---
title: "University of Milano-Bicocca: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Milano-Bicocca: 732 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 715."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Milano-Bicocca: 732 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and AI; h-index 715. (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 Milano-Bicocca

- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- country: Italy
- web domain: unimib.it

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

## Key findings

- University of Milano-Bicocca was involved in 6 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #284 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Review of Industrial Organization (1), Statistical Methods & Applications (1) and International Journal of Computer Vision (1).
- Countries: Italy (6).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Milano-Bicocca took part in 732 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (248), AI (118) and finance (98).
- 98 of them were published in 2025, against 48 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (25), University of Milan (22) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (17).
- The journals publishing most of them were European Economic Review (11), Annals of Operations Research (9) and Expert Systems with Applications (9).
- The most-cited of them is “Green innovation and environmental performance: The role of green transformational leadership and green human resource management” (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019), with 2,120 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Milano-Bicocca has 75,564 works with 6,500,840 citations (h-index 715).
- The tracked journals hold 669 of its 41,332 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.6%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (2,580), Particle Detector Development and Performance (2,433) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (2,341).

## 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 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 17 | 39 | 32 | 21 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 12 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 4 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 48 | 43 | 67 | 57 | 77 | 93 | 78 | 108 | 98 | 63 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 11 |
| 2 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 9 |
| 3 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [Statistical Methods & Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistical-methods-applications.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Decisions in Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/decisions-in-economics-and-finance.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universita-cattolica-del-sacro-cuore.md) | 25 |
| 2 | University of Milan | 22 |
| 3 | Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei | 17 |
| 4 | [University of Bologna](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bologna.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [Bocconi University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/bocconi-university.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [Politecnico di Milano](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/politecnico-di-milano.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Sapienza University of Rome](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sapienza-university-of-rome.md) | 12 |
| 8 | The Open University | 11 |
| 9 | [University of Padua](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-padua.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 347 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 39 |
| 3 | Spain | 23 |
| 4 | France | 20 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 19 |
| 6 | Germany | 18 |
| 7 | United States | 17 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 15 |
| 9 | Canada | 9 |
| 10 | Sweden | 8 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/italy.md) | 12 |
| 4 | Lombardy | 8 |
| 5 | [uncertainty quantification](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/uncertainty-quantification.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [knowledge graphs](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/knowledge-graphs.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [explainable AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/explainable-ai.md) | 6 |
| 8 | European Union | 5 |
| 9 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,120 | 25.2 | [Green innovation and environmental performance: The role of green transformational leadership and green human resource management](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119762) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2019-11-01 | Sanjay Kumar Singh, Manlio Del Giudice, Roberto Chierici et al. |
| 2 | 577 | 17.7 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A manifesto of open challenges and interdisciplinary research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102301) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2024-02-15 | Luca Longo, Mario Brčić, Federico Cabitza et al. |
| 3 | 428 | 7.1 | [Structural similarity index (SSIM) revisited: A data-driven approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116087) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2021-10-27 | Illya Bakurov, Marco Buzzelli, Raimondo Schettini et al. |
| 4 | 384 | 5.0 | [Neurodiversity in higher education: a narrative synthesis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00513-6) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2020-06-07 | Lynn Clouder, Mehmet Karakuş, Alessia Cinotti et al. |
| 5 | 334 | 2.9 | [Exploring corporate social responsibility and financial performance through stakeholder theory in the tourism industries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.03.018) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2017-05-03 | Babis Theodoulidis, David Díaz, Federica Crotto et al. |
| 6 | 273 | 5.8 | [The environmental effects of the “twin” green and digital transition in European regions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00741-7) | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 2022-12-09 | Stefano Bianchini, Giacomo Damioli, Claudia Ghisetti |
| 7 | 250 | 2.3 | [Connecting alone: Smartphone use, quality of social interactions and well-being](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2017.09.001) | [Journal of Economic Psychology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-psychology.md) | 2017-10-13 | Valentina Rotondi, Luca Matteo Stanca, Miriam Tomasuolo |
| 8 | 246 | 9.3 | [Artificial intelligence for literature reviews: opportunities and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-024-10902-3) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2024-08-17 | Francisco Bolaños, Angelo A. Salatino, Francesco Osborne et al. |
| 9 | 243 | 3.6 | [What greenium matters in the stock market? The role of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental disclosures](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2021.100869) | [Journal of Financial Stability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-stability.md) | 2021-04-01 | Lucia Alessi, Elisa Ossola, Roberto Panzica |
| 10 | 223 | 3.1 | [Digital transformation and tourist experience co-design: Big social data for planning cultural tourism](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120345) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2020-10-07 | Maria Teresa Cuomo, Debora Tortora, Pantea Foroudi et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Milano-Bicocca in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Also known as | UNIMIB, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Università di Milano-Bicocca |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 75,564 |
| Citations | 6,500,840 |
| h-index | 715 |
| i10-index | 89,779 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.98 |
| Website | [www.unimib.it](https://www.unimib.it) |
| ROR | [ror.org/01ynf4891](https://ror.org/01ynf4891) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I66752286](https://openalex.org/I66752286) |

*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) | 5,404 | 174,277 | 63 | 1.2% |
| 2025 | 5,907 | 218,501 | 98 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 5,621 | 216,103 | 108 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 5,199 | 202,437 | 78 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 5,254 | 195,997 | 93 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 4,869 | 192,838 | 77 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,368 | 157,613 | 57 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 3,553 | 119,639 | 67 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,426 | 103,157 | 43 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 3,135 | 91,824 | 48 | 1.5% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 2,580 |
| 2 | Particle Detector Development and Performance | Physics and Astronomy | 2,433 |
| 3 | Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies | Medicine | 2,341 |
| 4 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 1,809 |
| 5 | Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention | Medicine | 1,399 |

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 | [On the Welfare Effects of Compatibility with Hotelling Competition: The Role of Market Coverage](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-026-10072-2) | [Review of Industrial Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-industrial-organization.md) | P Bertoletti | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| 2026-10-28 | [Network-based clustering of cognitive profiles: a comparative two-phase approach mitigating double-dipping estimation](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-026-00890-9) | [Statistical Methods & Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistical-methods-applications.md) | Maura Coniglione, Elena Ballante, Sara Assecondi et al. | University of Pavia; University of Milano-Bicocca; University of Trento |
| 2026-10-25 | [Eyegent: Visual Attention Orchestration on Concepts](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-026-03042-4) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | Alessandro D’Amelio, Sabrina Patania, Luca Annese et al. | University of Milan; University of Milano-Bicocca |
| 2026-10-24 | [Exploring the micro-foundations of local green co-creation: challenging the myth of a Global North-Global South divide?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2026.101208) | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | Daniela Cristofoli, Marta Micacchi, Benedetta Trivellato | Bocconi University; University of Milano-Bicocca |
| 2026-10-15 | [The “Dr Google” effect: Online health information and its implications](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2026.101658) | [Economics & Human Biology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-human-biology.md) | P. Berta, Carla Guerriero, S. Moccia et al. | University of Milano-Bicocca; Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance; University of Naples Federico II; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Spatial consequences of tax reforms on tax compliance: econometric evidence from the Italian Minimum Taxpayer Regime](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-026-01546-y) | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | Amedeo Argentiero, Paolo Maranzano, Gianluca Monturano et al. | University of Salerno; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei; University of Milano-Bicocca; … |

## Cite this page

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

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  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/).