Papers on “artificial intelligence in education”
Research on “artificial intelligence in education” 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 “artificial intelligence in education” appeared in 320 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (195), AI (63) and management (37).
- 84 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Education University of Hong Kong (11), Monash University (7) and Technical University of Munich (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (95), AI & Society (43) and The International Journal of Management Education (22).
- The most-cited of them is “Systematic review of research on artificial intelligence applications in higher education – where are the educators?” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2019), with 7,197 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 37 | 42 | 51 |
| AI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 19 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| All categories | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 56 | 84 | 90 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education University of Hong Kong | 11 |
| 2 | Monash University | 7 |
| 3 | Technical University of Munich | 7 |
| 4 | University of Hong Kong | 6 |
| 5 | Beijing Normal University | 5 |
| 6 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 5 |
| 7 | Stockholm University | 5 |
| 8 | University of Cambridge | 5 |
| 9 | University of Florida | 5 |
| 10 | Purdue University West Lafayette | 4 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 52 |
| 2 | China | 39 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 24 |
| 4 | Australia | 23 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 6 | India | 21 |
| 7 | Germany | 18 |
| 8 | Spain | 11 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 10 |
| 10 | Turkey | 9 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | generative AI | 41 |
| 2 | ChatGPT | 38 |
| 3 | AI ethics | 32 |
| 4 | higher education | 30 |
| 5 | AI literacy | 29 |
| 6 | personalized learning | 24 |
| 7 | teacher professional development | 24 |
| 8 | large language models | 19 |
| 9 | university students | 19 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “artificial intelligence in education”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence-in-education
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