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title: "Shanghai University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Shanghai University: 1,949 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; #40 for 2023–2025; h-index 481."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university
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share_text: "Research profile of Shanghai University: 1,949 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; #40 for 2023–2025; h-index 481. (as of 2026-11-02)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02
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---

# Shanghai University

- 3 papers in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: shu.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- Shanghai University was involved in 18 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #39 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Pattern Recognition (2), Neural Networks (2) and Knowledge-Based Systems (2).
- Countries: China (18), Hong Kong (3) and Canada (2).
- From 2023 to 2025, Shanghai University ranks #40 among all institutions publishing in the tracked journals and #10 in operations research.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Shanghai University took part in 1,949 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (804), operations research (501) and economics (199).
- 355 of them were published in 2025, against 77 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (63), Tsinghua University (53) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (51).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (135), Knowledge-Based Systems (96) and Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review (62).
- The most-cited of them is “Green process innovation, green product innovation, and corporate financial performance: A content analysis method” (Journal of Business Research, 2019), with 1,380 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Shanghai University has 103,824 works with 5,374,420 citations (h-index 481).
- The tracked journals hold 1,609 of its 57,928 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (2.8%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Advancements in Battery Materials (2,522), Advanced Neural Network Applications (2,229) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (1,793).

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#40 overall](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year.md) · [#10 in operations research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/operations-research.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) | 22 | 22 | 27 | 39 | 63 | 84 | 87 | 130 | 174 | 156 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 28 | 27 | 49 | 28 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 74 | 77 | 65 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 39 | 36 | 42 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 28 | 35 | 31 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 77 | 79 | 117 | 110 | 162 | 199 | 211 | 299 | 355 | 340 |

## 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) | 135 |
| 2 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 96 |
| 3 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 62 |
| 4 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 48 |
| 5 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 40 |
| 6 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 39 |
| 7 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 39 |
| 8 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 37 |
| 9 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 36 |
| 10 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 25 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 63 |
| 2 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 53 |
| 3 | [Shanghai Jiao Tong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-jiao-tong-university.md) | 51 |
| 4 | [Fudan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/fudan-university.md) | 48 |
| 5 | [Tongji University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tongji-university.md) | 41 |
| 6 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 28 |
| 7 | University of Technology Sydney | 27 |
| 8 | University of Shanghai for Science and Technology | 24 |
| 9 | Shanghai Maritime University | 23 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 1,205 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 117 |
| 3 | United States | 76 |
| 4 | Australia | 67 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 60 |
| 6 | Singapore | 28 |
| 7 | Canada | 27 |
| 8 | Japan | 23 |
| 9 | South Korea | 17 |
| 10 | Macao | 15 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 42 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [mixed-integer linear programming](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mixed-integer-linear-programming.md) | 27 |
| 4 | mixed integer programming | 25 |
| 5 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 21 |
| 7 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 20 |
| 8 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 20 |
| 9 | state-owned enterprises | 20 |
| 10 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 19 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,380 | 14.7 | [Green process innovation, green product innovation, and corporate financial performance: A content analysis method](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.01.010) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2019-01-15 | Xuemei Xie, Jiage Huo, Zou Hailiang |
| 2 | 1,038 | 9.4 | [Relationship between innovation capability, innovation type, and firm performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2017.06.002) | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 2017-08-31 | R.P. Jayani Rajapathirana, Yan Hui |
| 3 | 585 | 10.6 | [Immersive technology: A meta-analysis of augmented/virtual reality applications and their impact on tourism experience](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104534) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2022-04-01 | Xiaojun Fan, Xinyu Jiang, Nianqi Deng |
| 4 | 558 | 13.0 | [Does digital transformation improve the firm’s performance? From the perspective of digitalization paradox and managerial myopia](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113868) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2023-04-07 | Xiaochuan Guo, Mengmeng Li, Yanlin Wang et al. |
| 5 | 443 | 5.0 | [The mean-variance approach for global supply chain risk analysis with air logistics in the blockchain technology era](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.05.007) | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 2019-05-24 | Tsan‐Ming Choi, Xin Wen, Xuting Sun et al. |
| 6 | 406 | 4.2 | [PCL: Proposal Cluster Learning for Weakly Supervised Object Detection](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2876304) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-10-16 | Peng Tang, Xinggang Wang, Song Bai et al. |
| 7 | 401 | 18.2 | [Hyper-YOLO: When Visual Object Detection Meets Hypergraph Computation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2024.3524377) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2024-12-30 | Yifan Feng, Jiangang Huang, Shaoyi Du et al. |
| 8 | 364 | 5.5 | [A hybrid model integrating deep learning with investor sentiment analysis for stock price prediction](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115019) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2021-04-13 | Nan Jing, Zhao Wu, Hefei Wang |
| 9 | 351 | 3.5 | [Improving Risk Evaluation in FMEA With Cloud Model and Hierarchical TOPSIS Method](https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2018.2861719) | [IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-fuzzy-systems.md) | 2018-07-31 | Hu‐Chen Liu, Li-En Wang, Zhiwu Li et al. |
| 10 | 336 | 3.2 | [Knowledge absorptive capacity and innovation performance in high-tech companies: A multi-mediating analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.01.019) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-01-17 | Xuemei Xie, Hailiang Zou, Guoyou Qi |

