OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of British Journal of Educational Technology is 40. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigating pedagogical agents' scaffolding of self‐regulated learning in relation to learners' subgoals	389
Upgrading financial education by adding Python‐based personalized financial projection: A randomized control trial	299
Aligning human values and educational technologies with value‐sensitive design	279
Development and validation of an instrument to measure online assessment acceptance in higher education	258
Identifying factors influencing study skills engagement and participation for online learners in higher education during COVID‐19	156
The changing ecologies of international students: Comparing internationalisation at a distance and internationalisation abroad	137
A learning analytics approach towards understanding collaborative inquiry in a problem‐based learning environment	135
Multimodal learning analytics—In‐between student privacy and encroachment: A systematic review	126
Viewing tailored nudges is correlated with improved mastery‐based assessment scores	123
The impact of GenAI ‐enabled coding hints on students' programming performance and cognitive load in an SRL	119
The impact of an academic counselling learning analytics tool: Evidence from 3 years of use	119
Chatbots in tertiary education: Exploring the impact of warm and competent avatars on self‐directed learning	114
Empowering active learning: A social annotation tool for improving student engagement	110
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Lessons learned from the student dropout patterns on COVID ‐19 pandemic: An analysis supported by machine learning	90
Comparing video and virtual reality as tools for fostering interest and self‐efficacy in classroom management: Results of a pre‐registered experiment	82
Fostering low‐achieving students' productive disciplinary engagement through knowledge‐building inquiry and reflective assessment	81
Beyond hard workout: A multimodal framework for personalised running training with immersive technologies	79
Interactivity and identity impact learners' sense of agency in virtual reality field trips	72
For to all those who have, will more be given? Evidence from the adoption of the SELFIE tool for the digital capacity of schools in Spain	71
Issue Information	71
A topological exploration of convergence/divergence of human‐mediated and algorithmically mediated pedagogy	68
The role of generative AI in collaborative problem‐solving of authentic challenges	66
Untangling complexity of competency evolution: Multi‐channel learning trajectories of score, engagement and problem‐solving efficiency	56
Metacognition meets AI : Empowering reflective writing with large language models	55

BJET Editorial 2024: A call for research rigour	55
Large qualitative sample and thematic analysis to redefine student dropout and retention strategy in open online education	54
How do students' self‐regulation skills affect learning satisfaction and continuous intention within desktop‐based virtual reality? A structural equation modelling approach	52
BJET Editorial Spring 2025: Reporting on AIED research and ethical considerations	51
Students as digital multimodal text designers: A study of resources, affordances, and experiences	51
What is the impact of a multi‐modal pedagogical conversational AI system on parents' concerns about technology use by young children?	50
Meeting the challenges of continuing education online courses: Can we promote self‐regulated learning strategies with adaptive support?	49
Capturing self‐regulated learning processes in virtual reality: Causal sequencing of multimodal data	46
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Applying social cognition to feedback chatbots: Enhancing trustworthiness through politeness	45
Testing a novel extended educational technology acceptance model using student attitudes towards virtual classrooms	44
Data privacy on the African continent: Opportunities, challenges and implications for learning analytics	43
The effectiveness of Tier 1 digital interventions for early reading: A meta‐analysis	43
Teacher support, academic engagement and learning anxiety in online foreign language learning	41
Infusing educational technologies in the heart of the university—A systematic literature review from an organisational perspective	40