Internet Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Internet Research is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Do early birds catch the worms? The role of early-bird terms in startup crowdfunding141
Social media as a living laboratory for researchers: the relationship between linguistics and online user responses126
Archetypes of influential users in social question-answering sites105
How representational fidelity affects sociability and cyberself engagement in the Metaverse101
Open innovation starts from home: the potentials of enterprise social media (ESM) in nurturing employee innovation98
Eliciting public beliefs about metaverse esports97
Does it matter who “toots the horn” on Facebook and X? The differential effects of owned and earned social media on customers’ perceptions of firms85
Navigating ethical concerns in the Metaverse: an integrative review and an agenda for future research82
Is voice really persuasive? The influence of modality in virtual assistant interactions and two alternative explanations64
Driving engagement in metaverse-mediated tourism environments: exploring the role of perceived realism64
Signaling innovativeness in crowdfunding entrepreneurial narratives: the moderating roles of entrepreneurial passion and social endorsement62
CEO social media celebrity status and credit rating assessment61
An investigation on the influencing factors of elderly people's intention to use financial AI customer service57
When social media facilitates the dark side of consumer–human brand relationships: an investigation into social media-induced sleep problems50
From resistance to acceptance: developing health task measures to boost mHealth adoption among older adults: mixed-methods approach and innovation resistance46
How do social network ties influence purchases in social commerce communities? A lens of attachment theory45
How leaderboard positions shape our motivation: the impact of competence satisfaction and competence frustration on motivation in a gamified crowdsourcing task45
Re-framing the policy conversation for preventing cyberstalking44
Platform control and multi-realized platform benefits: a meta-analysis44
First versus final impression formation: cues from dynamic and continuous emotional expressions in social media profiles44
Do human values find genuine expression on social media platforms? The influence of human values on millennials' social media activities42
Exploring the impact of forced teleworking on counterproductive work behavior: the role of event strength and work-family conflict42
How does anthropomorphism promote consumer responses to social chatbots: mind perception perspective41
Understanding first aid knowledge adoption on social media with an extended information adoption model40
Double jeopardy: effects of inter-failures and webcare on (un-)committed online complainants’ revenge40
The dynamics of conspiracy theories on social media from the diffusion of innovations perspective: the moderating role of time38
Introducing yourself to strangers: does conversational self-presentation matter in peer-to-peer accommodation37
How can we achieve better e-Learning success in the new normal?37
Competitive peer influence on knowledge contribution behaviors in online Q&A communities: a social comparison perspective36
Blockchain for sustainable consumption: an affordance and consumer value-based view34
Exploring sentiment divergence on migrant workers through the lens of Sina Weibo34
Tap here to power up! Mobile augmented reality for consumer empowerment34
The value of augmented reality: exploring hedonic and utilitarian augmented reality experiences33
The value of CEO communication on social media for internal relationship management and employees’ social media engagement33
Using augmented reality for shopping: a framework for AR induced consumer behavior, literature review and future agenda33
Understanding esports player preferences: which self-definitional needs drive their satisfaction?32
Engaging with deepfakes: a meta-synthesis from the perspective of social shaping of technology theory32
Barrier-breakers’ influence on full-adoption of digital payment methods32
Can AI chatbots help retain customers? Impact of AI service quality on customer loyalty32
Examining technostress and its impact on worker well-being in the digital gig economy31
Wealth effects of firm's strategic technology investments: evidence from Ethereum blockchain30
Online or offline? Spillover effect of customer-to-customer interaction in a multichannel background29
Effects of learning and uncertainty on crowdsourcing performance of solvers: insights from performance feedback theory29
Understanding SNS use reduction from the perspective of the cognitive-affective model29
Effect of consistency of the review set on causal attribution: the moderating roles of repeating purchase cues and product knowledge29
Social media marketing system: conceptualization, scale development and validation29
The serious gaming randomness in dual-purposed systems: the effect of aleatory uncertainty from the perspective of information deprivation28
