OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Studies in Higher Education is 25. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
In memoriam: Vincent Lynn Meek (1948–2022)	74
How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts	70
Automated and controlled processes in comprehending multiple documents	64
Using Activity Theory to understand the interactions of a university interdisciplinary team of scientists and science educators	55
Academic freedom and the decolonisation of knowledge: curriculum transformation in South Africa from a UNESCO perspective	53
Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of academic success in higher education: a large-scale longitudinal study	51
Are we answering the question that has been set? Exploring the gap between research and practice around examinations in higher education	46
Procedural fairness during university education and students’ trust in science and scientists	45
Exemplarity as deliberative curriculum: finding out what to study, why, and how	41
When negative feedback harms: a systematic review of the unintended consequences of negative feedback on psychological, attitudinal, and behavioral responses	40
The influence of AI text generators on critical thinking skills in UK business schools	38
Academic identity at the intersection of global scientific communities and national science policies: societal impact in the UK and Netherlands	38
Entrepreneurial decision making in academic spinoffs: a bibliometric map and research agenda	37
Early dropout predictors in social sciences and management degree students	36
Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature	33
Personal values matter: international students’ university selection	33
Progressions in Learning in the Age of (Mis)Information (PLATO) – Advances in Higher Education Learning Research	31
Differential effects of honesty-humility and descriptive social norms across the seriousness dimension of academic dishonesty	30
Partisan registration of faculty in flagship colleges	30
(Dis)Engaging with entrepreneurial training: perspectives and experiences of women STEM faculty	30
The Chinese idea of a university in flux: academic freedom and institutional autonomy under entrepreneurial reforms in the GBA	29
Transdisciplinarity from the grassroots: exploring student-led dialogues for sustainability	28
Does institutional performance matter under competition-based funding for higher education in East Asia? A comparative study in Korea and Taiwan	27
PhD graduates’ appraisals of work demands: challenging, hindering, and not very threatening	26
Examining the influence of human and psychological capital variables on post-secondary students’ academic stress	26

University-enterprise cooperation for the employability of higher education graduates: a social capital approach	25
Advancing women’s representation in top academic positions – what works?	25