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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Do early birds catch the worms? The role of early-bird terms in startup crowdfunding180
Driving engagement in metaverse-mediated tourism environments: exploring the role of perceived realism178
Navigating ethical concerns in the Metaverse: an integrative review and an agenda for future research112
Eliciting public beliefs about metaverse esports108
Is voice really persuasive? The influence of modality in virtual assistant interactions and two alternative explanations80
How representational fidelity affects sociability and cyberself engagement in the Metaverse78
An investigation on the influencing factors of elderly people's intention to use financial AI customer service75
Archetypes of influential users in social question-answering sites74
Does it matter who “toots the horn” on Facebook and X? The differential effects of owned and earned social media on customers’ perceptions of firms69
CEO social media celebrity status and credit rating assessment56
Open innovation starts from home: the potentials of enterprise social media (ESM) in nurturing employee innovation54
Can AI alleviate loneliness? The role of psychological closeness, co-presence and enjoyment in digital workout environment52
AI hinders meaningfulness? Effects of chatbot guidance on service evaluation in product assembly contexts52
Social media as a living laboratory for researchers: the relationship between linguistics and online user responses48
Impact of anxiety-related factors on willingness to use EHR system: a perspective from health beliefs and organizational support model47
Do human values find genuine expression on social media platforms? The influence of human values on millennials' social media activities46
Exploring the impact of forced teleworking on counterproductive work behavior: the role of event strength and work-family conflict46
Platform control and multi-realized platform benefits: a meta-analysis45
Re-framing the policy conversation for preventing cyberstalking44
Double jeopardy: effects of inter-failures and webcare on (un-)committed online complainants’ revenge43
First versus final impression formation: cues from dynamic and continuous emotional expressions in social media profiles42
From resistance to acceptance: developing health task measures to boost mHealth adoption among older adults: mixed-methods approach and innovation resistance42
When social media facilitates the dark side of consumer–human brand relationships: an investigation into social media-induced sleep problems42
How do social network ties influence purchases in social commerce communities? A lens of attachment theory40
How leaderboard positions shape our motivation: the impact of competence satisfaction and competence frustration on motivation in a gamified crowdsourcing task40
How does anthropomorphism promote consumer responses to social chatbots: mind perception perspective38
The dynamics of conspiracy theories on social media from the diffusion of innovations perspective: the moderating role of time37
The value of augmented reality: exploring hedonic and utilitarian augmented reality experiences37
Exploring sentiment divergence on migrant workers through the lens of Sina Weibo36
Understanding first aid knowledge adoption on social media with an extended information adoption model36
Wealth effects of firm's strategic technology investments: evidence from Ethereum blockchain35
Engaging with deepfakes: a meta-synthesis from the perspective of social shaping of technology theory35
Burnout in hybrid work arrangements: unpacking the role of technostress, psychological detachment, and organisational supports35
Understanding esports player preferences: which self-definitional needs drive their satisfaction?35
Introducing yourself to strangers: does conversational self-presentation matter in peer-to-peer accommodation34
Barrier-breakers’ influence on full-adoption of digital payment methods34
From whims to wallets: navigating the maze of how technology impacts impulsive buying behavior–a systematic literature review34
The value of CEO communication on social media for internal relationship management and employees’ social media engagement33
Can AI chatbots help retain customers? Impact of AI service quality on customer loyalty32
Blockchain for sustainable consumption: an affordance and consumer value-based view32
Competitive peer influence on knowledge contribution behaviors in online Q&A communities: a social comparison perspective32
Tap here to power up! Mobile augmented reality for consumer empowerment32
Examining technostress and its impact on worker well-being in the digital gig economy32
Understanding the influence of communication visibility in preventing knowledge sabotage: a knowledge power perspective31
Online or offline? Spillover effect of customer-to-customer interaction in a multichannel background30
How tie strength influences purchasing intention in social recommendation: evidence from behavioral model and brain activity30