Augmented reality in the metaverse market: the role of multimodal sensory interaction27
Understanding the influence of communication visibility in preventing knowledge sabotage: a knowledge power perspective27
The psychological and functional factors driving metaverse resistance27
Value co-creation in live streaming through tourism scenes: a contextual marketing perspective27
Can social interaction-oriented content trigger viewers' purchasing and gift-giving behaviors? Evidence from live-streaming commerce26
Reactivity in measuring sensitive online behavior26
Personal use of smartphones in the workplace and work–life conflict: a natural quasi-experiment25
Factors influencing TikTok-based user purchase intention: comparison between potential customers and repeat customers25
How tie strength influences purchasing intention in social recommendation: evidence from behavioral model and brain activity25
How emotions affect the outcomes of information overload: information avoidance or information consumption?25
Research on influencing factors and governance of disinformation dissemination on science and technology topics: an empirical study on the topic of “metaverse”25
Good for all, good for me: the influences of dedication- and constraint-based switching barriers on user-generated contributions25
Exploring the diffusion of digital fashion and influencers' social roles in the Metaverse: an analysis of Twitter hashtag networks24
When invisible eyes undermine proactive efforts: the effect of electronic performance monitoring on job crafting24
How technostress and self-control of social networking sites affect academic achievement and wellbeing24
Reward or punish: investigating output controls and content generation in the multi-sided platform context24
How TikTok leads users to flow experience: investigating the effects of technology affordances with user experience level and video length as moderators24
The influence of virtual reality on the experience of religious cultural heritage content24
“You are a disgrace and traitor to our country”: incivility against “The Squad” on Twitter24
Bridging the health literacy gap through AI chatbot design: the impact of gender and doctor cues on chatbot trust and acceptance23
An empirical examination of newcomer contribution costs in established OSS communities: a knowledge-based perspective23
Facebook vs Twitter: the differential relationship with mass attitudes about democracy in Latin Americas23
How do NPOs’ topics and moral foundations in gun-related issues influence public engagement on Twitter?23
“Is COVID-19 a hoax?”: auditing the quality of COVID-19 conspiracy-related information and misinformation in Google search results in four languages23
Visiting and exploring digital transformation management: a bibliometric analysis and review study22
Research on the identification of medical service quality factors: based on a data-driven method22
Home-based workouts in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: the influence of Fitness YouTubers' attributes on intentions to exercise22
Artificial intelligent chatbots as brand promoters: a two-stage structural equation modeling-artificial neural network approach20
Mediating social phygital experiences in the context of esports tournaments20
Health-related fake news during the COVID-19 pandemic: perceived trust and information search20
Loyalty and well-being explain serial crowdfunding backing behavior: an empirical test of complementary theories19
Exploring the impact of paid over-the-top service and mobile network profiles in watching TV content on mobile devices19
Understanding employees' perceptions of SETA events: the role of pedagogical and communication approaches19
How do we engage people with low motivation? Utilizing influencers for effective climate change corporate social responsibility communication18
Online healthcare platform doctors’ fatigue and continuance use intention based on JD-R model18
Be snobbish: the role of task goal deviation in error tolerance for collaborative robots18
Digital prejudices: an analysis of gender, racial and religious biases in generative AI chatbots18
The role of project owners' and potential backers' implicit social ties in crowdfunding project success18
Mind over matter: how biased perceptions of political knowledge influence selection and evaluation of political YouTube channels18
Exploring the dual routes in influencing sales and adoption in augmented reality retailing: a mixed approach of SEM and FsQCA18
Determinants of debunking information sharing behaviour in social media users: perspective of persuasive cues17
Digital influencers in different cultural contexts: effects of authenticity and value perceptions17
Can long-term orientation mitigate the impact of users’ ethical concerns on migration behavior? A trust loss perspective17
Ambidextrous use of intelligent personal assistants: the role of individual unlearning17
Biased processing of political fact-checks on social media: testing the effects of user comments and partisan worldview on misbeliefs and political candidate evaluation17
