Papers on “metaverse”
Research on “metaverse” 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 “metaverse” appeared in 492 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (142), information systems (134) and higher education and research (56).
- 122 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Kyung Hee University (13), Sungkyunkwan University (11) and Symbiosis International University (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Technological Forecasting and Social Change (34), Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (32) and Technology in Society (28).
- The most-cited of them is “Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy” (International Journal of Information Management, 2022), with 2,754 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 46 | 42 | 19 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 44 | 26 | 14 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 9 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 7 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 3 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 115 | 157 | 122 | 61 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 34 |
| 2 | Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services | 32 |
| 3 | Technology in Society | 28 |
| 4 | Computers in Human Behavior | 26 |
| 5 | Education and Information Technologies | 25 |
| 6 | Decision Support Systems | 17 |
| 7 | Information Technology & Tourism | 16 |
| 8 | Journal of Business Research | 11 |
| 9 | International Journal of Information Management Data Insights | 11 |
| 10 | Electronic Commerce Research | 8 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyung Hee University | 13 |
| 2 | Sungkyunkwan University | 11 |
| 3 | Symbiosis International University | 11 |
| 4 | Lebanese American University | 10 |
| 5 | Korea University | 9 |
| 6 | Milli Savunma Üniversitesi | 8 |
| 7 | Naval Academy | 8 |
| 8 | Queen's University Belfast | 8 |
| 9 | Swansea University | 8 |
| 10 | Yuan Ze University | 8 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 97 |
| 2 | United States | 85 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 84 |
| 4 | India | 63 |
| 5 | South Korea | 55 |
| 6 | Italy | 48 |
| 7 | France | 34 |
| 8 | Taiwan | 33 |
| 9 | Australia | 26 |
| 10 | Spain | 24 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | virtual reality | 76 |
| 2 | blockchain | 44 |
| 3 | augmented reality | 42 |
| 4 | virtual worlds | 42 |
| 5 | artificial intelligence | 29 |
| 6 | technology adoption | 24 |
| 7 | avatars | 22 |
| 8 | non-fungible tokens | 22 |
| 9 | extended reality | 21 |
Most-cited papers#
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Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “metaverse”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/metaverse
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