OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Information Development is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Trends in policy development for reading culture in the context of the fourth industrial revolution and digital transformation in Vietnam	172
Erratum to “Cultural factors that influence the adoption of e-commerce: A Palestinian case study”	60
Good tools are essential to do the job: A study of impact of digital competencies on innovative work behavior of Chinese remote work employees	46
Correlates of smallholder poultry farmers extension and marketing information needs: Evidence from north-eastern South Africa	44
Sustainable development of social responsibility in universities in the digital era: Perceptions and advances	40
User requirements for research data management services in Myanmar university libraries: A case study of the University of Yangon Library	29
The impact of applying digital process innovation to farm management on farmer welfare: A multiple case study	28
Village government's financial system: Investigating the impact of the technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework on performance, accountability, and transparency	27
Data management of digitized indigenous knowledge system in repositories	25
Integrating knowledge graphs into academic libraries: A comparative study of Sub-Saharan and Chinese education systems	23
Resistance to online learning technology: Theoretical and empirical perspectives	22
FORTY YEARS ON…	21
Determinants of business intelligence systems adoption in Nigerian banks: The role of perceived usefulness and ease of use	21
Information needs assessment for prospective digital library users at a health research institute in Malawi	21
Hate speech in the Internet context: Unpacking the roles of Internet penetration, online legal regulation, and online opinion polarization from a transnational perspective	20
Digital transformation in youth owned MSMEs: A mixed method exploration on the impact of contemporary social commerce on sustainable performance	18
Information seeking behavior of campus journalists in a developing country: An empirical study	17
Adoption of farm management information systems (FMIS): The case of Brazilian sugarcane farmers	15
Appropriation of mobile phones in the rural African societies: Case study of the Fulani pastoralists in Northern Benin	15
Factors influencing smartphone usage of rural farmers: Empirical analysis of five selected provinces in China	14
Involvement of China and its close partners in the international open access movement: Quantitative analysis and benchmarking approach	12
Editorial	12
What do inmates in Slovak prisons read?	12
Using social media for e-government services in Pakistan: The moderating role of digital information literacy	11
Using social media small-group communication to promote the marketing skills of art entrepreneurs	11

Determining perceptions of banking customers regarding fingerprint ATMs	11
Improved information dissemination services for the agricultural sector in Thailand: development and evaluation of a machine learning based rice crop yield prediction system	11
Estimating the impact of information technology on economic growth in south Asian countries: The silver lining of education	10
Digital divide or digital dividend? the impact of internet use on middle-class formation: Evidence from China	10
The influence of personal factors on resistance to technology adoption in university libraries in Bangladesh	10
Do internet and mobile usage affect the democracy-economic growth nexus in Africa?	10
A unified theoretical model for understanding mobile application usage behavior supported with real usage data	10
Big data security and privacy in healthcare: A systematic review and future research directions	9
Social media use for offline political action (OPA) and corruption in Africa: Impacts and transmission channels	9
Challenges in accessing digital resources among visually impaired (VI) students at the University of Nairobi Library	9
Influence of knowledge creation on organizational competitive advantage in the telecommunication industry in Kenya	9
Why do people spread fake news? Modelling the factors that influence social media users’ fake news sharing behaviour	9
Bridging the digital divide: The influence of digital feedback on the digital capabilities of the rural elderly	9
Alternate view for investigating data science knowledge gaps: A U.S. perspective	8
Can digitalization improve agriculture? Exploring the impact of ICT on grain food production in SAARC countries	8
Social Media adoption for agricultural development: Insights from smallholders in central Vietnam	8
Cross-cultural communication challenges in the age of independent knowledge systems	8
The development and implementation of strategies for promoting cultural literacy Among university students in the digital environment	8
A case study on Chinese latest information literacy standards in the AI era: Impact of inquiry-based projects on information application and creation	8
Research trends in library and information science research in Tanzania, 1990–2023	8
Digitisation and information dissemination: Evaluating the effect of information spread on national conflict in Nigeria	8
Integrating technical and business aspects in Software as a Service: Systematic literature review, trends, and research directions	8
Evolution of research data management in academic libraries: A review of the literature	7
Information behaviour of prison inmates in Ghana	7
Islamic information credibility scale development : Factors and indicators validation using fuzzy Delphi technique	7
