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title: "Uncertainty research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "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)."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# 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.

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

## 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

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 43 | 46 | 42 | 47 | 39 | 50 | 44 | 34 | 37 | 59 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 24 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 39 | 24 | 23 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 18 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 27 | 39 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 9 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 28 | 14 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 23 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 21 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 20 |
| 4 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 13 |
| 8 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 12 |
| 9 | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 11 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Cornell University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/cornell-university.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 6 |
| 4 | King Abdulaziz University | 6 |
| 5 | Linköping University | 6 |
| 6 | [Lund University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lund-university.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Shandong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shandong-university.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 47 |
| 2 | [risk aversion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-aversion.md) | 20 |
| 3 | [investor sentiment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/investor-sentiment.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [multi-objective optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-objective-optimization.md) | 13 |
| 5 | [robust optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/robust-optimization.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [entrepreneurship](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/entrepreneurship.md) | 12 |
| 7 | decision-making | 11 |
| 8 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [risk management](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-management.md) | 11 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.03.007) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-04-12 | Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi |
| 2 | 947 | 16.5 | [Forecasting: theory and practice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2021.11.001) | [International Journal of Forecasting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-forecasting.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.025) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-05-25 | Fabian Eggers |
| 4 | 716 | 9.3 | [International HRM insights for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for future research and practice](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-020-00335-9) | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.04.009) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 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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  title = {Papers on “uncertainty”},
  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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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).