Social media marketing system: conceptualization, scale development and validation30
Reactivity in measuring sensitive online behavior30
Transactional quality and repurchase intention in community group-buying: Does purchase frequency matter?30
The serious gaming randomness in dual-purposed systems: the effect of aleatory uncertainty from the perspective of information deprivation28
Understanding SNS use reduction from the perspective of the cognitive-affective model28
Can social interaction-oriented content trigger viewers' purchasing and gift-giving behaviors? Evidence from live-streaming commerce27
Effect of consistency of the review set on causal attribution: the moderating roles of repeating purchase cues and product knowledge27
Value co-creation in live streaming through tourism scenes: a contextual marketing perspective27
The psychological and functional factors driving metaverse resistance27
Research on influencing factors and governance of disinformation dissemination on science and technology topics: an empirical study on the topic of “metaverse”26
Corrigendum: Comparing artificial intelligence communication in China and globally: perspectives on fans' interactions with top virtual influencers26
Augmented reality in the metaverse market: the role of multimodal sensory interaction26
Revisiting parasocial and trans-parasocial concepts in live streaming: a literature review and research agenda25
Good for all, good for me: the influences of dedication- and constraint-based switching barriers on user-generated contributions25
Factors influencing TikTok-based user purchase intention: comparison between potential customers and repeat customers24
Personal use of smartphones in the workplace and work–life conflict: a natural quasi-experiment24
How TikTok leads users to flow experience: investigating the effects of technology affordances with user experience level and video length as moderators24
Reward or punish: investigating output controls and content generation in the multi-sided platform context23
The influence of virtual reality on the experience of religious cultural heritage content23
When invisible eyes undermine proactive efforts: the effect of electronic performance monitoring on job crafting22
Bridging the health literacy gap through AI chatbot design: the impact of gender and doctor cues on chatbot trust and acceptance22
Exploring the diffusion of digital fashion and influencers' social roles in the Metaverse: an analysis of Twitter hashtag networks22
How emotions affect the outcomes of information overload: information avoidance or information consumption?22
An empirical examination of newcomer contribution costs in established OSS communities: a knowledge-based perspective21
Visiting and exploring digital transformation management: a bibliometric analysis and review study21
Facebook vs Twitter: the differential relationship with mass attitudes about democracy in Latin Americas21
Home-based workouts in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: the influence of Fitness YouTubers' attributes on intentions to exercise21
How do NPOs’ topics and moral foundations in gun-related issues influence public engagement on Twitter?21
Mediating social phygital experiences in the context of esports tournaments21
Can long-term orientation mitigate the impact of users’ ethical concerns on migration behavior? A trust loss perspective20
“Is COVID-19 a hoax?”: auditing the quality of COVID-19 conspiracy-related information and misinformation in Google search results in four languages20
Understanding employees' perceptions of SETA events: the role of pedagogical and communication approaches20
Spatial future ahead! Augmented reality and anticipated life consequences20
How do we engage people with low motivation? Utilizing influencers for effective climate change corporate social responsibility communication19
Be snobbish: the role of task goal deviation in error tolerance for collaborative robots19
Biased processing of political fact-checks on social media: testing the effects of user comments and partisan worldview on misbeliefs and political candidate evaluation19
Online healthcare platform doctors’ fatigue and continuance use intention based on JD-R model18
Digital influencers in different cultural contexts: effects of authenticity and value perceptions18
The role of project owners' and potential backers' implicit social ties in crowdfunding project success18
What makes an influencer's followers green? U-shaped curvilinear relationships between influencers' interactive practices and perceived pro-environmental behaviors18
Anthropomorphic AI traits and roles in customer journeys: a systematic review and the interaction–activation–outcome framework18
Loyalty and well-being explain serial crowdfunding backing behavior: an empirical test of complementary theories18
How to keep app users coming back: the moderating role of app types in building brand love through perceived value17
Exploring the dual routes in influencing sales and adoption in augmented reality retailing: a mixed approach of SEM and FsQCA17
