Papers on “mediating effect”
Research on “mediating effect” 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 “mediating effect” appeared in 2,102 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (707), finance (513) and economics (231).
- 443 of them were published in 2025, against 83 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Renmin University of China (21), University of International Business and Economics (19) and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (19).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (299), International Review of Economics & Finance (82) and International Review of Financial Analysis (50).
- The most-cited of them is “Re-examining the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Towards a Revised Theoretical Model” (Information Systems Frontiers, 2017), with 2,133 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 47 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 64 | 93 | 89 | 94 | 110 | 68 |
| Finance | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 119 | 232 | 79 |
| Economics | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 47 | 29 | 32 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 10 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| Marketing | 9 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 8 |
| Operations Research | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 9 |
| Information Systems | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Accounting | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| AI | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 83 | 99 | 115 | 153 | 183 | 213 | 240 | 344 | 443 | 229 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 299 |
| 2 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 82 |
| 3 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 50 |
| 4 | Future Business Journal | 46 |
| 5 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 43 |
| 6 | Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity | 35 |
| 7 | Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 31 |
| 8 | Journal of Business Research | 29 |
| 9 | The International Journal of Management Education | 29 |
| 10 | Journal of Innovation & Knowledge | 26 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renmin University of China | 21 |
| 2 | University of International Business and Economics | 19 |
| 3 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 19 |
| 4 | Anhui University of Finance and Economics | 13 |
| 5 | Jilin University | 13 |
| 6 | Zhejiang Gongshang University | 13 |
| 7 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 12 |
| 8 | City University of Macau | 11 |
| 9 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 11 |
| 10 | Liaoning University | 11 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 678 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 93 |
| 3 | United States | 78 |
| 4 | India | 61 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 57 |
| 6 | Australia | 47 |
| 7 | Spain | 43 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 42 |
| 9 | South Korea | 35 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 33 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | moderating effect | 191 |
| 2 | Chinese listed companies | 124 |
| 3 | regional heterogeneity | 100 |
| 4 | China | 98 |
| 5 | listed companies | 80 |
| 6 | digital transformation | 79 |
| 7 | firm performance | 64 |
| 8 | state-owned enterprises | 62 |
| 9 | financial constraints | 56 |
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Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “mediating effect”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mediating-effect
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