The phrase "a major influence of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or effect that something has on another thing, often in academic or analytical contexts.
Example: "The study revealed that social media is a major influence of youth culture today."
Alternatives: "a significant impact of" or "a key factor in".
ENSO (see below) is a major influence of interannual variability for many places, especially in the tropics.
Comparative results reveal a major influence of the fiber matrix interface and the matrix morphology on the crack propagation resistance.
Results from the different comparisons reveal also a major influence of the pad topography and consequently the contact distribution.
But strangely my book work is a major influence of my ice cream… more will be revealed by next year I hope, when I open my own parlour.
However, frequency remains a major influence of prediction quality, and we also identify more robust parameter settings suitable for applications with many infrequent items.
In Thomas Müller, just 20 years old but already a major influence of Germany's counterattacking stealth, can be found a famous name in a fresh physical shape.
Instead, laypeople use "A Pattern Language" to design their own homes, and "The Timeless Way of Building" has been a major influence on, of all things, a school of software engineering called object-oriented programming.
The abundances of these molecules and the intensity and quality of light exert a major influence on rates of production.
Consequently, the strength of interaction has a major influence on rates of antibiotic penetration, ie intracellular accumulation, and thus antibiotic efficiency [13].
Therefore, the usage of BMPs in a subgroup of our study population is not expected to be of a major influence on the conclusions of this study.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Simon has started to have a major influence on some of the hottest bands now on the scene.
