---
title: "Nanchang University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Nanchang University: 546 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and finance; h-index 360."
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share_text: "Research profile of Nanchang University: 546 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and finance; h-index 360. (as of 2026-11-04)"
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---

# Nanchang University

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

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

## Key findings

- Nanchang 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), Economic Modelling (1) and Journal of Combinatorial Optimization (1).
- Countries: China (7).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Nanchang University took part in 546 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (177), finance (136) and AI (134).
- 88 of them were published in 2025, against 8 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (29), Jiangxi Normal University (21) and City University of Macau (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (35), Energy Economics (30) and Economic Analysis and Policy (29).
- The most-cited of them is “How does green finance affect green total factor productivity? Evidence from China” (Energy Economics, 2022), with 1,187 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Nanchang University has 64,025 works with 4,069,163 citations (h-index 360).
- The tracked journals hold 467 of its 37,839 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.2%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Proteins in Food Systems (1,423), Gut microbiota and health (1,112) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (1,070).

## 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) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 15 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 15 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 35 | 28 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 8 | 15 | 25 | 39 | 44 | 76 | 89 | 83 | 88 | 79 |

## 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) | 35 |
| 2 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 30 |
| 3 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 29 |
| 4 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 20 |
| 5 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 19 |
| 6 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 11 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 29 |
| 2 | Jiangxi Normal University | 21 |
| 3 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jiangxi-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 12 |
| 6 | National Central University | 11 |
| 7 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [Northwestern Polytechnical University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/northwestern-polytechnical-university.md) | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 339 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 3 | Lebanon | 29 |
| 4 | Macao | 18 |
| 5 | Taiwan | 17 |
| 6 | United States | 13 |
| 7 | Australia | 10 |
| 8 | Canada | 10 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 10 |
| 10 | Turkey | 5 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 50 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 33 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 18 |
| 4 | [Chinese cities](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-cities.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [green finance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-finance.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 11 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,187 | 20.8 | [How does green finance affect green total factor productivity? Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105863) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2022-01-29 | Chi‐Chuan Lee, Chien‐Chiang Lee, Chien‐Chiang Lee et al. |
| 2 | 775 | 11.5 | [Green technology innovation and financial development: Do environmental regulation and innovation output matter?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105237) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-03-18 | Chengchao Lv, Changhua Shao, Chien‐Chiang Lee |
| 3 | 684 | 12.6 | [Digitalization, competition strategy and corporate innovation: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing listed companies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102166) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2022-04-22 | Huwei Wen, Qiming Zhong, Chien‐Chiang Lee |
| 4 | 556 | 8.0 | [Green credit policy, credit allocation efficiency and upgrade of energy-intensive enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105099) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-01-10 | Huwei Wen, Chien‐Chiang Lee, Fengxiu Zhou |
| 5 | 499 | 5.4 | [Ultra-Scalable Spectral Clustering and Ensemble Clustering](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2019.2903410) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2019-03-06 | Dong Huang, Chang-Dong Wang, Jian-Sheng Wu et al. |
| 6 | 457 | 5.7 | [ICT diffusion, financial development, and economic growth: An international cross-country analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2020.02.008) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 2020-02-06 | Chih‐Yang Cheng, Mei-Se Chien, Chien‐Chiang Lee |
| 7 | 453 | 7.2 | [Regional gap and the trend of green finance development in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105476) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-07-24 | Chengchao Lv, Baocheng Bian, Chien‐Chiang Lee et al. |
| 8 | 415 | 5.6 | [How does manufacturing agglomeration affect green economic efficiency?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104944) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2020-09-09 | Huaxi Yuan, Yidai Feng, Chien‐Chiang Lee et al. |
| 9 | 382 | 7.5 | [Does industrial robot application promote green technology innovation in the manufacturing industry?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121893) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-07-28 | Chien‐Chiang Lee, Shuai Qin, Yaya Li |
| 10 | 342 | 4.7 | [Oil price shocks, geopolitical risks, and green bond market dynamics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2020.101309) | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 2020-10-28 | Chi‐Chuan Lee, Chien‐Chiang Lee, Yongyi Li |

## In OpenAlex

*Nanchang University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Nanchang, Jiangxi, China |
| Also known as | NCU, Nánchāng Dàxué, 南昌大学 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 64,025 |
| Citations | 4,069,163 |
| h-index | 360 |
| i10-index | 87,346 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.85 |
| Website | [www.ncu.edu.cn](https://www.ncu.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/042v6xz23](https://ror.org/042v6xz23) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I141649914](https://openalex.org/I141649914) |

*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) | 6,714 | 158,061 | 79 | 1.2% |
| 2025 | 7,536 | 187,591 | 88 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 6,640 | 156,793 | 83 | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 5,176 | 125,600 | 89 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 4,797 | 107,460 | 76 | 1.6% |
| 2021 | 3,753 | 83,657 | 44 | 1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,240 | 64,295 | 39 | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 2,724 | 47,172 | 25 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,187 | 33,018 | 15 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,786 | 24,788 | 8 | 0.4% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Proteins in Food Systems | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1,423 |
| 2 | Gut microbiota and health | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1,112 |
| 3 | Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1,070 |
| 4 | Polysaccharides Composition and Applications | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1,030 |
| 5 | Probiotics and Fermented Foods | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 805 |

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 | [Does artificial intelligence shape within-firm wage inequality?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2026.107901) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | Qianqian Sun, Ao Li, Zehao Yan et al. | Hunan University; Zhongnan University of Economics and Law; Nanchang University; … |
| 2026-10-25 | [Time series forecasting of the Chinese stock market: an empirical study based on a hybrid model of 20 large-cap stocks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134837) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | QiLi Zhou, Xiaofeng Zhang | Nanchang University; Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics |
| 2026-10-25 | [Fault-free Hamiltonian cycles with prescribed edges in hypercubes with faulty edges](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-026-01497-2) | [Journal of Combinatorial Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-combinatorial-optimization.md) | Fan Wang, Zhu Qing | Nanchang University |
| 2026-10-17 | [MGPD-Net: Active multi-granularity prototype debiasing network for few-shot medical image segmentation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134798) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Zhixun Li, Bo Tan, Ruiyun Qiu et al. | Nanchang University |
| 2026-10-11 | [Public data openness and corporate innovation quality: Evidence from patent citations in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2026.10.010) | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | Taoqiang Peng, Jizeng Peng, Wen Zhang et al. | Nanchang University; Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance |
| 2026-10-09 | [The benefits and drawbacks of leader narcissism: a meta-analysis based on an agentic-communal framework](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-026-10189-8) | [Asia Pacific Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-management.md) | Chunyang Zhou, Jinsong Li, Rui Shu et al. | Nanchang University; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Minjiang University; … |
| 2026-10-07 | [Governance effectiveness of new rural elites and evaluation of rural revitalization outcomes: Evidence from 1302 samples in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105951) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Yulin Tong, Yinghan Zhu, Ji Yiduo et al. | Nanchang University |

## Cite this page

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

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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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