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title: "University of Bristol: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Bristol: 856 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,265."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Bristol: 856 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 1,265. (as of 2026-11-03)"
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window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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# University of Bristol

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: United Kingdom
- web domain: bristol.ac.uk

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

## Key findings

- University of Bristol was involved in 16 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #70 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in The European Journal of Health Economics (2), BMC Medical Research Methodology (2) and Information & Management (1).
- Countries: United Kingdom (16), China (2) and France (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Bristol took part in 856 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (184), AI (128) and health economics and policy (113).
- 122 of them were published in 2025, against 67 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Birmingham (22), University of Exeter (17) and University of Oxford (16).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Journal of Production Economics (13), Expert Systems with Applications (13) and PharmacoEconomics (13).
- The most-cited of them is “Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy” (International Journal of Information Management, 2023), with 4,592 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Bristol has 216,447 works with 23,501,933 citations (h-index 1,265).
- The tracked journals hold 769 of its 81,393 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.9%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4,259), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (4,113) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (3,487).

## 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) | 23 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 16 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 20 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 11 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| All categories | 67 | 55 | 72 | 81 | 86 | 86 | 91 | 109 | 122 | 87 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 13 |
| 3 | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [University of Exeter](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-exeter.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [University of Bath](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bath.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [University of Sheffield](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sheffield.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [University of Surrey](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-surrey.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [University College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-college-london.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [University of Manchester](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 409 |
| 2 | China | 82 |
| 3 | United States | 54 |
| 4 | France | 31 |
| 5 | Australia | 24 |
| 6 | Germany | 22 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 19 |
| 8 | Canada | 16 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 15 |
| 10 | Brazil | 12 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 10 |
| 2 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [health care costs](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-care-costs.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [health technology assessment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-technology-assessment.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [quality-adjusted life years](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/quality-adjusted-life-years.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,592 | 104.9 | [Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102642) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2023-03-11 | Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Nir Kshetri, Laurie Hughes et al. |
| 2 | 1,045 | 17.7 | [The digital divide: A review and future research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121359) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-11-27 | Sophie Lythreatis, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar |
| 3 | 951 | 12.4 | [COVID-19 and digital disruption in UK universities: afflictions and affordances of emergency online migration](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00561-y) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2020-06-03 | Richard Watermeyer, Tom Crick, Cathryn Knight et al. |
| 4 | 794 | 12.4 | [Artificial intelligence in the creative industries: a review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-021-10039-7) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2021-07-01 | Nantheera Anantrasirichai, David Bull |
| 5 | 792 | 10.2 | [Competing during a pandemic? Retailers’ ups and downs during the COVID-19 outbreak](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.036) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-05-21 | Eleonora Pantano, Gabriele Pizzi, Daniele Scarpi et al. |
| 6 | 695 | 6.2 | [Are foreign investors locusts? The long-term effects of foreign institutional ownership](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.07.005) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2017-07-19 | Jan Bena, Miguel A. M. M. Ferreira, Pedro P. Matos et al. |
| 7 | 516 | 9.3 | [A sustainable livelihoods framework for the 21st century](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105898) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2022-03-28 | Nithya Natarajan, Andrew Newsham, Jonathan D. Rigg et al. |
| 8 | 502 | 5.4 | [The effect of characteristics of source credibility on consumer behaviour: A meta-analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.01.005) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2019-02-02 | Elvira Ismagilova, Emma Louise Slade, Nripendra Pratap Rana et al. |
| 9 | 460 | 6.6 | [Exploring the theory, barriers and enablers for patient and public involvement across health, social care and patient safety: a systematic review of reviews](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00644-3) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2021-01-20 | Josephine Enyonam Ocloo, Sara Garfield, Bryony Dean Franklin et al. |
| 10 | 447 | 5.0 | [The Effect of Electronic Word of Mouth Communications on Intention to Buy: A Meta-Analysis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-019-09924-y) | [Information Systems Frontiers](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-systems-frontiers.md) | 2019-05-09 | Elvira Ismagilova, Emma Louise Slade, Nripendra Pratap Rana et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Bristol in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| Also known as | Prifysgol Bryste |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 4 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 216,447 |
| Citations | 23,501,933 |
| h-index | 1,265 |
| i10-index | 251,781 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.15 |
| Website | [www.bristol.ac.uk](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/0524sp257](https://ror.org/0524sp257) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I36234482](https://openalex.org/I36234482) |

