---
title: "Research in June 2026: top topics and papers"
description: "In June 2026, the tracked journals published 4,302 papers (finance 613, accounting 86, economics 960, management 474, operations research 538, AI 1,631). The most frequent keywords were “large language models” (166), “China” (131) and “Chinese listed companies” (113)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/reports/2026-06
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/reports/2026-06.md
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share_text: "In June 2026, the tracked journals published 4,302 papers (finance 613, accounting 86, economics 960, management 474, operations research 538, AI 1,631)."
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-26T18:01:08+09:00
window: 2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Research published in June 2026

What the tracked finance, accounting, economics, management, operations research and AI journals published in June 2026, by publication date in OpenAlex. This page is a fixed monthly record: its address does not change. Counts can still grow a little as late papers are indexed, and citations are updated daily.

## Key findings

- In June 2026, the tracked journals published 4,302 papers (finance 613, accounting 86, economics 960, management 474, operations research 538, AI 1,631).
- The most frequent keywords were “large language models” (166), “China” (131) and “Chinese listed companies” (113).
- Compared with their share in the twelve months before, the keywords that grew most were “supply chain resilience” (34 papers, +12), “anomaly detection” (28 papers, +11) and “retrieval-augmented generation” (22 papers, +11).
- The institutions with the most papers were Tsinghua University (62), Chinese Academy of Sciences (61) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (59).
- China was involved in 45% of the papers.
- The most-cited paper published that month is “Retrieval-augmented generation for natural language processing: a survey” (Artificial Intelligence Review), with 79 citations so far.

## Papers by category

*Papers published in June 2026*

| Category | Papers |
|---|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 613 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 86 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 960 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 474 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 538 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1,631 |

## Top keywords

*Most frequent keywords, June 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 166 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 131 |
| 3 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 113 |
| 4 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 70 |
| 5 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 69 |
| 6 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 64 |
| 7 | [information asymmetry](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/information-asymmetry.md) | 62 |
| 8 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 56 |
| 9 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 51 |
| 10 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 49 |
| 11 | state-owned enterprises | 48 |
| 12 | [multimodal fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multimodal-fusion.md) | 46 |
| 13 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 46 |
| 14 | generative AI | 43 |
| 15 | interpretability | 43 |

## Growing keywords

*Papers in June 2026 beyond the keyword's share in the twelve months before*

| Keyword | Papers | At earlier share | Extra papers |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| supply chain resilience | 34 | 21.7 | +12.3 |
| anomaly detection | 28 | 17.2 | +10.8 |
| retrieval-augmented generation | 22 | 11.3 | +10.7 |
| multi-criteria decision making | 24 | 13.8 | +10.2 |
| tail risk | 17 | 8.1 | +8.9 |
| decision support | 16 | 7.2 | +8.8 |
| distribution shift | 24 | 15.3 | +8.7 |
| investor behavior | 14 | 6.1 | +7.9 |
| sequential recommendation | 12 | 4.2 | +7.8 |
| decision support system | 13 | 5.5 | +7.5 |

## Top keywords by category

*The five most frequent keywords per category, June 2026*

| Category | Most frequent keywords |
|---|---|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | Chinese listed companies (75); China (52); financial constraints (49); corporate governance (40); emerging markets (30) |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | corporate governance (20); information asymmetry (11); agency theory (6); board gender diversity (5); audit quality (4) |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | China (71); income inequality (24); COVID-19 pandemic (23); Chinese listed companies (20); CO2 emissions (17) |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | generative AI (21); artificial intelligence (19); consumer behavior (18); digital transformation (18); purchase intention (17) |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | mixed-integer linear programming (22); mixed integer programming (19); demand uncertainty (18); makespan minimization (18); adaptive large neighborhood search (17) |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | large language models (141); graph neural networks (51); contrastive learning (49); multimodal fusion (45); interpretability (39) |

## Institutions

*Institutions with the most papers, June 2026*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 62 |
| 2 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 61 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 59 |
| 4 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 54 |
| 5 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 53 |
| 6 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 53 |
| 7 | Harbin Institute of Technology | 44 |
| 8 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 44 |
| 9 | [Southeast University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southeast-university.md) | 43 |
| 10 | [Beijing Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-institute-of-technology.md) | 42 |

## Countries

*Countries, June 2026*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 1,918 |
| 2 | United States | 594 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 351 |
| 4 | Australia | 200 |
| 5 | Germany | 181 |
| 6 | Italy | 181 |
| 7 | France | 166 |
| 8 | India | 159 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 144 |
| 10 | Spain | 119 |

