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title: "Demand uncertainty research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “demand uncertainty” appeared in 1,375 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (1,138), economics (90) and AI (60)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “demand uncertainty” appeared in 1,375 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (1,138), economics (90) and AI (60). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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---

# Papers on “demand uncertainty”

Research on “demand uncertainty” 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 “demand uncertainty” appeared in 1,375 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (1,138), economics (90) and AI (60).
- 185 of them were published in 2025, against 95 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (35), Northeastern University (18) and Tianjin University (16).
- The journals publishing most of them were Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review (86), Computers & Industrial Engineering (85) and European Journal of Operational Research (56).
- The most-cited of them is “Green credit financing versus trade credit financing in a supply chain with carbon emission limits” (European Journal of Operational Research, 2020), with 454 citations.

## 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) | 82 | 102 | 74 | 92 | 132 | 117 | 122 | 117 | 154 | 146 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 95 | 116 | 95 | 114 | 158 | 148 | 154 | 136 | 185 | 174 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 86 |
| 2 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 85 |
| 3 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 56 |
| 4 | [Computers & Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-operations-research.md) | 41 |
| 5 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 41 |
| 6 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 38 |
| 7 | [Omega](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/omega.md) | 35 |
| 8 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 26 |
| 9 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 22 |
| 10 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 19 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 35 |
| 2 | [Northeastern University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/northeastern-university.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [Tianjin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tianjin-university.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [Tongji University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tongji-university.md) | 15 |
| 5 | [Southeast University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southeast-university.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Dalian University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-university-of-technology.md) | 12 |
| 9 | Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport | 11 |
| 10 | [Dongbei University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dongbei-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 292 |
| 2 | United States | 119 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 53 |
| 4 | Canada | 48 |
| 5 | Iran | 42 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 35 |
| 7 | Turkey | 32 |
| 8 | Germany | 31 |
| 9 | France | 24 |
| 10 | India | 24 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | two-stage stochastic programming | 89 |
| 2 | [robust optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/robust-optimization.md) | 75 |
| 3 | distributionally robust optimization | 60 |
| 4 | [inventory management](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/inventory-management.md) | 53 |
| 5 | Benders decomposition | 37 |
| 6 | facility location | 31 |
| 7 | [mixed-integer linear programming](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mixed-integer-linear-programming.md) | 31 |
| 8 | [supply chain resilience](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/supply-chain-resilience.md) | 26 |
| 9 | supply chain coordination | 25 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 454 | 6.3 | [Green credit financing versus trade credit financing in a supply chain with carbon emission limits](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.10.025) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2020-10-28 | Simin An, Bo Li, Dong‐Ping Song et al. |
| 2 | 237 | 2.0 | [A two-stage stochastic programming model for inventory management in the blood supply chain](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.02.006) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2017-02-22 | Mary Dillon, Fabrício Oliveira, Babak Abbasi |
| 3 | 211 | 2.8 | [Multi-objective fuzzy robust optimization approach to sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106716) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2020-08-12 | Sina Nayeri, Mohammad Mahdi Paydar, Ebarhim Asadi-Gangraj et al. |
| 4 | 184 | 2.7 | [Designing a sustainable closed-loop pharmaceutical supply chain in a competitive market considering demand uncertainty, manufacturer’s brand and waste management](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-03961-0) | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 2021-02-08 | Zeinab Sazvar, Mahsa Zokaee, Reza R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam et al. |
| 5 | 179 | 2.4 | [Information sharing in an E-tailing supply chain for fresh produce with freshness-keeping effort and value-added service](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.08.026) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2020-08-21 | Molin Liu, Bin Dan, Shuguang Zhang et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “demand uncertainty”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/demand-uncertainty

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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-demand-uncertainty,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “demand uncertainty”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/demand-uncertainty}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  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/).