---
title: "The University of Melbourne: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of The University of Melbourne: 1,907 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 1,351."
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share_text: "Research profile of The University of Melbourne: 1,907 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 1,351. (as of 2026-11-02)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-02T12:20:52+09:00
window: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02
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---

# The University of Melbourne

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: Australia
- web domain: unimelb.edu.au

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

## Key findings

- The University of Melbourne was involved in 7 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #165 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Resources Policy (1), Research in Transportation Economics (1) and Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics (1).
- Countries: Australia (7), China (3) and United States (3).
- From 2023 to 2025, The University of Melbourne ranks #2 in health economics and policy.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at The University of Melbourne took part in 1,907 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (512), operations research (260) and AI (258).
- 233 of them were published in 2025, against 154 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Monash University (76), The University of Sydney (49) and RMIT University (43).
- The journals publishing most of them were PharmacoEconomics (33), Finance research letters (24) and Health Research Policy and Systems (22).
- The most-cited of them is “Explanation in artificial intelligence: Insights from the social sciences” (Artificial Intelligence, 2018), with 5,301 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, The University of Melbourne has 347,349 works with 34,651,588 citations (h-index 1,351).
- The tracked journals hold 1,732 of its 162,529 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.1%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (4,500), Schizophrenia research and treatment (4,058) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (3,490).

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#2 in health economics and policy](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/health-economics-and-policy.md)

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 59 | 60 | 48 | 57 | 70 | 53 | 40 | 54 | 43 | 28 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 20 | 23 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 17 | 26 | 27 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 14 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 41 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 7 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 39 | 43 | 21 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 16 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 12 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 16 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 17 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 154 | 169 | 166 | 179 | 211 | 196 | 189 | 235 | 233 | 175 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | 33 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 24 |
| 3 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 18 |
| 5 | [Applied Health Economics and Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-health-economics-and-health-policy.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 14 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 76 |
| 2 | [The University of Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-sydney.md) | 49 |
| 3 | RMIT University | 43 |
| 4 | [UNSW Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/unsw-sydney.md) | 34 |
| 5 | Deakin University | 33 |
| 6 | Australian National University | 27 |
| 7 | University of Technology Sydney | 23 |
| 8 | The University of Queensland | 22 |
| 9 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 21 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Australia | 832 |
| 2 | China | 191 |
| 3 | United States | 116 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 112 |
| 5 | Germany | 45 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 42 |
| 7 | Canada | 39 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 36 |
| 9 | India | 24 |
| 10 | Singapore | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Australia | 24 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 22 |
| 3 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 18 |
| 4 | health-related quality of life | 17 |
| 5 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 13 |
| 10 | EQ-5D-Y-3L | 11 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,301 | 55.1 | [Explanation in artificial intelligence: Insights from the social sciences](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2018.07.007) | [Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence.md) | 2018-10-26 | Tim Miller |
| 2 | 652 | 6.2 | [Inequality, ICT and Financial Access in Africa](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.11.004) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2018-01-01 | Vanessa Simen Tchamyou, Guido Erreygers, Danny Cassimon |
| 3 | 639 | 6.3 | [Convolutional neural networks for seizure prediction using intracranial and scalp electroencephalogram](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2018.04.018) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2018-05-07 | Nhan Duy Truong, Anh Duy Nguyen, Levin Kuhlmann et al. |
| 4 | 548 | 7.0 | [Understanding adversarial attacks on deep learning based medical image analysis systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2020.107332) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 2020-05-01 | Xingjun Ma, Yuhao Niu, Lin Gu et al. |
| 5 | 526 | 8.4 | [Artificial intelligence applications in supply chain management](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108250) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2021-08-05 | Mehrdokht Pournader, ‬Hadi Ghaderi, Amir Hassanzadegan et al. |
| 6 | 480 | 4.4 | [The state-of-the-art integrations and applications of the analytic hierarchy process](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.09.007) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2017-09-13 | William Ho, Xin Ma |
| 7 | 441 | 4.4 | [Automated Discovery of Process Models from Event Logs: Review and Benchmark](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2018.2841877) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2018-05-29 | Adriano Augusto, Raffaele Conforti, Marlon Dumas et al. |
| 8 | 422 | 3.9 | [Institutional investors' corporate site visits and corporate innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.09.019) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2017-10-24 | Xuanyu Jiang, Qingbo Yuan |
| 9 | 418 | 5.5 | [What is an optimal value of k in k-fold cross-validation in discrete Bayesian network analysis?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-020-00999-9) | [Computational Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-statistics.md) | 2020-06-13 | Bruce G. Marcot, Anca Maria Hanea |
| 10 | 409 | 7.0 | [Assessment in the age of artificial intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100075) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2022-01-01 | Zachari Swiecki, Hassan Khosravi, Guanliang Chen et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*The University of Melbourne in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Also known as | Melbourne University, University of Melbourne |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 11 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 347,349 |
| Citations | 34,651,588 |
| h-index | 1,351 |
| i10-index | 422,884 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.81 |
| Website | [www.unimelb.edu.au](https://www.unimelb.edu.au) |
| ROR | [ror.org/01ej9dk98](https://ror.org/01ej9dk98) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I165779595](https://openalex.org/I165779595) |

*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) | 18,467 | 872,329 | 175 | 0.9% |
| 2025 | 21,512 | 1,111,029 | 233 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 20,337 | 1,095,330 | 235 | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 19,339 | 1,029,749 | 189 | 1.0% |
| 2022 | 19,204 | 992,725 | 196 | 1.0% |
| 2021 | 19,073 | 985,244 | 211 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 17,926 | 836,121 | 179 | 1.0% |
| 2019 | 16,286 | 675,764 | 166 | 1.0% |
| 2018 | 14,836 | 581,451 | 169 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 14,016 | 520,962 | 154 | 1.1% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research | Medicine | 4,500 |
| 2 | Schizophrenia research and treatment | Medicine | 4,058 |
| 3 | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3,490 |
| 4 | T-cell and B-cell Immunology | Immunology and Microbiology | 3,488 |
| 5 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 3,477 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | [Relevant disruptions in critical mineral supply chain sustainability: A systematic literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2026.106082) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Wen Li et al. | The University of Melbourne; Universidad de Jaén; Fundação Dom Cabral |
| 2026-10-21 | [Localized economic spillovers of national logistics hubs: Micro-spatial causal evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2026.101868) | [Research in Transportation Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-economics.md) | Hua Yao, Masoud Kahalimoghadam, Dongfang Wang et al. | The University of Melbourne; Southeast University; Wuyi 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; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Innovation adoption across regions: psychological openness and the early diffusion of digital platforms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105610) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | Tobias Ebert, Martin Obschonka, Luca Aiello et al. | University of St.Gallen; University of Amsterdam; IT University of Copenhagen; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Bribe to win? Performance implications of firms’ bribery spending](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-026-10199-6) | [Asia Pacific Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-management.md) | Ziyi Chen, Rui Wu, Zhenzhen Xie et al. | The University of Melbourne; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Sun Yat-sen University; … |
| 2026-10-09 | [Revealing tax evasion: Experimental evidence from a representative survey of Indonesian firms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107795) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | Christopher Hoy, Filip Jolevski, Anthony Obeyesekere | World Bank; The University of Melbourne; George Mason University |
| 2026-10-09 | [The future of game-based logistics: a systematic review of applications, functions, and evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.105297) | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | Seyed Sina Mohri, Russell George Thompson, Lele Zhang et al. | The University of Melbourne |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). The University of Melbourne. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-melbourne

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