OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Studies in Continuing Education is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Managers’ sociocognitive conflicts in collaborative learning	22
Becoming doctoral researchers: the role of dialogic activities in fostering community belonging	15
A systematic literature review on technology in online doctoral education	13
‘I’ve never experienced learning like this before’: examining a Chinese doctoral student’s expansive learning from the activity theory perspective	12
The why of where: Vietnamese doctoral students’ choice of PhD destinations	12
Logic of internship learning in hybrid engineering workplace settings: a sociomaterial assemble of digital tools, humans and activities	12
Doctoral memes as public pedagogy? Or, heaven knows I’m miserable now	11
Learning, instruction and assessment in the workplace: applying and augmenting Communities of Practice theory	11
Adult tertiary education and migrants’ coping strategies in the German labour market	8
Recognition of prior learning in workplaces: exploring managerial practice by the means of a heuristic conceptual framework	7
Sustainability of learning at work: experiences of police, hospital, and ICT personnel	7
Exploring the value of community-based learning in a professional doctorate: A practice theory perspective	6
Feeling like an academic writer: an exploration of doctoral students’ struggle for recognition	6
Mentoring as a pathway to building research capacity in the field of innovation and development studies in Africa	5
Professional learning promoting agency in challenging practice contexts	5
Obstacles, facilitators, and needs in doctoral writing: A systematic review	5
Utilising strategies for active participation in international conferences: a study on doctoral students’ professional development	5
A work-integrated educational intervention in health and social care – professionals’ experiences of joint education	5
The mismatch between teaching and assessing professionalism: a practice architecture analysis of three professional programmes	5
Teachers’ problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments: a call for workplace learning and opportunities to develop professionally	5
Understanding continuing professional development of vocational teachers	5
Skilling up a workforce in neoliberal times: a case study of professional learning in Neighbourhood Houses in Australia	4
Cumulative advantage and learning in mid-life	4
Where is the ‘WIL’ in Work-integrated Learning Research?	4
Teacher practice under the structural challenges of academic second chance education	4

Affective practice architectures of professional learning in international schools	4
Emotional management in professional education: a practice architecture analysis of emotionally challenging simulations	4