Papers on “perceived usefulness”
Research on “perceived usefulness” 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 “perceived usefulness” appeared in 1,234 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (366), management (252) and information systems (247).
- 171 of them were published in 2025, against 66 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Renmin University of China (8), University of Malaya (8) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Education and Information Technologies (119), Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (27) and Technology in Society (23).
- The most-cited of them is “What factors contribute to the acceptance of artificial intelligence? A systematic review” (Telematics and Informatics, 2022), with 1,028 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education and Research | 15 | 20 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 35 | 56 | 55 | 62 | 33 |
| Management | 12 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 24 | 46 | 34 | 30 |
| Information Systems | 28 | 31 | 36 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 12 |
| Marketing | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 11 |
| Operations Research | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Economics | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| AI | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Finance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| All categories | 66 | 81 | 100 | 102 | 115 | 148 | 146 | 181 | 171 | 124 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renmin University of China | 8 |
| 2 | University of Malaya | 8 |
| 3 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 7 |
| 4 | Korea University | 7 |
| 5 | Sunway University | 7 |
| 6 | Universiti Sains Malaysia | 7 |
| 7 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 6 |
| 8 | Delft University of Technology | 6 |
| 9 | Griffith University | 6 |
| 10 | Shenzhen University | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 165 |
| 2 | United States | 56 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 44 |
| 4 | India | 43 |
| 5 | South Korea | 39 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 38 |
| 7 | Germany | 30 |
| 8 | Australia | 29 |
| 9 | Turkey | 29 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 27 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceived ease of use | 383 |
| 2 | technology acceptance model | 250 |
| 3 | technology acceptance | 128 |
| 4 | behavioral intention | 114 |
| 5 | technology adoption | 92 |
| 6 | university students | 63 |
| 7 | intention to use | 60 |
| 8 | subjective norms | 58 |
| 9 | risk perception | 52 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “perceived usefulness”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/perceived-usefulness
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