Digital prejudices: an analysis of gender, racial and religious biases in generative AI chatbots17
Revealing how information attributes of social media affect individuals' mental health during health crises: a person-environment fit perspective17
Mind over matter: how biased perceptions of political knowledge influence selection and evaluation of political YouTube channels17
Ambidextrous use of intelligent personal assistants: the role of individual unlearning16
Exploring a customer engagement spillover effect on social media: the moderating role of customer conscientiousness16
How does a service chatbot build parasocial relationships with customers? A perspective from parasocial interaction theory16
The effects of IT chargeback on strategic alignment and performance: the contingent roles of business executives' IT competence and CIOs' business competence16
Exploring the impact of paid over-the-top service and mobile network profiles in watching TV content on mobile devices16
Untangling the influence of perceived sustainability orientation on value-co-creation behavior in crowdfunding process: investigating a mediation model16
Determinants of online professor reviews: an elaboration likelihood model perspective15
Selling by contributing: the monetization strategy of individual content providers in the light of human brand15
Evaluating e-commerce website qualities: personality traits as triggers15
Resisting online manipulation: how teens perceive and respond to privacy dark patterns on social media15
The impact of online atmosphere on virtual visit experience, healing effects and mental well-being: a mixed methods approach15
Determinants of debunking information sharing behaviour in social media users: perspective of persuasive cues15
Guest editorial: Digital transformation and consumer experience15
What enhances or worsens the user-generated metaverse experience? An application of BERTopic to Roblox user eWOM14
SNS use reduction: a two-facet privacy concern perspective14
“Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno”: understanding unauthorised file sharing in online communities from a public goods contribution perspective14
Optimizing live streaming engagement through store atmospheric cues: exploring prosocial behavior and social comparison—insights from streamers and viewers14
Effect of the fit between situational regulatory focus and feedback focus on customers' co-design behavior14
Disentangling user fatigue in WeChat use: the configurational interplay of fear of missing out and overload14
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
Process for achieving digital sustainability in smart manufacturing transformation: a case study of a Chinese steel manufacturer14
Stepping forward or hiding: the effect of influencer streamers’ responsibility-taking on consumer trust after live-streamed product failures14
Predicting the acceptance of e-government: a systematic review14
Non-face emojis and credibility in user-generated content: the roles of review valence and consumer involvement13
ICT-based training and education in volunteer sports communities: an action design research project with soccer referees during the COVID-19 pandemic13
Medical firms’ online Q&A interactions: effect of language style on investor engagement13
Digital platform regulation: opportunities for information systems research13
Seeking social support on social media: a coping perspective13
Unraveling the impact of infodemic stress on information and health behaviors: a double effect perspective13
I hate ads but not the advertised brands: a qualitative study on Internet users' lived experiences with YouTube ads13
Potential treatments of technology addiction: insights for information systems scholars13
Balancing self-representation and self-commodification: how influencers transform social media fame and authenticity into e-commerce sales in China12
Unlocking the power of multidimensional ratings: empirical analyses and designs from mediation models12
Effect of crowdsourcing work characteristics on perceived work effort in competitive crowdsourcing markets12
Stimulating positive reviews by combining financial and compassionate incentives12
Understanding videoconference fatigue: a systematic review of dimensions, antecedents and theories12
Unmasking the bright–dark duality of social media use on psychological well-being: a large-scale longitudinal study12
Configuring gamification and goal frames for pro-environmental behavior in green IT: a fuzzy-set analysis12
Users' subsequent innovation after organizational adoption: evidence from an online game user innovation community12
From intervention to prevention! Effects of peer progress information on user engagement12
Wear in or wear out: how consumers respond to repetitive influencer marketing12
Search engine versus affective thought-guided chatbot for knowledge acquisition: the mediating roles of perceived social, expressive and diagnostic transparency and cognitive effort12
Continued engagement intention with social media influencers: the role of experience12
