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title: "ChatGPT research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “ChatGPT” appeared in 699 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (196), AI (161) and management (89)."
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# Papers on “ChatGPT”

Research on “ChatGPT” 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 “ChatGPT” appeared in 699 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (196), AI (161) and management (89).
- 221 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (14), Education University of Hong Kong (9) and Sungkyunkwan University (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (109), AI & Society (73) and International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (28).
- The most-cited of them is “Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy” (International Journal of Information Management, 2023), with 4,592 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 75 | 61 | 34 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 56 | 58 | 25 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 20 | 14 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 14 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 11 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 9 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 248 | 221 | 127 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 109 |
| 2 | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | 73 |
| 3 | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 28 |
| 4 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 24 |
| 5 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 23 |
| 6 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 19 |
| 7 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [The Internet and Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-internet-and-higher-education.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 14 |
| 2 | [Education University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/education-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 9 |
| 3 | [Sungkyunkwan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sungkyunkwan-university.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [University of Sheffield](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sheffield.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Kyung Hee University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/kyung-hee-university.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [University of Cambridge](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-cambridge.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 158 |
| 2 | China | 112 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 82 |
| 4 | Germany | 52 |
| 5 | Australia | 49 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 39 |
| 7 | India | 39 |
| 8 | South Korea | 35 |
| 9 | Canada | 27 |
| 10 | Italy | 27 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 254 |
| 2 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 222 |
| 3 | [AI ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/ai-ethics.md) | 41 |
| 4 | prompt engineering | 40 |
| 5 | [artificial intelligence in education](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence-in-education.md) | 38 |
| 6 | generative AI in education | 37 |
| 7 | academic integrity | 34 |
| 8 | [university students](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/university-students.md) | 34 |
| 9 | [higher education](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/higher-education.md) | 29 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,592 | 104.9 | [Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102642) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2023-03-11 | Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Nir Kshetri, Laurie Hughes et al. |
| 2 | 2,525 | 63.7 | [Students’ voices on generative AI: perceptions, benefits, and challenges in higher education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00411-8) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2023-07-16 | Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan, Wenjie Hu |
| 3 | 2,012 | 47.5 | [Artificial intelligence in higher education: the state of the field](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00392-8) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2023-04-23 | Helen Crompton, Diane Burke |
| 4 | 758 | 18.5 | [ChatGPT: Jack of all trades, master of none](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2023.101861) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2023-06-03 | Jan Kocoń, Igor Cichecki, Oliwier Kaszyca et al. |
| 5 | 744 | 16.2 | [The effect of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool use on students' computational thinking skills, programming self-efficacy and motivation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100147) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2023-01-01 | Ramazan Yılmaz, Fatma Gizem Karaoğlan Yılmaz |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Generative AI as a tutor in accounting courses](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/generative-ai-tutors-in-accounting-education.md)

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “ChatGPT”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chatgpt

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “ChatGPT”},
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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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