University of Vaasa
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Key findings#
- University of Vaasa was involved in 5 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #281 of 3,191 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Journal of Business Venturing Insights (1), Journal of Business Research (1) and International Business Review (1).
- Countries: Finland (5), United Kingdom (2) and Sweden (2).
- From 2023 to 2025, University of Vaasa ranks #1 in management.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Vaasa took part in 590 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (302), finance (91) and marketing (61).
- 93 of them were published in 2025, against 32 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Aberdeen (57), Luleå University of Technology (32) and Queen Mary University of London (26).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Research (31), Industrial Marketing Management (27) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (24).
- The most-cited of them is “Artificial intelligence and innovation management: A review, framework, and research agenda✰” (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020), with 1,089 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Vaasa has 8,022 works with 274,338 citations (h-index 208).
- The tracked journals hold 507 of its 4,888 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (10.4%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Innovation and Knowledge Management (562), International Business and FDI (439) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (407).
In the rankings#
Top institutions, 2023–2025: #1 in management
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 7 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 32 | 52 | 52 |
| Finance | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 9 |
| Marketing | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Economics | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| Operations Research | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Statistics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| All categories | 32 | 30 | 51 | 35 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 93 | 83 |
Where the papers come from and its co-authors#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Business Research | 31 |
| 2 | Industrial Marketing Management | 27 |
| 3 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 24 |
| 4 | International Business Review | 18 |
| 5 | Management International Review | 16 |
| 6 | Technovation | 14 |
| 7 | Finance research letters | 9 |
| 8 | International Journal of Production Economics | 8 |
| 9 | Long Range Planning | 7 |
| 10 | Energy Economics | 7 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Aberdeen | 57 |
| 2 | Luleå University of Technology | 32 |
| 3 | Queen Mary University of London | 26 |
| 4 | Hanken School of Economics | 22 |
| 5 | University of Birmingham | 19 |
| 6 | University of South-Eastern Norway | 15 |
| 7 | University of Auckland | 13 |
| 8 | Aalto University | 12 |
| 9 | University of Jyväskylä | 12 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 323 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 119 |
| 3 | Sweden | 55 |
| 4 | United States | 46 |
| 5 | Norway | 31 |
| 6 | Australia | 29 |
| 7 | Italy | 20 |
| 8 | China | 19 |
| 9 | France | 19 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 15 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | small and medium-sized enterprises | 20 |
| 2 | digital transformation | 17 |
| 3 | digitalization | 15 |
| 4 | dynamic capabilities | 14 |
| 5 | value creation | 13 |
| 6 | COVID-19 pandemic | 12 |
| 7 | emerging markets | 12 |
| 8 | internationalization | 12 |
| 9 | manufacturing companies | 12 |
| 10 | multinational corporations | 12 |
Most-cited papers#
In OpenAlex#
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland |
| Also known as | Vaasan yliopisto, Vasa universitet |
| Works in OpenAlex | 8,022 |
| Citations | 274,338 |
| h-index | 208 |
| i10-index | 4,375 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.13 |
| Website | www.uwasa.fi |
| ROR | ror.org/03769b225 |
| OpenAlex | openalex.org/I79765343 |
| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innovation and Knowledge Management | Business, Management and Accounting | 562 |
| 2 | International Business and FDI | Business, Management and Accounting | 439 |
| 3 | Financial Markets and Investment Strategies | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 407 |
| 4 | Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 342 |
| 5 | Service and Product Innovation | Business, Management and Accounting | 311 |
| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 702 | 23,244 | 83 | 11.8% |
| 2025 | 785 | 28,418 | 93 | 11.8% |
| 2024 | 719 | 26,508 | 75 | 10.4% |
| 2023 | 719 | 22,860 | 72 | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 549 | 18,629 | 64 | 11.7% |
| 2021 | 588 | 15,180 | 55 | 9.4% |
| 2020 | 488 | 10,795 | 35 | 7.2% |
| 2019 | 411 | 8,135 | 51 | 12.4% |
| 2018 | 319 | 6,206 | 30 | 9.4% |
| 2017 | 310 | 4,957 | 32 | 10.3% |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Vaasa. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-vaasa
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title = {University of Vaasa},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-02},
note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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