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title: "Convergence rate research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “convergence rate” appeared in 1,559 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (590), operations research (437) and statistics (395)."
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# Papers on “convergence rate”

Research on “convergence rate” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

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

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “convergence rate” appeared in 1,559 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (590), operations research (437) and statistics (395).
- 194 of them were published in 2025, against 98 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (29), Renmin University of China (16) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (50), Computational Optimization and Applications (40) and Expert Systems with Applications (36).
- The most-cited of them is “Chimp optimization algorithm” (Expert Systems with Applications, 2020), with 1,240 citations.

## 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) | 25 | 47 | 39 | 58 | 85 | 97 | 68 | 70 | 60 | 41 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 31 | 36 | 26 | 39 | 35 | 52 | 47 | 53 | 68 | 50 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 29 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 50 | 52 | 47 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 12 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 98 | 134 | 114 | 153 | 180 | 194 | 164 | 181 | 194 | 147 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-optimization-theory-and-applications.md) | 50 |
| 2 | [Computational Optimization and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-optimization-and-applications.md) | 40 |
| 3 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 36 |
| 4 | [Statistics & Probability Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistics-probability-letters.md) | 33 |
| 5 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 29 |
| 6 | [Mathematical Programming](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mathematical-programming.md) | 28 |
| 7 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 28 |
| 8 | [Statistics and Computing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistics-and-computing.md) | 28 |
| 9 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 27 |
| 10 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 27 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 29 |
| 2 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 16 |
| 3 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 11 |
| 6 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [Dalian University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-university-of-technology.md) | 10 |
| 8 | Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique | 10 |
| 9 | [Anhui University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/anhui-university.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 9 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 332 |
| 2 | United States | 126 |
| 3 | France | 53 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 35 |
| 5 | Germany | 32 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 30 |
| 7 | Australia | 25 |
| 8 | South Korea | 25 |
| 9 | Canada | 24 |
| 10 | Japan | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [non-convex optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/non-convex-optimization.md) | 51 |
| 2 | [metaheuristic optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/metaheuristic-optimization.md) | 34 |
| 3 | local optima avoidance | 31 |
| 4 | [asymptotic normality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/asymptotic-normality.md) | 27 |
| 5 | [consistency](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consistency.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [convergence analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/convergence-analysis.md) | 22 |
| 7 | nonsmooth optimization | 22 |
| 8 | [asymptotic distribution](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/asymptotic-distribution.md) | 20 |
| 9 | engineering design optimization | 18 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,240 | 15.5 | [Chimp optimization algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113338) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2020-02-29 | Mohammad Khishe, Mohammad Reza Mosavi |
| 2 | 1,138 | 15.6 | [Archimedes optimization algorithm: a new metaheuristic algorithm for solving optimization problems](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-020-01893-z) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 2020-09-29 | Fatma A. Hashim, Kashif Hussain, Essam Halim Houssein et al. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 1,118 | 19.7 | [Snake Optimizer: A novel meta-heuristic optimization algorithm](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2022.108320) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2022-02-08 | Fatma A. Hashim, Abdelazim G. Hussien |
| 5 | 630 | 18.3 | [Crested Porcupine Optimizer: A new nature-inspired metaheuristic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2023.111257) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2023-12-22 | Mohamed Abdel‐Basset, Reda Mohamed, Mohamed Abouhawwash |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “convergence rate”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/convergence-rate

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “convergence rate”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/convergence-rate}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  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/).