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title: "University of Michigan: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Michigan: 1,377 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 2,222."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Michigan: 1,377 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 2,222. (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# University of Michigan

- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- country: United States
- web domain: umich.edu

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

## Key findings

- University of Michigan was involved in 19 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #53 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (2), SSM - Population Health (2) and Health Policy (2).
- Countries: United States (19), United Kingdom (2) and China (2).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Michigan took part in 1,377 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (396), operations research (346) and AI (174).
- 139 of them were published in 2025, against 133 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Tsinghua University (21), National Bureau of Economic Research (16) and University of Pennsylvania (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (28), Health Policy (18) and Transportation Research Part B Methodological (17).
- The most-cited of them is “What’s trending in difference-in-differences? A synthesis of the recent econometrics literature” (Journal of Econometrics, 2023), with 2,040 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Michigan has 986,944 works with 73,584,671 citations (h-index 2,222).
- The tracked journals hold 1,264 of its 629,445 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.2%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (437,709), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (436,607) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (431,588).

## 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) | 41 | 48 | 43 | 32 | 40 | 56 | 33 | 43 | 34 | 26 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 33 | 30 | 38 | 34 | 47 | 44 | 20 | 36 | 34 | 30 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 12 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 15 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 8 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 133 | 137 | 147 | 153 | 141 | 159 | 123 | 132 | 139 | 113 |

## 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) | 28 |
| 2 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 21 |
| 2 | [National Bureau of Economic Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-bureau-of-economic-research.md) | 16 |
| 3 | [University of Pennsylvania](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-pennsylvania.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Cornell University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/cornell-university.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 13 |
| 6 | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies | 12 |
| 7 | [Harvard University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harvard-university.md) | 12 |
| 8 | Michigan Medicine | 12 |
| 9 | [The University of Texas at Austin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-texas-at-austin.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 507 |
| 2 | China | 92 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 44 |
| 4 | Canada | 32 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 31 |
| 6 | Germany | 27 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 16 |
| 8 | Singapore | 16 |
| 9 | Australia | 15 |
| 10 | Belgium | 15 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 19 |
| 2 | connected and automated vehicles | 12 |
| 3 | [high-dimensional data](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/high-dimensional-data.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [autonomous vehicles](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/autonomous-vehicles.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [multi-objective optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-objective-optimization.md) | 6 |
| 7 | South Korea | 5 |
| 8 | branch and bound | 5 |
| 9 | [climate change](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/climate-change.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [combinatorial optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/combinatorial-optimization.md) | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,040 | 48.4 | [What’s trending in difference-in-differences? A synthesis of the recent econometrics literature](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.03.008) | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 2023-04-29 | Jonathan Roth, Pedro H. C. Sant’Anna, Alyssa Bilinski et al. |
| 2 | 1,229 | 20.7 | [A Review on Generative Adversarial Networks: Algorithms, Theory, and Applications](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2021.3130191) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2021-11-23 | Jie Gui, Zhenan Sun, Yonggang Wen et al. |
| 3 | 896 | 12.1 | [The impact of COVID-19 on student experiences and expectations: Evidence from a survey](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104271) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 2020-08-27 | Esteban M. Aucejo, Jacob French, Maria Paola Ugalde Araya et al. |
| 4 | 735 | 6.8 | [What is co-creation? An interactional creation framework and its implications for value creation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.11.027) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2017-11-22 | Venkat Ramaswamy, Kerimcan Ozcan |
| 5 | 710 | 6.2 | [Supply chain network design under uncertainty: A comprehensive review and future research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.04.009) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2017-04-08 | Kannan Govindan, Mohammad Fattahi, Esmaeil Keyvanshokooh |
| 6 | 678 | 6.9 | [The effect of economic policy uncertainty on investor information asymmetry and management disclosures](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.08.011) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 2018-08-21 | Venky Nagar, Jordan Schoenfeld, Laura A. Wellman |
| 7 | 550 | 7.2 | [When eliminating bias isn’t fair: Algorithmic reductionism and procedural justice in human resource decisions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.03.008) | [Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/organizational-behavior-and-human-decision-processes.md) | 2020-06-29 | David T. Newman, Nathanael J. Fast, Derek J. Harmon |
| 8 | 459 | 6.1 | [Causal inference and counterfactual prediction in machine learning for actionable healthcare](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-0197-y) | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 2020-07-13 | Mattia Prosperi, Yi Maggie Guo, Matthew Sperrin et al. |
| 9 | 435 | 7.1 | [Global supply chains in the pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2021.103534) | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 2021-09-22 | Barthélémy Bonadio, Zhen Huo, Andrei A. Levchenko et al. |
| 10 | 378 | 3.7 | [Scrutinized but not recognized: (In)visibility and hypervisibility experiences of faculty of color](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.06.003) | [Journal of Vocational Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-vocational-behavior.md) | 2018-06-08 | Isis H. Settles, NiCole T. Buchanan, Kristie Dotson |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Michigan in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |
| Also known as | UM, UMich, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Université du Michigan |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 11 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 986,944 |
| Citations | 73,584,671 |
| h-index | 2,222 |
| i10-index | 726,684 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.60 |
| Website | [www.umich.edu](https://www.umich.edu) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00jmfr291](https://ror.org/00jmfr291) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I27837315](https://openalex.org/I27837315) |

