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title: "University students research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “university students” appeared in 1,115 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (411), management (334) and economics (157)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “university students” appeared in 1,115 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (411), management (334) and economics (157). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “university students”

Research on “university students” 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 “university students” appeared in 1,115 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (411), management (334) and economics (157).
- 171 of them were published in 2025, against 59 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Education University of Hong Kong (12), Chinese University of Hong Kong (9) and University of Hong Kong (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were The International Journal of Management Education (96), International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (51) and Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (43).
- The most-cited of them is “Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students” (Research Policy, 2017), with 1,179 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) | 17 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 42 | 49 | 37 | 62 | 79 | 48 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 13 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 37 | 55 | 49 | 47 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 11 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 14 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 59 | 86 | 90 | 77 | 112 | 132 | 102 | 151 | 171 | 135 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 96 |
| 2 | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 51 |
| 3 | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 43 |
| 4 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 36 |
| 5 | [Innovative Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/innovative-higher-education.md) | 21 |
| 6 | [Journal of global entrepreneurship research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-global-entrepreneurship-research.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [Studies In Educational Evaluation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/studies-in-educational-evaluation.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [The Internet and Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-internet-and-higher-education.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship.md) | 16 |
| 10 | [Journal of Computing in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-computing-in-higher-education.md) | 15 |

*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) | 12 |
| 2 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 9 |
| 3 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 9 |
| 4 | National Economics University | 8 |
| 5 | Hangzhou Normal University | 7 |
| 6 | [Central China Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-china-normal-university.md) | 6 |
| 7 | [Griffith University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/griffith-university.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Guangzhou University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/guangzhou-university.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [Technical University of Munich](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/technical-university-of-munich.md) | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 112 |
| 2 | United States | 98 |
| 3 | Spain | 48 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 39 |
| 5 | India | 32 |
| 6 | Germany | 31 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 31 |
| 8 | Italy | 31 |
| 9 | Australia | 29 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 18 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | entrepreneurial intention | 96 |
| 2 | entrepreneurship education | 91 |
| 3 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 52 |
| 4 | theory of planned behavior | 48 |
| 5 | [higher education](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/higher-education.md) | 41 |
| 6 | [academic performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/academic-performance.md) | 39 |
| 7 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 39 |
| 8 | [ChatGPT](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chatgpt.md) | 34 |
| 9 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 31 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,179 | 10.2 | [Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.02.008) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2017-03-13 | Katia Levecque, Frederik Anseel, Alain De Beuckelaer et al. |
| 2 | 531 | 16.3 | [Is it harmful or helpful? Examining the causes and consequences of generative AI usage among university students](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-024-00444-7) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2024-02-15 | Muhammad Abbas, Farooq Ahmed Jam, Tariq Iqbal Khan |
| 3 | 494 | 5.5 | [Investigating self-directed learning and technology readiness in blending learning environment](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-019-0147-0) | [International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-educational-technology-in-higher-education.md) | 2019-05-20 | Shuang Geng, Kris M. Y. Law, Ben Niu |
| 4 | 476 | 13.6 | [Students’ Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-023-09686-1) | [Innovative Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/innovative-higher-education.md) | 2023-11-30 | Artur Strzelecki |
| 5 | 429 | 3.7 | [Sources of self-efficacy and outcome expectations for career exploration and decision-making: A test of the social cognitive model of career self-management](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2017.01.002) | [Journal of Vocational Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-vocational-behavior.md) | 2017-01-17 | Robert W. Lent, Glenn W. Ireland, Lee T. Penn et al. |

## Cite this page

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

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “university students”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/university-students}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).