Untangling the influence of perceived sustainability orientation on value-co-creation behavior in crowdfunding process: investigating a mediation model16
Exploring a customer engagement spillover effect on social media: the moderating role of customer conscientiousness16
The effects of IT chargeback on strategic alignment and performance: the contingent roles of business executives' IT competence and CIOs' business competence15
Disentangling user fatigue in WeChat use: the configurational interplay of fear of missing out and overload15
Evaluating e-commerce website qualities: personality traits as triggers15
Determinants of online professor reviews: an elaboration likelihood model perspective15
Resisting online manipulation: how teens perceive and respond to privacy dark patterns on social media15
Guest editorial: Digital transformation and consumer experience15
What enhances or worsens the user-generated metaverse experience? An application of BERTopic to Roblox user eWOM15
Selling by contributing: the monetization strategy of individual content providers in the light of human brand15
Process for achieving digital sustainability in smart manufacturing transformation: a case study of a Chinese steel manufacturer15
Effect of the fit between situational regulatory focus and feedback focus on customers' co-design behavior15
SNS use reduction: a two-facet privacy concern perspective15
“Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno”: understanding unauthorised file sharing in online communities from a public goods contribution perspective14
Unpacking the influence of perceived credibility of guaranteed data destruction service on digital device recycling platform use: the perspective of privacy calculus14
Signaling transparency in the era of artificial intelligence14
Stepping forward or hiding: the effect of influencer streamers’ responsibility-taking on consumer trust after live-streamed product failures14
Potential treatments of technology addiction: insights for information systems scholars14
Predicting the acceptance of e-government: a systematic review14
Seeking social support on social media: a coping perspective13
Digital platform regulation: opportunities for information systems research13
The impact of individual and team professional capital on physicians’ performance in online health-care communities: a cross-level investigation13
Optimizing live streaming engagement through store atmospheric cues: exploring prosocial behavior and social comparison—insights from streamers and viewers13
Unraveling the impact of infodemic stress on information and health behaviors: a double effect perspective13
Fake news on the internet: a literature review, synthesis and directions for future research13
Balancing self-representation and self-commodification: how influencers transform social media fame and authenticity into e-commerce sales in China13
Mini-programs as substitution or promotion? Deciphering the cross-channel impact on e-marketplace purchases12
Unmasking the bright–dark duality of social media use on psychological well-being: a large-scale longitudinal study12
From intervention to prevention! Effects of peer progress information on user engagement12
Unlocking the power of multidimensional ratings: empirical analyses and designs from mediation models12
I hate ads but not the advertised brands: a qualitative study on Internet users' lived experiences with YouTube ads12
ICT-based training and education in volunteer sports communities: an action design research project with soccer referees during the COVID-19 pandemic12
Value creation for online collaboration between doctors and medical institutions: empirical evidence from online health communities12
Wear in or wear out: how consumers respond to repetitive influencer marketing12
Understanding videoconference fatigue: a systematic review of dimensions, antecedents and theories12
The dark side of digitalization and social media platform governance: a citizen engagement study11
Stimulating positive reviews by combining financial and compassionate incentives11
The effects of social media use and consumer engagement on physician online return: evidence from Weibo11
Unraveling the dark threads: exploring the impact of cross-channel cognitive overload on consumers' behaviors in multichannel retailing11
Effect of crowdsourcing work characteristics on perceived work effort in competitive crowdsourcing markets11
Online silence: why do people not challenge others when posting misinformation?11
Continued engagement intention with social media influencers: the role of experience11
Search engine versus affective thought-guided chatbot for knowledge acquisition: the mediating roles of perceived social, expressive and diagnostic transparency and cognitive effort11
The effect of social commerce attributes on customer engagement: an empirical investigation11
Users' subsequent innovation after organizational adoption: evidence from an online game user innovation community11
Examining the impact of social media de-influencing on audiences11
Unraveling hybrid exchange: virtual tipping on live-streaming platforms10
