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title: "University of Sussex: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Sussex: 971 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and management; h-index 735."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Sussex: 971 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly economics and management; h-index 735. (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# University of Sussex

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

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

## Key findings

- University of Sussex was involved in 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #673 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in International Journal for Equity in Health (1), Energy Policy (1) and Journal of Business Ethics (1).
- Countries: United Kingdom (3), Switzerland (1) and Ethiopia (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Sussex took part in 971 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (390), management (254) and finance (94).
- 80 of them were published in 2025, against 98 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Institute of Development Studies (19), Hanken School of Economics (12) and University College London (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (20), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (17) and Energy Policy (16).
- The most-cited of them is “An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions” (Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2019), with 2,801 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Sussex has 83,546 works with 6,821,310 citations (h-index 735).
- The tracked journals hold 901 of its 27,036 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (3.3%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (2,939), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (2,831) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (2,403).

## 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) | 53 | 64 | 44 | 39 | 35 | 41 | 36 | 29 | 22 | 27 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 16 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 17 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 7 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 98 | 113 | 94 | 107 | 100 | 109 | 97 | 103 | 80 | 70 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | 20 |
| 2 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 9 |
| 8 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Institute of Development Studies | 19 |
| 2 | Hanken School of Economics | 12 |
| 3 | [University College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-college-london.md) | 11 |
| 4 | Boston University | 10 |
| 5 | [Aarhus University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/aarhus-university.md) | 9 |
| 6 | Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research | 9 |
| 7 | University of Cape Town | 9 |
| 8 | Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli | 7 |
| 9 | [University of Leeds](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-leeds.md) | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 350 |
| 2 | United States | 63 |
| 3 | China | 37 |
| 4 | Italy | 32 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 29 |
| 6 | Germany | 28 |
| 7 | Australia | 25 |
| 8 | Finland | 18 |
| 9 | Canada | 17 |
| 10 | France | 17 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 14 |
| 2 | sustainability transitions | 14 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 8 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 6 |
| 7 | [corporate social responsibility](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-social-responsibility.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [decarbonization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/decarbonization.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,801 | 30.1 | [An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004) | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | 2019-01-31 | Jonathan Köhler, Frank Willem Geels, Florian Kern et al. |
| 2 | 1,812 | 18.5 | [Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.08.011) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-08-31 | Johan Schot, W. Edward Steinmueller |
| 3 | 1,166 | 10.6 | [Lost in Transition? Drivers and Barriers in the Eco-innovation Road to the Circular Economy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.08.001) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2017-09-06 | Ana de Jesús, Sandro Mendonça |
| 4 | 844 | 8.7 | [Towards a typology of intermediaries in sustainability transitions: A systematic review and a research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.10.006) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-10-11 | Paula Kivimaa, Wouter Boon, Sampsa Hyysalo et al. |
| 5 | 834 | 7.2 | [New frontiers and conceptual frameworks for energy justice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.005) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2017-03-18 | Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool, Matthew J. Burke, Lucy Baker et al. |
| 6 | 615 | 5.4 | [A Paradox Perspective on Corporate Sustainability: Descriptive, Instrumental, and Normative Aspects](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3587-2) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2017-06-07 | Tobias Hahn, FRANK H. J. FIGGE, Jonatan Pinkse et al. |
| 7 | 602 | 9.3 | [Digital technologies, innovation, and skills: Emerging trajectories and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104289) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2021-06-01 | Tommaso Ciarli, Martin F. Kenney, Silvia Massini et al. |
| 8 | 578 | 5.2 | [Is financial inclusion good for bank stability? International evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.07.027) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2017-08-01 | M. Mostak Ahamed, Sushanta Mallick |
| 9 | 522 | 5.1 | [Deep transitions: Emergence, acceleration, stabilization and directionality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.03.009) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-03-28 | Johan Schot, Laur Kanger |
| 10 | 516 | 5.0 | [The co-evolution of policy mixes and socio-technical systems: Towards a conceptual framework of policy mix feedback in sustainability transitions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.03.010) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2018-03-28 | Duncan L. Edmondson, Florian Kern, Karoline S. Rogge |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Sussex in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Brighton, United Kingdom |
| Also known as | Prifysgol Sussex |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 83,546 |
| Citations | 6,821,310 |
| h-index | 735 |
| i10-index | 81,937 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.16 |
| Website | [www.sussex.ac.uk](https://www.sussex.ac.uk) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00ayhx656](https://ror.org/00ayhx656) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161297](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161297) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I162608824](https://openalex.org/I162608824) |

*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) | 2,668 | 158,767 | 70 | 2.6% |
| 2025 | 3,290 | 212,583 | 80 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 2,991 | 214,252 | 103 | 3.4% |
| 2023 | 3,127 | 208,624 | 97 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 2,955 | 203,187 | 109 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 3,032 | 212,005 | 100 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 3,137 | 189,853 | 107 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 2,702 | 165,885 | 94 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 2,953 | 146,481 | 113 | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 2,849 | 130,073 | 98 | 3.4% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 2,939 |
| 2 | Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | Physics and Astronomy | 2,831 |
| 3 | Cosmology and Gravitation Theories | Physics and Astronomy | 2,403 |
| 4 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 1,920 |
| 5 | Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds | Chemistry | 1,811 |

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 | [The role of social sciences in addressing inequality related to Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-02997-7) | [International Journal for Equity in Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-equity-in-health.md) | Papreen Nahar, Laura Dean, Mirgissa Kaba et al. | Brighton and Sussex Medical School; University of Sussex; University of Brighton; … |
| 2026-10-22 | [A relational retrofitting void in the private rented sector: the Brighton and Hove ‘loop’](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115650) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | Giulia M. Mininni, Donal Brown, Marie Claire Brisbois et al. | University of Sussex; University of Manchester; University of Oxford; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Economic Inequality Reduces Sustainable Consumption: Cross-National and Experimental Evidence and Psychological Mechanisms](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06437-y) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | Steven A. Brieger, Jacob Hörisch, Xinyu Zhang | NEOMA Business School; Leuphana University of Lüneburg; University of Sussex |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {University of Sussex},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sussex}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  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/).