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title: "Teacher professional development research"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “teacher professional development” appeared in 317 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (259), economics (31) and management (10)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “teacher professional development” appeared in 317 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (259), economics (31) and management (10). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “teacher professional development”

Research on “teacher professional development” 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 “teacher professional development” appeared in 317 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (259), economics (31) and management (10).
- 55 of them were published in 2025, against 16 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Education University of Hong Kong (8), Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (6) and University of Cambridge (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Studies In Educational Evaluation (39), International Journal of Educational Development (31) and Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (31).
- The most-cited of them is “Embracing the future of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom: the relevance of AI literacy, prompt engineering, and critical thinking in modern education” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024), with 1,113 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) | 10 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 47 | 43 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 16 | 22 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 42 | 55 | 51 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Studies In Educational Evaluation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/studies-in-educational-evaluation.md) | 39 |
| 2 | [International Journal of Educational Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-development.md) | 31 |
| 3 | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 31 |
| 4 | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [The Internet and Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-internet-and-higher-education.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Journal of Computing in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-computing-in-higher-education.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Educational Technology Research and Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/educational-technology-research-and-development.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Economics of Education Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-education-review.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Education University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/education-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 8 |
| 2 | Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education | 6 |
| 3 | [University of Cambridge](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-cambridge.md) | 4 |
| 4 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 3 |
| 6 | Leuphana University of Lüneburg | 3 |
| 7 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 3 |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 3 |
| 10 | [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-wisconsinmadison.md) | 3 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 25 |
| 2 | Germany | 22 |
| 3 | United States | 22 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 17 |
| 5 | Turkey | 17 |
| 6 | Spain | 13 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 13 |
| 8 | Australia | 10 |
| 9 | Canada | 6 |
| 10 | Norway | 6 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | pre-service teachers | 33 |
| 2 | [artificial intelligence in education](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence-in-education.md) | 24 |
| 3 | AI literacy | 14 |
| 4 | [ChatGPT](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chatgpt.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 14 |
| 6 | teacher perceptions | 10 |
| 7 | [academic performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/academic-performance.md) | 9 |
| 8 | inclusive education | 9 |
| 9 | [AI ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/ai-ethics.md) | 8 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,113 | 34.5 | [Embracing the future of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom: the relevance of AI literacy, prompt engineering, and critical thinking in modern education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-024-00448-3) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2024-02-25 | Yoshija Walter |
| 2 | 497 | 16.9 | [A scoping review on how generative artificial intelligence transforms assessment in higher education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-024-00468-z) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2024-05-23 | Qi Xia, Xiaojing Weng, Fan Ouyang et al. |
| 3 | 417 | 18.7 | [Artificial intelligence in teaching and teacher professional development: A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100355) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2024-12-23 | Xiao Jian Tan, Gary Cheng, Man Ho Ling |
| 4 | 414 | 10.9 | [Acceptance of artificial intelligence among pre-service teachers: a multigroup analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00420-7) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2023-09-03 | Chengming Zhang, Jessica Schießl, Lea Plößl et al. |
| 5 | 392 | 10.9 | [Not quite eye to A.I.: student and teacher perspectives on the use of generative artificial intelligence in the writing process](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00427-0) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2023-11-09 | Alex James Barrett, Austin Pack |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “teacher professional development”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/teacher-professional-development

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