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title: "Soochow University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Soochow University: 845 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 632."
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share_text: "Research profile of Soochow University: 845 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 632. (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# Soochow University

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

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

## Key findings

- Soochow University was involved in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #506 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Economic Modelling (2), Statistical Papers (1) and Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics (1).
- Countries: China (4), Australia (1) and Macao (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Soochow University took part in 845 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (407), operations research (113) and finance (101).
- 162 of them were published in 2025, against 30 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (21), Southeast University (19) and Tsinghua University (18).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (65), Knowledge-Based Systems (28) and Pattern Recognition (27).
- The most-cited of them is “CEO Foreign Experience and Green Innovation: Evidence from China” (Journal of Business Ethics, 2021), with 521 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Soochow University has 111,624 works with 10,110,790 citations (h-index 632).
- The tracked journals hold 711 of its 67,415 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.1%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (2,881), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (2,601) and Advancements in Battery Materials (2,089).

## 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) | 16 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 35 | 66 | 50 | 80 | 69 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 15 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 16 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 30 | 33 | 48 | 47 | 62 | 82 | 121 | 126 | 162 | 134 |

## 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) | 65 |
| 2 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 28 |
| 3 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 27 |
| 4 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 24 |
| 5 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 22 |
| 6 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 22 |
| 7 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 21 |
| 8 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 18 |
| 9 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 21 |
| 2 | [Southeast University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southeast-university.md) | 19 |
| 3 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 18 |
| 4 | [Fudan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/fudan-university.md) | 17 |
| 5 | Suzhou University of Science and Technology | 17 |
| 6 | Suzhou City University | 13 |
| 7 | [Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xian-jiaotong-liverpool-university.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [University of Science and Technology of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 543 |
| 2 | United States | 64 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 42 |
| 4 | Australia | 33 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 26 |
| 6 | Singapore | 10 |
| 7 | Canada | 8 |
| 8 | Macao | 7 |
| 9 | France | 6 |
| 10 | Japan | 5 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 36 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 26 |
| 3 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 11 |
| 10 | adversarial training | 10 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 521 | 8.7 | [CEO Foreign Experience and Green Innovation: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04977-z) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2021-11-01 | Xiaofeng Quan, Yun Ke, Yuting Qian et al. |
| 2 | 508 | 7.3 | [Blockchain-based framework for supply chain traceability: A case example of textile and clothing industry](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107130) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2021-01-18 | Tarun Kumar Agrawal, Vijay Kumar, Rudrajeet Pal et al. |
| 3 | 395 | 5.2 | [Where to Go Next: A Spatio-Temporal Gated Network for Next POI Recommendation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2020.3007194) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2020-07-06 | Pengpeng Zhao, Anjing Luo, Yanchi Liu et al. |
| 4 | 362 | 4.8 | [Evaluating the factors that influence blockchain adoption in the freight logistics industry](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102025) | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 2020-07-18 | Ifeyinwa Juliet Orji, Simonov Kusi‐Sarpong, Shuangfa Huang et al. |
| 5 | 317 | 3.5 | [Pricing and service effort strategy in a dual-channel supply chain with showrooming effect](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.03.019) | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 2019-04-12 | Guo Li, Lin Li, Jiasen Sun |
| 6 | 308 | 7.0 | [Corporate digital transformation and trade credit financing](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113793) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2023-03-04 | Zhongsheng Zhou, Zhuo Li |
| 7 | 261 | 3.0 | [Optimization models for electric vehicle service operations: A literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2019.08.006) | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 2019-08-16 | Zuo‐Jun Max Shen, Bo Feng, Chao Mao et al. |
| 8 | 245 | 5.1 | [Open innovation and sustainable competitive advantage: The role of organizational learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122114) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-10-27 | Xiaobin Zhang, Zhaofang Chu, Lei Ren et al. |
| 9 | 235 | 2.7 | [Fast density peak clustering for large scale data based on kNN](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2019.06.032) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2019-07-03 | Yewang Chen, Xiaoliang Hu, Wentao Fan et al. |
| 10 | 184 | 2.5 | [Alzheimer’s disease multiclass diagnosis via multimodal neuroimaging embedding feature selection and fusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2020.09.002) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2020-09-16 | Yuanpeng Zhang, Shuihua Wang‎, Kaijian Xia et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Soochow University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China |
| Also known as | Sūzhōu Dàxué, 苏州大学 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 111,624 |
| Citations | 10,110,790 |
| h-index | 632 |
| i10-index | 177,277 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.63 |
| Website | [www.suda.edu.cn](https://www.suda.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/05t8y2r12](https://ror.org/05t8y2r12) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I3923682](https://openalex.org/I3923682) |

*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) | 9,016 | 273,373 | 134 | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 10,484 | 357,541 | 162 | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 9,816 | 327,097 | 126 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 9,266 | 279,022 | 121 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 9,461 | 258,251 | 82 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 7,218 | 228,912 | 62 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 6,243 | 185,938 | 47 | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 5,552 | 144,678 | 48 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 5,017 | 115,535 | 33 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 4,358 | 88,017 | 30 | 0.7% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion | Energy | 2,881 |
| 2 | Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics | Engineering | 2,601 |
| 3 | Advancements in Battery Materials | Engineering | 2,089 |
| 4 | Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques | Energy | 2,078 |
| 5 | Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery | Materials Science | 1,986 |

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; … |
| 2026-10-24 | [Transfer learning in regression with outliers](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-026-01919-7) | [Statistical Papers](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistical-papers.md) | Bingbing Wang, Jiaqi Wang, Yu Tang | Soochow University |
| 2026-10-17 | [Global supply chain disruptions and corporate risk-taking: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2026.107908) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | Xinyu Ge, Boshuai Gu, Rui Yang | Soochow University |
| 2026-10-16 | [Population aging and corporate asymmetric cost behavior: The roles of labor shortage and automation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2026.100605) | [Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-contemporary-accounting-economics.md) | Xiaofeng Quan, Chenhao Guo, Qingbo Yuan et al. | Soochow University; Macau University of Science and Technology; The University of Melbourne; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Soochow University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/soochow-university

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  title = {Soochow University},
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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).