---
title: "South China Normal University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of South China Normal University: 629 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 327."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/south-china-normal-university
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share_text: "Research profile of South China Normal University: 629 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 327. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T00:03:46+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# South China Normal University

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

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

## Key findings

- South China Normal University was involved in 8 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #192 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Information Fusion (2), Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (1) and International Review of Economics & Finance (1).
- Countries: China (8), Macao (2) and United States (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at South China Normal University took part in 629 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (249), economics (90) and operations research (75).
- 113 of them were published in 2025, against 16 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Sun Yat-sen University (43), Jinan University (27) and City University of Macau (18).
- The journals publishing most of them were Neural Networks (23), Knowledge-Based Systems (23) and Pattern Recognition (22).
- The most-cited of them is “Hotel employee's artificial intelligence and robotics awareness and its impact on turnover intention: The moderating roles of perceived organizational support and competitive psychological climate” (Tourism Management, 2019), with 831 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, South China Normal University has 52,463 works with 2,996,598 citations (h-index 327).
- The tracked journals hold 525 of its 29,250 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.8%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Advancements in Battery Materials (1,857), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (1,661) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (1,659).

## 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) | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 37 | 41 | 35 | 44 | 41 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 13 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 16 | 22 | 22 | 51 | 56 | 71 | 82 | 92 | 113 | 104 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 23 |
| 2 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 23 |
| 3 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 20 |
| 5 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 43 |
| 2 | [Jinan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jinan-university.md) | 27 |
| 3 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 18 |
| 4 | [Guangdong University of Foreign Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/guangdong-university-of-foreign-studies.md) | 18 |
| 5 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [South China University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/south-china-university-of-technology.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [Florida State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/florida-state-university.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [China Telecom](https://scholar4ai.com/companies/china-telecom.md) | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 391 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 40 |
| 3 | United States | 36 |
| 4 | Macao | 24 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 12 |
| 6 | Australia | 10 |
| 7 | Singapore | 6 |
| 8 | Belgium | 3 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 3 |
| 10 | Canada | 2 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 35 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 16 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [knowledge distillation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/knowledge-distillation.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [manufacturing companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/manufacturing-companies.md) | 8 |
| 10 | community detection | 7 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 831 | 9.0 | [Hotel employee's artificial intelligence and robotics awareness and its impact on turnover intention: The moderating roles of perceived organizational support and competitive psychological climate](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2019.02.006) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2019-03-01 | Jun Li, Mark A. Bonn, Ben Haobin Ye |
| 2 | 497 | 4.9 | [Differences in perceptions about food delivery apps between single-person and multi-person households](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.06.019) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2018-06-19 | Meehee Cho, Mark A. Bonn, Jun Justin Li |
| 3 | 243 | 3.6 | [Greening the career incentive structure for local officials in China: Does less pollution increase the chances of promotion for Chinese local leaders?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102440) | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2021-03-08 | Mingqin Wu, Xun Cao |
| 4 | 218 | 2.5 | [Workplace spirituality as a mediator between ethical climate and workplace deviant behavior](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.102372) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2019-09-11 | Kavitha Haldorai, Woo Gon Kim, Howook “Sean” Chang et al. |
| 5 | 215 | 2.6 | [An Efficient Group Recommendation Model With Multiattention-Based Neural Networks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2019.2955567) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-01-15 | Zhenhua Huang, Xin Xu, Honghao Zhu et al. |
| 6 | 209 | 4.9 | [Efficient Multi-View Clustering via Unified and Discrete Bipartite Graph Learning](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2023.3261460) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2023-04-03 | Si-Guo Fang, Dong Huang, Xiao-Sha Cai et al. |
| 7 | 188 | 4.6 | [Exploring the effects of energy quota trading policy on carbon emission efficiency: Quasi-experimental evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106791) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2023-06-15 | Minzhe Du, Fenger Wu, Danfeng Ye et al. |
| 8 | 173 | 6.3 | [Effects of an AI-supported approach to peer feedback on university EFL students' feedback quality and writing ability](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2024.100962) | [The Internet and Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-internet-and-higher-education.md) | 2024-07-14 | Kai Guo, Mengru Pan, Yuanke Li et al. |
| 9 | 166 | 2.6 | [High-speed railways and collaborative innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103717) | [Regional Science and Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/regional-science-and-urban-economics.md) | 2021-08-10 | Douglas Hanley, Jiancheng Li, Mingqin Wu |
| 10 | 149 | 1.9 | [Outlook of tourism recovery amid an epidemic: Importance of outbreak control by the government](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102951) | [Annals of Tourism Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research.md) | 2020-05-25 | Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong, Rob Law, Ben Haobin Ye |

