---
title: "University of Manchester: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Manchester: 1,832 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and management; h-index 1,322."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Manchester: 1,832 papers in 400 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and management; h-index 1,322. (as of 2026-11-02)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-02T12:20:52+09:00
window: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# University of Manchester

- 6 papers in the last 7 days
- country: United Kingdom
- web domain: manchester.ac.uk

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

## Key findings

- University of Manchester was involved in 17 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #43 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Energy Policy (2), International Review of Economics & Finance (1) and PharmacoEconomics - Open (1).
- Countries: United Kingdom (17), China (5) and Sweden (3).
- From 2023 to 2025, University of Manchester ranks #4 in management.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Manchester took part in 1,832 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (461), management (366) and AI (287).
- 198 of them were published in 2025, against 171 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Liverpool (26), University of Leeds (25) and University of Birmingham (24).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (30), Journal of Business Research (24) and Research Policy (20).
- 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 4,564 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Manchester has 325,919 works with 32,187,023 citations (h-index 1,322).
- The tracked journals hold 1,634 of its 117,265 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.4%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (6,773), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (6,360) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4,555).

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#4 in management](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/management.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) | 44 | 46 | 40 | 42 | 56 | 49 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 48 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 32 | 39 | 39 | 35 | 42 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 19 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 45 | 37 | 35 | 33 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 21 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 25 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 10 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 19 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 18 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 9 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| All categories | 171 | 162 | 164 | 163 | 183 | 179 | 195 | 219 | 198 | 198 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 30 |
| 2 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 24 |
| 3 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 20 |
| 4 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Liverpool | 26 |
| 2 | University of Leeds | 25 |
| 3 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 24 |
| 4 | University College London | 22 |
| 5 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 19 |
| 6 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [University of York](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-york.md) | 16 |
| 8 | University of Exeter | 15 |
| 9 | University of Edinburgh | 14 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 810 |
| 2 | China | 194 |
| 3 | United States | 118 |
| 4 | Germany | 45 |
| 5 | France | 44 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 42 |
| 7 | Australia | 38 |
| 8 | Italy | 38 |
| 9 | India | 32 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 27 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 25 |
| 2 | multinational corporations | 22 |
| 3 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 12 |
| 4 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 11 |
| 8 | global value chains | 11 |
| 9 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 11 |
| 10 | India | 9 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,564 | 104.3 | [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 | 3,012 | 26.3 | [Industry 4.0: A survey on technologies, applications and open research issues](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2017.04.005) | [Journal of Industrial Information Integration](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-industrial-information-integration.md) | 2017-04-17 | Yang Lu |
| 3 | 2,801 | 30.1 | [An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004) | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | 2019-01-31 | Jonathan Köhler, Frank Willem Geels, Florian Kern et al. |
| 4 | 1,456 | 18.8 | [The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on corporate social responsibility and marketing philosophy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.030) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-05-21 | Hongwei He, Lloyd C. Harris |
| 5 | 1,078 | 10.5 | [Leadership, creativity, and innovation: A critical review and practical recommendations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.03.001) | [The Leadership Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-leadership-quarterly.md) | 2018-03-30 | David John Hughes, Allan Lee, Amy Wei Tian et al. |
| 6 | 1,043 | 15.4 | [Common pitfalls and recommendations for using machine learning to detect and prognosticate for COVID-19 using chest radiographs and CT scans](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-021-00307-0) | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 2021-03-15 | Michael Roberts, Derek Driggs, Matthew Thorpe et al. |
| 7 | 803 | 8.4 | [Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: Past, Present and Future](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-018-0734-2) | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | 2018-11-02 | Vikas Soekhai, Esther Wilhelmina de Bekker-Grob, Alan R. Ellis et al. |
| 8 | 783 | 7.0 | [Promises and paradoxes of the sharing economy: An organizing framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.07.006) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2017-07-21 | Aurélien Acquier, Thibault Daudigeos, Jonatan Pinkse |
| 9 | 698 | 7.7 | [The role of internet-related technologies in shaping the work of accountants: New directions for accounting research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2019.04.002) | [The British Accounting Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-british-accounting-review.md) | 2019-04-24 | Jodie Moll, Ogan M. Yigitbasioglu |
| 10 | 688 | 12.3 | [The impact of the FinTech revolution on the future of banking: Opportunities and risks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102103) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2022-03-09 | Victor Murinde, Efthymios Rizopoulos, Markos Zachariadis |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Manchester in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Also known as | Manchester University, Prifysgol Manceinion, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 7 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 325,919 |
| Citations | 32,187,023 |
| h-index | 1,322 |
| i10-index | 386,311 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.10 |
| Website | [www.manchester.ac.uk](https://www.manchester.ac.uk/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/027m9bs27](https://ror.org/027m9bs27) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I28407311](https://openalex.org/I28407311) |

