OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Internet Research is 14. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Do early birds catch the worms? The role of early-bird terms in startup crowdfunding	228
Does it matter who “toots the horn” on Facebook and X? The differential effects of owned and earned social media on customers’ perceptions of firms	203
How representational fidelity affects sociability and cyberself engagement in the Metaverse	92
Navigating ethical concerns in the Metaverse: an integrative review and an agenda for future research	91
AI hinders meaningfulness? Effects of chatbot guidance on service evaluation in product assembly contexts	85
Can AI alleviate loneliness? The role of psychological closeness, co-presence and enjoyment in digital workout environment	82
Eliciting public beliefs about metaverse esports	76
An investigation on the influencing factors of elderly people's intention to use financial AI customer service	59
Archetypes of influential users in social question-answering sites	59
Open innovation starts from home: the potentials of enterprise social media (ESM) in nurturing employee innovation	57
Is voice really persuasive? The influence of modality in virtual assistant interactions and two alternative explanations	55
Social media as a living laboratory for researchers: the relationship between linguistics and online user responses	55
CEO social media celebrity status and credit rating assessment	51
Driving engagement in metaverse-mediated tourism environments: exploring the role of perceived realism	51
Impact of anxiety-related factors on willingness to use EHR system: a perspective from health beliefs and organizational support model	50
Platform control and multi-realized platform benefits: a meta-analysis	49
Exploring the impact of forced teleworking on counterproductive work behavior: the role of event strength and work-family conflict	48
First versus final impression formation: cues from dynamic and continuous emotional expressions in social media profiles	48
From resistance to acceptance: developing health task measures to boost mHealth adoption among older adults: mixed-methods approach and innovation resistance	47
How leaderboard positions shape our motivation: the impact of competence satisfaction and competence frustration on motivation in a gamified crowdsourcing task	47
Double jeopardy: effects of inter-failures and webcare on (un-)committed online complainants’ revenge	46
Do human values find genuine expression on social media platforms? The influence of human values on millennials' social media activities	46
When social media facilitates the dark side of consumer–human brand relationships: an investigation into social media-induced sleep problems	44
How do social network ties influence purchases in social commerce communities? A lens of attachment theory	44
How does anthropomorphism promote consumer responses to social chatbots: mind perception perspective	43

The value of CEO communication on social media for internal relationship management and employees’ social media engagement	40
Understanding esports player preferences: which self-definitional needs drive their satisfaction?	39
Wealth effects of firm's strategic technology investments: evidence from Ethereum blockchain	39
Barrier-breakers’ influence on full-adoption of digital payment methods	39
From whims to wallets: navigating the maze of how technology impacts impulsive buying behavior–a systematic literature review	38
Introducing yourself to strangers: does conversational self-presentation matter in peer-to-peer accommodation	38
Competitive peer influence on knowledge contribution behaviors in online Q&A communities: a social comparison perspective	38
Exploring sentiment divergence on migrant workers through the lens of Sina Weibo	38
The value of augmented reality: exploring hedonic and utilitarian augmented reality experiences	37
Understanding first aid knowledge adoption on social media with an extended information adoption model	37
Burnout in hybrid work arrangements: unpacking the role of technostress, psychological detachment, and organisational supports	36
The dynamics of conspiracy theories on social media from the diffusion of innovations perspective: the moderating role of time	35
Engaging with deepfakes: a meta-synthesis from the perspective of social shaping of technology theory	35
Examining technostress and its impact on worker well-being in the digital gig economy	34
Can AI chatbots help retain customers? Impact of AI service quality on customer loyalty	34
Tap here to power up! Mobile augmented reality for consumer empowerment	34
Effect of consistency of the review set on causal attribution: the moderating roles of repeating purchase cues and product knowledge	33
Transactional quality and repurchase intention in community group-buying: Does purchase frequency matter?	33
Understanding the influence of communication visibility in preventing knowledge sabotage: a knowledge power perspective	33
Blockchain for sustainable consumption: an affordance and consumer value-based view	33
Toward a better digital society: a meta-synthesis on generative AI’s role in disinformation creation and mitigation	32
Understanding SNS use reduction from the perspective of the cognitive-affective model	32
The serious gaming randomness in dual-purposed systems: the effect of aleatory uncertainty from the perspective of information deprivation	30
“Human-like or cartoon-like?” The impact of virtual influencer style on consumer forgiveness propensity following service failures	29
Value co-creation in live streaming through tourism scenes: a contextual marketing perspective	29
The psychological and functional factors driving metaverse resistance	29
Online or offline? Spillover effect of customer-to-customer interaction in a multichannel background	28
Reactivity in measuring sensitive online behavior	28
How tie strength influences purchasing intention in social recommendation: evidence from behavioral model and brain activity	28
Can social interaction-oriented content trigger viewers' purchasing and gift-giving behaviors? Evidence from live-streaming commerce	28
Augmented reality in the metaverse market: the role of multimodal sensory interaction	28
Corrigendum: Comparing artificial intelligence communication in China and globally: perspectives on fans' interactions with top virtual influencers	27
Personal use of smartphones in the workplace and work–life conflict: a natural quasi-experiment	27
