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title: "Self-efficacy research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "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)."
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# Papers on “self-efficacy”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory/page/6.md)

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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## 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

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 25 | 20 | 36 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 70 | 79 | 89 | 57 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 22 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 32 | 42 | 33 | 45 | 54 | 40 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 19 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 18 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 8 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Education and Information Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/education-and-information-technologies.md) | 113 |
| 2 | [Educational Technology Research and Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/educational-technology-research-and-development.md) | 32 |
| 3 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 30 |
| 4 | [Computers & Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-education.md) | 23 |
| 5 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [International Journal of STEM Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-stem-education.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Computers in Human Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-in-human-behavior.md) | 13 |
| 10 | [Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [National Taichung University of Education](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-taichung-university-of-education.md) | 14 |
| 2 | [National Taiwan University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-taiwan-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Beijing Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-normal-university.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Education University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/education-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [University of Johannesburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-johannesburg.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Yuan Ze University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/yuan-ze-university.md) | 9 |
| 9 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 8 |
| 10 | [Nanyang Technological University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanyang-technological-university.md) | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [university students](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/university-students.md) | 65 |
| 2 | [student motivation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/student-motivation.md) | 45 |
| 3 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 44 |
| 4 | [perceived usefulness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/perceived-usefulness.md) | 42 |
| 5 | social cognitive theory | 40 |
| 6 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 39 |
| 7 | perceived ease of use | 37 |
| 8 | entrepreneurial intention | 31 |
| 9 | [student engagement](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/student-engagement.md) | 31 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 581 | 6.5 | [Social cognitive career theory at 25: Empirical status of the interest, choice, and performance models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.06.004) | [Journal of Vocational Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-vocational-behavior.md) | 2019-06-12 | Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown |
| 2 | 505 | 4.7 | [Understanding entrepreneurial intentions: A developed integrated structural model approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.045) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2017-10-31 | Kourosh Esfandiar, Mohammad Sharifi-Tehrani, Stephen Pratt et al. |
| 3 | 502 | 11.1 | [Human–AI collaboration enables more empathic conversations in text-based peer-to-peer mental health support](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-022-00593-2) | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 2023-01-23 | Ashish Kumar Sharma, Inna Wanyin Lin, Adam S. Miner et al. |
| 4 | 468 | 4.5 | [Feeling capable and valued: A prosocial perspective on the link between empathy and social entrepreneurial intentions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.01.004) | [Journal of Business Venturing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing.md) | 2018-02-09 | Sophie Catherine Bacq, Elisa de Resende Alt |
| 5 | 439 | 4.1 | [Health information privacy concerns, antecedents, and information disclosure intention in online health communities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2017.11.003) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | 2017-11-21 | Xing Zhang, Shan Liu, Chen Xing et al. |

## 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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