Determinants of farmers’ use of the Internet in agriculture: A case study in Quang Nam province of Vietnam	7
Information system quality and organizational performance: The effect of information system integration in Tabriz metropolitan municipality, Iran	7
Impact of digital divide on students’ performance in computerised UTME in Nigeria	7
Exploring the impact of technostress on work behaviors: Empirical evidence and interventions for enhanced workplace well-being	7
Examining trust, self-efficacy, and technology acceptance in the Philippines’ e-commerce sectors	7
Understanding determinants of information avoidance when using mobile social apps: A perspective of social comparison	7
Weather information reliability and constraints for adaptation: Insights from farmers’ perspectives in East Gojjam zone, Ethiopia	7
Evaluating the factors influencing the adoption of digital culture among university students in developing areas of South Punjab	7
Dearth of Media reportage of environmental issues in Nigeria: Need for innovation and adoption of green culture to curb environmental decay	7
Contributory factors to attitudes towards the adoption of artificial intelligence technology in public academic libraries in South Africa	6
Self-therapy through bibliotherapy: A comprehensive review and content analysis for adults	6
Publish or perish? Innovative models for scholarly publishing in Zimbabwe	6
The effect of perceived justice on users’ contribution in open source software communities	6
Factors influencing seniors’ adoption of virtual reality cognitive training games: Integrating TPB and TAM with PLS-SEM	6
The past, present, and future of crowdsourcing and innovation: A bibliometric analysis and future research agenda	6
A meta-analysis of mobile learning adoption using extended UTAUT	6
Deployment of information communication technology (ICT) in Nnamdi Azikiwe library, University of Nigeria, Nsukka: Availability, utilization, challenges, and strategies for improvement	6
Understanding the influence of problematic smartphone use on work productivity in the post-COVID-19 pandemic	6
Information poverty subtleties of a small-scale farming community in KwaZulu-Natal	6
Factors affecting the students’ knowledge sharing through social media technologies: A structural equation modeling approach	6
Patient held medical records in public hospitals in Bulawayo	6
Information seeking behavior of medical students in Sri Lanka	6
Stakeholders in the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of indigenous knowledge projects	6
Factors influencing the use of e-library resources by postgraduate engineering students at Kyambogo University in Uganda	6
Effectiveness of Mdantsane FM community radio in health information promotion among residents of eastern cape province, South Africa	6

An examination of the challenges and awareness presented by the transfer of born-digital records in the public sector: A case study of Türkiye	6
Research on the competencies of librarians needed for organizing and conducting citizen science activities	6
User perspectives on library digitization and its impact on research capabilities	6
Strengthening intellectual property rights for sustainable development: Insights Into economic performance and technological advancement	5
Shaping sustainable future: Practices, awareness, perceptions, and information sources of undergraduate biology students at a university in rural Philippines	5
Understanding factors influencing the adoption of open science practices among Malaysia's NIH researchers	5
Vaccination hesitancy: Applying the protection motivation theory on parents’ information behavior	5
What motivates academics in Egypt toward generative AI tools? An integrated model of TAM, SCT, UTAUT2, perceived ethics, and academic integrity	5
Impact of technology literacy, information literacy, and user satisfaction on the adoption of GAI-ChatGPT for learning, knowledge acquisition, and knowledge dissemination among Chinese students	5
Integrating semantic clustering and citation analysis to construct a topic citation network for characterizing scholars’ contributions: A case study of price prize laureates	5
Jumping over the paywall: Strategies and motivations for scholarly piracy and other alternatives	5
Unveiling the pathways to student satisfaction in smart libraries: A PLS-SEM and cb-SEM with cIPMA perspective	5
Enterprise Content Management system implementation: Insights from the National Library and Archives of UAE	5
Applying the kim and kim model to institutional repository management in academic libraries, southwest Nigeria	5
Assessment of information literacy, attitude towards research and research competence of library and information science undergraduates in Nigerian universities	5
The e-government adoption ecosystem from the perspective of stakeholder theory: A case study on the village information systems in Indonesia	5
Fostering innovation in smart library services: An in-depth exploration of empowered capabilities and dynamic strategies among university librarians in Pakistan	4
ICT-enabled agricultural extension: How to promote and sustain?	4
Does technology affect human development? Examining some important moderating factors	4
Impact of health-related internet use on disease management behavior of chronic patients: Mediating role of perceived credibility of online information	4
A framework for evaluation of crowdsourcing platforms performance	4
Unpacking proxy information seeking of Chinese parents: A multigroup comparison of the extended comprehensive model of information seeking in the context of preventive healthcare	4
Characterizing the information needs and behaviour of Egyptian street vendors	4
Integrating information ethics into library and information science curriculum at a public university in Malawi	4
