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title: "University of Reading: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Reading: 964 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly management and economics; h-index 649."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Reading: 964 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly management and economics; h-index 649. (as of 2026-11-03)"
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---

# University of Reading

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: United Kingdom
- web domain: reading.ac.uk

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

## Key findings

- University of Reading was involved in 10 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #149 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Technovation (3), Social Science & Medicine (2) and Information & Management (1).
- Countries: United Kingdom (10), China (3) and France (3).
- From 2023 to 2025, University of Reading ranks #7 in management.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Reading took part in 964 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (329), economics (270) and finance (174).
- 84 of them were published in 2025, against 75 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were ICMA Centre (57), University of Bologna (22) and Indiana University (19).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Research (24), Journal of International Business Studies (15) and International Review of Financial Analysis (15).
- 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 4,592 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Reading has 85,037 works with 5,430,585 citations (h-index 649).
- The tracked journals hold 888 of its 27,490 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (3.2%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5,877), Climate variability and models (5,493) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (2,576).

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#7 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) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 20 | 16 | 34 | 29 | 43 | 57 | 43 | 34 | 29 | 24 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 18 | 31 | 33 | 37 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 27 | 20 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 18 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 11 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 75 | 85 | 104 | 95 | 112 | 128 | 114 | 91 | 84 | 76 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 24 |
| 2 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 7 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | ICMA Centre | 57 |
| 2 | [University of Bologna](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bologna.md) | 22 |
| 3 | [Indiana University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/indiana-university.md) | 19 |
| 4 | [Indiana University Bloomington](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/indiana-university-bloomington.md) | 19 |
| 5 | University of Calgary | 12 |
| 6 | University of Puerto Rico System | 12 |
| 7 | [Newcastle University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/newcastle-university.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 11 |
| 9 | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 365 |
| 2 | China | 66 |
| 3 | United States | 52 |
| 4 | Italy | 47 |
| 5 | France | 36 |
| 6 | India | 30 |
| 7 | Germany | 25 |
| 8 | Canada | 18 |
| 9 | Belgium | 15 |
| 10 | Australia | 14 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 29 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [firm performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-performance.md) | 10 |
| 6 | knowledge spillovers | 10 |
| 7 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [knowledge transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/knowledge-transfer.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [research agenda](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/research-agenda.md) | 9 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,592 | 104.9 | [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 | 1,144 | 10.5 | [The impact of environmental, social, and governance disclosure on firm value: The role of CEO power](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.09.007) | [The British Accounting Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-british-accounting-review.md) | 2017-09-23 | Yiwei Li, Mengfeng Gong, Xiu‐Ye Zhang et al. |
| 3 | 947 | 16.5 | [Forecasting: theory and practice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2021.11.001) | [International Journal of Forecasting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-forecasting.md) | 2022-01-19 | Fotios Petropoulos, Daniele Apiletti, Vassilios Assimakopoulos et al. |
| 4 | 836 | 7.8 | [The effects of environmental, social and governance disclosures and performance on firm value: A review of the literature in accounting and finance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.11.005) | [The British Accounting Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-british-accounting-review.md) | 2017-11-28 | Chris Brooks, Ioannis Oikonomou |
| 5 | 716 | 9.3 | [International HRM insights for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for future research and practice](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-020-00335-9) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 2020-06-02 | Paula Caligiuri, Helen De Cieri, Dana Minbaeva et al. |
| 6 | 588 | 11.8 | [Artificial intelligence in innovation research: A systematic review, conceptual framework, and future research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102623) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 2022-09-10 | Marcello M. Mariani, Isa Machado, Vittoria Magrelli et al. |
| 7 | 577 | 9.4 | [How can SMEs successfully navigate VUCA environment: The role of agility in the digital transformation era](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121227) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2021-09-27 | Ciro Troise, Vincenzo Corvello, Abby Ghobadian et al. |
| 8 | 552 | 5.2 | [Is Bitcoin a Hedge or Safe-Haven for Currencies? An Intraday Analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.02.009) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2018-01-01 | Andrew Urquhart, Hanxiong Zhang |
| 9 | 502 | 5.8 | [Enhancing the role of human resource management in corporate sustainability and social responsibility: A multi-stakeholder, multidimensional approach to HRM](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2019.100708) | [Human Resource Management Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resource-management-review.md) | 2019-09-02 | Günter K. Stahl, Chris J. Brewster, David G. Collings et al. |
| 10 | 488 | 7.9 | [Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00544-y) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2021-09-12 | Maksim Belitski, Christina Guenther, Alexander S. Kritikos et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Reading in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Reading, United Kingdom |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 85,037 |
| Citations | 5,430,585 |
| h-index | 649 |
| i10-index | 70,361 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.75 |
| Website | [www.reading.ac.uk](https://www.reading.ac.uk) |
| ROR | [ror.org/05v62cm79](https://ror.org/05v62cm79) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432632](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432632) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I71052956](https://openalex.org/I71052956) |

