Papers on “student motivation”
Research on “student motivation” 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 “student motivation” appeared in 1,183 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (961), management (72) and information systems (63).
- 153 of them were published in 2025, against 80 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (26), National Taichung University of Education (25) and Yuan Ze University (22).
- The journals publishing most of them were Education and Information Technologies (205), Educational Technology Research and Development (49) and Computers & Education (41).
- The most-cited of them is “Gamifying education: what is known, what is believed and what remains uncertain: a critical review” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2017), with 1,452 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education and Research | 53 | 66 | 63 | 88 | 90 | 115 | 130 | 141 | 129 | 86 |
| Management | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 9 |
| Information Systems | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Economics | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Statistics | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| AI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 80 | 87 | 73 | 104 | 123 | 138 | 153 | 163 | 153 | 109 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education and Information Technologies | 205 |
| 2 | Educational Technology Research and Development | 49 |
| 3 | Computers & Education | 41 |
| 4 | The International Journal of Management Education | 29 |
| 5 | Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence | 26 |
| 6 | IEEE Transactions on Education | 25 |
| 7 | Smart Learning Environments | 24 |
| 8 | Computers and Education Open | 21 |
| 9 | Studies In Educational Evaluation | 14 |
| 10 | Educational Research Review | 12 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | 26 |
| 2 | National Taichung University of Education | 25 |
| 3 | Yuan Ze University | 22 |
| 4 | Education University of Hong Kong | 19 |
| 5 | University of Hong Kong | 17 |
| 6 | Central China Normal University | 16 |
| 7 | Beijing Normal University | 11 |
| 8 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 11 |
| 9 | National Cheng Kung University | 10 |
| 10 | Zhejiang University | 10 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 136 |
| 2 | Taiwan | 73 |
| 3 | United States | 73 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 46 |
| 5 | Turkey | 36 |
| 6 | Germany | 35 |
| 7 | Spain | 33 |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 18 |
| 10 | South Korea | 17 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | student engagement | 114 |
| 2 | academic performance | 69 |
| 3 | university students | 63 |
| 4 | gamification | 56 |
| 5 | student self-regulation | 48 |
| 6 | self-efficacy | 45 |
| 7 | online learning | 44 |
| 8 | higher education | 43 |
| 9 | learning outcomes | 37 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “student motivation”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/student-motivation
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