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title: "University of Padua: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Padua: 877 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 1,104."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Padua: 877 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and operations research; h-index 1,104. (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# University of Padua

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: Italy
- web domain: unipd.it

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

## Key findings

- University of Padua 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 Philosophy & Technology (1), Public Choice (1) and Scientometrics (1).
- Countries: Italy (6), United Kingdom (2) and Turkey (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Padua took part in 877 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (282), operations research (172) and AI (145).
- 92 of them were published in 2025, against 73 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Ca' Foscari University of Venice (16), Sapienza University of Rome (16) and University of Bologna (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (15), Statistical Methods & Applications (15) and Agricultural and Food Economics (13).
- The most-cited of them is “Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): What we know and what is left to attain Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” (Information Fusion, 2023), with 1,763 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Padua has 218,957 works with 21,431,075 citations (h-index 1,104).
- The tracked journals hold 782 of its 98,352 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.8%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (6,639), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (5,889) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (5,605).

## 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) | 27 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 31 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 25 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 10 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 9 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 19 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 7 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| All categories | 73 | 80 | 73 | 87 | 90 | 98 | 94 | 95 | 92 | 95 |

## 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) | 15 |
| 2 | [Statistical Methods & Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistical-methods-applications.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [Agricultural and Food Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/agricultural-and-food-economics.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 11 |
| 6 | [Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-optimization-theory-and-applications.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ca' Foscari University of Venice | 16 |
| 2 | [Sapienza University of Rome](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sapienza-university-of-rome.md) | 16 |
| 3 | [University of Bologna](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bologna.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [University of Trento](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-trento.md) | 13 |
| 5 | University of Florence | 12 |
| 6 | [University of Milano-Bicocca](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-milano-bicocca.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [Bocconi University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/bocconi-university.md) | 10 |
| 8 | University of Milan | 9 |
| 9 | University of Rome Tor Vergata | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 376 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 56 |
| 3 | France | 32 |
| 4 | Germany | 28 |
| 5 | China | 19 |
| 6 | Spain | 19 |
| 7 | United States | 17 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 16 |
| 9 | Austria | 14 |
| 10 | Australia | 10 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [Italy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/italy.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 8 |
| 4 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [older adults](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/older-adults.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [explainable AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/explainable-ai.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [manufacturing companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/manufacturing-companies.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [monetary policy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/monetary-policy.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/uncertainty.md) | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,763 | 41.4 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): What we know and what is left to attain Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2023.101805) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2023-04-18 | Sajid Ali, Tamer Abuhmed, Shaker El–Sappagh et al. |
| 2 | 1,253 | 15.1 | [Internet of Things is a revolutionary approach for future technology enhancement: a review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-019-0268-2) | [Journal Of Big Data](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-big-data.md) | 2019-12-01 | Sachin Kumar, Prayag Tiwari, Mikhail L. Zymbler |
| 3 | 846 | 8.1 | [Applications of Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning to Biological Data](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2018.2790388) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2018-01-31 | Mufti Mahmud, M. Shamim Kaiser, Amir Hussain et al. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 544 | 4.8 | [Handcrafted vs. non-handcrafted features for computer vision classification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2017.05.025) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 2017-06-03 | Loris Nanni, Stefano Ghidoni, Sheryl Brahnam |
| 6 | 474 | 6.0 | [Internet of things technologies, digital servitization and business model innovation in BtoB manufacturing firms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.03.009) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2020-03-21 | MARCO UGO PAIOLA, Heiko Gebauer |
| 7 | 421 | 5.5 | [Navigating disruptive crises through service-led growth: The impact of COVID-19 on Italian manufacturing firms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.05.017) | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 2020-05-30 | Mario Rapaccini, Nicola Saccani, Christian Kowalkowski et al. |
| 8 | 420 | 4.9 | [Resource efficient eco-innovations for a circular economy: Evidence from EU firms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103827) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2019-10-01 | Giulio Cainelli, Alessio D’Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti |
| 9 | 380 | 5.6 | [Costs of resilience and disruptions in supply chain network design models: A review and future research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108103) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2021-03-13 | Riccardo Aldrighetti, Daria Battini, Dmitry Ivanov et al. |
| 10 | 280 | 3.2 | [Risk management in SMEs: A systematic literature review and future directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2019.06.005) | [European Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-management-journal.md) | 2019-06-25 | Priscila Ferreira de Araújo Lima, Maria Crema, Chiara Verbano |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Padua in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Padua, Veneto, Italy |
| Also known as | UNIPD, Universitat de Pàdua, University of Padova, Università degli Studi di Padova |
| Works in OpenAlex | 218,957 |
| Citations | 21,431,075 |
| h-index | 1,104 |
| i10-index | 313,195 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.13 |
| Website | [www.unipd.it](https://www.unipd.it) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00240q980](https://ror.org/00240q980) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I138689650](https://openalex.org/I138689650) |

*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) | 12,082 | 424,206 | 95 | 0.8% |
| 2025 | 13,634 | 544,797 | 92 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 12,642 | 540,550 | 95 | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 12,610 | 511,041 | 94 | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 11,422 | 493,621 | 98 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 11,264 | 495,749 | 90 | 0.8% |
| 2020 | 11,096 | 428,247 | 87 | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 9,170 | 345,442 | 73 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 8,357 | 309,165 | 80 | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 8,157 | 277,440 | 73 | 0.9% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 6,639 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 5,889 |
| 3 | Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | Physics and Astronomy | 5,605 |
| 4 | Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | Physics and Astronomy | 5,092 |
| 5 | Particle Detector Development and Performance | Physics and Astronomy | 4,832 |

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 | [Structural Collateralism: Architecture, Function, and the Co-production of Harm](https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-026-01222-1) | [Philosophy & Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/philosophy-technology.md) | Giulio Vidotto | University of Padua |
| 2026-10-25 | [Judicial performance and public procurement choice](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-01484-5) | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | ALESSANDRO CAVALIERI, Alessandro Melcarne, Giovanni Battista Ramello | University of Padua; University of Turin |
| 2026-10-24 | [Why retracted papers continue to be cited: direct survey evidence complements citation-pattern analysis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05881-x) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Alessandro DE CASSAI, Tommaso Pettenuzzo, Nicolò Sella et al. | University of Padua; Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova; Ondokuz Mayıs University |
| 2026-10-19 | [Navigating personal control: AI augmentation and its impact on decision-making](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103746) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | Diletta Tosetto, Letizia Mortara, Constanze M. Leeb et al. | University of Padua; Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering; National Research Council; … |
| 2026-10-14 | [Interpretable functional linear regression via local sparsity promoting penalty](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2026.105729) | [Journal of Multivariate Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-multivariate-analysis.md) | Marco Stefanucci, Mauro Bernardi, Antonio Canale | University of Rome Tor Vergata; University of Padua; University of Edinburgh |
| 2026-10-06 | [The fast and the studious? Ramadan observance and student performance](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-026-01204-9) | [Journal of Population Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-population-economics.md) | Kyra Hanemaaijer, Olivier Marie, Marco Musumeci | University of Gothenburg; Erasmus University Rotterdam; University of Padua |

## Cite this page

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

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