---
title: "University of Chicago: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Chicago: 891 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and finance; h-index 1,773."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Chicago: 891 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and finance; h-index 1,773. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# University of Chicago

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

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

## Key findings

- University of Chicago was involved in 6 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #290 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Health Care Management Science (1), World Development (1) and Journal of Financial Economics (1).
- Countries: United States (6), United Kingdom (2) and Singapore (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Chicago took part in 891 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (506), finance (115) and operations research (73).
- 91 of them were published in 2025, against 85 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were National Bureau of Economic Research (26), University of California, Berkeley (14) and Stanford University (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Public Economics (23), Journal of Financial Economics (22) and Journal of Econometrics (18).
- The most-cited of them is “Sustainable investing in equilibrium” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2020), with 2,232 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Chicago has 296,394 works with 38,812,002 citations (h-index 1,773).
- The tracked journals hold 814 of its 102,771 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.8%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (7,459), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (5,073) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4,964).

## 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) | 56 | 38 | 45 | 60 | 52 | 39 | 58 | 62 | 49 | 47 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 85 | 71 | 78 | 92 | 94 | 89 | 95 | 119 | 91 | 77 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 23 |
| 2 | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 22 |
| 3 | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 18 |
| 4 | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [National Bureau of Economic Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-bureau-of-economic-research.md) | 26 |
| 2 | [University of California, Berkeley](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-california-berkeley.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Stanford University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/stanford-university.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [New York University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/new-york-university.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [University of Pennsylvania](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-pennsylvania.md) | 11 |
| 6 | Center for Economic and Policy Research | 9 |
| 7 | National Opinion Research Center | 9 |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 9 |
| 9 | [The University of Texas at Austin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-texas-at-austin.md) | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 382 |
| 2 | China | 45 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 35 |
| 4 | Canada | 23 |
| 5 | Australia | 13 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 13 |
| 7 | Germany | 12 |
| 8 | Singapore | 11 |
| 9 | Spain | 8 |
| 10 | Italy | 8 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 6 |
| 4 | linear programming | 6 |
| 5 | [principal-agent problem](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/principal-agent-problem.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [willingness to pay](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/willingness-to-pay.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 5 |
| 8 | natural experiment | 5 |
| 9 | Brazil | 4 |
| 10 | [bank lending](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/bank-lending.md) | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,232 | 31.9 | [Sustainable investing in equilibrium](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.12.011) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2020-12-31 | Ľuboš Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh, Lucian A. Taylor |
| 2 | 2,032 | 26.8 | [How many jobs can be done at home?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104235) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 2020-07-09 | Jonathan I. Dingel, Brent Neiman |
| 3 | 1,923 | 30.4 | [Mandatory CSR and sustainability reporting: economic analysis and literature review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-021-09609-5) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2021-07-29 | Hans Bonde Christensen, Luzi Hail, Christian Leuz |
| 4 | 1,807 | 18.4 | [Fintech, regulatory arbitrage, and the rise of shadow banks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.03.011) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-09-04 | Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski et al. |
| 5 | 1,133 | 22.3 | [Dissecting green returns](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.07.007) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2022-08-12 | Ľuboš Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh, Lucian A. Taylor |
| 6 | 1,021 | 9.8 | [Choosing factors](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.02.012) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-02-27 | Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French |
| 7 | 1,017 | 8.8 | [Deep learning for short-term traffic flow prediction](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2017.02.024) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2017-03-17 | Nicholas G. Polson, Vadim Sokolov |
| 8 | 989 | 13.4 | [Economic uncertainty before and during the COVID-19 pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104274) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 2020-09-09 | Dave Altig, Scott Baker, Jose Maria Barrero et al. |
| 9 | 907 | 10.3 | [How do venture capitalists make decisions?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.06.011) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2019-06-25 | Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven Neil Kaplan et al. |
| 10 | 793 | 7.2 | [Intermediary asset pricing: New evidence from many asset classes](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.08.002) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2017-08-12 | Zhiguo He, Bryan Kelly, Asaf Manela |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Chicago in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Also known as | UC, UChicago, Universidad de Chicago, Université de chicago |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 5 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 296,394 |
| Citations | 38,812,002 |
| h-index | 1,773 |
| i10-index | 342,429 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.78 |
| Website | [www.uchicago.edu](https://www.uchicago.edu) |
| ROR | [ror.org/024mw5h28](https://ror.org/024mw5h28) |
| Wikidata | [Q131252](Q131252) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I40347166](https://openalex.org/I40347166) |

*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) | 13,175 | 658,011 | 77 | 0.6% |
| 2025 | 14,074 | 875,706 | 91 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 13,406 | 885,367 | 119 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 12,588 | 856,275 | 95 | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 12,330 | 845,968 | 89 | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 11,404 | 892,643 | 94 | 0.8% |
| 2020 | 10,679 | 810,875 | 92 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 9,525 | 708,822 | 78 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 9,528 | 636,463 | 71 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 9,237 | 596,372 | 85 | 0.9% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 7,459 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 5,073 |
| 3 | Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | Physics and Astronomy | 4,964 |
| 4 | Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | Physics and Astronomy | 4,877 |
| 5 | Particle Detector Development and Performance | Physics and Astronomy | 4,577 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | [Estimating the effect of familiarity in surgical teams on procedure time under a causal graphical model](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-026-09780-8) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | Gülin Tuzcuoğlu, Çağla Keçeli, Amber Kratochvil et al. | University of Chicago; Yale University |
| 2026-10-27 | [Human rights economics](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107606) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | José Cuesta, Leja Ejury, Paola Fajardo‐Heyward et al. | World Bank; SOAS University of London; University of Chicago |
| 2026-10-27 | [Are direct lenders more like banks or arm’s-length investors?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2026.104397) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | Young Soo Jang | Pennsylvania State University; University of Chicago |
| 2026-10-10 | [Working-time patterns, job-related well-being, and turnover intentions among paid caregivers: a population-based longitudinal study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119921) | [Social Science & Medicine](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-science-medicine.md) | Lambert Zixin Li, Xinyuan Xu | National University of Singapore; University of Chicago |
| 2026-10-06 | [Human capital accumulation across space](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2026.104341) | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | Klaus Desmet A, Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Esteban Rossi‐Hansberg | Southern Methodist University; Centre for Economic Policy Research; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [Household liquidity and the adjustable-rate mortgage cash-flow channel of monetary policy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2026.103994) | [Journal of Monetary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-monetary-economics.md) | Matthew Elias, Christian Gillitzer, Greg Kaplan et al. | University of Chicago; The University of Sydney; UNSW Sydney |

## Cite this page

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

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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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