OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Technology in Society is 78. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Accelerating data analytics adoption in small and mid-size enterprises: A Singapore context	427
Science policy and democracy	427
Trust in the institution and privacy management of Internet of Things devices. A comparative case study of Dutch and Norwegian households	394
Heterogeneous effects of robots on employment in agriculture, industry, and services sectors	344
Optimal degree of openness in open innovation: A perspective from knowledge acquisition & knowledge leakage	305
Attitudes of Israelis toward family caregivers assisted by a robot in the delivery of care to older people: The roles of collectivism and individualism	276
Internet use at work and income inequality in Ecuador	271
Investigating the impact of economic, political, and social factors on augmented reality technology acceptance in agriculture (livestock farming) sector in a developing country	261
Corrigendum to ‘Doing science an approach to a comprehensive assessment of the business climate for science and technology’ [Technology in Society, Volume 82 (September 2025), 1–16 /102948]	214
Influence of standards alliance coopetition relationship on enterprises’ technology innovation performance — A dual-path perspective of knowledge acquisition and routine updating	211
Digital consumption innovation, socio-economic factors and low-carbon consumption: Empirical analysis based on China	210
Adoption of computer-based technology (CBT) in agriculture in Kentucky, USA: Opportunities and barriers	205
Cooperation and coopetition, determinants of openness in product innovation and human resource management. Comparative study between Spain-Portugal	189
Defense development: The role of co-creation in filling the gap between policy-makers and technology development	186
Innovation leadership through technology transfer: Case of Turkish industry	186
An empirical analysis of mobile learning app usage experience	186
Mobile money innovations and health performance in sub-Saharan Africa	186
Supercomputers and quantum computing on the axis of cyber security	182
The impact of data elements on urban sustainable development: Evidence from the big data policy in China	178
Investigating the influence of governance determinants on reporting cybersecurity incidents to police: Evidence from Canadian organizations’ perspectives	172
Modelling interrelationships between barriers to adopting green building technologies in China's rural housing via grey-DEMATEL	171
Exploring the influence of artificial intelligence technology on consumer repurchase intention: The mediation and moderation approach	165
AI vs. human-generated content and accounts on Instagram: User preferences, evaluations, and ethical considerations	161
Digital transformation of incumbent firms from the perspective of portfolios of innovation	159
Exploring drivers of fintech adoption among elderly consumers	156

The evolution of socio-technical transition studies: A scientometric analysis	151
The information society and socio-economic sustainability in european regions. Spatio-temporal changes between 2011 and 2020	148
My social network: Group differences in frequency of use, active use, and interactive use on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter	148
Exploring the potential of institutional quality in determining technological innovation	144
Entrepreneurship, productivity and digitalization: Evidence from the EU	144
Facilitating a carbon neutral transition in Kyoto: Initiatives on rooftop photovoltaics integrated with electric vehicles	144
Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the impacts of service robots in urban hotel rooms	143
Digital entrepreneurship platforms: Mapping the field and looking towards a holistic approach	143
Digitalization of agriculture: A way to solve the food problem or a trolley dilemma?	141
Government intervention, spillover effect and urban innovation performance: Empirical evidence from national innovative city pilot policy in China	140
Complementary or substitutive effects? The duality of digitalization and ESG on firm's innovation	139
Analysis of European competitiveness based on its innovative capacity and digitalization level	135
The response of green energy and technology investment to climate policy uncertainty: An application of twin transitions strategy	131
Does digital transformation enhance a firm's performance? Evidence from China	126
The effect of ESG rating events on corporate green innovation in China: The mediating role of financial constraints and managers' environmental awareness	125
Knowing more, worrying less? Internet use eases public concern about immigrant cultural threat	121
Entrepreneurs’ views of the gerontech market	119
Influence of cognitive and social change factors on E-vehicle switching intention: Evidence from Korea	118
Optimizing financial decision-making for emerging adults: A compact Python-based personalized financial projection approach	115
ChatGPT appropriation: A catalyst for creative performance, innovation orientation, and agile leadership	115
Socially isolated and digitally excluded. A qualitative exploratory study of the lives of Roma teenage mothers during the COVID-19 lockdown	114
Why we hide good deeds? The selfless and anonymous donation behavior in crowdfunding	114
Exploring the stages of E-government development from public value perspective	113
Advancing Taiwan's traditional craft products: A modular product design model of manufacturing technologies	111
How do consumers react to chatbots' humorous emojis in service failures	109
Evaluation of China's new energy vehicle policy texts with quantitative and qualitative analysis	108
Remote learning via video conferencing technologies: Implications for research and practice	108
Editorial Board	107
Machine learning in society: Technology in Society Briefing	106
Navigating the clouds: Cultural influences on technology acceptance in the workplace	106
Does occupational injury promote industrial robot applications?	106
Effect of digitalization on knowledge transfer from universities to enterprises: Evidence from postdoctoral workstation of Chinese enterprises	101
Virtual-physical alliance in the metaverse ecosystem: Business model evolution and optimal deployment of knowledge management strategy	100
Measurement and evaluation of ecological niche in open innovation ecosystem based on large models	99
The impact of digital literacy and internet usage on health behaviors and decision-making in Arab MENA countries	98
Mitigating social polarization in video sharing platform using unbiased recommendation system: A case study of South Korea political youtube channels	98
Assessing the role of human factor in digital transformation projects: A systematic literature review and research agenda	97
Science and technology evaluation reform and universities’ innovation performance	95
A DLT-based framework for secure IoT infrastructure in smart communities	95
Technology philosophies, politics and policies in society: Technology in Society Briefing	94
Trends of pharmaceutical corporations’ external innovation strategies: An inverse sigmoid curve	89
Why does quality fraud occur? A case study of Japanese manufacturers	88
Sentiment analysis on social networks for defining innovation problems in organizations	86
Ethics in the use of geospatial information in the Americas	86
Matching of technological forecasting technique to a technology using fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making methods: Case study from the aerospace industry	85
Employing online big data and patent statistics to examine the relationship between end product's perceived quality and components' technological features	83
Wellbeing in Africa: The role of technology transfer	83
Does the digitalization of municipalities affect the efficiency of universities? An Italian case study using DEA and Malmquist index approaches	83
Are users willing to embrace ChatGPT? Exploring the factors on the acceptance of chatbots from the perspective of AIDUA framework	81
A portfolio selection of internet of things (IoTs) applications for the sustainable urban transportation: A novel hybrid multi criteria decision making approach	81

E-commerce in high uncertainty avoidance cultures: The driving forces of repurchase and word-of-mouth intentions	80
Open strategizing for developing smart city food system: Stakeholder inclusion in practice	79
Green Supply Chain Management practices and impact on firm performance: The moderating effect of collaborative capability	79
Machine learning, knowledge risk, and principal-agent problems in automated trading	78
The impact of cyber-attacks on different dimensions of cryptocurrency markets	78