OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Higher Education is 2. 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
Variation in Broadband Access Among Undergraduate Populations Across the United States	42
Learning, Compliance, and Psychological Burdens When Undocumented Immigrants Claim In-State Tuition Policy	35
Inspiring Muslim Appreciation in the First-Year of College: What Makes a Difference?	33
Enrollment Growth and Faculty Hiring at Public Research Universities	32
Trends and Motivations in Critical Quantitative Educational Research: A Multimethod Examination Across Higher Education Scholarship and Author Perspectives	28
Buyer Beware: Understanding and Validating Distributional Assumptions of K-Means in College Student Typology Research	24
Exploring the Interplay Between Equity Groups, Mental Health and Perceived Employability Amongst Students at a Public Australian University	24
Universities and Gentrification: The Effects of Anchor Institution Initiatives on Rates of Neighborhood Change	23
Cross-Border Higher Education: The Expansion of International Branch Campuses	23
It Takes Work: How University Students Manage Role Boundaries when the Future is Calling	22
Does Social Class Matter Equally for the Timely Transition Into and Out of College? Evidence from the NLSY97	21
“Prior-Prior Year” FAFSA Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment	20
International Education’s Academic Benefit: Potential for Community College Virtual International Exchange	19
Stratified Trajectories: Charting Equity Gaps in Program Pathways Among Community College Students	17
Ban the Discipline Box? How University Applications that Assess Prior School Discipline Experiences Relate to Admissions of Students Suspended in High School	17
Men of Color Programs at Public Baccalaureate Institutions: A Typology of Institutional Context & Diversity	15
The Effects of Childhood Trauma on College Completion	14
Developing Antiracist Intelligence in Institutional Research: A Critical Content Analysis of AIR Forum Conference Programs, 2002–2023	13
Up-or-Out Systems? Quantifying Path Flexibility in the Lived Curriculum of College Majors	12
Thx 4 the msg: Assessing the Impact of Texting on Student Engagement and Persistence	12
Degrees of Connection: Examining the Relationships Among College Majors, Marriage, and Spouse Selection	12
The potential of and mechanisms for a hub of innovation on campus to support changes for low-income, first generation, and racially minoritized college students	11
Exploring the Unstated: Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Examine Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statements	11
Do Credit Momentum Policies Through the 15 to Finish Improve Academic Progression and Completion of Low-Income, First-Generation Students? Evidence from a College Promise Program	11
Destiny Unbound: A Look at How Far from Home Students Go to College	11

Give It a Swirl? An Examination of the Influence of 4-Year Students Taking Entry-Level Math Courses at the Local Community College	9
Building Transfer Student Interest in Computer Science PhDs: Examining an Advising Intervention Using a Staged Innovation Design	9
Righteous, Reveler, Achiever, Bored: A Latent Class Analysis of First-Year Student Involvement	9
Liberal Arts Graduates in the Labour Market: A Comparative Study of Dutch University Colleges and Conventional Bachelor’s Programmes	9
Toward More Accurate and Inclusive Surveying: A Discourse Analysis of NCES Postsecondary Survey Instruments Using a Critical Disability Studies Framework	9
Impacts of Transfer Admissions Requirements: Evidence from Georgia	9
Click to Cheat: Unraveling Internet-Facilitated Academic Misconduct Among Undergraduate Students	9
2-Year or Not 2-Year? The Impact of Starting at Community College on Bachelor’s Degree Attainment	8
International Student Mobility and Academic Performance: Does Timing Matter?	8
Knowledge Innovation Effect of University Computing Power in China: Evidence from the top500 Supercomputers	8
Recent Graduates in the Labor Market: The Efficiency Frontier of Higher Education Institutions	8
Does Dual Enrollment Influence High School Graduation, College Enrollment, Choice, and Persistence?	8
Belonging and Balance: Institutional, Socioeconomic, and External Demands’ Impact on Racial Variation in Time-to-Degree Among College Completers	8