## In OpenAlex

*South China Normal University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Guangzhou, China |
| Also known as | SCNU, 华南师范大学 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 52,463 |
| Citations | 2,996,598 |
| h-index | 327 |
| i10-index | 63,476 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.79 |
| Website | [scnu.edu.cn](https://scnu.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/01kq0pv72](https://ror.org/01kq0pv72) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3551815](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3551815) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I187400657](https://openalex.org/I187400657) |

*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) | 4,741 | 113,616 | 104 | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 5,268 | 139,880 | 113 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 4,582 | 122,936 | 92 | 2.0% |
| 2023 | 3,895 | 101,593 | 82 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 3,958 | 89,287 | 71 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 3,283 | 70,999 | 56 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,701 | 53,177 | 51 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 2,300 | 40,105 | 22 | 1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,782 | 30,086 | 22 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,481 | 24,309 | 16 | 1.1% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Advancements in Battery Materials | Engineering | 1,857 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 1,661 |
| 3 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 1,659 |
| 4 | Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies | Engineering | 1,365 |
| 5 | Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques | Energy | 1,078 |

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 | [Core-driven local community detection in multiplex networks via seed optimization and multilayer modularity](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-026-01283-y) | [Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/data-mining-and-knowledge-discovery.md) | Yuxian Zhang, Haiyan Guo, Jing Xiao | South China Normal University |
| 2026-10-23 | [Pilot free trade zones and FDI inflows: Direct and spatial spillover effects among Chinese cities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.106010) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Zhoufu Yan, Markus Leibrecht, Li Lingzhi | Shanghai Ocean University; City University of Macau; South China Normal University |
| 2026-10-23 | [Boundary-aware geometric learning for time-consistent malware open-set recognition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104897) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Yuxia Sun, Xu Li, Ziying Huo et al. | Jinan University; South China Normal University; Changsha University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-22 | [Effects of question-chain prompting on self-regulated learning, metacognition, and achievement in a generative AI environment](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-026-00632-7) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | Xiuyu Lin, Shan Li, Yijing Zhu et al. | South China Normal University; Lehigh University; Guangzhou University |
| 2026-10-21 | [Who gains from moving? mobility direction and research performance of academics at China’s elite universities](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01796-x) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | Pei Chen, Yifang Ma, Fan Jiang | Northeast Normal University; Southern University of Science and Technology; South China Normal University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Burden of proof: Calibrated evidential arbitration for asymmetric decision-level fusion in vision–language recognition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104860) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Guichao Zhou, Yuwu Lu | South China Normal University |
| 2026-10-13 | [The impact of three constructivist teaching approaches on students’ creative thinking: A comprehensive meta-analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2026.100856) | [Educational Research Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/educational-research-review.md) | Yawei Yang, Wei Huang, Hua Ran et al. | South China Normal University; Jiangnan University |
| 2026-10-13 | [TARGET: A text-anchored gated enhancement transformer for multimodal sentiment analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134700) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Shihong Huang, Kaixin Luo, Yanxi Yu et al. | South China Normal University; University of Macau |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). South China Normal University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/south-china-normal-university

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