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title: "Ningbo University: research profile, papers and co-authors"
description: "Research profile of Ningbo University: 577 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and finance; h-index 291."
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share_text: "Research profile of Ningbo University: 577 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and finance; h-index 291. (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# Ningbo University

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: nbu.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- Ningbo University was involved in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #507 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Research in Transportation Economics (1), Pattern Recognition (1) and Tourism Management Perspectives (1).
- Countries: China (4).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Ningbo University took part in 577 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (203), finance (105) and operations research (96).
- 144 of them were published in 2025, against 12 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Nottingham Ningbo China (28), Zhejiang University (22) and Dalian Maritime University (20).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (38), Pattern Recognition (25) and Knowledge-Based Systems (25).
- The most-cited of them is “Review of the pansharpening methods for remote sensing images based on the idea of meta-analysis: Practical discussion and challenges” (Information Fusion, 2018), with 325 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Ningbo University has 62,954 works with 2,732,632 citations (h-index 291).
- The tracked journals hold 485 of its 38,412 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.3%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (1,955), Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (1,255) and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (1,195).

## 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) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 37 | 50 | 41 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 8 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 14 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 12 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 40 | 61 | 77 | 82 | 144 | 92 |

## 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) | 38 |
| 2 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 25 |
| 3 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 25 |
| 4 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 20 |
| 5 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 20 |
| 6 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 17 |
| 8 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Nottingham Ningbo China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-nottingham-ningbo-china.md) | 28 |
| 2 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 22 |
| 3 | [Dalian Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-maritime-university.md) | 20 |
| 4 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 12 |
| 5 | Ningbo University of Finance & Economics | 11 |
| 6 | [Shenzhen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shenzhen-university.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Zhejiang Gongshang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-gongshang-university.md) | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 395 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 3 | United States | 21 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 16 |
| 5 | Australia | 13 |
| 6 | Macao | 9 |
| 7 | Singapore | 9 |
| 8 | South Korea | 8 |
| 9 | Canada | 6 |
| 10 | Germany | 5 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 32 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [Chinese enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-enterprises.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 10 |
| 7 | underwater image enhancement | 10 |
| 8 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [geopolitical risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/geopolitical-risk.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 7 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 325 | 3.2 | [Review of the pansharpening methods for remote sensing images based on the idea of meta-analysis: Practical discussion and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2018.05.006) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2018-06-04 | Xiangchao Meng, Huanfeng Shen, Huifang Li et al. |
| 2 | 240 | 4.2 | [Exploring the factors influencing the adoption and usage of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality applications in tourism education within the context of COVID-19 pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2022.100373) | [Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-leisure-sport-tourism-education.md) | 2022-01-17 | Shiwei Shen, Kexin Xu, Marios D. Sotiriadis et al. |
| 3 | 220 | 2.1 | [Determinants of live streamers’ continuance broadcasting intentions on Twitch: A self-determination theory perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2017.12.018) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2017-12-27 | Qun Zhao, Chun-Der Chen, Ho-Wen Cheng et al. |
| 4 | 220 | 5.8 | [Underwater Camera: Improving Visual Perception Via Adaptive Dark Pixel Prior and Color Correction](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-023-01853-3) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 2023-08-30 | Jingchun Zhou, Qian Liu, Qiuping Jiang et al. |
| 5 | 219 | 6.6 | [HCLR-Net: Hybrid Contrastive Learning Regularization with Locally Randomized Perturbation for Underwater Image Enhancement](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-024-01987-y) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 2024-02-04 | Jingchun Zhou, Jiaming Sun, Chongyi Li et al. |
| 6 | 207 | 2.2 | [Inclusive leadership and team innovation: The role of team voice and performance pressure](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2019.01.006) | [European Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-management-journal.md) | 2019-01-26 | Qingyan Ye, Duanxu Wang, Weixiao Guo |
| 7 | 197 | 2.2 | [Multiclass traffic assignment model for mixed traffic flow of human-driven vehicles and connected and autonomous vehicles](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2019.05.022) | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 2019-06-08 | Jian Wang, Srinivas Peeta, Xiaozheng He |
| 8 | 193 | 2.7 | [Dimension decided Harris hawks optimization with Gaussian mutation: Balance analysis and diversity patterns](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2020.106425) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2020-10-12 | Shiming Song, Pengjun Wang, Ali Asghar Heidari et al. |
| 9 | 161 | 2.9 | [Self-Supervised Attentive Generative Adversarial Networks for Video Anomaly Detection](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2022.3159538) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2022-04-05 | Chao Huang, Jie Wen, Yong Dong Xu et al. |
| 10 | 148 | 3.4 | [Using TikTok in tourism destination choice: A young Chinese tourists' perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2023.101101) | [Tourism Management Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management-perspectives.md) | 2023-03-01 | Qing Zhou, Marios D. Sotiriadis, Shiwei Shen |

## In OpenAlex

*Ningbo University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Ningbo, Zhejiang, China |
| Also known as | NBU, Níngbō Dàxué, 宁波大学 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 62,954 |
| Citations | 2,732,632 |
| h-index | 291 |
| i10-index | 68,428 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.84 |
| Website | [www.nbu.edu.cn](https://www.nbu.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/03et85d35](https://ror.org/03et85d35) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I109935558](https://openalex.org/I109935558) |

*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) | 7,388 | 138,357 | 92 | 1.2% |
| 2025 | 8,056 | 158,279 | 144 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 7,251 | 125,670 | 82 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 5,471 | 94,803 | 77 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 4,910 | 79,181 | 61 | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,656 | 62,304 | 40 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,916 | 49,259 | 29 | 1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,422 | 35,005 | 23 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,045 | 26,044 | 17 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,685 | 18,748 | 12 | 0.7% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Aquaculture disease management and microbiota | Immunology and Microbiology | 1,955 |
| 2 | Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1,255 |
| 3 | Nonlinear Waves and Solitons | Physics and Astronomy | 1,195 |
| 4 | Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials | Materials Science | 945 |
| 5 | Advancements in Battery Materials | Engineering | 942 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | [Geopolitical risks and port investment along the maritime silk road: A tripartite evolutionary game analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2026.101869) | [Research in Transportation Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-economics.md) | Dongxu Chen, Shuai Tang, Zhongzhen Yang et al. | Ningbo University |
| 2026-10-19 | [Structurally-sparse multi-task semi-supervised TSK fuzzy system for motor imagery electroencephalogram classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115137) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Jian Yao, Xin Ning, Pengjiang Qian et al. | Jiangnan University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Semiconductors; … |
| 2026-10-10 | [Beyond scenic tea tourism: Reframing therapeutic experience through enabling places](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2026.101544) | [Tourism Management Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management-perspectives.md) | Yang Yang, Yinger Xu, 陈正府 et al. | Guizhou Normal University; Ningbo University; Xiamen University |
| 2026-10-07 | [Robust and interpretable ECG denoising via stage-aware conditional diffusion with co-evolving guidance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134641) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Yiwei Lin, Zhenqin Chen, Cheng Xu et al. | Zhejiang University of Technology; Ningbo University |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Ningbo University},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ningbo-university}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

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