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title: "University of Science and Technology Beijing"
description: "Research profile of University of Science and Technology Beijing: 884 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 483."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Science and Technology Beijing: 884 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 483. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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# University of Science and Technology Beijing

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: China
- web domain: ustb.edu.cn

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

## Key findings

- University of Science and Technology Beijing was involved in 13 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #93 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Expert Systems with Applications (3), Asia Pacific Journal of Management (2) and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (1).
- Countries: China (13), United States (3) and Australia (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Science and Technology Beijing took part in 884 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (469), operations research (116) and finance (103).
- 177 of them were published in 2025, against 32 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Chinese Academy of Sciences (31), Tsinghua University (29) and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (22).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (76), Pattern Recognition (36) and Knowledge-Based Systems (28).
- The most-cited of them is “Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Network Control for a Constrained Robot Using Impedance Learning” (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2017), with 643 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Science and Technology Beijing has 100,928 works with 6,530,277 citations (h-index 483).
- The tracked journals hold 736 of its 57,751 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.3%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (8,797), Iron and Steelmaking Processes (5,832) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (5,584).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 22 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 33 | 59 | 46 | 70 | 87 | 91 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 11 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 32 | 27 | 31 | 48 | 67 | 98 | 105 | 151 | 177 | 148 |

## 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) | 76 |
| 2 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 36 |
| 3 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 28 |
| 4 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 25 |
| 5 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 24 |
| 6 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 21 |
| 7 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 18 |
| 8 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 15 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 15 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 31 |
| 2 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 29 |
| 3 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-university-of-posts-and-telecommunications.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [Nankai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nankai-university.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Institute of Automation](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/institute-of-automation.md) | 14 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 581 |
| 2 | United States | 43 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 41 |
| 4 | Australia | 28 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 26 |
| 6 | Singapore | 19 |
| 7 | Japan | 8 |
| 8 | Sweden | 8 |
| 9 | North Korea | 7 |
| 10 | Italy | 6 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 30 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 27 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 19 |
| 4 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 13 |
| 7 | [Chinese enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-enterprises.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [class imbalance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/class-imbalance.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 11 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 643 | 5.5 | [Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Network Control for a Constrained Robot Using Impedance Learning](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2017.2665581) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2017-03-01 | Wei He, Yiting Dong |
| 2 | 458 | 4.7 | [The role of self-determination theory in marketing science: An integrative review and agenda for research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2018.10.004) | [European Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-management-journal.md) | 2018-10-18 | Faheem Gul Gilal, Jian Zhang, Justin Paul et al. |
| 3 | 350 | 3.5 | [Robot Learning System Based on Adaptive Neural Control and Dynamic Movement Primitives](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2018.2852711) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2018-07-26 | Chenguang Yang, Chuize Chen, Wei He et al. |
| 4 | 331 | 3.2 | [Adaptive Neural Control for Robotic Manipulators With Output Constraints and Uncertainties](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2018.2803827) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2018-03-08 | Shuang Zhang, Yiting Dong, Yuncheng Ouyang et al. |
| 5 | 308 | 4.5 | [Artificial intelligence in cyber security: research advances, challenges, and opportunities](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-021-09976-0) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2021-03-12 | Zhimin Zhang, Huansheng Ning, Feifei Shi et al. |
| 6 | 290 | 3.9 | [Neural Control of Robot Manipulators With Trajectory Tracking Constraints and Input Saturation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2020.3017202) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-08-28 | Chenguang Yang, Dianye Huang, Wei He et al. |
| 7 | 283 | 2.6 | [Predicting the acceptance of MOOCs in a developing country: Application of task-technology fit model, social motivation, and self-determination theory](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2017.09.009) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2017-09-30 | Ikram Ullah Khan, Zahid Hameed, Yugang Yu et al. |
| 8 | 278 | 5.0 | [Can government subsidies promote the green technology innovation transformation? Evidence from Chinese listed companies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.03.020) | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 2022-04-01 | Yanmin Shao, Zhongfei Chen |
| 9 | 270 | 3.7 | [SESF-Fuse: an unsupervised deep model for multi-focus image fusion](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-05358-9) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2020-09-21 | Boyuan Ma, Yu Michael Zhu, Xiang Yin et al. |
| 10 | 267 | 3.3 | [Fixed-Time Leader–Follower Consensus of Networked Nonlinear Systems via Event/Self-Triggered Control](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2019.2957069) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-01-07 | Jian Liu, Yanling Zhang, Yao Yu et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Science and Technology Beijing in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Beijing, China |
| Also known as | USTB, Beijing Steel and Iron Institute, 北京科技大学 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 100,928 |
| Citations | 6,530,277 |
| h-index | 483 |
| i10-index | 132,639 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.60 |
| Website | [www.ustb.edu.cn](https://www.ustb.edu.cn) |
| ROR | [ror.org/02egmk993](https://ror.org/02egmk993) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I92403157](https://openalex.org/I92403157) |

