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title: "Learning outcomes research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “learning outcomes” appeared in 793 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (562), management (76) and economics (56)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “learning outcomes” appeared in 793 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (562), management (76) and economics (56). (as of 2026-11-05)"
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# Papers on “learning outcomes”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory/page/4.md)

Research on “learning outcomes” 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 “learning outcomes” appeared in 793 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (562), management (76) and economics (56).
- 98 of them were published in 2025, against 53 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Chinese University of Hong Kong (10), Central China Normal University (9) and East China Normal University (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Education and Information Technologies (105), Computers & Education (27) and The International Journal of Management Education (26).
- The most-cited of them is “Systematic literature review on opportunities, challenges, and future research recommendations of artificial intelligence in education” (Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence, 2022), with 1,183 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) | 31 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 65 | 56 | 81 | 84 | 75 | 48 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 53 | 61 | 59 | 68 | 92 | 80 | 102 | 116 | 98 | 64 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Education and Information Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/education-and-information-technologies.md) | 105 |
| 2 | [Computers & Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-education.md) | 27 |
| 3 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 26 |
| 4 | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 23 |
| 5 | [International Journal of Educational Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-development.md) | 19 |
| 6 | [Educational Technology Research and Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/educational-technology-research-and-development.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Smart Learning Environments](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [Educational Research Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/educational-research-review.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [IEEE Transactions on Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-education.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 10 |
| 2 | [Central China Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-china-normal-university.md) | 9 |
| 3 | [East China Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/east-china-normal-university.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [National Taiwan Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-taiwan-normal-university.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Education University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/education-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 6 |
| 8 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Indiana University Bloomington](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/indiana-university-bloomington.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [University of Zurich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-zurich.md) | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 86 |
| 2 | United States | 69 |
| 3 | Taiwan | 33 |
| 4 | Germany | 31 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 28 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 26 |
| 7 | Turkey | 17 |
| 8 | Australia | 16 |
| 9 | Spain | 16 |
| 10 | India | 16 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [student engagement](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/student-engagement.md) | 65 |
| 2 | [student motivation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/student-motivation.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [higher education](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/higher-education.md) | 35 |
| 4 | [online learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/online-learning.md) | 30 |
| 5 | [university students](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/university-students.md) | 25 |
| 6 | [academic performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/academic-performance.md) | 23 |
| 7 | [artificial intelligence in education](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence-in-education.md) | 23 |
| 8 | student satisfaction | 23 |
| 9 | educational technology | 21 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,183 | 25.4 | [Systematic literature review on opportunities, challenges, and future research recommendations of artificial intelligence in education](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100118) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2022-12-19 | Thomas K.F. Chiu, Qi Xia, Xinyan Zhou et al. |
| 2 | 775 | 6.9 | [The effect of games and simulations on higher education: a systematic literature review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0062-1) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2017-06-14 | Dimitrios Vlachopoulos, Agoritsa Makri |
| 3 | 764 | 6.5 | [Blended learning effectiveness: the relationship between student characteristics, design features and outcomes](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0043-4) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2017-02-06 | Mugenyi Justice Kintu, Chang Zhu, Edmond Kagambe |
| 4 | 607 | 6.0 | [Online learning: Adoption, continuance, and learning outcome—A review of literature](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.05.005) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2018-05-29 | Ritanjali Panigrahi, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava, Dheeraj Sharma |
| 5 | 564 | 6.0 | [Educational data mining and learning analytics for 21st century higher education: A review and synthesis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2019.01.007) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2019-01-14 | Hanan Ahmad Aldowah, Hosam Al‐Samarraie, Wan Mohamad Fauzy |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “learning outcomes”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/learning-outcomes

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  title = {Papers on “learning outcomes”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
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