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title: "Nanjing University of Finance and Economics"
description: "Research profile of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics: 1,148 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly finance and economics; h-index 176."
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# Nanjing University of Finance and Economics

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

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

## Key findings

- Nanjing University of Finance and Economics was involved in 8 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #195 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Research in Transportation Business & Management (1), Energy Policy (1) and International Review of Economics & Finance (1).
- Countries: China (8), South Korea (1) and Tunisia (1).
- From 2023 to 2025, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics ranks #8 in finance.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics took part in 1,148 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (419), economics (279) and operations research (151).
- 180 of them were published in 2025, against 27 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Nanjing University (54), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (37) and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (32).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (88), International Review of Financial Analysis (83) and International Review of Economics & Finance (68).
- The most-cited of them is “The green fog: Environmental rating disagreement and corporate greenwashing” (Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2023), with 379 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics has 10,151 works with 340,123 citations (h-index 176).
- The tracked journals hold 1,032 of its 6,570 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (15.7%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (462), Proteins in Food Systems (453) and Corporate Finance and Governance (404).

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#8 in finance](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/finance.md)

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 45 | 91 | 102 | 91 | 27 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 9 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 45 | 44 | 33 | 33 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 6 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 15 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 17 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 27 | 37 | 46 | 80 | 100 | 136 | 207 | 219 | 180 | 116 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 88 |
| 2 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 83 |
| 3 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 68 |
| 4 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 31 |
| 5 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 24 |
| 6 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 24 |
| 7 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 22 |
| 8 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 21 |
| 9 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 18 |
| 10 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 17 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Nanjing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university.md) | 54 |
| 2 | [Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-posts-and-telecommunications.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 32 |
| 4 | [Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics.md) | 28 |
| 5 | Nanjing Forestry University | 25 |
| 6 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 24 |
| 7 | [Nanjing University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 21 |
| 8 | [Nanjing Audit University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-audit-university.md) | 18 |
| 9 | [Shandong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shandong-university.md) | 17 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 722 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 32 |
| 3 | United States | 31 |
| 4 | Australia | 24 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 14 |
| 6 | France | 9 |
| 7 | South Korea | 9 |
| 8 | Macao | 9 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 9 |
| 10 | Canada | 6 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 138 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 96 |
| 3 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 65 |
| 4 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 60 |
| 5 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 36 |
| 6 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 36 |
| 7 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 34 |
| 8 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 32 |
| 9 | [listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/listed-companies.md) | 28 |
| 10 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 26 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 379 | 8.4 | [The green fog: Environmental rating disagreement and corporate greenwashing](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2023.101952) | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 2023-01-30 | Xinwen Hu, Renhai Hua, Qingfu Liu et al. |
| 2 | 357 | 4.5 | [Trade openness and economic growth quality of China: Empirical analysis using ARDL model](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101488) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2020-03-06 | Qunxi Kong, Dan Peng, Yehui Ni et al. |
| 3 | 335 | 6.4 | [Geopolitical risk and the systemic risk in the commodity markets under the war in Ukraine](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103066) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2022-06-15 | Yihan Wang, Elie I. Bouri, Zeeshan Fareed et al. |
| 4 | 313 | 6.8 | [Digital transformation, risk-taking, and innovation: Evidence from data on listed enterprises in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2023.100332) | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 2023-01-01 | Meiyu Liu, Chengyou Li, Shuo Wang et al. |
| 5 | 299 | 2.7 | [Does carbon intensity constraint policy improve industrial green production performance in China? A quasi-DID analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.10.009) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2017-10-01 | Zhenbing Yang, Meiting Fan, Shuai Shao et al. |
| 6 | 286 | 5.2 | [Political connections and green innovation: The role of a corporate entrepreneurship strategy in state-owned enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.03.084) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2022-04-04 | Cheng Zhang, Bo Zhou, Xuan Tian |
| 7 | 282 | 4.1 | [Technological innovation and structural change for economic development in China as an emerging market](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120671) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-02-15 | Xiaoxiao Zhou, Ziming Cai, Kim Hua Tan et al. |
| 8 | 270 | 7.8 | [Research on the impact of the integration of digital economy and real economy on enterprise green innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123097) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2023-12-20 | Guanglin Sun, Jiming Fang, Jinning Li et al. |
| 9 | 261 | 7.0 | [Effects of climate policy uncertainty on green innovation in Chinese enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102960) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2023-10-02 | Guanglin Sun, Jiming Fang, Ting Li et al. |
| 10 | 230 | 4.0 | [Household-owned farm machinery vs. outsourced machinery services: The impact of agricultural mechanization on the land leasing behavior of relatively large-scale farmers in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106008) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 2022-02-01 | Long Qian, Hua Lu, Qiang Gao et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Nanjing University of Finance and Economics in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| Also known as | NUFE, Jiangsu Grain School, Nanjing Grain Cadres School, Nanjing Grain Economic College |
| Works in OpenAlex | 10,151 |
| Citations | 340,123 |
| h-index | 176 |
| i10-index | 7,084 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.04 |
| Website | [www.nufe.edu.cn](http://www.nufe.edu.cn/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/031y8am81](https://ror.org/031y8am81) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I137056471](https://openalex.org/I137056471) |

