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title: "University of Waterloo: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of University of Waterloo: 1,203 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly operations research and AI; h-index 789."
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share_text: "Research profile of University of Waterloo: 1,203 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly operations research and AI; h-index 789. (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
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# University of Waterloo

[Browse institution research profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/directory/page/6.md)

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: Canada
- web domain: uwaterloo.ca

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



## Key findings

- University of Waterloo was involved in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #520 of 3,880 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Journal of Financial Services Marketing (1), Information Sciences (1) and Stochastic Processes and their Applications (1).
- Countries: Canada (4), China (1) and South Korea (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at University of Waterloo took part in 1,203 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (239), AI (227) and economics (166).
- 132 of them were published in 2025, against 121 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Toronto (22), Western University (12) and York University (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (23), Insurance Mathematics and Economics (18) and Mathematical Programming (17).
- The most-cited of them is “Image Segmentation Using Deep Learning: A Survey” (IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2021), with 3,797 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, University of Waterloo has 155,614 works with 10,082,494 citations (h-index 789).
- The tracked journals hold 1,112 of its 59,995 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.9%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (3,391), Quantum Information and Cryptography (3,084) and Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (2,736).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 10 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 18 | 16 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 37 | 25 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 19 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 10 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 17 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 10 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| All categories | 121 | 127 | 139 | 117 | 128 | 126 | 109 | 113 | 132 | 91 |

## 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) | 23 |
| 2 | [Insurance Mathematics and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/insurance-mathematics-and-economics.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [Mathematical Programming](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mathematical-programming.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [Social Science & Medicine](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-science-medicine.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Machine Learning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/machine-learning.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 6 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Toronto](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-toronto.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Western University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/western-university.md) | 12 |
| 3 | York University | 12 |
| 4 | [University of British Columbia](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-british-columbia.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Yunnan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/yunnan-university.md) | 11 |
| 6 | [McMaster University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/mcmaster-university.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [University of Alberta](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-alberta.md) | 10 |
| 8 | Wilfrid Laurier University | 9 |
| 9 | Yunnan Key Laboratory of Software Engineering | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Canada | 445 |
| 2 | China | 99 |
| 3 | United States | 84 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 38 |
| 5 | Australia | 19 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 17 |
| 7 | Italy | 15 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 14 |
| 9 | Germany | 13 |
| 10 | South Korea | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 17 |
| 2 | [autonomous vehicles](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/autonomous-vehicles.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 8 |
| 4 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 7 |
| 5 | distortion risk measures | 7 |
| 6 | Stackelberg game | 6 |
| 7 | approximation algorithms | 6 |
| 8 | [demand uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/demand-uncertainty.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [portfolio optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-optimization.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [research trends](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/research-trends.md) | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,797 | 54.2 | [Image Segmentation Using Deep Learning: A Survey](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2021.3059968) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2021-01-01 | Shervin Minaee, Yuri Y. Boykov, Fatih Porikli et al. |
| 2 | 2,963 | 35.2 | [Deep Learning for Generic Object Detection: A Survey](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-019-01247-4) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 2019-10-31 | Li Liu, Wanli Ouyang, Xiaogang Wang et al. |
| 3 | 2,788 | 42.6 | [A review of uncertainty quantification in deep learning: Techniques, applications and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2021.05.008) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2021-05-23 | Moloud Abdar, Farhad Pourpanah, Sadiq Hussain et al. |
| 4 | 742 | 6.9 | [The use of machine learning algorithms in recommender systems: A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.12.020) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2017-12-09 | Ivens Da Silva Portugal, Paulo Alencar, Donald D. Cowan |
| 5 | 695 | 6.2 | [Are foreign investors locusts? The long-term effects of foreign institutional ownership](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.07.005) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2017-07-19 | Jan Bena, Miguel A. M. M. Ferreira, Pedro P. Matos et al. |
| 6 | 616 | 8.3 | [Deep Learning for LiDAR Point Clouds in Autonomous Driving: A Review](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2020.3015992) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-08-21 | Ying Li, Lingfei Ma, Zilong Zhong et al. |
| 7 | 529 | 5.9 | [Global tourism vulnerability to climate change](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2019.05.007) | [Annals of Tourism Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research.md) | 2019-06-04 | Daniel J. Scott, C. Michael Hall, Stefan Gößling |
| 8 | 521 | 8.6 | [Viewpoint: The case for a six-dimensional food security framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102164) | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 2021-10-27 | Jennifer A. Clapp (University of Waterloo), William G. Moseley, Barbara Burlingame et al. |
| 9 | 376 | 3.9 | [From BoW to CNN: Two Decades of Texture Representation for Texture Classification](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-018-1125-z) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 2018-11-08 | Li Liu, Jie Chen, Paul Fieguth et al. |
| 10 | 345 | 6.0 | [Deep ROC Analysis and AUC as Balanced Average Accuracy, for Improved Classifier Selection, Audit and Explanation](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2022.3145392) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2022-01-25 | Andre M. Carrington, Douglas G. Manuel, Paul Fieguth et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*University of Waterloo in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Also known as | UW, UWaterloo, Université de waterloo |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 155,614 |
| Citations | 10,082,494 |
| h-index | 789 |
| i10-index | 147,474 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.09 |
| Website | [uwaterloo.ca](https://uwaterloo.ca/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/01aff2v68](https://ror.org/01aff2v68) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049470](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049470) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I151746483](https://openalex.org/I151746483) |

*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) | 6,800 | 283,559 | 91 | 1.3% |
| 2025 | 7,194 | 389,885 | 132 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 7,213 | 381,948 | 113 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 7,184 | 363,853 | 109 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 7,033 | 345,616 | 126 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 6,974 | 346,167 | 128 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 6,948 | 301,629 | 117 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 6,275 | 258,104 | 139 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 5,683 | 225,503 | 127 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 5,491 | 200,540 | 121 | 2.2% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs | Computer Science | 3,391 |
| 2 | Quantum Information and Cryptography | Computer Science | 3,084 |
| 3 | Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics | Mathematics | 2,736 |
| 4 | Advanced Graph Theory Research | Computer Science | 2,358 |
| 5 | Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture | Computer Science | 2,093 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | [The inner workings of mobile banking adoption: a systematic literature review of intrinsic factors](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41264-026-00399-y) | [Journal of Financial Services Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-services-marketing.md) | Yektasadat Amirkhalili, Brian Paul Cozzarin, Stanko Dimitrov | University of Waterloo |
| 2026-10-24 | [Sensor-conditioned representation learning for structured sensing via scene-relevant observation quotients](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2026.124336) | [Information Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-sciences.md) | Yan Jiao, Pin‐Han Ho, Limei Peng | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; University of Waterloo; Kyungpook National University |
| 2026-10-10 | [Decorated stable p-adic self-similar processes with stationary increments](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spa.2026.105117) | [Stochastic Processes and their Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/stochastic-processes-and-their-applications.md) | Yi Shen, Zhenyuan Zhang | University of Waterloo; Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2026-10-09 | [Equity trade‑offs in global aviation education: evidence from a micro‑credential transition across 141 countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.105302) | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | Suzanne K. Kearns, Ammar O. Abulibdeh, Amr ElAlfy et al. | University of Waterloo; International Civil Aviation Organization |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). University of Waterloo. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-waterloo

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