The phrase 'salient influence' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a powerful or significant effect that something has on a situation, as in the following example sentence: The teacher's salient influence was evident in the students' improved grades and attitudes.
A weirder though no less salient influence is JK Rowling.
This exhibits salient influence on the stabilization of α-Al2O3.
The geogrid tensile stiffness and length did not show salient influence.
Previous research suggests that relative age is not a salient influence of the likelihood of reaching either the NBA or NFL [31, 32].
Environmental changes, manifesting as degradation to biophysical components, emerged as a salient influence on the way participants structured their relationship with their surroundings.
Finally, a quantitative analysis such as this fails to capture the salient influence of cultural and gender dynamics on contraceptive decision-making.
While the three individuals depicted here are certainly not representative of their departments or institution, it is notable that each reported past experiences teaching the course, local professional development programs, and cultural norms of peers as salient influences.
The role of social norms appeared overwhelmingly salient influencing parents' vaccination decision making.
Further quantitative work could identify the most salient influences on behaviour and determine how these could be targeted to increase uptake of screening.
However, from qualitative research we know that the most salient influences on compliance/adherence are patients' own beliefs about medications and about medicine in general [ 7].
The results indicate that sibling and friend smoking may represent more salient influences on children's cognitive vulnerability to smoking than mother and father smoking.
