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title: "Western University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Western University: 817 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly management and economics; h-index 902."
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share_text: "Research profile of Western University: 817 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly management and economics; h-index 902. (as of 2026-11-03)"
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---

# Western University

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

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

## Key findings

- Western University 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 Journal of International Business Studies (1), World Patent Information (1) and Implementation Science (1).
- Countries: Canada (7), Australia (2) and United States (2).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Western University took part in 817 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (194), economics (151) and finance (119).
- 92 of them were published in 2025, against 70 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Ivey Business School (127), University of Ottawa (13) and University of Toronto (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were European Journal of Operational Research (15), Knowledge-Based Systems (13) and Journal of International Business Studies (11).
- The most-cited of them is “COVID-19 and digitalization: The great acceleration” (Journal of Business Research, 2021), with 947 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Western University has 174,310 works with 13,513,159 citations (h-index 902).
- The tracked journals hold 746 of its 69,743 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.1%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Innovations in Medical Education (2,165), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2,120) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (1,858).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 19 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 20 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 15 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 6 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 9 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 70 | 67 | 56 | 85 | 76 | 114 | 82 | 104 | 92 | 71 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 13 |
| 3 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 11 |
| 6 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [Journal of World Business](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-world-business.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ivey Business School | 127 |
| 2 | University of Ottawa | 13 |
| 3 | [University of Toronto](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-toronto.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [McGill University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/mcgill-university.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [Vienna University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/vienna-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 12 |
| 6 | [Technical University of Munich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/technical-university-of-munich.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 9 |
| 8 | Vector Institute | 9 |
| 9 | Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Canada | 349 |
| 2 | United States | 95 |
| 3 | China | 54 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 53 |
| 5 | Australia | 18 |
| 6 | Germany | 17 |
| 7 | France | 17 |
| 8 | Austria | 16 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 9 |
| 10 | Finland | 8 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 18 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [portfolio optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-optimization.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 6 |
| 5 | expected utility | 6 |
| 6 | [risk aversion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-aversion.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 5 |
| 8 | S&P 500 | 5 |
| 9 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [feature selection](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/feature-selection.md) | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 947 | 15.1 | [COVID-19 and digitalization: The great acceleration](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.08.011) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2021-08-10 | Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, Zaheer Khan, Geoffrey Wood et al. |
| 2 | 810 | 7.4 | [Measuring firm size in empirical corporate finance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2017.09.006) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2017-09-19 | Chongyu Dang, Zhichuan Frank Li, Chen Yang |
| 3 | 754 | 8.3 | [The dark side of coproduction: do the costs outweigh the benefits for health research?](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0432-3) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2019-03-28 | Kathryn A. Oliver, Anita R. Kothari, Nicholas Mays |
| 4 | 383 | 3.3 | [How and When Does Perceived CSR Affect Employees’ Engagement in Voluntary Pro-environmental Behavior?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3497-3) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2017-03-11 | Tian Qing, Jennifer L. Robertson |
| 5 | 372 | 5.0 | [COVID-19 and business failures: The paradoxes of experience, scale, and scope for theory and practice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2020.09.002) | [European Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-management-journal.md) | 2020-09-06 | Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, Zaheer Khan, Geoffrey Wood |
| 6 | 368 | 5.0 | [Optimization problems for machine learning: A survey](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.08.045) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2020-08-29 | Claudio Gambella, Bissan Ghaddar, Joe Naoum‐Sawaya |
| 7 | 368 | 5.1 | [Corporate governance, law, culture, environmental performance and CSR disclosure: A global perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2020.101264) | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 2020-10-12 | Jing Lu, Jun Wang |
| 8 | 336 | 3.1 | [High dimensional data classification and feature selection using support vector machines](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.08.040) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2017-09-12 | Bissan Ghaddar, Joe Naoum‐Sawaya |
| 9 | 333 | 3.3 | [The impact of government subsidy on supply Chains’ sustainability innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.06.012) | [Omega](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/omega.md) | 2018-07-07 | Jen-Yi Chen, Stanko Dimitrov, Hubert Pun |
| 10 | 289 | 3.5 | [Voluntary environmental regulation and firm innovation in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.12.020) | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 2019-12-28 | Maoliang Bu, Zhenzi Qiao, Beibei Liu |

## In OpenAlex

*Western University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Also known as | UWO, The University of Western Ontario, University of Western Ontario |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 7 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 174,310 |
| Citations | 13,513,159 |
| h-index | 902 |
| i10-index | 184,058 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.44 |
| Website | [uwo.ca](https://uwo.ca) |
| ROR | [ror.org/02grkyz14](https://ror.org/02grkyz14) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I125749732](https://openalex.org/I125749732) |

*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) | 7,026 | 321,597 | 71 | 1.0% |
| 2025 | 8,705 | 408,790 | 92 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 8,742 | 408,060 | 104 | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 8,868 | 383,314 | 82 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 8,233 | 376,825 | 114 | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 8,656 | 379,295 | 76 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 7,652 | 342,300 | 85 | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 6,397 | 286,295 | 56 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 6,374 | 259,181 | 67 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 6,116 | 240,722 | 70 | 1.1% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Innovations in Medical Education | Medicine | 2,165 |
| 2 | Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research | Medicine | 2,120 |
| 3 | Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1,858 |
| 4 | Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | Physics and Astronomy | 1,708 |
| 5 | Astro and Planetary Science | Physics and Astronomy | 1,688 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | [Correction: National identity rhetoric under bilateral geopolitical tensions: evidence from Taiwanese MNEs](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-026-00918-y) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | Jin‐Su Kang, Sunghoon Kim, Chuan‐Kai Lee | Western University; National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; Ivey Business School; … |
| 2026-10-23 | [Large language models combined with open-source algorithms for identifying prior art for obviousness analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2026.102513) | [World Patent Information](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-patent-information.md) | Joshua M. Pearce | Western University; Ivey Business School |
| 2026-10-21 | [Examining the conceptual and instrumental use of the knowledge-to-action framework: a citation analysis and scoping review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-026-01547-7) | [Implementation Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/implementation-science.md) | Christine E. Cassidy, Erin McConnell, Laura Kennedy et al. | Dalhousie University; Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre; University College Cork; … |
| 2026-10-19 | [Selling two units of a customizable good](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2026.103315) | [Journal of Mathematical Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-mathematical-economics.md) | Gregory Pavlov | Western University |
| 2026-10-16 | [Critical accountants in the face of ecological crises: towards a more-than-human critical resilience](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2026.102889) | [Critical Perspectives on Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/critical-perspectives-on-accounting.md) | Diane‐Laure Arjaliès | Western University; Ivey Business School |
| 2026-10-05 | [Building networks of shared research themes in an academic unit by word co-occurrence fingerprinting](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2026.101882) | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | Art F. Y. Poon | Western University |
| 2026-10-05 | [Healing our intergenerational wounds: a praxis of community healing envisioned by refugee young adults engaging in participatory avatar-based community circles](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-02993-x) | [International Journal for Equity in Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-equity-in-health.md) | Vivetha Thambinathan, Lloy Wylie, Deluxna Ganesh et al. | Michigan State University; Western University; Toronto General Hospital; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Western University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/western-university

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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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