The determinants of Mobile government services adoption: The moderating effect of perceived government support (PGS)	4
Influence of social media on the uptake of emerging musicians and entertainment events	4
Developing smart archives in society 5.0: Leveraging artificial intelligence for managing audiovisual archives in Africa	3
Using an extended technology acceptance model to understand the behavioral adoption intention of mobile commerce among Chinese consumers	3
Copyright administration in academic libraries: Challenges of library patrons	3
Perceptions of effectiveness and ethical use of AI tools in academic writing: A study Among PhD scholars in India	3
From policy to practice: The contribution of library leadership in ensuring legal preparedness for managing digital content in pakistani university libraries	3
Farmers’ adoption and effects of three aspects of agricultural information systems in emerging economies: microanalysis of household surveys	3
The role of radio, television and mobile phones in disseminating information on occurrences of wildfire in Uluguru Mountains Nature Reserve – Morogoro Tanzania	3
Information to action: Decoding disaster preparedness against cyclones through Protection Motivation Theory and Mastery of Life in Indian Sundarbans	3
Exploring reading culture and promotion in China: A spatio-temporal analysis of digital footprints	3
Analysis of climate change disinformation across types, agents and media platforms	3
Science behind social media discontinuance: An integrated model of stress and coping theory	3
Social support and health information disclosure in online health communities: Three moderating roles	3
Global overview of digital preservation staffing and skills: A systematic review	3
Customer care in selected academic libraries in Ghana	3
The use of ‘ecommerce’ and ‘social commerce in emerging markets’: Omani female millennials’ experiences	3
Open source software use characteristics Among library personnel in southwest, Nigerian universities	3
Interoperable organisations in crisis: Supporting data surveillance during Indonesia's COVID-19 pandemic	3
Enhancing firm information competencies: Impacts on information sharing and logistics performance	3
A framework for the entrenchment of intellectual property (IP) information services in Zimbabwe's university libraries	3
Scholarly information source access and use by undergraduate students: Lesson from COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania	3
Social interaction and recycling of waste mulch film: Understanding the impacts of communication channels	3
A systematic review of the extant literature on the Tanzanian e-government services for economic development	3
Factors influencing the adoption of artificial intelligence in libraries: A systematic literature review	3
Research on internet of things (IoT) indexed in Web of Science from 2011–2022	3
The adoption of 333 National Helpline Services among the marginalized people in Bangladesh	3
The current state of institutional repositories in universities of Türkiye: An applied research study	3
ICT and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects and transmission channels	3
Factors influencing effective information management in Nigerian polytechnics	3
The development and evaluation of research data management practices among health professionals: An evaluation from children hospital and institute of child health	3
Information seeking behaviour of informal caregivers at the premier tertiary teaching hospital in Nigeria	3
Identification of information needs: Perspective of undergraduate students from a Ghanaian university	3
A framework for knowledge sharing in the art world in Zimbabwe	3
Early literacy and family engagement: A cross-country analysis of caregivers’ perceptions of the public library's role in the digital age in Taiwan, Malaysia, and Vietnam	3
Conceptualizing pre-service teachers’ artificial intelligence readiness and examining its relationship with various variables: The role of artificial intelligence literacy, digital citizenship, artifi	3
Artificial intelligence encounters of the generative kind: Rethinking knowledge, ethics, and research	3
Inequities in artificial intelligence acceptance: A case study on the Elderly’s attitudes toward artificial intelligence and influencing factors in South Korea	3
Analyzing patterns of political news evaluation among university students in Northeast Thailand	3
Investigating researchers’ attitude toward predatory publishing in Tanzanian universities	3
How Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder seek orienting information? An exploration of information source horizons, preference criteria, and information-seeking pathways	3
Innovative culture, innovative behaviour, social capital and performance of small and medium ICT enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria	3
Pathways of front-line healthcare professionals’ information anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study in China	3
Career management practices and job performance among university library personnel in southwest Nigeria	3
Access to mental health information and perceived barriers among adults in Tanzania	3
Digital transformation of Tabriz, Iran by IoT adoption	3
Students’ adoption of educational technology platforms for nonformal education in Indonesia	3
Design thinking and rare book repository development	3
Inclusion of digital records in the archives and records management curricula in a comprehensive open distance e-learning environment	3
Digital discretion and public administration in Africa: Implications for the use of artificial intelligence	3