---
title: "Universidade de São Paulo: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Universidade de São Paulo: 1,190 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 934."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidade-de-sao-paulo
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license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "Research profile of Universidade de São Paulo: 1,190 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 934. (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
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Universidade de São Paulo

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: Brazil
- web domain: usp.br

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

## Key findings

- Universidade de São Paulo 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 Knowledge-Based Systems (1), The Annals of Regional Science (1) and Applied Intelligence (1).
- Countries: Brazil (8), Canada (1) and Germany (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Universidade de São Paulo took part in 1,190 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (312), AI (256) and operations research (216).
- 137 of them were published in 2025, against 95 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Universidade Federal de São Carlos (32), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (26) and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (18).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (23), Land Use Policy (15) and Finance research letters (11).
- The most-cited of them is “Blockchain adoption challenges in supply chain: An empirical investigation of the main drivers in India and the USA” (International Journal of Information Management, 2018), with 1,084 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Universidade de São Paulo has 579,290 works with 27,417,930 citations (h-index 934).
- The tracked journals hold 1,099 of its 266,441 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.4%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (7,589), Dental materials and restorations (7,524) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6,372).

## 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) | 24 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 42 | 32 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 24 | 32 | 24 | 30 | 20 | 33 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 23 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 13 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 8 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 7 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 7 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| All categories | 95 | 117 | 117 | 119 | 136 | 146 | 116 | 116 | 137 | 91 |

## 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) | 23 |
| 2 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Utilities Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/utilities-policy.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Statistics & Probability Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistics-probability-letters.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Universidade Federal de São Carlos | 32 |
| 2 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) | 26 |
| 3 | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | 18 |
| 4 | Universidade Federal de São Paulo | 18 |
| 5 | Fundação Getulio Vargas | 15 |
| 6 | Insper | 13 |
| 7 | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco | 9 |
| 8 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 8 |
| 9 | Escola de Economia de São Paulo | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Brazil | 460 |
| 2 | United States | 56 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 38 |
| 4 | Portugal | 24 |
| 5 | Germany | 23 |
| 6 | Canada | 20 |
| 7 | France | 19 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 16 |
| 9 | Australia | 15 |
| 10 | Spain | 15 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Brazil | 38 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 16 |
| 3 | deforestation | 12 |
| 4 | [Sustainable Development Goals](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development-goals.md) | 10 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 10 |
| 6 | [energy transition](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/energy-transition.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 9 |
| 8 | global convergence | 8 |
| 9 | [metaheuristic optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/metaheuristic-optimization.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [systemic risk](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/systemic-risk.md) | 8 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,084 | 11.4 | [Blockchain adoption challenges in supply chain: An empirical investigation of the main drivers in India and the USA](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.11.021) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2018-12-05 | Maciel Manoel de Queiroz, Samuel Fosso Wamba |
| 2 | 760 | 10.3 | [The strategic use of artificial intelligence in the digital era: Systematic literature review and future research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102225) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2020-09-14 | Aline de Fátima Soares Borges, Fernando J.B. Laurindo, Mauro de Mesquita Spínola et al. |
| 3 | 508 | 5.5 | [Fintechs: A literature review and research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2019.100833) | [Electronic Commerce Research and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications.md) | 2019-02-10 | Eduardo Zied Milian, Mauro de Mesquita Spínola, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho |
| 4 | 307 | 2.7 | [Deep learning for biological image classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.05.039) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2017-05-17 | Carlos de Oliveira Affonso, André Luis Debiaso Rossi, Fábio Henrique Antunes Vieira et al. |
| 5 | 264 | 6.2 | [Barriers and facilitators of university-industry collaboration for research, development and innovation: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-023-00349-1) | [Management Review Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/management-review-quarterly.md) | 2023-04-26 | André Luís Rossoni, Eduardo Pinheiro Gondim de Vasconcellos, Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni |
| 6 | 255 | 2.2 | [Can project sustainability management impact project success? An empirical study applying a contingent approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.02.018) | [International Journal of Project Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-project-management.md) | 2017-03-14 | Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, Roque Rabechini |
| 7 | 214 | 2.2 | [Volatility and return jumps in bitcoin](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.10.011) | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 2018-10-15 | Pedro Chaim, Márcio Poletti Laurini |
| 8 | 211 | 2.5 | [The making of smart cities: Are Songdo, Masdar, Amsterdam, San Francisco and Brisbane the best we could build?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104187) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 2019-09-05 | Tan Yiğitcanlar, Hoon Han, Md. Kamruzzaman et al. |
| 9 | 205 | 2.7 | [Challenges in benchmarking stream learning algorithms with real-world data](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-020-00698-5) | [Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/data-mining-and-knowledge-discovery.md) | 2020-07-06 | Vinicius M. A. Souza, Denis M. dos Reis, André G. Maletzke et al. |
| 10 | 190 | 1.9 | [Educational Data Mining: A review of evaluation process in the e-learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.04.015) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2018-05-08 | Marcos W. Rodrigues, Seiji Isotani, Luis Enrique Zárate |