## Journals

*Journals with the most papers, June 2026*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 395 |
| 2 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 212 |
| 3 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 212 |
| 4 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 138 |
| 5 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 125 |
| 6 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 106 |
| 7 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 102 |
| 8 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 71 |
| 9 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 69 |
| 10 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 66 |

## Equations and models

*Most-mentioned equations and models, June 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords)*

| # | Equation or model | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Linear and integer programming](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/linear-and-integer-programming.md) | 34 |
| 2 | [Scaled dot-product attention (Transformer)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/scaled-dot-product-attention-transformer.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [Contrastive loss (InfoNCE)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/contrastive-loss-infonce.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [Random forest](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/random-forest.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [Convolutional neural network (CNN)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/convolutional-neural-network-cnn.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [Structural equation modeling (SEM)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/structural-equation-modeling-sem.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Gradient boosting (XGBoost)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/gradient-boosting-xgboost.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Graph neural network (graph convolution)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/graph-neural-network-graph-convolution.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Long short-term memory (LSTM)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/long-short-term-memory-lstm.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Expected shortfall (CVaR)](https://scholar4ai.com/equations/expected-shortfall-cvar.md) | 3 |

## Datasets

*Most-mentioned datasets, June 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords)*

| # | Dataset | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | ImageNet | 4 |
| 2 | nuScenes / Waymo Open / Argoverse | 2 |
| 3 | Amazon reviews | 1 |
| 4 | CIFAR-10 / CIFAR-100 | 1 |
| 5 | Economic Policy Uncertainty index | 1 |
| 6 | EU-SILC | 1 |
| 7 | Global Burden of Disease | 1 |
| 8 | MIMIC | 1 |
| 9 | Our World in Data | 1 |
| 10 | PSPLIB | 1 |

## Most-cited papers published in June 2026

*Most-cited papers published in June 2026 (citations counted by OpenAlex, updated daily)*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 79 | 16.4 | [Retrieval-augmented generation for natural language processing: a survey](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-026-11605-7) | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 2026-06-01 | Shangyu Wu, Ying Xiong, Yufei Cui et al. |
| 2 | 76 | 18.8 | [Floods and firms: Vulnerabilities and resilience to natural disasters in Europe](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2026.101566) | [Journal of Financial Stability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-stability.md) | 2026-06-25 | Serena Fatica, Gabor Katay, Michela Rancan |
| 3 | 28 | 5.8 | [Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning for Pre-Trained Vision Models: A Survey and Benchmark](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-026-02864-6) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 2026-06-01 | Yi Xin, Jianjiang Yang, Siqi Luo et al. |
| 4 | 24 | 5.5 | [Angels, entrepreneurship, and employment dynamics: Evidence from investor accreditation rules](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2026.104323) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2026-06-16 | Laura Anne Lindsey, Luke C.D. Stein |
| 5 | 19 | 4.1 | [Geopolitical risk shocks: When size matters](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2026.105392) | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 2026-06-08 | Davide Brignone, Luca Gambetti Z, Martino Ricci |
| 6 | 17 | 4.0 | [ECB communication and its impact on financial markets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2026.105410) | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 2026-06-20 | Klodiana Istrefi, Florens Odendahl, Giulia Sestieri |
| 7 | 17 | 3.7 | [Enhancing object detection in remote sensing imagery through hybrid feature consistency alignment](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-026-01490-w) | [Journal Of Big Data](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-big-data.md) | 2026-06-10 | Huaxiang Song, Junping Xie, Liang Liang et al. |
| 8 | 15 | 3.7 | [Regulating Central Bank Digital Currencies: Towards a Conceptual Framework](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41261-026-00337-x) | [Journal of Banking Regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-regulation.md) | 2026-06-23 | Simon Hess |
| 9 | 15 | 3.1 | [GIF-Calib: Geometry-intensity fusion for 4D radar-camera calibration in autonomous driving vehicles](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104510) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2026-06-01 | Shanliang Yao, Zhuoxiao Li, Runwei Guan et al. |
| 10 | 13 | 3.3 | [Persuasion with Coarse Communication](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-026-01734-z) | [Economic Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-theory.md) | 2026-06-27 | Yunus C. Aybas, Eray Turkel |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Research published in June 2026. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/reports/2026-06

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Research published in June 2026},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-26},
  note = {Journal 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/).