## In OpenAlex

*Shanghai University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Also known as | SHU, Shànghǎi Dàxué, 上海大学, 上海大學 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 103,824 |
| Citations | 5,374,420 |
| h-index | 481 |
| i10-index | 107,441 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.34 |
| Website | [www.shu.edu.cn](https://www.shu.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/006teas31](https://ror.org/006teas31) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1343386](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1343386) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I113940042](https://openalex.org/I113940042) |

*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) | 8,554 | 218,084 | 340 | 4.0% |
| 2025 | 9,701 | 274,454 | 355 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | 9,246 | 235,757 | 299 | 3.2% |
| 2023 | 7,747 | 194,053 | 211 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 7,375 | 170,080 | 199 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 6,193 | 138,414 | 162 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 5,100 | 110,260 | 110 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 4,721 | 85,483 | 117 | 2.5% |
| 2018 | 4,220 | 66,259 | 79 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 3,625 | 51,785 | 77 | 2.1% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Advancements in Battery Materials | Engineering | 2,522 |
| 2 | Advanced Neural Network Applications | Computer Science | 2,229 |
| 3 | Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies | Engineering | 1,793 |
| 4 | Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion | Energy | 1,653 |
| 5 | Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics | Engineering | 1,603 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | [Noise-robust excess multi-task optimization framework for human-centric acute toxicity prediction](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115185) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Xinxin He, Tianyu Han, Huiyan Xu et al. | Academy of Military Medical Sciences; Shanghai University; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Power Station Automation Technology; … |
| 2026-10-27 | [Blockchain-enabled financing and sales format dynamic decision-makings in a low-carbon supply chain](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-026-10198-1) | [Electronic Commerce Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research.md) | Haijie Fang, Liying Yu, Ziyuan Zhang | Shanghai University; Henan Polytechnic University |
| 2026-10-27 | [ERL-BCP: A balance-controlled plasticity network with energy-regulated liquid timescales](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109804) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Yichuan Jiang, Qian Zhao, Yusheng Yang et al. | Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-26 | [Psychological capital, workplace well-being, and operational resilience as drivers of sustainable air transport management: Evidence from commercial aviation pilots](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101900) | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | Chao Wang, Xi Zhou, Juanjuan Zhai et al. | Huanghe Jiaotong University; Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-21 | [Investor attention and commodity price volatility: A cross-market, multidimensional analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2026.105480) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | Ningli Wang, 赵惠, Tiancheng Zhu et al. | Shanghai University; Guangxi University; McMaster University |
| 2026-10-21 | [Decision intelligence for electric bus charging scheduling through LLM-driven reward shaping and reinforcement learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106090) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Jiahao Zhan, Ying Yang, Zhe Zhang et al. | Shanghai University; Tsinghua University; Jilin University; … |
| 2026-10-20 | [An instance-aware prompting framework for training-free camouflaged object segmentation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134814) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Chao Yin, Jide Li, Hang Yao et al. | Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-17 | [Invariance across games and the per capita Shapley support levels value](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-026-10166-z) | [Theory and Decision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/theory-and-decision.md) | Songtao He, Erfang Shan, Yuxin Sun | Xihua University; Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-16 | [Affordances and paradoxical engagement in virtual immersive learning platforms: A configurational analysis across demographic groups](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2026.103144) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | Zhongyun Zhou, Yake Yang, Xiaoling Jin | Tongji University; Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-16 | [Managing fleet capacity through lay-up: Segment-specific drivers in non-offshore and offshore shipping markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2026.104496) | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | Lixian Fan, Yan Wang, Dong Yang | Shanghai University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 2026-10-15 | [Operations optimization in multi-modal relay-based delivery systems: Plan-based model and nested exact algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2026.103618) | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | Xueting He, Lu Zhen, Shuaian Wang et al. | Shanghai University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; HEC Montréal; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [PhyDiff: Physics-guided latent diffusion model for sparse-view CT projection interpolation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109744) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Shuo Duan, Xing Wu, Yimin Zhu et al. | Shanghai University; Hong Kong Baptist University; University of Saint Joseph |
| 2026-10-14 | [A Bayesian Network analysis: how do distinguished scholars enhance the innovation performance?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05843-3) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Hailin Li, Yangyue Liao, Liping Zhang et al. | Huaqiao University; Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Gated Spline-Wavelet Kolmogorov-Arnold Recurrent Unit for multi-agent reinforcement learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117094) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Yufan Lu, Hongli Zhang, Sha Wei et al. | Shanghai University; Yango University; Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences |
| 2026-10-12 | [Three characterizations of the weighted center of imputations value](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2026.107545) | [Operations Research Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-research-letters.md) | Erfang Shan, Liying Kang | Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-10 | [Are green institutional holdings consistently associated with lower carbon intensity? Evidence across the corporate life cycle](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110916) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Yamin Xie | Shanghai University; University of Technology Sydney |
| 2026-10-09 | [Conditional Multimodal Alignment for few-shot class-incremental 3D point cloud classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115083) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Lei Xia, Zecheng Sheng, Ling Fan et al. | Tongji University; The University of Sydney; Shanghai University |
| 2026-10-06 | [Role-aware and knowledge-decoupled LLM for cross-city next POI recommendation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117163) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Jinhui Zhu, Xiangfeng Luo, Xiao Wei et al. | Shanghai University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Shanghai University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university

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