Could Shifting the Margin Between Community College and University Enrollment Expand and Diversify University Degree Production in STEM Fields?	7
Geography of Computing Graduate Degree Opportunities: Examining the Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions	7
Do not Discard $16 Billion: Accounting for IPEDS Administrative Unit Observations	7
Resetting Prices: Estimating the Effect of Tuition Reset Policies on Institutional Finances and Enrollment	7
Public Transit and Urban Community College Access	7
Psychological Distress, Burnout, and Business Student Turnover: The Role of Resilience as a Coping Mechanism	6
Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times	6
Deepening the Effects of the Academic Inbreeding: Its Impact on Individual and Institutional Research Productivity	6
A Fad or the New Norm for Student Access Today? Evaluating Enrollment Outcomes of Holistic Admissions in South Korea	6
The Role of Academic Validation in Developing Mattering and Academic Success	6
Caring Too Much? Emotional Labor and Compassion Fatigue Among Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Digital Hub or Hindrance? The Effects of Online Enrollment in Introductory STEM Coursework on STEM Outcomes	6
How the Ingroup Representation of First-Generation Students in Residence Halls Predicts Short-Term and Long-Term College Success	6
STEM Faculty Instructional Beliefs Regarding Assessment, Grading, and Diversity are Linked to Racial Equity Grade Gaps	6
Correction to: Give It a Swirl? An Examination of the Influence of 4‑Year Students Taking Entry‑Level Math Courses at the Local Community College	5
Letters of Recommendation by High School Counselors in Selective College Admissions: Differences by Race and Socioeconomic Status in Letter Length and Topics Discussed	5
Mapping the Occupations of Recent Graduates. The Role of Academic Background in the Digital Era	5
Conscientiousness as a Predictor of the Gender Gap in Academic Achievement	5
Disentangle the Curriculum and Structural Effects of Math Pathway Reforms: Evidence from Maryland Community College System	5
Less is more, or is it? Age and Gender Differences in How Students Build Momentum toward College Graduation	5
A Panel Data Analysis of Using Multiple Content Modalities during Adaptive Learning Activities	5
How First-Year Academic Momentum Influences Transfer Outcomes Among Different Racial and Ethnic Groups	5
Predicting Educational Attainments and Enrollment to Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Care Leavers in Israel	5
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Quality Experience in Undergraduate Research Using Item Response Theory	5
Sustained Strain: Faculty Work Strain Under COVID-19	5
Strategically Diverse: An Intersectional Analysis of Enrollments at U.S. Law Schools	5
Shaping Students’ Attitudes Toward Diversity: Do Faculty Practices and Interactions With Students Matter?	4
BUILDing an Early Advantage: An Examination of the Role of Strategic Interventions in Developing First-Year Undergraduate Students’ Science Identity	4
How Does Reducing Merit-Aid Generosity and Certainty Affect College Choices? Evidence from Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship	4
How, and For Whom, Does Higher Education Increase Voting?	4
Editor’s Note	4
People and Places: Understanding the Longitudinal College-Going and Residential Pathways of U.S. Adults Who “Went Away” to College	4
Illuminating the Post-Graduation Impact of Undergraduate Participation in High-Impact Practices Using Propensity Score Analysis with Structural Equation Modeling	4
Virtual Instruction Effects Within University Courses: A Boon for Those Who Need it, a Bane for Others	4
The Role of College Experiences in Students’ Academic Success for Students With and Without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	4
The Importance of Community Context for the Rural Disadvantage and Suburban Advantage in Higher Education	3
University Alumni Donations as Threats to Punish or Promises to Reward: Alumni Loyalty Before and After the Elimination of a Native American Nickname and Logo	3

Correction: Toward More Accurate and Inclusive Surveying: A Discourse Analysis of NCES Postsecondary Survey Instruments Using a Critical Disability Studies Framework	3
If You Charge Them, Will They Come? The Effect of Levying Tuition Fees on International Students	3