## In OpenAlex

*Universidade de São Paulo in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Also known as | USP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, University of Sao Paulo, University of São Paulo |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 9 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 579,290 |
| Citations | 27,417,930 |
| h-index | 934 |
| i10-index | 532,760 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 2.48 |
| Website | [www5.usp.br](https://www5.usp.br) |
| ROR | [ror.org/036rp1748](https://ror.org/036rp1748) |
| Wikidata | [Q835960](Q835960) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I17974374](https://openalex.org/I17974374) |

*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) | 28,251 | 585,136 | 91 | 0.3% |
| 2025 | 32,638 | 769,432 | 137 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 32,590 | 799,085 | 116 | 0.4% |
| 2023 | 31,503 | 793,068 | 116 | 0.4% |
| 2022 | 30,586 | 790,070 | 146 | 0.5% |
| 2021 | 30,863 | 791,270 | 136 | 0.4% |
| 2020 | 30,094 | 664,275 | 119 | 0.4% |
| 2019 | 27,676 | 534,357 | 117 | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 25,868 | 467,337 | 117 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 24,623 | 413,977 | 95 | 0.4% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7,589 |
| 2 | Dental materials and restorations | Dentistry | 7,524 |
| 3 | Marine Biology and Ecology Research | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 6,372 |
| 4 | Literature, Culture, and Criticism | Arts and Humanities | 6,221 |
| 5 | Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5,685 |

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 | [Effective training pressure gates recursive knowledge degradation in LLMs: A multi-axis dose–response study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117230) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Julio Leite Azancort Neto, Carlos André de Mattos Teixeira, Carlos Ponce de León et al. | Universidade Federal do Pará; Universidade de São Paulo |
| 2026-10-26 | [Beyond expectations? The local economic effects of a large shopping mall](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-026-01591-7) | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | Denis Fernandes Alves, André Luis Chagas, Roberta de Moraes Rocha et al. | Universidade de São Paulo; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco |
| 2026-10-23 | [Multimodal continual federated learning for human activity recognition: Trends and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-026-07562-x) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | André L. S. Conde, Rodolfo I. Meneguette, Robson E. De Grande et al. | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp); Universidade de São Paulo; Brock University |
| 2026-10-22 | [Long term survival model with frailt terms based on the power variance function family](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-026-00889-2) | [Statistical Methods & Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistical-methods-applications.md) | Michelle M. Sacramento, Gladys D. C. Barriga, Vicente G. Cancho et al. | Universidade de São Paulo; Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
| 2026-10-22 | [Voluntary sustainability standards and economic and ecological outcomes: panel evidence from Rwanda’s coffee sector](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107602) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | Marlene Yu Lilin Wätzold, Amanda Cooke, Carolina Ocampo‐Ariza et al. | University of Göttingen; Universidade de São Paulo; Technische Universität Darmstadt; … |
| 2026-10-21 | [Bundling a conditional cash transfer program with an inclusive life insurance policy: an exploratory analysis of the female beneficiaries of the Brazilian “Programa Bolsa Família”](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-026-00401-7) | [The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-geneva-papers-on-risk-and-insurance-issues-and-practice.md) | Laura Oto da Silva, Luís Eduardo Afonso | Universidade de São Paulo |
| 2026-10-19 | [From Forest to Market: Sustainability Signals and Consumer Decision-Making for Amazonian Products](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-026-09634-4) | [Journal of Consumer Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-consumer-policy.md) | Gabriela Nobre Dias, Ingrid Moons, Kavita Miadaira Hamza et al. | University of Antwerp; Universidade de São Paulo |
| 2026-10-13 | [A study of organizational factors driving the adoption and institutionalization of the value-based pricing approach in B2B companies](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41272-026-00636-y) | [Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-revenue-and-pricing-management.md) | Juliana Ventura Amaral, Reinaldo Guerreiro | Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Contábeis, Atuariais e Financeiras; Universidade de São Paulo |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Universidade de São Paulo. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidade-de-sao-paulo

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  title = {Universidade de São Paulo},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidade-de-sao-paulo}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  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/).