*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) | 8,685 | 271,293 | 148 | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 9,917 | 332,165 | 177 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 8,829 | 281,098 | 151 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 7,838 | 225,830 | 105 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 7,469 | 196,563 | 98 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 5,595 | 155,877 | 67 | 1.2% |
| 2020 | 5,045 | 125,233 | 48 | 1.0% |
| 2019 | 4,972 | 98,043 | 31 | 0.6% |
| 2018 | 4,441 | 75,765 | 27 | 0.6% |
| 2017 | 3,645 | 55,090 | 32 | 0.9% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics | Engineering | 8,797 |
| 2 | Iron and Steelmaking Processes | Engineering | 5,832 |
| 3 | Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels | Engineering | 5,584 |
| 4 | High Temperature Alloys and Creep | Engineering | 4,431 |
| 5 | Metallurgy and Material Forming | Engineering | 4,056 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | [An improved adaptive memetic algorithm for distributed hybrid flow shop scheduling problem with lot-streaming and blocking constraints](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134896) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Xiuli Wu, Rui Fang | University of Science and Technology Beijing |
| 2026-10-27 | [Numerical gap effect in multigenerational brand names: The role of perceived innovation momentum](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-026-01210-z) | [Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-academy-of-marketing-science.md) | Liangyan Wang, Liangyan Wang, Zhiyong Yang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Miami University |
| 2026-10-24 | [Coping with envy on social network sites: Cognitive dissonance and personality differences](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2026.114785) | [Decision Support Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/decision-support-systems.md) | Qian Wang, Xixi Li, Jose Benitez | Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Kent State University |
| 2026-10-22 | [AI washing in technology markets: The divergent roles of patient capital in innovation signaling distortion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103748) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | Ziru Tang, Zenglian Zhang | University of Science and Technology Beijing |
| 2026-10-19 | [Debt enforcement and cash dividend policy: Chinese evidence from the establishment of specialized bankruptcy courts](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2026.100606) | [Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-contemporary-accounting-economics.md) | Yueying Yuan, Yue Li, Yuxiang Zhong | Huazhong University of Science and Technology; University of Science and Technology Beijing |
| 2026-10-19 | [Focusing on object relations in scenes: A multi-collaborative graph-structured framework for infrared and visible image fusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104886) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | Jiawei Li, Hongwei Yu, Xinlong Ding et al. | University of Science and Technology Beijing; Dalian University of Technology |
| 2026-10-17 | [To explore or exploit for legitimacy: How does environmental litigation pressure affect corporate green technological innovation?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-026-10200-2) | [Asia Pacific Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-management.md) | Kunliang Xu, Yanmin Shao, Jiayi Yin | China University of Petroleum, East China; University of Science and Technology Beijing |
| 2026-10-15 | [Media-Manager Sentiment Gap and Stock Returns: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06488-1) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | Can Yang, Jie Kang, wei ning et al. | University of Science and Technology Beijing; Shenzhen Stock Exchange; Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; … |
| 2026-10-14 | [MDFNet: a lightweight multi-scale dynamic fusion network for visual measurement of micro-defect in UAV power line inspection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134737) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Panpan Fang, Di Wu, Qin Wan et al. | Hunan Institute of Engineering; Hunan University; Changsha University of Science and Technology; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Bribe to win? Performance implications of firms’ bribery spending](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-026-10199-6) | [Asia Pacific Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-management.md) | Ziyi Chen, Rui Wu, Zhenzhen Xie et al. | The University of Melbourne; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Sun Yat-sen University; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [DPCformer: Dual-Prior Calibration Transformer for low-light image enhancement](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105217) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | Jiaxiang Wang, Pufen Zhang, Meng Wan et al. | University of Science and Technology Beijing; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Computer Network Information Center; … |
| 2026-10-12 | [Towards proactive detection of user-side implicit conflicts in human–LLM dialogue](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134687) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Jinqiang Wang, Tao Zhu, Huansheng Ning | University of Science and Technology Beijing; University of South China |
| 2026-10-09 | [WinGS: Windowed Gaussian Splatting for long-sequence multi-view hand interaction reconstruction](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2026.104968) | [Computer Vision and Image Understanding](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computer-vision-and-image-understanding.md) | Haotian Guo, Qianli Zhang, Daosheng WANG et al. | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Peking University; Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Science and Technology Beijing. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-science-and-technology-beijing

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