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title: "Social influence research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “social influence” appeared in 1,105 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (204), information systems (194) and economics (159)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “social influence” appeared in 1,105 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (204), information systems (194) and economics (159). (as of 2026-11-05)"
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# Papers on “social influence”

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

Research on “social influence” 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 “social influence” appeared in 1,105 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (204), information systems (194) and economics (159).
- 157 of them were published in 2025, against 80 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Beijing Normal University (7), Chinese University of Hong Kong (7) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Education and Information Technologies (52), Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (21) and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (17).
- The most-cited of them is “Consumers acceptance of artificially intelligent (AI) device use in service delivery” (International Journal of Information Management, 2019), with 1,432 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 11 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 24 | 26 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 24 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 14 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 16 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 21 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 18 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 11 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 80 | 65 | 83 | 111 | 110 | 115 | 105 | 145 | 157 | 134 |

## 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) | 52 |
| 2 | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [Technology in Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technology-in-society.md) | 15 |
| 5 | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [Journal of Financial Services Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-services-marketing.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [International Journal of Information Management Data Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management-data-insights.md) | 12 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Beijing Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-normal-university.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [Universiti Sains Malaysia](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universiti-sains-malaysia.md) | 7 |
| 4 | [University of Johannesburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-johannesburg.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [Erasmus University Rotterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/erasmus-university-rotterdam.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [Harvard University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harvard-university.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 6 |
| 8 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | 6 |
| 9 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 6 |
| 10 | British University in Dubai | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 144 |
| 2 | United States | 70 |
| 3 | India | 40 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 38 |
| 5 | Australia | 35 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 35 |
| 7 | Germany | 28 |
| 8 | France | 24 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 24 |
| 10 | Turkey | 21 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | performance expectancy | 148 |
| 2 | effort expectancy | 120 |
| 3 | [behavioral intention](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/behavioral-intention.md) | 115 |
| 4 | facilitating conditions | 112 |
| 5 | UTAUT | 109 |
| 6 | [technology acceptance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/technology-acceptance.md) | 105 |
| 7 | [technology adoption](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/technology-adoption.md) | 61 |
| 8 | UTAUT2 | 59 |
| 9 | hedonic motivation | 53 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,432 | 15.8 | [Consumers acceptance of artificially intelligent (AI) device use in service delivery](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.03.008) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2019-04-09 | Doğan Gürsoy, Oscar Hengxuan Chi, Lu Lu et al. |
| 2 | 1,009 | 10.8 | [Developing and validating a service robot integration willingness scale](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.01.005) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 2019-01-24 | Lu Lu, Ruiying Cai, Doğan Gürsoy |
| 3 | 827 | 10.6 | [Understanding consumer adoption of mobile payment in India: Extending Meta-UTAUT model with personal innovativeness, anxiety, trust, and grievance redressal](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102144) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2020-05-14 | Pushp P. Patil, Kuttimani Tamilmani, Nripendra Pratap Rana et al. |
| 4 | 599 | 6.7 | [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 |
| 5 | 576 | 5.3 | [Examining factors influencing Jordanian customers’ intentions and adoption of internet banking: Extending UTAUT2 with risk](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2017.08.026) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2017-10-14 | Ali Abdallah Alalwan, Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Nripendra Pratap Rana et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “social influence”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/social-influence

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