*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) | 26,565 | 1,239,093 | 113 | 0.4% |
| 2025 | 24,527 | 1,614,683 | 139 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 23,677 | 1,648,717 | 132 | 0.6% |
| 2023 | 22,757 | 1,606,152 | 123 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 456,246 | 1,591,893 | 159 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 22,090 | 1,635,913 | 141 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 22,627 | 1,483,153 | 153 | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 19,847 | 1,280,489 | 147 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 19,043 | 1,144,384 | 137 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 18,631 | 1,061,255 | 133 | 0.7% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 437,709 |
| 2 | Epigenetics and DNA Methylation | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 436,607 |
| 3 | Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 431,588 |
| 4 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 7,984 |
| 5 | Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | Physics and Astronomy | 7,380 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | [Understanding Undergraduate Students’ Willingness to Engage in Conventional and High-Risk Activism](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-026-09970-w) | [Innovative Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/innovative-higher-education.md) | Taylor Payne, Lillian Nguyen, Allison Zengilowski et al. | Rice University; University of Michigan; Lehigh University; … |
| 2026-10-29 | [Taking the high road: how multi-genre pedagogy promotes genre knowledge and high-road transfer among academic and non-academic genres](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2026.101795) | [Journal of English for Academic Purposes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-english-for-academic-purposes.md) | Peter Wingrove, Raffaella Negretti, Lisa McGrath et al. | Chalmers University of Technology; Sheffield Hallam University; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-24 | [Service-fund coupling for ecological compensation and payments for ecosystem services in transboundary watersheds within China: A systematic review and conceptual framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108369) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Mengdong Huang, Yangyang Wang, 杨荣金 YANG Rongjin et al. | Beijing Normal University; Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-23 | [Improved classification of agricultural injuries from free-text analysis of pre-hospital care reports under temporal drift](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03027-4) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Laura Jones, Erika Scott, Nicole L. Krupa et al. | Bassett Medical Center; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-22 | [Who plans and who sticks to it? The travel plan-generation gap and forecasting long-holiday trip generation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.105298) | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | Ui Hyeon Jeong, Sung Hoo Kim, F. Atiyya Shaw | Hanyang University; Korea University; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-21 | [Modeling STEM persistence in college: the mediating roles of academic preparation and academic behaviors for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00639-6) | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | Xiaping Li, Nolgie Oquendo-Colón, Cynthia Finelli et al. | University of Michigan; Colorado School of Mines |
| 2026-10-20 | [The political economy of flavored tobacco: comparative policy mapping of flavor restrictions for cigarettes and e-cigarettes](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01244-6) | [Globalization and Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/globalization-and-health.md) | Claire L. Ma, Holly Jarman, Praneetha Vissapragada et al. | University of Michigan; University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 2026-10-20 | [Social support processes link gratitude and well-being across cultures and over time](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01126-z) | [Journal of Happiness Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-happiness-studies.md) | Carley Vornlocher, Alexandra S. Wormley | Arizona State University; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-19 | [Sequence-preserving disturbance mitigation strategies for scheduled mobility systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106089) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Congyuan Ji, Xi Lin, Fang He et al. | Tsinghua University; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-19 | [Data approaches for lifecourse research on early-life determinants of late-life health outcomes: opportunities, limitations, and tradeoffs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2026.101985) | [SSM - Population Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ssm-population-health.md) | Eleanor Hayes‐Larson, Suhani Amin, Emma L. Nichols et al. | University of Southern California; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; … |
| 2026-10-18 | [Prevalence and correlates of GenerativeAI chatbot use for mental health concerns in higher education students](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2026.109221) | [Computers in Human Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-in-human-behavior.md) | Elyse Joan Thulin | University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-17 | [How do countries design and govern staffing levels? A comparative analysis of European approaches](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2026.105803) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | Michelle Falkenbach, Tomáš Troch, Kenneth Grech et al. | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; University of Michigan; Ministry of Health; … |
| 2026-10-17 | [A Bayesian-guided aggregation-disaggregation algorithm for transit planning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2026.106085) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | Golbarg Dokhani, Jisoon Lim, Yiyang Wang et al. | University of Michigan; Amazon (United States); Lyft (United States) |
| 2026-10-15 | [The health and care workforce in Europe’s emerging health security architecture: A comparative assessment of seven EU countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2026.105802) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | Ellen Kuhlmann, Michelle Falkenbach, Gabriela Lotta et al. | Goethe University Frankfurt; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with survival outcomes via a deep survival learner](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10985-026-09734-w) | [Lifetime Data Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/lifetime-data-analysis.md) | Yuming Sun, Jian Kang, Yi Li | William & Mary; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-12 | [A Selective Review of Statistical Significance in Cluster Analysis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-026-10343-1) | [Methodology And Computing In Applied Probability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/methodology-and-computing-in-applied-probability.md) | Yifan Dai, Hui Shen, Yufeng Liu | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; McGill University; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-08 | [Cognitively healthy life expectancy of older women and men in India](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2026.101981) | [SSM - Population Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ssm-population-health.md) | Sneha Sarah Mani, Yuan S Zhang, Lindsay C. Kobayashi et al. | Johns Hopkins University; Columbia University; University of Michigan; … |
| 2026-10-08 | [Perceptions of own social class and local affluence: Effects on preferences for redistribution](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107766) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | Javier Olivera, Paola Villa-Paro | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-07 | [Statistical commutators with applications to estimation, inference, and regularization tuning](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11222-026-10991-w) | [Statistics and Computing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistics-and-computing.md) | Ivo D. Dinov, Eric Tatt Wei Ho, S. Ejaz Ahmed | University of Michigan; Universiti Teknologi Petronas; Brock University |

## Cite this page

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

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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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