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title: "Student perceptions research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “student perceptions” appeared in 904 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (711), management (102) and tourism and hospitality (33)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “student perceptions” appeared in 904 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (711), management (102) and tourism and hospitality (33). (as of 2026-11-05)"
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# Papers on “student perceptions”

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

Research on “student perceptions” 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 “student perceptions” appeared in 904 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (711), management (102) and tourism and hospitality (33).
- 114 of them were published in 2025, against 71 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Hong Kong (9), Education University of Hong Kong (6) and Universitat de València (5).
- The journals publishing most of them were Education and Information Technologies (90), Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (30) and The International Journal of Management Education (24).
- The most-cited of them is “Students’ voices on generative AI: perceptions, benefits, and challenges in higher education” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2023), with 2,525 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) | 49 | 48 | 61 | 54 | 85 | 79 | 80 | 108 | 94 | 53 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 71 | 68 | 81 | 64 | 106 | 110 | 97 | 127 | 114 | 66 |

## 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) | 90 |
| 2 | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 30 |
| 3 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 24 |
| 4 | [Journal of Academic Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-academic-ethics.md) | 22 |
| 5 | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 22 |
| 6 | [Educational Technology Research and Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/educational-technology-research-and-development.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Smart Learning Environments](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/smart-learning-environments.md) | 17 |
| 8 | [The Journal of Academic Librarianship](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-academic-librarianship.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [IEEE Transactions on Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-education.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [International Journal for Educational Integrity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-educational-integrity.md) | 14 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 9 |
| 2 | [Education University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/education-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [Universitat de València](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universitat-de-valencia.md) | 5 |
| 4 | California State University, San Bernardino | 4 |
| 5 | [Central China Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-china-normal-university.md) | 4 |
| 6 | [Deakin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/deakin-university.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [Ghent University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ghent-university.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 4 |
| 9 | King Abdulaziz University | 4 |
| 10 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 89 |
| 2 | China | 46 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 35 |
| 4 | Australia | 29 |
| 5 | Spain | 24 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 23 |
| 7 | Turkey | 20 |
| 8 | Canada | 16 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 14 |
| 10 | India | 11 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [higher education](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/higher-education.md) | 55 |
| 2 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 54 |
| 3 | [ChatGPT](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chatgpt.md) | 50 |
| 4 | academic integrity | 40 |
| 5 | [student engagement](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/student-engagement.md) | 38 |
| 6 | [university students](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/university-students.md) | 34 |
| 7 | [online learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/online-learning.md) | 32 |
| 8 | teacher perceptions | 29 |
| 9 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 27 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,525 | 63.6 | [Students’ voices on generative AI: perceptions, benefits, and challenges in higher education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00411-8) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2023-07-16 | Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan, Wenjie Hu |
| 2 | 790 | 13.1 | [The impact of artificial intelligence on learner–instructor interaction in online learning](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-021-00292-9) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2021-10-25 | Kyoungwon Seo, Joice Tang, Ido Roll et al. |
| 3 | 753 | 11.4 | [The COVID-19 pandemic and E-learning: challenges and opportunities from the perspective of students and instructors](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-021-09274-2) | [Journal of Computing in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-computing-in-higher-education.md) | 2021-05-03 | Abdelsalam M. Maatuk, Ebitisam K. Elberkawi, Shadi A Aljawarneh et al. |
| 4 | 700 | 7.4 | [Digital transformation in German higher education: student and teacher perceptions and usage of digital media](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0130-1) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2018-12-01 | Melissa Bond, Victoria I. Marín, Carina Dolch et al. |
| 5 | 509 | 14.8 | [Future research recommendations for transforming higher education with generative AI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100197) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2023-12-27 | Thomas K. F. Chiu |

## Cite this page

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

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  title = {Papers on “student perceptions”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).