The effect of social commerce attributes on customer engagement: an empirical investigation11
Mini-programs as substitution or promotion? Deciphering the cross-channel impact on e-marketplace purchases11
The dark side of digitalization and social media platform governance: a citizen engagement study11
Examining the impact of social media de-influencing on audiences11
Value creation for online collaboration between doctors and medical institutions: empirical evidence from online health communities11
Fighting fire with fire: the use of an auxiliary platform to address the inherent weaknesses of a platform-based business11
Unraveling the dark threads: exploring the impact of cross-channel cognitive overload on consumers' behaviors in multichannel retailing11
Online silence: why do people not challenge others when posting misinformation?11
The effects of social media use and consumer engagement on physician online return: evidence from Weibo11
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
Understanding streamers’ intention to live stream in the context of rural live streaming commerce: a mixed-methods study10
Empowering senior executives' career outcomes through social media: an impression management perspective10
Stumble on information or misinformation? Examining the interplay of incidental news exposure, narcissism, and new media literacy in misinformation engagement10
Validating the antecedents of customer M-payment loyalty: an empirical investigation10
I love you, my AI companion! Do you? Perspectives from the Triangular Theory of Love and Attachment Theory10
Mobile payment in omnichannel retailing: dynamics between trust and loyalty transfer processes10
Value implications of followers in social marketplaces: insights into ego network structures10
Unraveling hybrid exchange: virtual tipping on live-streaming platforms10
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
Learning for success: understanding crowdfunding relaunch performance after initial failures10
Examining digital platform resilience: a social–ecological systems approach10
Antidote for the personalization-privacy paradox: Does algorithm transparency trigger higher ad click-through intention than algorithm literacy?9
Friend-connecting affordances: playing online games to contact friends9
Speaking out freely: the role of ESM platform affordances in employee online voice behavior9
Many a little makes a mickle: avatar accumulability and loyalty9
A study on the cross-platform influence mechanism of physicians’ live streaming behavior on performance9
Behavioral impulsion, habituation, or regulation? A tripartite model of hedonic technology addiction9
The impact of social support chatbots on patients’ value co-creation behavior in online health communities: a moderated mediation model9
From stocks to ETFs: explaining retail investors' migration behavior9
Small businesses and e-government participation: the role of personalisation preference and intermediaries9
Information exchange on interorganizational information systems and public social media: different impacts on conflict and joint action9
Social support acquisition in online health communities: a social capital perspective9
Gotta take my avatar shopping: impacts of interactive virtual shopping in esports9
Guest editorial: Exploring the research opportunities and challenges in the metaverse9
How online lottery promotions influence consumer responses toward online retailers8
Examining the effects of cognitive load on information systems security policy compliance8
Will after-hours technology-mediated work make employees leave? A mediated moderation model8
Understanding the determinants of the intention to innovate with open government data among potential commercial innovators: a risk perspective8
Together we can do it! A roadmap to effectively tackle propaganda-related tasks8
Implications of source, content, and style cues in curbing health misinformation and fake news8
A meta-analysis of antecedents and consequences of trust in the sharing economy8
Why retail firms commonly get only halfway through channel integration with online channels8
The impact of interaction on continuous use in online learning platforms: a metaverse perspective8
The impact of ignorance and bias on information security protection motivation: a case of e-waste handling8
Consumer confusion: examining emoji use in online communication8
Guest editorial: The role of digital technologies in new normal: the emergence of contactless digital technologies and services8
Mitigating resistance in smart health monitoring systems: the role of data governance and privacy concerns8
Should influencer CEOs speak out? The interplay among influencer CEO activism, self-disclosure on social media, and political ideology8
Consumer logistics under omnichannel retailing: a re-conceptualisation and clustering analysis of “logsumers”8
Supporting opinions to fit in: a spiral of silence-theoretic explanation for establishing echo chambers and filter bubbles on social media7
Guest editorial: Advancing mobile payment research in the age of digital acceleration7