Reducing the Loss of Community College Students who Demonstrate Potential in STEM	3
Heading in the Right Direction? Examining the Relationship of Transfer Patterns and Income Status on College Student Outcomes	3
Development and Validation of the Workplace Climate and Persistence Scale for STEM Faculty Framed in Intersectionality of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Background	3
A First Class Measure: Evidence for a Comprehensive Social Class Scale in Higher Education Populations	3
Parental Involvement and College Enrollment: Differences Between Parents with Some and No College Experience	3
The Multifaceted Impact of Erasmus Programme on the School-to-Work Transition: A Matching Sensitivity Analysis	3
Demystifying Success: What are the Attributes of Effective Multifaceted Success Programs for Lower-Income College Students?	3
The Private School Network: Recruiting Visits to Private High Schools by Public and Private Universities	3
Correction to: Inspiring Muslim Appreciation in the First‑Year of College: What Makes a Difference?	3
The Tech Trajectory: Examining the Role of College Environments in Shaping Students’ Interest in Computing Careers	3
Reconsidering Rural-Nonrural College Enrollment Gaps: The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Geographies of Opportunity	3
Understanding Themes in Postsecondary Research Using Topic Modeling and Journal Abstracts	3
How Does Students’ Negative Feedback Affect University Teachers?	3
Heterogeneity in Labor Market Returns to Master’s Degrees: Evidence from Ohio	3
Combating Summer Melt: The Impact of Near-Peer Mentor Matriculation Program in New York City	3
The College Transfer and Articulation Network: How are These Statewide Policies and Bilateral or Dyadic Partnerships Structured Across the United States?	2
The Effect of College Football Bowl Game Participation on Student-Athlete Academic Outcomes and Team Athletic Success	2
The Internal Determinants of Innovation Efficiency in Chinese Universities: A Perspective from Embeddedness Theory	2
Correction to: Measuring Quality in Legal Education: Examining the Relationship Between Law School Rank and Student Engagement	2
Examining Wyoming’s Endowment Challenge Program: A Synthetic Control Analysis	2
The Development and Validation of the Perceived Social Support Scale for Doctoral Students (PSSS-DS)	2
Leaving the Institution or Leaving the Academy? Analyzing the Factors that Faculty Weigh in Actual Departure Decisions	2
TV Networks for College Sports: Implications for Institutional Subsidies	2
It’s About Time: The Inequitable Distribution of Time as a Resource for College, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity	2
Postsecondary Education Attendance and the Business Cycle in Europe. Is the Future of Young Adults Related to the Welfare Regime?	2
Does University-Industry Collaboration Drive University Innovation? Evidence from China’s 2011 Plan	2
STEM Linked-Course Communities Can Increase Student Success: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
The Quality and Quantity of Participation in Peer Leader Experiences and Student Outcomes: A Cross-National Validation of Constructs and Predictive Model	2
Faculty Gender Diversity, Institutional Performance, and the Role of Diversity Climate	2
Navigating the Path to College: The Impacts of Dual Enrollment on Postsecondary Access	2
Participation in High-Impact Practices: Considering the Role of Institutional Context and a Person-Centered Approach	2
Tennessee’s Burden: How Students Apply for State Financial Aid within One Southern State	2
U.S. Visa and Immigration Policy Challenges: Explanations for Faculty Perceptions and Intent to Leave	2
The Relationship Between Low-Income College Students’ Time Use and Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Exploration	2
On My Honor: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Honors Students’ Perceptions of Workload and Cognitive Challenge	2
How did College Students with and Without Disabilities Experience the First wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Stress and Coping Perspective	2
Predicting Research Productivity in STEM Faculty: The Role of Self-determined Motivation	2
Bridging the Divide: Exploring Equity Gaps in Undergraduate Research Participation Among Black and African American and Hispanic and Latinx Students	2