OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Telecommunications Policy is 38. 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
Editorial Board	162
Building an ecosystem for mobile broadband measurement: Methods and policy challenges	159
Juggling ecumenical wisdoms and xenophobic institutions: Framing and modelling China's telecommunications universal service and rural digitalization initiatives and policies	156
Cloud computing and rural globalization: Evidence for the U.S. nonfarm economy	144
Critical junctures in United Kingdom telecommunications policy	134
Mobile network operators’ business risks in next-generation public safety services	134
Into the next generation of digital protection: AI resiliency as a public responsibility	109
Qualitative analysis of structural holes in emerging media industries: Evidence from Taiwan’s Over-The-Top Industry	89
Conflicting national policies: The creation of the euro and the rebalancing of telecommunications prices	71
The tax burden on mobile network operators in Africa	71
How offline retailers adopt O2O: Neighboring star shops and their proximity effect	70
Willingness to pay and pricing for broadband across the rural/urban divide in Canada	66
A study on Metaverse risk factors and user risk perception in South Korea	62
The ICT growth puzzle: Disentangling the role of individuals, firms, and governments across digitalization stages	62
Developing a conceptual framework for digital platform literacy	62
Exploring killer domains to create new value: A comparative case study of Canadian and Korean telcos	61
Editorial Board	61
Competition reform and household welfare: A microsimulation analysis of the telecommunication sector in Ethiopia	60
Editorial Board	60
A two-sided model of paid peering	59
Wired and working? An evaluation of broadband expansion in Rural America	58
Concentration of the mobile telecommunications markets and countries’ competitiveness	58
Analysis of the evolution characteristics of international ICT services trade based on complex network	56
Two paths of balancing technology and ethics: A comparative study on AI governance in China and Germany	55
The advent of 5G and the non-discrimination principle	54

Developing information and communication technology with the belt and road initiative and the digital silk road	54
Understandings of the AI business ecosystem in South Korea: AI startups’ perspective	53
Greening the telecommunications industry – Consumer preferences and surcharges for environmental attributes of mobile phone plans	50
Exploring the role of data enclosure in the digital political economy	48
How is mobile broadband intensity affecting CO2 emissions? – A macro analysis	47
A new digital era: Challenges and opportunities for Thai women in online marketplace	47
Digital dividends? Rural E-commerce policy and urban-rural income disparity in China	47
Editorial Board	44
The future of 5G and beyond: Leadership, deployment and European policies	43
The effect of the digital economy on services exports competitiveness and ternary margins	43
Ultra-broadband investment and economic resilience: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic	41
Explaining geospatial variation in mobile phone ownership among rural women of Bangladesh: A multi-level and multidimensional approach	40
Triple Helix Synergy Model in China's new technology diplomacy: Perspectives from AI startups	38