Gender of the online influencer and follower: the differential persuasive impact of homophily, attractiveness and product-match7
An analysis of fear factors predicting enterprise social media use in an era of communication visibility7
The effect of charity website design on perceived consistency and its consequences7
Examining the motivations of sharing political deepfake videos: the role of political brand hate and moral consciousness7
Who believes political fake news? The role of conspiracy mentality, patriotism, perceived threat to freedom, media literacy and concern for disinformation7
Understanding the joint effect of ICT-induced invasion and autonomy on strain from a person-environment fit perspective7
Exploring core knowledge in business intelligence research7
Coping strategies initiated by COVID-19-related stress, individuals' motives for social media use, and perceived stress reduction7
Guest editorial: The social, ethical, economic and political implications of misinformation7
A systematic literature review of virtual idol from the perspective of the business role ecosystem7
Editorial: Taking care of the individual: well-being in the age of algorithms7
Tackling tricky complaints: the impact of AI agents and intention hiding strategies on user responses6
Impact of monetary and non-monetary social functions on users' knowledge-sharing intentions in online social Q&A communities6
Social media-induced fear of missing out (FoMO) in the workplace: the influence on job burnout and workplace relations6
Public information sharing in enterprise social networks: a communication privacy management perspective6
Designed to last: crowdfunding platforms’ strategic choices for long-term survival6
When ambiguity destroys online opinions: a study of eWOM and P2P lending platform performance6
Digital-intelligence transformation, for better or worse? The roles of pace, scope and rhythm6
The coping strategies in fitness apps: a three-stage analysis with findings from SEM and FsQCA6
“I am sorry for judging you”: conceptualizing sentiment reversal among followers in case of falsely alleged social media influencer transgression6
The impact of technostress on older workers seeking knowledge from younger colleagues: an emotional perspective6
Understanding the discontinuance of paid knowledge products: the roles of post-usage attitudes and goal orientations6
Human vs metahuman brand endorsements: assessing the effectiveness of social media influencers in online brand engagement6
An empirical investigation of the impact of influencer live-streaming ads in e-commerce platforms on consumers’ buying impulse6
Short video marketing: what, when and how short-branded videos facilitate consumer engagement6
Platform data empowerment in cross-border e-commerce and platform trust for sellers: a value co-creation perspective6
Examining user-generated content, service failure recovery and customer–brand relationships: an exploration through commitment-trust theory6
Unpacking the complexity of online incivility: an analysis of characteristics and impact of uncivil behavior during the Hong Kong protests6
The role of vicarious learning strategies in shaping consumers' uncertainty: the case of live-streaming shopping5
Herd behavior in social commerce: understanding the interplay between self-awareness and environment-awareness5
Effects of social media usage on exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation and organizational agility: the moderating role of learning goal orientation5
How user interactions affect idea generation in innovation communities: a cross-level analysis of privacy protection5
Combating misinformation with internet culture: the case of Brazilian public health organizations and their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns5
Motivation for writing long online reviews: a big data analysis of an anime community5
Unveiling viral marketing dynamics in online social networks: insights from China's otome games and explainable predictive modeling5
A mixed-methods investigation of the factors affecting the use of facial recognition as a threatening AI application5
You are lying! How misinformation accusations spread on Twitter5
Longitudinal relationship between parental and adolescent smartphone addiction: serial mediating effects of adolescent self-esteem and depression5
How perceived value of augmented reality shopping drives psychological ownership5
Rethinking privacy in the Internet of Things: a comprehensive review of consumer studies and theories5
Investigating the net benefits of contactless technologies in quick-service restaurants: the moderating roles of social interaction anxiety and language proficiency5
Perceived congruity, psychological contract and support provision of live streaming viewers: toward a dual-process model5
Unveiling the dark side in smartphone addiction: mediation of strain and moderation of hedonic use on well-being5
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
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