Let's fight the infodemic: the third-person effect process of misinformation during public health emergencies10
Stumble on information or misinformation? Examining the interplay of incidental news exposure, narcissism, and new media literacy in misinformation engagement10
Mobile payment in omnichannel retailing: dynamics between trust and loyalty transfer processes10
Fighting fire with fire: the use of an auxiliary platform to address the inherent weaknesses of a platform-based business10
I love you, my AI companion! Do you? Perspectives from the Triangular Theory of Love and Attachment Theory10
Capturing behavioural outcomes through branded applications: the perspective of the investment model10
Understanding users' voice assistant exploration intention: unraveling the differential mechanisms of the multiple dimensions of perceived intelligence10
How features and affordances of a metaverse portal engage users? Evidence from exergames10
Exploring privacy paradox in contact tracing apps adoption10
Understanding streamers’ intention to live stream in the context of rural live streaming commerce: a mixed-methods study10
Shocks and IS user behavior: a taxonomy and future research directions10
Norms or fun? The influence of ethical concerns and perceived enjoyment on the regulation of deepfake information10
Does e-commerce narrow the urban–rural income gap? Evidence from Chinese provinces10
A study on the cross-platform influence mechanism of physicians’ live streaming behavior on performance10
Validating the antecedents of customer M-payment loyalty: an empirical investigation10
From stocks to ETFs: explaining retail investors' migration behavior9
Can you see opportunity knocking? An examination of technology-based political skill on opportunity recognition in online communities for MTurk workers9
Value implications of followers in social marketplaces: insights into ego network structures9
Many a little makes a mickle: avatar accumulability and loyalty9
Social support acquisition in online health communities: a social capital perspective9
Learning for success: understanding crowdfunding relaunch performance after initial failures9
Small businesses and e-government participation: the role of personalisation preference and intermediaries9
The impact of social support chatbots on patients’ value co-creation behavior in online health communities: a moderated mediation model9
Gotta take my avatar shopping: impacts of interactive virtual shopping in esports9
Behavioral impulsion, habituation, or regulation? A tripartite model of hedonic technology addiction9
Guest editorial: Exploring the research opportunities and challenges in the metaverse9
Information exchange on interorganizational information systems and public social media: different impacts on conflict and joint action9
Friend-connecting affordances: playing online games to contact friends9
Understanding consumers' post-consumption behaviors in C2C social commerce: the role of functional and relational customer orientation8
Pay to view answers: determinants of listeners' payment decisions on social Q&A platforms8
Consumer logistics under omnichannel retailing: a re-conceptualisation and clustering analysis of “logsumers”8
Guest editorial: The role of digital technologies in new normal: the emergence of contactless digital technologies and services8
Understanding the determinants of the intention to innovate with open government data among potential commercial innovators: a risk perspective8
Examining the effects of cognitive load on information systems security policy compliance8
The impact of interaction on continuous use in online learning platforms: a metaverse perspective8
Consumer confusion: examining emoji use in online communication8
Together we can do it! A roadmap to effectively tackle propaganda-related tasks8
The effect of network structure on the purchase of virtual goods on social networking services8
The effects of corporate, review and reviewer characteristics on the helpfulness of online reviews: the moderating role of culture8
Will after-hours technology-mediated work make employees leave? A mediated moderation model8
Why retail firms commonly get only halfway through channel integration with online channels8
How online lottery promotions influence consumer responses toward online retailers8
A meta-analysis of antecedents and consequences of trust in the sharing economy8
Implications of source, content, and style cues in curbing health misinformation and fake news8
A systematic literature review of virtual idol from the perspective of the business role ecosystem7
The impact of technostress on older workers seeking knowledge from younger colleagues: an emotional perspective7
Public information sharing in enterprise social networks: a communication privacy management perspective7
The effect of charity website design on perceived consistency and its consequences7
The impact of ignorance and bias on information security protection motivation: a case of e-waste handling7
Coping strategies initiated by COVID-19-related stress, individuals' motives for social media use, and perceived stress reduction7
