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Early Majority

Early Majority is a adopter category in innovation diffusion theory distinguished by its tendency to adopt new ideas or technologies after the early adopters but before the late majority, typically characterized by deliberate decision-making and reliance on social proof.

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195

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130

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2017–2026

37

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Publications

69

Social network thresholds in the diffusion of innovations

Thomas W. Valente · Social Networks · 1996 · 1K citations · Full text

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Institutional drivers and barriers to faculty adoption of blended learning in higher education

Wendy W. Porter, Charles R. Graham · British Journal of Educational Technology · 2015 · 274 citations

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Perceptions toward Artificial Intelligence among Academic Library Employees and Alignment with the Diffusion of Innovations’ Adopter Categories

Brady Lund, Isaiah Michael Omame, Solomon Tijani et al. · College & Research Libraries · 2020 · 154 citations · Full text

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The new product design process and design for environment

Robert Sroufe, Sime Curkovic, Frank Montabon et al. · International Journal of Operations & Production Management · 2000 · 145 citations

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Bridging the digital divide gap in BIM technology adoption

Kudirat Ayinla, Zulfikar Adamu · Engineering Construction & Architectural Management · 2018 · 132 citations · Full text

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Authors

195

  1. RP
    Robyn Pierce

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  2. ŞG
    Şahin Gökçearslan

    Gazi University, Türkiye

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  3. XG
    Xu Guo

    Virginia Tech, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. CL
    Chung‐Cheng Lu

    National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

    1 publications · 78 citations

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  5. SK
    Sunpreet Kaur Sahni

    Guru Nanak Dev University, India

    1 publications · 39 citations

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Institutions

130

  1. Robert Gordon University

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    132 citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  3. Necmettin Erbakan University

    Konya, Türkiye

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  5. Christiana Care Health System

    Wilmington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  6. Idaho State University

    Pocatello, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Human Sciences

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  2. World Electric Vehicle Journal

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  3. Policy Studies Journal

    PSJ · 1 publications · 74 citations

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  4. Transportation Journal

    1 publications · 78 citations

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  5. Journal of Scientific Research and Reports

    1 publications · 18 citations

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