---
title: "University of Technology Sydney: research profile"
description: "Research profile of University of Technology Sydney: 2,170 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 580."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Technology Sydney: 2,170 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 580. (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# University of Technology Sydney

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: Australia
- web domain: uts.edu.au

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

## Key findings

- University of Technology Sydney was involved in 7 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #234 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Operations Research Forum (1), Project Leadership and Society (1) and International Review of Financial Analysis (1).
- Countries: Australia (7), China (3) and Saudi Arabia (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Technology Sydney took part in 2,170 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (1,053), economics (275) and operations research (158).
- 231 of them were published in 2025, against 158 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were UNSW Sydney (61), The University of Sydney (55) and Macquarie University (50).
- The journals publishing most of them were Knowledge-Based Systems (78), Expert Systems with Applications (55) and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (55).
- The most-cited of them is “A Comprehensive Survey on Graph Neural Networks” (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2020), with 10,982 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Technology Sydney has 93,919 works with 5,313,326 citations (h-index 580).
- The tracked journals hold 1,981 of its 55,900 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (3.5%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Advanced Neural Network Applications (1,523), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (1,281) and Membrane Separation Technologies (1,083).

## 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) | 56 | 63 | 58 | 116 | 124 | 138 | 142 | 138 | 124 | 94 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 25 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 33 | 22 | 25 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 10 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 18 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 13 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 11 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 5 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| All categories | 158 | 176 | 151 | 238 | 248 | 271 | 249 | 259 | 231 | 189 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 78 |
| 2 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 55 |
| 3 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 55 |
| 4 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 52 |
| 5 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 45 |
| 6 | [IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-fuzzy-systems.md) | 38 |
| 7 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 35 |
| 8 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 26 |
| 9 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 25 |
| 10 | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | 18 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [UNSW Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/unsw-sydney.md) | 61 |
| 2 | [The University of Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-sydney.md) | 55 |
| 3 | [Macquarie University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/macquarie-university.md) | 50 |
| 4 | [Shanghai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university.md) | 27 |
| 5 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 25 |
| 6 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 23 |
| 7 | [The University of Melbourne](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-melbourne.md) | 23 |
| 8 | [China University of Mining and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/china-university-of-mining-and-technology.md) | 21 |
| 9 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 21 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Australia | 928 |
| 2 | China | 447 |
| 3 | United States | 96 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 75 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 64 |
| 6 | Singapore | 41 |
| 7 | India | 40 |
| 8 | Macao | 34 |
| 9 | Canada | 23 |
| 10 | Spain | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 28 |
| 2 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 26 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 24 |
| 4 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 20 |
| 5 | [federated learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/federated-learning.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [research trends](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/research-trends.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [self-supervised learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/self-supervised-learning.md) | 13 |
| 9 | Australia | 12 |
| 10 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 12 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,982 | 138.4 | [A Comprehensive Survey on Graph Neural Networks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2020.2978386) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-03-24 | Zonghan Wu, Shirui Pan, Fengwen Chen et al. |
| 2 | 2,424 | 30.4 | [Marine Predators Algorithm: A nature-inspired metaheuristic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113377) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2020-03-13 | Afshin Faramarzi, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Seyedali Mirjalili et al. |
| 3 | 2,228 | 33.1 | [Aquila Optimizer: A novel meta-heuristic optimization algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107250) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2021-03-23 | Laith Abualigah, Dalia Yousri, Mohamed Abd Elaziz et al. |
| 4 | 1,602 | 15.1 | [Learning under Concept Drift: A Review](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2018.2876857) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2018-01-01 | Jie Lu B, Anjin Liu, Fan Dong et al. |
| 5 | 1,461 | 13.7 | [Bitcoin: Medium of exchange or speculative assets?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.12.004) | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 2017-12-21 | Dirk G. Baur, KiHoon Hong, Adrian D. Lee |
| 6 | 1,442 | 24.1 | [Reptile Search Algorithm (RSA): A nature-inspired meta-heuristic optimizer](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116158) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2021-11-05 | Laith Abualigah, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Putra Sumari et al. |
| 7 | 1,120 | 16.9 | [RUN beyond the metaphor: An efficient optimization algorithm based on Runge Kutta method](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115079) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2021-04-21 | Iman Ahmadianfar, Ali Asghar Heidari, Amir H. Gandomi et al. |
| 8 | 1,081 | 25.4 | [Deep learning modelling techniques: current progress, applications, advantages, and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-023-10466-8) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2023-04-17 | Shams Forruque Ahmed, Md. Sakib Bin Alam, Maruf Hassan et al. |
| 9 | 1,067 | 15.7 | [Hunger games search: Visions, conception, implementation, deep analysis, perspectives, and towards performance shifts](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.114864) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2021-03-10 | Yutao Yang, Huiling Chen, Ali Asghar Heidari et al. |
| 10 | 996 | 14.5 | [COVID-19 pandemic related supply chain studies: A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102271) | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 2021-02-15 | Priyabrata Chowdhury, Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Shahriar Kaisar et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Technology Sydney in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Also known as | UTS |
| Works in OpenAlex | 93,919 |
| Citations | 5,313,326 |
| h-index | 580 |
| i10-index | 81,284 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.59 |
| Website | [www.uts.edu.au](https://www.uts.edu.au) |
| ROR | [ror.org/03f0f6041](https://ror.org/03f0f6041) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I114017466](https://openalex.org/I114017466) |