Examining the motivations of sharing political deepfake videos: the role of political brand hate and moral consciousness7
Short video marketing: what, when and how short-branded videos facilitate consumer engagement7
Impacts of platform design on consumer commitment and online review intention: does use context matter in dual-platform e-commerce?7
The influence of information configuration on mobile game download7
To track or not to track: examining perceptions of online tracking for information behavior research7
Supporting opinions to fit in: a spiral of silence-theoretic explanation for establishing echo chambers and filter bubbles on social media7
“I am sorry for judging you”: conceptualizing sentiment reversal among followers in case of falsely alleged social media influencer transgression7
Guest editorial: The social, ethical, economic and political implications of misinformation7
The algorithmic persuasion framework in online communication: conceptualization and a future research agenda7
Should influencer CEOs speak out? The interplay among influencer CEO activism, self-disclosure on social media, and political ideology7
Guest editorial: Advancing mobile payment research in the age of digital acceleration6
Gender of the online influencer and follower: the differential persuasive impact of homophily, attractiveness and product-match6
An analysis of fear factors predicting enterprise social media use in an era of communication visibility6
Digital-intelligence transformation, for better or worse? The roles of pace, scope and rhythm6
Examining user-generated content, service failure recovery and customer–brand relationships: an exploration through commitment-trust theory6
Social media-induced fear of missing out (FoMO) in the workplace: the influence on job burnout and workplace relations6
Exploring core knowledge in business intelligence research6
Impact of monetary and non-monetary social functions on users' knowledge-sharing intentions in online social Q&A communities6
The coping strategies in fitness apps: a three-stage analysis with findings from SEM and FsQCA6
Who believes political fake news? The role of conspiracy mentality, patriotism, perceived threat to freedom, media literacy and concern for disinformation6
Platform data empowerment in cross-border e-commerce and platform trust for sellers: a value co-creation perspective6
When ambiguity destroys online opinions: a study of eWOM and P2P lending platform performance6
Understanding the discontinuance of paid knowledge products: the roles of post-usage attitudes and goal orientations6
Investigating the net benefits of contactless technologies in quick-service restaurants: the moderating roles of social interaction anxiety and language proficiency5
Mitigating perceived overload of communication visibility: the role of ESM policies5
Unveiling the dark side in smartphone addiction: mediation of strain and moderation of hedonic use on well-being5
How user interactions affect idea generation in innovation communities: a cross-level analysis of privacy protection5
You are lying! How misinformation accusations spread on Twitter5
Unveiling viral marketing dynamics in online social networks: insights from China's otome games and explainable predictive modeling5
Designed to last: crowdfunding platforms’ strategic choices for long-term survival5
An empirical investigation of the impact of influencer live-streaming ads in e-commerce platforms on consumers’ buying impulse5
Digital transformation’s impact on substantive innovation: a life-cycle perspective5
Perceived identity threat and brand advocacy responses to different types of brand-related attacks5
Buzzword or fuzzword: an event study of the metaverse in the Chinese stock market5
Effects of social media usage on exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation and organizational agility: the moderating role of learning goal orientation5
Herd behavior in social commerce: understanding the interplay between self-awareness and environment-awareness5
The role of vicarious learning strategies in shaping consumers' uncertainty: the case of live-streaming shopping5
Unpacking the complexity of online incivility: an analysis of characteristics and impact of uncivil behavior during the Hong Kong protests5
A mixed-methods investigation of the factors affecting the use of facial recognition as a threatening AI application5
Motivation for writing long online reviews: a big data analysis of an anime community5
Excessive use of personal social media at work: antecedents and outcomes from dual-system and person-environment fit perspectives5
Longitudinal relationship between parental and adolescent smartphone addiction: serial mediating effects of adolescent self-esteem and depression5
Rethinking privacy in the Internet of Things: a comprehensive review of consumer studies and theories5
Perceived congruity, psychological contract and support provision of live streaming viewers: toward a dual-process model5
The impact of social shopping feature richness on buying intention: a product perspective5
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