Papers on “higher education”
Research on “higher 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 “higher education” appeared in 1,044 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (528), economics (175) and management (168).
- 138 of them were published in 2025, against 66 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Beijing Normal University (9), Zhejiang University (8) and Education University of Hong Kong (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (62), Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (60) and The International Journal of Management Education (51).
- 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 | 37 | 25 | 29 | 50 | 51 | 56 | 54 | 80 | 72 | 74 |
| Economics | 5 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 |
| Management | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 27 |
| AI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| Information Systems | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Operations Research | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Marketing | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Finance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Accounting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 66 | 60 | 73 | 99 | 100 | 107 | 107 | 152 | 138 | 142 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Normal University | 9 |
| 2 | Zhejiang University | 8 |
| 3 | Education University of Hong Kong | 7 |
| 4 | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics | 7 |
| 5 | Arizona State University | 6 |
| 6 | The Open University | 6 |
| 7 | University College London | 6 |
| 8 | Central China Normal University | 5 |
| 9 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 5 |
| 10 | Monash University | 5 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 119 |
| 2 | China | 75 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 55 |
| 4 | Germany | 46 |
| 5 | Australia | 43 |
| 6 | Spain | 43 |
| 7 | Italy | 26 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 20 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 19 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 16 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | generative AI | 63 |
| 2 | online learning | 41 |
| 3 | university students | 41 |
| 4 | COVID-19 pandemic | 34 |
| 5 | artificial intelligence in education | 30 |
| 6 | ChatGPT | 29 |
| 7 | student engagement | 27 |
| 8 | academic performance | 26 |
| 9 | gender differences | 25 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “higher education”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/higher-education
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