Research on influencing factors and governance of disinformation dissemination on science and technology topics: an empirical study on the topic of “metaverse”	27
Good for all, good for me: the influences of dedication- and constraint-based switching barriers on user-generated contributions	25
When invisible eyes undermine proactive efforts: the effect of electronic performance monitoring on job crafting	24
How emotions affect the outcomes of information overload: information avoidance or information consumption?	24
Exploring the diffusion of digital fashion and influencers' social roles in the Metaverse: an analysis of Twitter hashtag networks	24
Bridging the health literacy gap through AI chatbot design: the impact of gender and doctor cues on chatbot trust and acceptance	23
Facebook vs Twitter: the differential relationship with mass attitudes about democracy in Latin Americas	22
Revisiting parasocial and trans-parasocial concepts in live streaming: a literature review and research agenda	22
Factors influencing TikTok-based user purchase intention: comparison between potential customers and repeat customers	22
How do NPOs’ topics and moral foundations in gun-related issues influence public engagement on Twitter?	22
The influence of virtual reality on the experience of religious cultural heritage content	22
“Is COVID-19 a hoax?”: auditing the quality of COVID-19 conspiracy-related information and misinformation in Google search results in four languages	21
Mediating social phygital experiences in the context of esports tournaments	20
Spatial future ahead! Augmented reality and anticipated life consequences	20
An empirical examination of newcomer contribution costs in established OSS communities: a knowledge-based perspective	20
Unpacking active participation and customer loyalty in metaverse retailing: an integrated means-end chain and cognitive-affective system approach	20
Visiting and exploring digital transformation management: a bibliometric analysis and review study	20

Can long-term orientation mitigate the impact of users’ ethical concerns on migration behavior? A trust loss perspective	19
Mind over matter: how biased perceptions of political knowledge influence selection and evaluation of political YouTube channels	19
How do we engage people with low motivation? Utilizing influencers for effective climate change corporate social responsibility communication	18
Be snobbish: the role of task goal deviation in error tolerance for collaborative robots	18
Revealing how information attributes of social media affect individuals' mental health during health crises: a person-environment fit perspective	18
Loyalty and well-being explain serial crowdfunding backing behavior: an empirical test of complementary theories	18
How does a service chatbot build parasocial relationships with customers? A perspective from parasocial interaction theory	17
Anthropomorphic AI traits and roles in customer journeys: a systematic review and the interaction–activation–outcome framework	17
Exploring the impact of paid over-the-top service and mobile network profiles in watching TV content on mobile devices	17
Guest editorial: AI for a better future – advances, challenges and future research directions	17
Understanding employees' perceptions of SETA events: the role of pedagogical and communication approaches	17
Digital prejudices: an analysis of gender, racial and religious biases in generative AI chatbots	17
The effects of IT chargeback on strategic alignment and performance: the contingent roles of business executives' IT competence and CIOs' business competence	16
How to keep app users coming back: the moderating role of app types in building brand love through perceived value	16
What makes an influencer's followers green? U-shaped curvilinear relationships between influencers' interactive practices and perceived pro-environmental behaviors	16
The role of project owners' and potential backers' implicit social ties in crowdfunding project success	16
Selling by contributing: the monetization strategy of individual content providers in the light of human brand	16
Online healthcare platform doctors’ fatigue and continuance use intention based on JD-R model	16
Digital influencers in different cultural contexts: effects of authenticity and value perceptions	16
Ambidextrous use of intelligent personal assistants: the role of individual unlearning	16
Biased processing of political fact-checks on social media: testing the effects of user comments and partisan worldview on misbeliefs and political candidate evaluation	16
Exploring the dual routes in influencing sales and adoption in augmented reality retailing: a mixed approach of SEM and FsQCA	16
Exploring a customer engagement spillover effect on social media: the moderating role of customer conscientiousness	15
Untangling the influence of perceived sustainability orientation on value-co-creation behavior in crowdfunding process: investigating a mediation model	15
The impact of online atmosphere on virtual visit experience, healing effects and mental well-being: a mixed methods approach	15
Determinants of debunking information sharing behaviour in social media users: perspective of persuasive cues	15
Disentangling user fatigue in WeChat use: the configurational interplay of fear of missing out and overload	15
Effect of the fit between situational regulatory focus and feedback focus on customers' co-design behavior	14
What enhances or worsens the user-generated metaverse experience? An application of BERTopic to Roblox user eWOM	14
Stepping forward or hiding: the effect of influencer streamers’ responsibility-taking on consumer trust after live-streamed product failures	14
Potential treatments of technology addiction: insights for information systems scholars	14
SNS use reduction: a two-facet privacy concern perspective	14
Resisting online manipulation: how teens perceive and respond to privacy dark patterns on social media	14
Medical firms’ online Q&A interactions: effect of language style on investor engagement	14
Process for achieving digital sustainability in smart manufacturing transformation: a case study of a Chinese steel manufacturer	14
Determinants of online professor reviews: an elaboration likelihood model perspective	14
Unpacking the influence of perceived credibility of guaranteed data destruction service on digital device recycling platform use: the perspective of privacy calculus	14