Papers on “uncertainty”
Research on “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. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “uncertainty” appeared in 1,495 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (441), operations research (270) and management (243).
- 162 of them were published in 2025, against 110 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Cornell University (7), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (6) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (21), Finance research letters (21) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (20).
- The most-cited of them is “Artificial intelligence and the future of work: Human-AI symbiosis in organizational decision making” (Business Horizons, 2018), with 2,762 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 43 | 46 | 42 | 47 | 39 | 50 | 44 | 34 | 37 | 59 |
| Operations Research | 24 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 39 | 24 | 23 |
| Management | 18 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 27 | 39 |
| Finance | 9 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 28 | 14 |
| AI | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 23 |
| Marketing | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Information Systems | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Accounting | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 110 | 133 | 126 | 144 | 166 | 161 | 161 | 149 | 162 | 183 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expert Systems with Applications | 21 |
| 2 | Finance research letters | 21 |
| 3 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 20 |
| 4 | Annals of Operations Research | 16 |
| 5 | Journal of Business Research | 14 |
| 6 | AI & Society | 14 |
| 7 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 13 |
| 8 | Energy Economics | 12 |
| 9 | Industrial Marketing Management | 11 |
| 10 | Economics Letters | 11 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University | 7 |
| 2 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 6 |
| 3 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 6 |
| 4 | King Abdulaziz University | 6 |
| 5 | Linköping University | 6 |
| 6 | Lund University | 6 |
| 7 | Shandong University | 6 |
| 8 | University of Birmingham | 6 |
| 9 | University of Hong Kong | 6 |
| 10 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 135 |
| 2 | United States | 131 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 87 |
| 4 | Germany | 57 |
| 5 | Italy | 54 |
| 6 | France | 44 |
| 7 | Australia | 35 |
| 8 | Spain | 30 |
| 9 | India | 28 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 27 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COVID-19 pandemic | 47 |
| 2 | risk aversion | 20 |
| 3 | investor sentiment | 15 |
| 4 | multi-objective optimization | 13 |
| 5 | robust optimization | 13 |
| 6 | entrepreneurship | 12 |
| 7 | decision-making | 11 |
| 8 | innovation | 11 |
| 9 | risk management | 11 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,762 | 26.9 | Artificial intelligence and the future of work: Human-AI symbiosis in organizational decision making | Business Horizons | 2018-04-12 | Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi |
| 2 | 947 | 16.5 | Forecasting: theory and practice | International Journal of Forecasting | 2022-01-19 | Fotios Petropoulos, Daniele Apiletti, Vassilios Assimakopoulos et al. |
| 3 | 867 | 11.2 | Masters of disasters? Challenges and opportunities for SMEs in times of crisis | Journal of Business Research | 2020-05-25 | Fabian Eggers |
| 4 | 716 | 9.3 | International HRM insights for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for future research and practice | Journal of International Business Studies | 2020-06-02 | Paula Caligiuri, Helen De Cieri, Dana Minbaeva et al. |
| 5 | 710 | 6.2 | Supply chain network design under uncertainty: A comprehensive review and future research directions | European Journal of Operational Research | 2017-04-08 | Kannan Govindan, Mohammad Fattahi, Esmaeil Keyvanshokooh |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “uncertainty”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/uncertainty
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