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title: "Université de Lille: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Université de Lille: 872 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 713."
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share_text: "Research profile of Université de Lille: 872 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 713. (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Université de Lille

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: France
- web domain: univ-lille.fr

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

## Key findings

- Université de Lille was involved in 2 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #954 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (1) and Globalization and Health (1).
- Countries: France (2) and Belgium (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Université de Lille took part in 872 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (269), operations research (195) and finance (96).
- 110 of them were published in 2025, against 52 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (346), Lille Économie Management (297) and Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion (157).
- The journals publishing most of them were European Journal of Operational Research (35), Annals of Operations Research (25) and Journal of Business Research (20).
- The most-cited of them is “Machine learning at the service of meta-heuristics for solving combinatorial optimization problems: A state-of-the-art” (European Journal of Operational Research, 2021), with 466 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Université de Lille has 121,027 works with 6,185,109 citations (h-index 713).
- The tracked journals hold 772 of its 68,653 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.1%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (1,698), Classical Antiquity Studies (1,575) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (1,434).

## 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) | 14 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 41 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 36 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 7 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 14 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 13 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| All categories | 52 | 57 | 62 | 58 | 71 | 115 | 116 | 131 | 110 | 100 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 35 |
| 2 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 25 |
| 3 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 20 |
| 4 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 9 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 346 |
| 2 | Lille Économie Management | 297 |
| 3 | Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion | 157 |
| 4 | Centrale Lille Institut | 35 |
| 5 | Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille | 30 |
| 6 | Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique | 26 |
| 7 | Lille University ManageMENt | 26 |
| 8 | [KU Leuven](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ku-leuven.md) | 20 |
| 9 | [Ghent University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ghent-university.md) | 18 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | France | 457 |
| 2 | China | 67 |
| 3 | Belgium | 58 |
| 4 | United States | 48 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 44 |
| 6 | Italy | 33 |
| 7 | Germany | 28 |
| 8 | Canada | 13 |
| 9 | Spain | 12 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 8 |
| 6 | decision support | 7 |
| 7 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [sustainability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainability.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [2008 financial crisis](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/2008-financial-crisis.md) | 6 |
| 10 | France | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 466 | 7.0 | [Machine learning at the service of meta-heuristics for solving combinatorial optimization problems: A state-of-the-art](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.04.032) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2021-04-24 | Maryam Karimi-Mamaghan, Mehrdad Mohammadi, Patrick E. Meyer et al. |
| 2 | 303 | 6.9 | [The role of green financing in facilitating renewable energy transition in China: Perspectives from energy governance, environmental regulation, and market reforms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106595) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2023-02-28 | Juntao Du, Zhiyang Shen, Malin Song et al. |
| 3 | 290 | 5.4 | [Digital transition and green growth in Chinese agriculture](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121742) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-05-19 | Zhiyang Shen, Songkai Wang, Jean‐Philippe Boussemart et al. |
| 4 | 257 | 7.0 | [The authentic virtual influencer: Authenticity manifestations in the metaverse](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114325) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2023-10-11 | Bernadett Köles, Alice Audrezet, Julie Guidry Moulard et al. |
| 5 | 216 | 4.9 | [Nexus between digital transformation and energy technology innovation: An empirical test of A-share listed enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106572) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2023-02-21 | Juntao Du, Zhiyang Shen, Malin Song et al. |
| 6 | 209 | 4.3 | [Deepfakes: Deceptions, mitigations, and opportunities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113368) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2022-10-26 | Mekhail Mustak, Joni O. Salminen, Matti Mäntymäki et al. |
| 7 | 205 | 3.5 | [Designing ECG monitoring healthcare system with federated transfer learning and explainable AI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2021.107763) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2021-11-27 | Ali Raza, Kim Phuc Tran, Ludovic Koehl et al. |
| 8 | 185 | 1.8 | [An investigation of bankruptcy prediction in imbalanced datasets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2018.06.011) | [Decision Support Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/decision-support-systems.md) | 2018-07-02 | David Veganzones, Éric Séverin |
| 9 | 183 | 1.6 | [Crowdfunding cleantech](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.04.030) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2017-05-03 | Douglas J. Cumming, Gaël Leboeuf, Armin Schwienbacher |
| 10 | 172 | 1.8 | [The impact of natural disasters on the banking sector: Evidence from hurricane strikes in the Caribbean](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2018.12.004) | [The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-quarterly-review-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 2019-01-04 | Michael Brei, Preeya Mohan, Eric Strobl |

## In OpenAlex

*Université de Lille in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Lille, Hauts-de-France, France |
| Also known as | UDL, Ulille, University of Lille, univ-lille |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 72 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 121,027 |
| Citations | 6,185,109 |
| h-index | 713 |
| i10-index | 96,789 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.73 |
| Website | [www.univ-lille.fr/home](https://www.univ-lille.fr/home/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/02kzqn938](https://ror.org/02kzqn938) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I2279609970](https://openalex.org/I2279609970) |

*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) | 6,121 | 163,166 | 100 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 8,486 | 209,992 | 110 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 8,508 | 206,307 | 131 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 9,114 | 189,420 | 116 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 8,758 | 181,727 | 115 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 7,987 | 173,425 | 71 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 7,340 | 143,026 | 58 | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 6,932 | 112,254 | 62 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 6,335 | 93,827 | 57 | 0.9% |
| 2017 | 5,193 | 77,999 | 52 | 1.0% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1,698 |
| 2 | Classical Antiquity Studies | Social Sciences | 1,575 |
| 3 | Atmospheric aerosols and clouds | Environmental Science | 1,434 |
| 4 | Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research | Medicine | 1,429 |
| 5 | Chemical Synthesis and Analysis | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1,418 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | [Are Real Estate Firms Sensitive to Climate Change Exposure?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-026-10082-7) | [The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-real-estate-finance-and-economics.md) | Amal Aouadi, Selma Boussetta | Université de Lille; Lille University ManageMENt; Université de Bordeaux |
| 2026-10-14 | [Correction: Lived experiences of migrant men witnessing and surviving sexual violence in European transit spaces](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01245-5) | [Globalization and Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/globalization-and-health.md) | Leni Linthout, Ilse Derluyn, Caroline Desombre et al. | Ghent University; Université de Lille; Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Université de Lille. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universite-de-lille

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  title = {Université de Lille},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universite-de-lille}},
  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/).