*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) | 5,555 | 262,227 | 189 | 3.4% |
| 2025 | 6,673 | 349,495 | 231 | 3.5% |
| 2024 | 6,656 | 333,924 | 259 | 3.9% |
| 2023 | 6,565 | 299,477 | 249 | 3.8% |
| 2022 | 6,620 | 273,577 | 271 | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 6,979 | 240,665 | 248 | 3.6% |
| 2020 | 6,814 | 185,040 | 238 | 3.5% |
| 2019 | 5,880 | 137,990 | 151 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 5,366 | 106,018 | 176 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 4,347 | 84,551 | 158 | 3.6% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Advanced Neural Network Applications | Computer Science | 1,523 |
| 2 | Financial Markets and Investment Strategies | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1,281 |
| 3 | Membrane Separation Technologies | Environmental Science | 1,083 |
| 4 | Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning | Computer Science | 1,069 |
| 5 | Wastewater Treatment and Reuse | Environmental Science | 997 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | [Ordered Weighted Average Life Expectancy](https://doi.org/10.1007/s43069-026-00708-0) | [Operations Research Forum](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-research-forum.md) | Hadeel S. Baraheem, José M. Merigó | University of Technology Sydney; King Abdulaziz University |
| 2026-10-20 | [Homeostatic governance: A grounded theory study of board engagement with projects](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2026.100247) | [Project Leadership and Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/project-leadership-and-society.md) | Chris Lawler, Catherine P. Killen, Shankar Sankaran | University of Technology Sydney |
| 2026-10-15 | [Foreign geopolitical risk and exports: Transaction-level evidence from China's customs records](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2026.105469) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | Nan Lin, Haochen Yu, Shiwei Hu et al. | Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade; University of Macau; Beijing Foreign Studies University; … |
| 2026-10-10 | [Are green institutional holdings consistently associated with lower carbon intensity? Evidence across the corporate life cycle](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110916) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Yamin Xie | Shanghai University; University of Technology Sydney |
| 2026-10-09 | [Africa’s first standard measure for child and adolescent health: The Nigerian EQ-5D-Y-3L value set using composite time trade-off and discrete choice experiments](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02628-3) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Abdulmuminu Isah, Iheomimichineke Ojiakor, Chinelo Obi et al. | University of Nigeria; Kenya Medical Research Institute; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [Efficient semantic segmentation via Lightweight Multiple-Information Interaction Network](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2026.104976) | [Computer Vision and Image Understanding](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computer-vision-and-image-understanding.md) | Y. Qiu, Guoan Xu, Guangwei Gao et al. | Xidian University; Nanjing University of Science and Technology; University of Technology Sydney; … |
| 2026-10-05 | [A longitudinal and thematic analysis of entrepreneurial university research (1969–2024)](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-026-10392-1) | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | Martin Bliemel | University of Technology Sydney |

## Cite this page

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

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