University of Alabama
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Key findings#
- University of Alabama was involved in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #1562 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Computers in Human Behavior (1).
- Countries: United States (1).
- From 2023 to 2025, University of Alabama ranks #5 in marketing.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Alabama took part in 679 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (172), management (117) and marketing (103).
- 74 of them were published in 2025, against 70 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Alabama at Birmingham (9), University of Georgia (8) and Michigan State University (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Research (21), Public Relations Review (16) and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (11).
- The most-cited of them is ““Service Encounter 2.0”: An investigation into the roles of technology, employees and customers” (Journal of Business Research, 2017), with 779 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Alabama has 87,066 works with 6,129,884 citations (h-index 681).
- The tracked journals hold 608 of its 31,156 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (2.0%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (2,179), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (1,546) and Particle Detector Development and Performance (1,456).
- OpenAlex lists it under University of Alabama System.
In the rankings#
Top institutions, 2023–2025: #5 in marketing
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 20 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 17 |
| Management | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 9 |
| Marketing | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| Finance | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Operations Research | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| AI | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Higher Education and Research | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Accounting | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| All categories | 70 | 64 | 71 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 54 | 74 | 71 |
Where the papers come from and its co-authors#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Business Research | 21 |
| 2 | Public Relations Review | 16 |
| 3 | Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science | 11 |
| 4 | Innovative Higher Education | 10 |
| 5 | Industrial Marketing Management | 8 |
| 6 | Expert Systems with Applications | 7 |
| 7 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 6 |
| 8 | European Journal of Operational Research | 6 |
| 9 | Transport Policy | 6 |
| 10 | Pattern Recognition | 5 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 9 |
| 2 | University of Georgia | 8 |
| 3 | Michigan State University | 7 |
| 4 | Auburn University | 5 |
| 5 | North Carolina State University | 5 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State University | 5 |
| 7 | University of Florida | 5 |
| 8 | University of Mississippi | 5 |
| 9 | University of North Texas | 5 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 268 |
| 2 | China | 26 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 11 |
| 4 | Australia | 7 |
| 5 | Canada | 6 |
| 6 | Germany | 6 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 |
| 8 | Italy | 4 |
| 9 | Brazil | 3 |
| 10 | France | 3 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | purchase intention | 6 |
| 2 | artificial intelligence | 5 |
| 3 | corporate governance | 5 |
| 4 | gender differences | 5 |
| 5 | salespeople | 5 |
| 6 | COVID-19 pandemic | 4 |
| 7 | citation analysis | 4 |
| 8 | consumer behavior | 4 |
| 9 | B2B marketing | 3 |
| 10 | abnormal returns | 3 |
Most-cited papers#
In OpenAlex#
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States |
| Also known as | Universidad de Alabama, Université de l'Alabama |
| Part of | University of Alabama System |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 87,066 |
| Citations | 6,129,884 |
| h-index | 681 |
| i10-index | 83,478 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.53 |
| Website | www.ua.edu |
| ROR | ror.org/03xrrjk67 |
| OpenAlex | openalex.org/I17301866 |
| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 2,179 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 1,546 |
| 3 | Particle Detector Development and Performance | Physics and Astronomy | 1,456 |
| 4 | Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | Physics and Astronomy | 978 |
| 5 | Magnetic properties of thin films | Physics and Astronomy | 970 |
| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 4,037 | 129,358 | 71 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 4,326 | 171,477 | 74 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 3,890 | 172,838 | 54 | 1.4% |
| 2023 | 3,410 | 169,173 | 69 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 3,321 | 164,712 | 71 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 3,326 | 167,532 | 70 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 3,511 | 152,441 | 65 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 3,278 | 132,337 | 71 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 3,218 | 114,750 | 64 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 2,876 | 108,416 | 70 | 2.4% |
| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Does AI encourage lax thinking, or does the human preference for validation make it that way? | Computers in Human Behavior | Braden T. Hall, William Hart | University of Alabama |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Alabama. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-alabama
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title = {University of Alabama},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-alabama}},
urldate = {2026-11-03},
note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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