients with Gambling Disorder](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-026-01533-7) | [Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/administration-and-policy-in-mental-health-and-mental-health-services-research.md) | Marie‐Josée Fleury, Zhirong Cao, Guy Grenier et al. | Douglas Mental Health University Institute; McGill University; Université de Sherbrooke; … |
| 2026-10-24 | [Practical estimation methods for high-dimensional multivariate stochastic volatility models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2026.106349) | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | Md. Nazmul Ahsan, Jean‐Marie Dufour | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations; McGill University |
| 2026-10-20 | [Central description length (CDL) clustering validation index](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2026.104644) | [Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence.md) | Mahdi Shamsi, Soosan Beheshti | McGill University; Toronto Metropolitan University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Why this AI app? The impact of generative artificial intelligence on educators’ choices in educational apps](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2026.109219) | [Computers in Human Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-in-human-behavior.md) | Emma Liptrot, Adam Kenneth Dubé | McGill University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Identifying heterogeneous decision rules from choices when menus are unobserved](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107801) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | Larry G. Epstein, Kaushil Patel | McGill University |
| 2026-10-12 | [A Selective Review of Statistical Significance in Cluster Analysis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-026-10343-1) | [Methodology And Computing In Applied Probability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/methodology-and-computing-in-applied-probability.md) | Yifan Dai, Hui Shen, Yufeng Liu | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; McGill University; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-11 | [Resource-stratified genomic medicine: a policy framework for equitable implementation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2026.101336) | [Health Policy and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-and-technology.md) | José M. Lázaro-Guevara, Karen M. Garrido-Lopez | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala; McGill University |
| 2026-10-09 | [A process-driven framework for creating equity-focused adaptation guidance for interventions or implementation strategies: the Adaptation with Equity (AwE) Framework](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-026-01541-z) | [Implementation Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/implementation-science.md) | Myra Piat, Megan Wainwright, Ian D. Graham et al. | Douglas Mental Health University Institute; McGill University; Durham University; … |
| 2026-10-09 | [College Graduation in Students with and without Disability: Links with Stress and Coping Trajectories during COVID-19](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01783-2) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | Simon Larose, Catherine Beaulieu, Christelle Aziz et al. | Université Laval; Cégep de Saint-Laurent; Douglas Mental Health University Institute; … |

## Cite this page

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

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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).