*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) | 9,229 | 513,826 | 87 | 0.9% |
| 2025 | 10,099 | 657,221 | 122 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 10,073 | 677,630 | 109 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 9,727 | 623,636 | 91 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 9,339 | 603,528 | 86 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 9,464 | 601,854 | 86 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 8,894 | 512,868 | 81 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 8,182 | 445,399 | 72 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 7,890 | 386,648 | 55 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 7,725 | 350,830 | 67 | 0.9% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4,259 |
| 2 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 4,113 |
| 3 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 3,487 |
| 4 | Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure | Chemistry | 3,370 |
| 5 | Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3,332 |

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 | [AI capability and organizational performance: Do team learning and creativity play a role?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2026.104458) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | Nisreen Ameen, Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Shlomo Y. Tarba et al. | University of London; Royal Holloway University of London; University of Reading; … |
| 2026-10-27 | [A comprehensive evaluation on quantization techniques for large language models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115182) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Yutong Liu, Cairong Zhao, Guosheng Hu | Tongji University; University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-26 | [LLMs and attentional injustice in philosophy](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-026-09932-y) | [Ethics and Information Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ethics-and-information-technology.md) | Joe Slater | University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-26 | [Machine learning over encrypted data: a survey of fully homomorphic encryption for AI systems](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-026-11707-2) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | Dillon Davidson, Matthew Jackson, Rasheed Hussain et al. | University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-24 | [Modelling the potential contributions of polygenic risk stratification to cost-effective screening for prostate cancer](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-026-01969-6) | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | Padraig Dixon, Jonathan J. Aning, Richard Michael Martin et al. | University of Oxford; North Bristol NHS Trust; University of Bristol; … |
| 2026-10-24 | [Federated learning in advertising and digital marketing: a comprehensive survey](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117271) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Ziyang Wang, Shaheen M. Sarkar | University of Bristol; Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest |
| 2026-10-24 | [Scoping review of software implementations of risk-of-bias tools and quantitative bias analysis methods for sample selection bias](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03060-3) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Audinga‐Dea Hazewinkel, Elinor Curnow, Kate M. Tilling et al. | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Bristol; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| 2026-10-23 | [Projected population health, demographics, and associated healthcare resource requirements from 2025 to 2047: Modelling study in England.](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-026-02005-3) | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | Luke F. Shaw, Zehra Onen-Dumlu, Christos Vasilakis et al. | National Health Service; University of Bristol; University of Bath |
| 2026-10-23 | [Foreign knowledge spillovers and new product development speed in boundary-spanning teams: A sufficiency–necessity perspective on digital interoperability and collaborative conflict resolution capabilities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2026.10.006) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | Charles Baah, Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah, Ebenezer Afum et al. | Charles Darwin University; Macquarie University; University of Bristol; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [Asymmetric behavioural responses to updating caloric information](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-026-09511-y) | [Journal of Risk and Uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-risk-and-uncertainty.md) | Jan Michael Bauer, Jeffrey M. Brunstrom, Giulia Priolo et al. | Copenhagen Business School; University of Bristol; University of Cambridge |
| 2026-10-21 | [Individual Resilience as Human Capital Stock: Neighborhood Social Capital, Environmental Perceptions, and Dynamic Pathways Across COVID-19 Phases](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-026-09795-2) | [Networks and Spatial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/networks-and-spatial-economics.md) | Rui Sun, Yiming Wang | University of Bristol; University College London |
| 2026-10-21 | [Buffering institutional erosion: organizational ties and SME exports under populism](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-026-00911-5) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | Xiaolong Shui, Luyang Chen, Michael Witt | University of Bristol; University of Westminster; King's College London |
| 2026-10-20 | [Sequential Monte Carlo sampling with integrator snippets](https://doi.org/10.1007/s42081-026-00381-x) | [Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/japanese-journal-of-statistics-and-data-science.md) | Christophe Andrieu, Mauro Camara Escudero, Chang Zhang | University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-15 | [Quantifying and adjusting for verification bias in diagnostic test accuracy studies with conditional reference standards](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03030-9) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Vera Hudak, Nicky J. Welton, Efthymia Derezea et al. | University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-12 | [Social networks, confirmation bias and shock elections](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2026.102907) | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | Edoardo Gallo, Alastair Langtry | University of Cambridge; University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-06 | [Correction: Comparing User‑Written Codes for Performing Economic Evaluations in Stata](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-026-01663-8) | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | Bradley Barker-Jones, Patricia Navvuga, Petra Baji et al. | University of Bristol; University of Exeter; Southmead Hospital |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Bristol. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bristol

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