---
title: "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: research profile"
description: "Research profile of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 1,265 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 1,445."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 1,265 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 1,445. (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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

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

## Key findings

- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was involved in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #506 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Transportation Research Part B Methodological (1), Information & Management (1) and Robotics and Autonomous Systems (1).
- Countries: United States (4) and China (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign took part in 1,265 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (341), operations research (268) and AI (222).
- 147 of them were published in 2025, against 99 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Zhejiang University (39), University of Illinois System (16) and Cornell University (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (22), Expert Systems with Applications (20) and Food Policy (16).
- The most-cited of them is “Learning without Forgetting” (IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2017), with 4,192 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has 356,346 works with 34,410,656 citations (h-index 1,445).
- The tracked journals hold 1,165 of its 103,220 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.1%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (5,857), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (5,569) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (5,323).
- OpenAlex lists it under University of Illinois System.

## 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) | 31 | 36 | 43 | 39 | 35 | 32 | 21 | 35 | 41 | 28 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 27 | 23 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 23 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 10 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 20 | 28 | 24 | 35 | 14 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 99 | 112 | 123 | 156 | 139 | 133 | 118 | 138 | 147 | 100 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 20 |
| 3 | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Mathematical Programming](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mathematical-programming.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 39 |
| 2 | University of Illinois System | 16 |
| 3 | [Cornell University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/cornell-university.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [University of California, Berkeley](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-california-berkeley.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [The University of Texas at Austin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-texas-at-austin.md) | 9 |
| 7 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [Hong Kong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Michigan State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/michigan-state-university.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 503 |
| 2 | China | 118 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 38 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 32 |
| 5 | Australia | 27 |
| 6 | Canada | 17 |
| 7 | Japan | 14 |
| 8 | South Korea | 14 |
| 9 | Germany | 11 |
| 10 | India | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 12 |
| 2 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [autonomous vehicles](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/autonomous-vehicles.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 8 |
| 5 | ride-hailing | 8 |
| 6 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [United States](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/united-states.md) | 6 |
| 10 | approximation algorithms | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,192 | 39.0 | [Learning without Forgetting](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2017.2773081) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2017-11-14 | Zhizhong Li, Derek Hoiem |
| 2 | 2,033 | 19.5 | [A Comprehensive Survey of Graph Embedding: Problems, Techniques, and Applications](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2018.2807452) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2018-02-19 | Hongyun Cai, Vincent Wenchen Zheng, Kevin Chen–Chuan Chang |
| 3 | 956 | 9.7 | [Fast and Accurate Image Super-Resolution with Deep Laplacian Pyramid Networks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2865304) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-08-13 | Wei‐Sheng Lai, Jia‐Bin Huang, Narendra Ahuja et al. |
| 4 | 804 | 7.7 | [Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous vehicles: Field experiments](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.02.005) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-02-20 | Raphael Stern, Shumo Cui, Maria Laura Delle Monache et al. |
| 5 | 748 | 9.6 | [The potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on occupational status, work from home, and occupational mobility](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103442) | [Journal of Vocational Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-vocational-behavior.md) | 2020-05-07 | Amit Kramer, Karen Z. Kramer |
| 6 | 707 | 7.2 | [Atom search optimization and its application to solve a hydrogeologic parameter estimation problem](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2018.08.030) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2018-08-28 | Weiguo Zhao, Liying Wang, Zhenxing Zhang |
| 7 | 541 | 5.1 | [Learning Two-Branch Neural Networks for Image-Text Matching Tasks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2018.2797921) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2018-01-24 | Liwei Wang, Yin Li, Jing Li Huang et al. |
| 8 | 533 | 4.6 | [The Effectiveness of Payments for Environmental Services](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.020) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2017-04-08 | Jan Börner, Kathy Baylis, Esteve Corbera et al. |
| 9 | 524 | 6.9 | [CCNet: Criss-Cross Attention for Semantic Segmentation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2020.3007032) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2020-07-03 | Zilong Huang, Xinggang Wang, Yunchao Wei et al. |
| 10 | 520 | 6.2 | [Extended Isolation Forest](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2019.2947676) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2019-10-31 | Sahand Hariri, M. Carrasco Kind, Robert J. Brunner |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Urbana, Illinois, United States |
| Also known as | UIUC, Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, Université de l'Illinois à Urbana-Champaign |
| Part of | [University of Illinois System](https://openalex.org/I2801919071) |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 7 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 356,346 |
| Citations | 34,410,656 |
| h-index | 1,445 |
| i10-index | 399,618 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.22 |
| Website | [illinois.edu](https://illinois.edu) |
| ROR | [ror.org/047426m28](https://ror.org/047426m28) |
| Wikidata | [Q457281](Q457281) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I157725225](https://openalex.org/I157725225) |

*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) | 15,155 | 594,018 | 100 | 0.7% |
| 2025 | 13,908 | 801,442 | 147 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 13,163 | 814,360 | 138 | 1.0% |
| 2023 | 11,686 | 790,011 | 118 | 1.0% |
| 2022 | 11,163 | 793,112 | 133 | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 11,661 | 831,633 | 139 | 1.2% |
| 2020 | 11,519 | 769,775 | 156 | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 10,215 | 691,902 | 123 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 10,225 | 628,535 | 112 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 9,680 | 582,447 | 99 | 1.0% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 5,857 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 5,569 |
| 3 | Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques | Computer Science | 5,323 |
| 4 | Animal Nutrition and Physiology | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4,194 |
| 5 | Protein Structure and Dynamics | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3,677 |

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 | [A comprehensive framework of traffic shockwave propagation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2026.103624) | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | Nachuan Li, Hani S. Mahmassani, Alireza Talebpour et al. | Northwestern University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; George Washington University |
| 2026-10-22 | [What works when: calibrating temporal focus for crowdfunding success](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2026.104456) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | Yu-Wei Lin, Shiyu Yang, Aravinda Garimella | Santa Clara University; San Francisco State University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 2026-10-20 | [Kalman filter-based fusion of MPC and PI control for enhanced path-tracking of unmanned tracked agricultural robots](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2026.105824) | [Robotics and Autonomous Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/robotics-and-autonomous-systems.md) | Honghua Feng, Jian Wang, Wanshu Zhang et al. | Hangzhou Dianzi University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Zhejiang University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Mindful community in agritourism: Fieldwork on tea farms in China and coffee farms in the Philippines](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2026.100236) | [Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research-empirical-insights.md) | Darcy Yue Lu, Allison M. Causing, Yao‐Chin Wang | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Florida |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

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  title = {University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign}},
  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/).