Papers on “self-efficacy”
Research on “self-efficacy” 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 “self-efficacy” appeared in 1,445 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (508), management (335) and information systems (168).
- 203 of them were published in 2025, against 102 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were National Taichung University of Education (14), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (14) and Beijing Normal University (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Education and Information Technologies (113), Educational Technology Research and Development (32) and The International Journal of Management Education (30).
- The most-cited of them is “Social cognitive career theory at 25: Empirical status of the interest, choice, and performance models” (Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2019), with 581 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education and Research | 25 | 20 | 36 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 70 | 79 | 89 | 57 |
| Management | 22 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 32 | 42 | 33 | 45 | 54 | 40 |
| Information Systems | 19 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 18 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 8 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Economics | 6 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Marketing | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Operations Research | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Statistics | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| AI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Finance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 102 | 103 | 96 | 114 | 149 | 160 | 173 | 191 | 203 | 154 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education and Information Technologies | 113 |
| 2 | Educational Technology Research and Development | 32 |
| 3 | The International Journal of Management Education | 30 |
| 4 | Computers & Education | 23 |
| 5 | Journal of Business Research | 21 |
| 6 | International Journal of Hospitality Management | 16 |
| 7 | International Journal of STEM Education | 15 |
| 8 | Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence | 14 |
| 9 | Computers in Human Behavior | 13 |
| 10 | Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management | 13 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Taichung University of Education | 14 |
| 2 | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | 14 |
| 3 | Beijing Normal University | 11 |
| 4 | Education University of Hong Kong | 10 |
| 5 | Peking University | 10 |
| 6 | University of Hong Kong | 10 |
| 7 | University of Johannesburg | 10 |
| 8 | Yuan Ze University | 9 |
| 9 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 8 |
| 10 | Nanyang Technological University | 8 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 161 |
| 2 | United States | 137 |
| 3 | Australia | 57 |
| 4 | Taiwan | 47 |
| 5 | Germany | 38 |
| 6 | India | 37 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 35 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 34 |
| 9 | South Korea | 33 |
| 10 | Turkey | 33 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | university students | 65 |
| 2 | student motivation | 45 |
| 3 | gender differences | 44 |
| 4 | perceived usefulness | 42 |
| 5 | social cognitive theory | 40 |
| 6 | COVID-19 pandemic | 39 |
| 7 | perceived ease of use | 37 |
| 8 | entrepreneurial intention | 31 |
| 9 | student engagement | 31 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “self-efficacy”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/self-efficacy
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