---
title: "Airbnb: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 452 archived papers mentioned Airbnb in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2025 (24)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/airbnb
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/airbnb.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 452 archived papers mentioned Airbnb in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2025 (24). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Airbnb

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory.md)

Product and service reviews, ratings, purchases and user-item interactions.

- data category: Online reviews, e-commerce and recommender data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Airbnb

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Online reviews, e-commerce and recommender data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/online-reviews-e-commerce-and-recommender-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 452 archived papers mentioned Airbnb in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jan 2025 (24).
- Airbnb was mentioned in 6 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #51 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (2), AI (1), Management (1), Information Systems (1) and Tourism and Hospitality (1).
- Most of them appeared in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (1), Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences (1) and Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Airbnb was mentioned in 777 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in tourism and hospitality (311), management (168) and economics (93).
- 148 of them were published in 2025, against 23 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Virginia Tech (12), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (10) and University of Bologna (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Journal of Hospitality Management (40), Journal of Business Research (30) and Tourism Management (25).
- The most-cited of them is “The eruption of Airbnb in tourist cities: Comparing spatial patterns of hotels and peer-to-peer accommodation in Barcelona” (Tourism Management, 2017), with 676 citations.
- Papers use Airbnb most often with Facebook (103), Twitter / X (72) and YouTube / TikTok (56); it has 41 partners in the code and data network, in the group around Twitter / X, Facebook, YouTube / TikTok.

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 159 | 150 | 143 | 452 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 11 | 24 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 46 | 42 | 27 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 48 | 34 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 23 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 23 | 38 | 56 | 52 | 56 | 50 | 73 | 160 | 148 | 121 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 40 |
| 2 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 30 |
| 3 | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 25 |
| 4 | [Annals of Tourism Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-tourism-research.md) | 17 |
| 5 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [Electronic Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-markets.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Information Technology & Tourism](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-technology-tourism.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [Tourism Management Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management-perspectives.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Journal of Destination Marketing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-destination-marketing-management.md) | 11 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Virginia Tech](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/virginia-tech.md) | 12 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [University of Bologna](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-bologna.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Kyung Hee University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/kyung-hee-university.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [University of Vaasa](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-vaasa.md) | 8 |
| 7 | Aix-Marseille Université | 7 |
| 8 | [King's College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/king-s-college-london.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Nankai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nankai-university.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 115 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 109 |
| 3 | China | 56 |
| 4 | Spain | 56 |
| 5 | Italy | 54 |
| 6 | Germany | 45 |
| 7 | France | 40 |
| 8 | Australia | 29 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 29 |
| 10 | Finland | 22 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Airbnb | 124 |
| 2 | sharing economy | 52 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 32 |
| 4 | peer-to-peer accommodation | 31 |
| 5 | short-term rentals | 31 |
| 6 | digital platforms | 24 |
| 7 | [online reviews](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/online-reviews.md) | 22 |
| 8 | [trust](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/trust.md) | 18 |
| 9 | short-term rental platforms | 15 |
| 10 | [consumer behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consumer-behavior.md) | 14 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 676 | 5.9 | [The eruption of Airbnb in tourist cities: Comparing spatial patterns of hotels and peer-to-peer accommodation in Barcelona](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.05.003) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2017-05-12 | Javier Gutiérrez Puebla, Juan Carlos García Palomares, Gustavo Romanillos et al. |
| 2 | 606 | 5.4 | [Understanding platform business models: A mixed methods study of marketplaces](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2017.06.005) | [European Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-management-journal.md) | 2017-06-21 | Karl Taeuscher, Sven M. Laudien |
| 3 | 601 | 8.3 | [A first look at online reputation on Airbnb, where every stay is above average](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-020-09546-4) | [Marketing Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/marketing-letters.md) | 2020-11-04 | Georgios Zervas, Davide Proserpio, John W. Byers |
| 4 | 507 | 4.3 | [Price determinants of sharing economy based accommodation rental: A study of listings from 33 cities on Airbnb.com](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2016.12.007) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2017-01-18 | Dan Wang, Juan Luis Nicolau |
| 5 | 494 | 4.3 | [Assessing Airbnb as a disruptive innovation relative to hotels: Substitution and comparative performance expectations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.02.003) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2017-03-31 | Daniel A. Guttentag, Stephen L.J. Smith |

## Used together with

Papers use Airbnb most often with Facebook (103), Twitter / X (72) and YouTube / TikTok (56); it has 41 partners in the code and data network, in the group around Twitter / X, Facebook, YouTube / TikTok.

*What papers use Airbnb together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Facebook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/facebook.md) | Dataset | 103 | 2.1 |
| [Twitter / X](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/twitter-x.md) | Dataset | 72 | 1.0 |
| [YouTube / TikTok](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/youtube-tiktok.md) | Dataset | 56 | 1.9 |
| [TripAdvisor](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/tripadvisor.md) | Dataset | 49 | 6.7 |
| [LinkedIn](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/linkedin.md) | Dataset | 37 | 2.7 |
| [Yelp](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/yelp.md) | Dataset | 29 | 4.8 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 20 | 0.8 |
| [Amazon Mechanical Turk](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/amazon-mechanical-turk.md) | Dataset | 19 | 2.0 |
| [Wikipedia](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wikipedia.md) | Dataset | 14 | 0.8 |
| [Google Trends](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/google-trends.md) | Dataset | 13 | 1.2 |
| [Reddit](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/reddit.md) | Dataset | 12 | 1.2 |
| [WITS / TRAINS tariff data](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wits-trains-tariff-data.md) | Dataset | 9 | 0.8 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Airbnb in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | [Meta additive model: interpretable sparse learning with auto weighting](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-026-01274-z) | [Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/data-mining-and-knowledge-discovery.md) | Xuelin Zhang, Xinyue Liu, Lingjuan Wu et al. | Huazhong Agricultural University; Dongfeng Motor (China) |
| 2026-10-21 | [Modeling the determinants of urban short-term rental prices in Gambia: a case of Greater Banjul Area](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-026-00449-y) | [Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/letters-in-spatial-and-resource-sciences.md) | Rodrigue Samb, Uttam Kumar Roy, Manavvi S. | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; University of the Gambia |
| 2026-10-16 | [Computing and learning stationary mean field equilibria with low-dimensional interactions: Algorithms and applications](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2026.105441) | [Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-dynamics-and-control.md) | Bar Light | National University of Singapore; Institute of Operations Research and Analytics |
| 2026-10-13 | [Toward an agenda for Gen Z in Indian start-ups: a systematic literature mapping and conceptual framework](https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-026-01022-1) | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | Soumya Mukherjee, Chandrika Bhattacharyya, Mrinal Kanti Das | Swami Vivekananda University; Kanchrapara College |
| 2026-10-10 | [Can AI Solve Eco-Economic Challenges? Simulating the Impact of AI Systems on Seasonality Using Agent-Based Modelling](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-026-10818-z) | [Information Systems Frontiers](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-systems-frontiers.md) | Sara Dalir | University of Hull |
| 2026-10-08 | [Emotional geography of tourism resistance: Claiming the right to the city in overtourism destinations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2026.101567) | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | Fatemeh Bagheri, Zohreh Zara Zarezadeh, Zahed Ghaderi et al. | University of Algarve; Griffith University; Sultan Qaboos University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Airbnb. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/airbnb

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-airbnb,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Airbnb},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/airbnb}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).