*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) | 2,919 | 154,389 | 76 | 2.6% |
| 2025 | 3,519 | 203,318 | 84 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 3,212 | 208,745 | 91 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 3,057 | 206,377 | 114 | 3.7% |
| 2022 | 3,259 | 203,714 | 128 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 3,162 | 205,548 | 112 | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 3,150 | 172,350 | 95 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 2,856 | 146,497 | 104 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 2,758 | 128,451 | 85 | 3.1% |
| 2017 | 2,517 | 114,928 | 75 | 3.0% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5,877 |
| 2 | Climate variability and models | Environmental Science | 5,493 |
| 3 | Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2,576 |
| 4 | Atmospheric aerosols and clouds | Environmental Science | 2,406 |
| 5 | Geology and Paleoclimatology Research | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1,493 |

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 | [AI capability and organizational performance: Do team learning and creativity play a role?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2026.104458) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | Nisreen Ameen, Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Shlomo Y. Tarba et al. | University of London; Royal Holloway University of London; University of Reading; … |
| 2026-10-27 | [The good participant paradox: Benevolent Misrepresentation as a response to research exclusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119937) | [Social Science & Medicine](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-science-medicine.md) | Melissa Kramer, Molly Bradbury, Aileen K. Ho et al. | University of Reading |
| 2026-10-24 | [Business schools as reflective, affective, and transformative environments: The live case approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2026.101571) | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | Hector Osvaldo Rocha, Dimo P. Dimov, Kleio Akrivou | Austral University; University of Bath; University of Reading |
| 2026-10-18 | [The AI gaze and imagined places: Co-creation and negotiation with the generative AI assemblage](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2026.100237) | [Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research-empirical-insights.md) | Michał Rzeszewski, Phil Jones, Maciej Główczyński et al. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; University of Birmingham; University of Reading |
| 2026-10-16 | [Engagement in innovation ecosystems and commercialization of innovation: geography of collaboration, uncertainty and risk](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103741) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | David Bruce Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Christina Theodoraki | Indiana University; Kedge Business School; University of Reading; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Looking back, thinking ahead: A systematic review of business models in SMEs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103744) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | Amir Hakaki, Marcello M. Mariani, Benjamin Laker | University of Reading; University of Bologna |
| 2026-10-14 | [Cultural value configurations and guests’ evaluations of AI-enabled service technologies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2026.104932) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | Matteo Borghi, Phatcharasiri Ratcharak, Mustafeed Zaman et al. | University of Reading; University of Greenwich; Audencia Business School; … |
| 2026-10-12 | [When filial duty exceeds capacity: How moral obligations become caregiver distress](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119924) | [Social Science & Medicine](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-science-medicine.md) | Hongzhi Wang, Xiang Li, Xiaogang Wang et al. | The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; University of Reading; Shandong Academy of Social Sciences |
| 2026-10-08 | [AI capability and product innovation intensity: Driving B2B marketing innovation under varying levels of market turbulence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103737) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | Nisreen Ameen, Jun‐Hwa Cheah, Senmao Xia et al. | Royal Holloway University of London; University of Reading; University of East Anglia; … |
| 2026-10-07 | [Expertise and context impact reactions to investment performance: An eye-tracking study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105945) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Louis Williams, Mark Pittaccio, Eugene McSorley et al. | ICMA Centre; University of Reading; City, University of London; … |

## Cite this page

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

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