*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) | 952 | 26,474 | 116 | 12.2% |
| 2025 | 1,144 | 33,828 | 180 | 15.7% |
| 2024 | 1,169 | 27,716 | 219 | 18.7% |
| 2023 | 1,074 | 20,743 | 207 | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 856 | 16,394 | 136 | 15.9% |
| 2021 | 714 | 11,189 | 100 | 14.0% |
| 2020 | 567 | 7,790 | 80 | 14.1% |
| 2019 | 446 | 5,269 | 46 | 10.3% |
| 2018 | 359 | 3,723 | 37 | 10.3% |
| 2017 | 241 | 2,347 | 27 | 11.2% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Energy, Environment, Economic Growth | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 462 |
| 2 | Proteins in Food Systems | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 453 |
| 3 | Corporate Finance and Governance | Business, Management and Accounting | 404 |
| 4 | Food composition and properties | Nursing | 321 |
| 5 | China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance | Social Sciences | 316 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | [Context-dependent belief channels in eVTOL service deployment: Evidence from tourism, emergency medical services and logistics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101935) | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | Xin Zhang, Mengjie Jin, Zhuo Chen et al. | Chung-Ang University; Nanjing University of Finance and Economics; Shandong University |
| 2026-10-23 | [The paradox of standardization: A game-theoretic analysis of EV charging station compatibility policy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115667) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Mingqing Ma, Lei Chen, Chaocheng Gu | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics; Jinan University |
| 2026-10-19 | [Environmental performance aspiration gaps and green innovation strategies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105988) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 张雪娇, Faten Moussa, Pengfei Zhang et al. | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics; Mediterranean School of Business; South Mediterranean University; … |
| 2026-10-19 | [Organizational centralization of accounting functions and forward-looking disclosure quality: evidence from financial shared service centers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2026.107483) | [Journal of Accounting and Public Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-public-policy.md) | Jinsong Liu, Qianwei Ying, Mengrui Han | Sichuan University; Nanjing University of Finance and Economics |
| 2026-10-17 | [Cold shocks in a warming world: Regional disparities in household climate adaptation and electricity demand](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2026.109656) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | Zihan He, Jiayang Shi, Qi Wang et al. | Nanjing University; Nanjing University of Finance and Economics |
| 2026-10-17 | [Long-Horizon decision making via latent planning in decision transformers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109763) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Zengyang Wang, Qirui Gan, Yiran Zeng et al. | South China University of Technology; Nanjing University of Finance and Economics |
| 2026-10-13 | [FinSA-MoE: A parameter-efficient mixture-of-experts framework for cross-domain Chinese financial sentiment analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134711) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Haitao Cheng, Tao Liu, Qi Wang et al. | Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Nanjing University; Nanjing University of Finance and Economics |
| 2026-10-05 | [Belief reliability modeling of uncertain random multi-stage systems with self-healing effects](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10700-026-09489-x) | [Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/fuzzy-optimization-and-decision-making.md) | Qinqin Xu, Bo Li | Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Nanjing University of Finance and Economics |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics

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