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title: "Sensitivity analysis research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “sensitivity analysis” appeared in 1,479 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (705), AI (385) and economics (123)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “sensitivity analysis” appeared in 1,479 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (705), AI (385) and economics (123). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “sensitivity analysis”

Research on “sensitivity analysis” 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 “sensitivity analysis” appeared in 1,479 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (705), AI (385) and economics (123).
- 167 of them were published in 2025, against 118 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Belgrade (19), Milli Savunma Üniversitesi (17) and Naval Academy (17).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (110), Computers & Industrial Engineering (34) and Neural Computing and Applications (30).
- The most-cited of them is “Sustainable supplier selection in healthcare industries using a new MCDM method: Measurement of alternatives and ranking according to COmpromise solution (MARCOS)” (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2019), with 1,439 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) | 60 | 79 | 62 | 67 | 75 | 87 | 68 | 85 | 76 | 46 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 22 | 17 | 31 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 71 | 53 | 42 | 25 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 10 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 20 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 118 | 133 | 132 | 128 | 143 | 179 | 176 | 185 | 167 | 118 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 110 |
| 2 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 34 |
| 3 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 30 |
| 4 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 26 |
| 5 | [Decision Analytics Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/decision-analytics-journal.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | 17 |
| 8 | [Operations Research Forum](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/operations-research-forum.md) | 17 |
| 9 | [Computers & Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-operations-research.md) | 16 |
| 10 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | University of Belgrade | 19 |
| 2 | Milli Savunma Üniversitesi | 17 |
| 3 | Naval Academy | 17 |
| 4 | Yuan Ze University | 16 |
| 5 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [Southwest Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwest-jiaotong-university.md) | 11 |
| 7 | [University College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-college-london.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [University of Tehran](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-tehran.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 10 |
| 10 | Western Caspian University | 10 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 137 |
| 2 | United States | 80 |
| 3 | India | 77 |
| 4 | Turkey | 66 |
| 5 | Iran | 62 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 54 |
| 7 | France | 34 |
| 8 | Germany | 32 |
| 9 | Italy | 32 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 28 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [multi-criteria decision making](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-criteria-decision-making.md) | 86 |
| 2 | criteria weighting | 33 |
| 3 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 28 |
| 4 | [mixed-integer linear programming](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mixed-integer-linear-programming.md) | 19 |
| 5 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [multi-objective optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-objective-optimization.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [artificial neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-neural-networks.md) | 14 |
| 8 | multi-criteria group decision-making | 14 |
| 9 | [quality-adjusted life years](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/quality-adjusted-life-years.md) | 14 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,439 | 17.4 | [Sustainable supplier selection in healthcare industries using a new MCDM method: Measurement of alternatives and ranking according to COmpromise solution (MARCOS)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106231) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2019-12-16 | Željko Stević, Dragan Stevan Pamucar, Adis Puška et al. |
| 2 | 560 | 6.1 | [Vehicle routing problem with drones](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2019.03.005) | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 2019-03-13 | Zheng Wang, Jiuh‐Biing Sheu |
| 3 | 527 | 4.6 | [A framework for sensitivity analysis of decision trees](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10100-017-0479-6) | [Central European Journal of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/central-european-journal-of-operations-research.md) | 2017-05-24 | Bogumił Kamiński, Michał Jakubczyk, Przemysław Szufel |
| 4 | 349 | 3.2 | [Modification of the Best–Worst and MABAC methods: A novel approach based on interval-valued fuzzy-rough numbers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.08.042) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2017-08-25 | Dragan Stevan Pamucar, Ivan Petrović, Goran Ćirović |
| 5 | 315 | 3.6 | [A data-driven lane-changing model based on deep learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.07.002) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2019-07-16 | Dongfan Xie, Zhe-Zhe Fang, Bin Jia et al. |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Papers on “sensitivity analysis”},
  year = {2026},
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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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