OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Telecommunications Policy is 11. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	141
Critical junctures in United Kingdom telecommunications policy	127
Editorial Board	120
Mobile network operators’ business risks in next-generation public safety services	117
Framing metaverse identity: A multidimensional framework for governing digital selves	113
A market analysis on data ecosystem initiators and their value propositions in different ecosystems	107
Into the next generation of digital protection: AI resiliency as a public responsibility	102
Editorial Board	97
The South Korean case of deploying rural broadband via fiber networks by implementing universal service obligation and public-private partnership based project	87
Digital economy and settlement intention of migrants in urban China	83
Equitable access to satellite broadband services: Challenges and opportunities for developing countries	77
Analyzing the competitiveness and strategies of Chinese mobile network operators in the 5G era	76
Analysis of Thailand's fixed broadband internet services demand: A merger screening of AIS and 3BB	68
Lifting a regulatory millstone around 5G investors’ neck – 5G network slicing versus EU-net neutrality?	66
Valuation of digital goods during the coronavirus outbreak in the United States	60
Editorial Board	58
Does the mobile phone affect social development? Evidence from Indonesian villages	53
Citation politics: The gender gap in internet governance	52
Mobile money, family assistance and welfare in Cameroon	51
Editorial Board	51
Can one laptop per child reduce digital inequalities? ICT household access patterns under Plan Ceibal	49
The rewards of municipal broadband: An econometric analysis of the labor market	49
Editorial Board	48
Conflicting national policies: The creation of the euro and the rebalancing of telecommunications prices	48
Analysis of spectrum pricing for commercial mobile services: A cross country study	48

Idea entrepreneurs: The United Nations Open-Ended Working Group & cybersecurity	46
A study on forward and backward linkage effects in South Korea's telecom industry across generations	45
Informality and aggregate labor productivity growth: Does ICT moderate the relationship?	44
Editorial Board	44
The economic impact of mobile broadband speed	44
Ubiquitous technologies and 5G development. Who is leading the race?	43
Editorial Board	43
Is digitalization a booster for economic growth in Africa? Short run and long run evidence from Tanzania	42
Digitalization and country distance in international trade: An empirical analysis of European countries	41
European Union policy on 5G: Context, scope and limits	41
Pacing the digital decade: Digital evolution and its impact on human well-being	40
Social media and happiness nexus in the millennial generation	40
The tax burden on mobile network operators in Africa	40
Working from home, job tasks, and productivity	39
Evaluating digital skills policies: Assessing the potential impact of outreach programs in Italy	39
Willingness to pay and pricing for broadband across the rural/urban divide in Canada	38
A longitudinal analysis of broadband provision in tribal areas	38
The heterogeneous role of broadband access on establishment entry and exit by sector and urban and rural markets	37
Netflix's presence: Investigating content producers' understanding of Netflix in the Korean media industry	37
Evolution of the internet gender gaps in Spain and effects of the Covid-19 pandemic	37
Regulating the use of facial recognition technology across borders: A comparative case analysis of the European Union, the United States, and China	37
EU technology-specific industrial policy. The case of 5G and 6G.	36
Exploring the contributors to the digital economy: Insights from Vietnam with comparisons to Thailand	32
Platform configurations for local and private 5G networks in complex industrial multi-stakeholder ecosystems	31
A hard look at quality and policy from the lens of the rural internet consumer	30
Taking Gerschenkron to the Field: Attitudes towards Digitalization Hopes and Fears about the Future of Work in Ghana	30
Assessing the substitutability of mobile and fixed internet: The impact of 5G services on consumer valuation and price elasticity	30
How offline retailers adopt O2O: Neighboring star shops and their proximity effect	29
Scoping new policy frameworks for local and community broadband networks	29
Convergence and determinants of ICT development in case of emerging market economies	28
What is civil society and who represents civil society at the IGF? An analysis of civil society typologies in internet governance	28
Privacy and personal data risk governance for generative artificial intelligence: A Chinese perspective	28
Explaining cost escalation on Ireland's national broadband plan: A path dependency perspective	27
The European Commission's approach to mergers involving software-based platforms: Towards a better understanding of platform power	26
Creating value from 5G: The challenge for mobile operators	26
Juggling ecumenical wisdoms and xenophobic institutions: Framing and modelling China's telecommunications universal service and rural digitalization initiatives and policies	26
