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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
In memoriam: Vincent Lynn Meek (1948–2022)	80
How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts	77
Using Activity Theory to understand the interactions of a university interdisciplinary team of scientists and science educators	76
Are we answering the question that has been set? Exploring the gap between research and practice around examinations in higher education	63
Procedural fairness during university education and students’ trust in science and scientists	57
When negative feedback harms: a systematic review of the unintended consequences of negative feedback on psychological, attitudinal, and behavioral responses	52
Entrepreneurial decision making in academic spinoffs: a bibliometric map and research agenda	51
Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of academic success in higher education: a large-scale longitudinal study	48
(Un)divided work devotion? Navigating the ideal worker norm in academia	45
Academic freedom and the decolonisation of knowledge: curriculum transformation in South Africa from a UNESCO perspective	41
Exemplarity as deliberative curriculum: finding out what to study, why, and how	40
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	35
Academic identity at the intersection of global scientific communities and national science policies: societal impact in the UK and Netherlands	35
Personal values matter: international students’ university selection	34
The influence of AI text generators on critical thinking skills in UK business schools	34
Progressions in Learning in the Age of (Mis)Information (PLATO) – Advances in Higher Education Learning Research	33
PhD graduates’ appraisals of work demands: challenging, hindering, and not very threatening	33
Does institutional performance matter under competition-based funding for higher education in East Asia? A comparative study in Korea and Taiwan	32
Examining the influence of human and psychological capital variables on post-secondary students’ academic stress	32
Differential effects of honesty-humility and descriptive social norms across the seriousness dimension of academic dishonesty	29
(Dis)Engaging with entrepreneurial training: perspectives and experiences of women STEM faculty	29
The Chinese idea of a university in flux: academic freedom and institutional autonomy under entrepreneurial reforms in the GBA	28
Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients’ labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data	27
The professional learning of academic researchers through their career	26

Transdisciplinarity from the grassroots: exploring student-led dialogues for sustainability	25
Behind the scenes of doctoral success: a mixed methods approach to exploring PhD supervision courses in Swedish higher education institutions	25
Can coaching bridge the gap for incoming Latinx graduate students?	25
Advancing women’s representation in top academic positions – what works?	25