*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) | 13,807 | 663,330 | 198 | 1.4% |
| 2025 | 15,976 | 854,720 | 198 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 14,854 | 861,844 | 219 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 13,939 | 814,482 | 195 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 13,317 | 797,169 | 179 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 13,286 | 807,918 | 183 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 12,830 | 704,709 | 163 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 11,409 | 598,116 | 164 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 11,007 | 536,063 | 162 | 1.5% |
| 2017 | 10,647 | 490,660 | 171 | 1.6% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 6,773 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 6,360 |
| 3 | Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | Physics and Astronomy | 4,555 |
| 4 | Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | Physics and Astronomy | 4,520 |
| 5 | Particle Detector Development and Performance | Physics and Astronomy | 4,300 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | [Global information breadth and stable tail risk at the Chinese market open](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.106005) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Yuancheng Si, Zili Zhang, Saralees Nadarajah | Fudan University; Huaqiao University; University of Manchester |
| 2026-10-28 | [A Model-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Abrocitinib Compared with Upadacitinib and Baricitinib for Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis: A UK Healthcare Perspective](https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-026-00693-4) | [PharmacoEconomics - Open](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics-open.md) | Gulraj S. Matharu, Boglárka Mikudina, Karim Amer et al. | Pfizer (United Kingdom); Manchester Academic Health Science Centre; University of Manchester; … |
| 2026-10-28 | [Breathing life into activation functions: the SWIn framework for sustained nonlinearity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109784) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Yu Ran, Li Zhang, Shi Yuan | University of Manchester; University of International Business and Economics |
| 2026-10-28 | [Path-breaking to Innovate: Patenting in Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2026.116606) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | Jun Du, James H. Love, Xiaocan Yuan | University of Manchester; University of Leeds; Aston University |
| 2026-10-28 | [The critical foundations of truly sustainable environmental auditing](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2026.102890) | [Critical Perspectives on Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/critical-perspectives-on-accounting.md) | Thomas Riise Johansen, Amanda Sonnerfeldt, Christopher Humphrey | Copenhagen Business School; Lund University; University of Manchester |
| 2026-10-27 | [A Bayes-motivated quadratic-form test for high-dimensional mean testing](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-026-01816-5) | [Computational Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-statistics.md) | Daojiang He, Shicheng Xu, Jing Zhou | Anhui Normal University; University of Manchester |
| 2026-10-22 | [A relational retrofitting void in the private rented sector: the Brighton and Hove ‘loop’](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115650) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Giulia M. Mininni, Donal Brown, Marie Claire Brisbois et al. | University of Sussex; University of Manchester; University of Oxford; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [Turning adversity into opportunity: Managerial interventions and employee responses to observed customer mistreatment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2026.104939) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | Xiaowen Hu, Hongmin Yan, Siran Zhan | Queensland University of Technology; University of Manchester; Aston University; … |
| 2026-10-21 | [Disentangling regional R&D composition from scale: evidence from Türkiye](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-026-00452-3) | [Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/letters-in-spatial-and-resource-sciences.md) | İpek Akad | University of Manchester; Bitlis Eren University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Contested credibility: Public perceptions of scientists as experts](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105640) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | Anders Broström, Cornelia Lawson, Mabel Sánchez‐Barrioluengo | Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; University of Manchester |
| 2026-10-13 | [Using CFIR to identify implementation determinants and inform strategies for scaling an eHealth fall-prevention program](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2026.101337) | [Health Policy and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-and-technology.md) | Meghan Ambrens, Morag E. Taylor, A Shoesmith et al. | UNSW Sydney; Neuroscience Research Australia; Hunter Medical Research Institute; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Seeing prosperity, confronting crime: Infrastructure inequality and perceived wealth in Chinese cities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108373) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Ziwen He, Wenlin Zhao, Jin Rui | Nankai University; University of Manchester; Peking University |
| 2026-10-11 | [Limits to LTD, loan supply, and real effects: Banks vs. nonbanks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2026.103102) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | Kyriakos C. Neanidis | University of Manchester |
| 2026-10-10 | [Design-logic alignment in digital transformation: A qualitative meta-analysis of Kodak](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2026.102008) | [The Journal of Strategic Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-strategic-information-systems.md) | Amir Ashrafi, Panos Constantinides, Jason Bennett Thatcher et al. | Brunel University of London; Stockholm School of Economics; University of Colorado System; … |
| 2026-10-08 | [Modeling optimal incentives for the electric vehicle market](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115646) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Paul  Vincent Johnson, Dávid Zoltán Szabó | University of Manchester; Corvinus University of Budapest |
| 2026-10-08 | [Cross-modal vision transformer with energy-system priors for interpretable operational pattern discovery](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.115051) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Tianren Zhang, Liao Hui, Jimeng Zhang et al. | East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [Identity politics, partisan sentiment and household spending](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105799) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | Arkadev Ghosh, Aruni Mitra, Ronit Mukherji | National Bureau of Economic Research; Duke University; University of Manchester; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Manchester. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester

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