Digital infrastructure and employment in services: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries	26
Korea's leadership in 5G and beyond: Footprints and futures	25
From vulnerabilities to resilience: Taiwan's semiconductor industry and geopolitical challenges	25
Digital infrastructure empowerment and urban carbon emissions: Evidence from China	25
A preview of the broadband fabric: Opportunities and issues for researchers and policymakers	25
Development of the ICT sector and the determinants of Internet use in the Southern Caucasus	24
Agency and representation in internet governance	24
Digital divide and financial development in Africa	24
Do ICTs drive wealth inequality? Evidence from a dynamic panel analysis	23
Who do you think you are? Individual stakeholder identification and mobility at the Internet Governance Forum	22
Drivers of and barriers to e-commerce adoption in Indonesia: Individuals’ perspectives and the implications	21
Developing a conceptual framework for digital platform literacy	21
Is ICT an enduring driver of economic growth? Evidence from South Asian economies	21
How does broadband infrastructure promote entrepreneurship in China: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment	21

Experimenting in the cloud: The digital divide's impact on innovation	20
ICT sector electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions – 2020 outcome	20
Cloud computing and rural globalization: Evidence for the U.S. nonfarm economy	20
The impact of mobile virtual network operators on the mobile telecommunications services market: The case of the Czech Republic	19
Digital technologies and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa	19
Editorial Board	18
An empirical analysis on relationships between over-the-top applications for communication and traditional mobile voice services	18
High-speed internet access and diffusion of new technologies in nonmetro areas	18
A study on Metaverse risk factors and user risk perception in South Korea	18
The moral hazard of Lax FCC land use oversight for advanced network infrastructure	18
Exacerbating the divide? Investigating rural inequalities in high speed broadband availability	18
Customer churn prediction for fixed wireless access: The case of a regional internet service provider	17
Competition reform and household welfare: A microsimulation analysis of the telecommunication sector in Ethiopia	17
Editorial Board	17
Editorial Board	16
Inequality of bargaining power in cellular telecommunication services agreements	16
Editorial Board	16
Does ad blocking have an effect on online shopping?	15
21st century progress in computing	15
Development of 5G – Identifying organizations active in publishing, patenting, and standardization	15
Technological literacy and employment: An inquiry into the adoption of learning technologies	15
Automating spectrum sharing: A bottom-up approach and research agenda	15
Prediction of Wheat Production Using Machine Learning Algorithms in northern areas of Pakistan	15
Editorial: Digital societies and industrial transformations: ITS 23rd Biennial Conference	15
Analysis of the evolution characteristics of international ICT services trade based on complex network	15
Information and communication technologies and employment in developing countries: Effects and transmission channels	15
A deep dive into the birth process of linking 6G and the UN SDGs	14
Broadband infrastructure and export growth	14
How is mobile broadband intensity affecting CO2 emissions? – A macro analysis	14
Editorial Board	14
Estimating the impact of co-investment on Fiber to the Home adoption and competition	14
Internet of Things, critical infrastructures, and the governance of cybersecurity in 5G network slicing	14
Economic and financial performance of Indian IT services export firms	14
Spectrum auctions in a thin market: The Korean case	13
A new measure of digital economic activity and its impact on local opportunity	13
Editorial Board	13
Developing information and communication technology with the belt and road initiative and the digital silk road	13
Do ‘dig once’ and permitting policies improve fiber availability?	13
The place of content ranking algorithms on the AI risk spectrum	12
“The Netflix effect” in Thailand: Industry and regulatory implications	12
Understanding the evolution of China's standardization policy system	12
Concentration of the mobile telecommunications markets and countries’ competitiveness	12
The role of mobile network operators in next-generation public safety services	12
How do standards committees affect the success of a standard? Comparative analysis of RCS and VoLTE and proposed hybrid standards development model of open and bandwagon approaches	12
Inequalities of opportunity in the access and use of telecommunication services in Togo	12
New school speech regulation as a regulatory strategy against hate speech on social media: The case of Germany's NetzDG	11
Blockchain as a cutting-edge technology impacting business: A systematic literature review perspective	11
Cashlessness and scalable multi-pay practices: Capturing the everyday financial transactions in local contexts	11
The use of ICTs and income distribution in Brazil: A machine learning explanation using SHAP values	11
Assessing the European association between digitalization and innovation	11