---
title: "University of Alabama: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Alabama: 679 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and management; h-index 681."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Alabama: 679 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and management; h-index 681. (as of 2026-11-04)"
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---

# University of Alabama

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: United States
- web domain: ua.edu

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

## Key findings

- University of Alabama was involved in 2 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #957 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Ethics and Information Technology (1) and Computers in Human Behavior (1).
- Countries: United States (2).
- 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](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/marketing.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) | 20 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 17 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 9 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 21 |
| 2 | [Public Relations Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-relations-review.md) | 16 |
| 3 | [Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-academy-of-marketing-science.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Innovative Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/innovative-higher-education.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 5 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 9 |
| 2 | [University of Georgia](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-georgia.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Michigan State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/michigan-state-university.md) | 7 |
| 4 | Auburn University | 5 |
| 5 | [North Carolina State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/north-carolina-state-university.md) | 5 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State University | 5 |
| 7 | [University of Florida](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-florida.md) | 5 |
| 8 | University of Mississippi | 5 |
| 9 | University of North Texas | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [purchase intention](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/purchase-intention.md) | 6 |
| 2 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 5 |
| 5 | salespeople | 5 |
| 6 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 4 |
| 7 | citation analysis | 4 |
| 8 | [consumer behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consumer-behavior.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [B2B marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/b2b-marketing.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [abnormal returns](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/abnormal-returns.md) | 3 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 779 | 6.8 | [“Service Encounter 2.0”: An investigation into the roles of technology, employees and customers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.03.008) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2017-03-29 | Bart Larivière, David E. Bowen, Tor Wallin Andreassen et al. |
| 2 | 554 | 4.9 | [A triadic framework for collaborative consumption (CC): Motives, activities and resources & capabilities of actors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.05.004) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2017-05-12 | Sabine Benoit, Thomas L. Baker, Ruth N. Bolton et al. |
| 3 | 465 | 8.5 | [Normalizing the Use of Single-Item Measures: Validation of the Single-Item Compendium for Organizational Psychology](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-022-09813-3) | [Journal of Business and Psychology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-and-psychology.md) | 2022-04-14 | Russell A. Matthews, Laura Pineault, Yeong-hyun Hong |
| 4 | 357 | 3.3 | [The theory of planned behavior and the norm activation model approach to consumer behavior regarding organic menus](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.10.011) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2017-10-23 | Yeon Ho Shin, Jinyoung Im, Seung Eun Jung et al. |
| 5 | 287 | 2.7 | [Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0096-z) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2018-02-16 | Kaitlyn E. May, Anastasia D. Elder |
| 6 | 284 | 9.2 | [Feedback sources in essay writing: peer-generated or AI-generated feedback?](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-024-00455-4) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2024-04-11 | Seyyed Kazem Banihashem, Nafiseh Taghizadeh Kerman, Omid Noroozi et al. |
| 7 | 279 | 2.9 | [The impact of organizational culture and leadership performance on PR professionals’ job satisfaction: Testing the joint mediating effects of engagement and trust](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2018.11.002) | [Public Relations Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-relations-review.md) | 2018-12-03 | Juan Meng, Bruce K. Berger |
| 8 | 275 | 2.6 | [Privacy and Personal Data Collection with Information Externalities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.02.001) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 2018-01-01 | Jay Pil Choi, Doh‐Shin Jeon, Byung‐Cheol Kim |
| 9 | 274 | 3.0 | [Perceptions and expectations of autonomous vehicles – A snapshot of vulnerable road user opinion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.02.010) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2019-03-02 | Praveena Penmetsa, Emmanuel Kofi Adanu, Dustin Wood et al. |
| 10 | 245 | 2.3 | [Peer influence on payout policies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.12.010) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2017-12-11 | Binay Kumar Adhikari, Anup Agrawal |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Alabama 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](https://openalex.org/I2800507078) |
| 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](https://www.ua.edu/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/03xrrjk67](https://ror.org/03xrrjk67) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I17301866](https://openalex.org/I17301866) |

*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) | 4,037 | 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% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | 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 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 | [When human narratives meet artificial intelligence: exploring a framework for AI ethics](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-026-09933-x) | [Ethics and Information Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ethics-and-information-technology.md) | Daniel Phoenix, Alexandra Bejarano, Deborah S. Mower et al. | University of Alabama; University of Mississippi |
| 2026-10-15 | [Does AI encourage lax thinking, or does the human preference for validation make it that way?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2026.109222) | [Computers in Human Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-in-human-behavior.md) | Braden T. Hall, William Hart | University of Alabama |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Alabama. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-alabama

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  title = {University of Alabama},
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  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/).