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title: "Risk perception research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “risk perception” appeared in 1,191 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (255), management (193) and tourism and hospitality (154)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “risk perception” appeared in 1,191 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (255), management (193) and tourism and hospitality (154). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “risk perception”

Research on “risk perception” 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 “risk perception” appeared in 1,191 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (255), management (193) and tourism and hospitality (154).
- 146 of them were published in 2025, against 80 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Xi'an Jiaotong University (9), Arizona State University (7) and Griffith University (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (29), Transport Policy (21) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (20).
- The most-cited of them is “In AI we trust? Perceptions about automated decision-making by artificial intelligence” (AI & Society, 2020), with 1,036 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 22 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 33 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 11 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 27 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 10 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 9 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 22 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 16 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 23 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 80 | 98 | 95 | 106 | 131 | 125 | 110 | 134 | 146 | 166 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 29 |
| 2 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 20 |
| 4 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 19 |
| 5 | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 14 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 9 |
| 2 | [Arizona State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/arizona-state-university.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [Griffith University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/griffith-university.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [Sejong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sejong-university.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [Shenzhen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shenzhen-university.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [Symbiosis International University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/symbiosis-international-university.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [Universidad de Granada](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidad-de-granada.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 159 |
| 2 | United States | 110 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 57 |
| 4 | India | 52 |
| 5 | Australia | 28 |
| 6 | Germany | 28 |
| 7 | Italy | 27 |
| 8 | Spain | 25 |
| 9 | South Korea | 25 |
| 10 | France | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 48 |
| 2 | [technology adoption](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/technology-adoption.md) | 47 |
| 3 | [trust](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/trust.md) | 47 |
| 4 | perceived usefulness | 45 |
| 5 | technology acceptance | 41 |
| 6 | social influence | 34 |
| 7 | [consumer behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consumer-behavior.md) | 33 |
| 8 | perceived ease of use | 32 |
| 9 | technology acceptance model | 31 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,036 | 12.6 | [In AI we trust? Perceptions about automated decision-making by artificial intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-019-00931-w) | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | 2020-01-01 | Theo Araujo, Natali Helberger, Sanne Kruikemeier et al. |
| 2 | 995 | 13.0 | [Theories of Risk Perception: Who Fears What and Why?](https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429284243-5) | [Risk Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/risk-management.md) | 2020-06-18 | Aaron Wíldavsky, Karl Dake |
| 3 | 844 | 8.9 | [The roles of initial trust and perceived risk in public’s acceptance of automated vehicles](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.11.018) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-12-04 | Tingru Zhang, Da Tao, Xingda Qu et al. |
| 4 | 800 | 8.1 | [Exploring attitude–behavior gap in sustainable consumption: comparison of recycled and upcycled fashion products](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.08.025) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-08-29 | Hyun Jung Park, Li Min Lin |
| 5 | 599 | 6.8 | [Determining factors in the adoption and recommendation of mobile wallet services in India: Analysis of the effect of innovativeness, stress to use and social influence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.05.022) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2019-06-13 | Nidhi Singh, Neena Sinha, Francisco José Liébana-Cabanillas |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “risk perception”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-perception

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@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-risk-perception,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “risk perception”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-perception}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).