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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Variation in Broadband Access Among Undergraduate Populations Across the United States	28
Learning, Compliance, and Psychological Burdens When Undocumented Immigrants Claim In-State Tuition Policy	27
Inspiring Muslim Appreciation in the First-Year of College: What Makes a Difference?	26
Enrollment Growth and Faculty Hiring at Public Research Universities	26
Unintended Consequences: Understanding the Relationship Between Dual Enrollment Participation, College Undermatch, and Bachelor’s Degree Attainment	23
Universities and Gentrification: The Effects of Anchor Institution Initiatives on Rates of Neighborhood Change	17
Exploring the Interplay Between Equity Groups, Mental Health and Perceived Employability Amongst Students at a Public Australian University	17
It Takes Work: How University Students Manage Role Boundaries when the Future is Calling	17
Buyer Beware: Understanding and Validating Distributional Assumptions of K-Means in College Student Typology Research	17
Cross-Border Higher Education: The Expansion of International Branch Campuses	17
Trends and Motivations in Critical Quantitative Educational Research: A Multimethod Examination Across Higher Education Scholarship and Author Perspectives	15
The Effects of Childhood Trauma on College Completion	15
Men of Color Programs at Public Baccalaureate Institutions: A Typology of Institutional Context & Diversity	15
Does Social Class Matter Equally for the Timely Transition Into and Out of College? Evidence from the NLSY97	15
Stratified Trajectories: Charting Equity Gaps in Program Pathways Among Community College Students	14
“Prior-Prior Year” FAFSA Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment	14
Developing Antiracist Intelligence in Institutional Research: A Critical Content Analysis of AIR Forum Conference Programs, 2002–2023	12
International Education’s Academic Benefit: Potential for Community College Virtual International Exchange	12
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
Up-or-Out Systems? Quantifying Path Flexibility in the Lived Curriculum of College Majors	11
Ban the Discipline Box? How University Applications that Assess Prior School Discipline Experiences Relate to Admissions of Students Suspended in High School	11
Thx 4 the msg: Assessing the Impact of Texting on Student Engagement and Persistence	10
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	10
Building Transfer Student Interest in Computer Science PhDs: Examining an Advising Intervention Using a Staged Innovation Design	9
Exploring the Unstated: Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Examine Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statements	9

Liberal Arts Graduates in the Labour Market: A Comparative Study of Dutch University Colleges and Conventional Bachelor’s Programmes	9
Destiny Unbound: A Look at How Far from Home Students Go to College	9
Exploring the Relationship Between Community College Students’ Exposure to Math Contextualization and Educational Outcomes	8
Impacts of Transfer Admissions Requirements: Evidence from Georgia	8
Toward More Accurate and Inclusive Surveying: A Discourse Analysis of NCES Postsecondary Survey Instruments Using a Critical Disability Studies Framework	8
Give It a Swirl? An Examination of the Influence of 4-Year Students Taking Entry-Level Math Courses at the Local Community College	8
Knowledge Innovation Effect of University Computing Power in China: Evidence from the top500 Supercomputers	7
International Student Mobility and Academic Performance: Does Timing Matter?	7
2-Year or Not 2-Year? The Impact of Starting at Community College on Bachelor’s Degree Attainment	7
Righteous, Reveler, Achiever, Bored: A Latent Class Analysis of First-Year Student Involvement	7
Public Transit and Urban Community College Access	6
Resetting Prices: Estimating the Effect of Tuition Reset Policies on Institutional Finances and Enrollment	6
Recent Graduates in the Labor Market: The Efficiency Frontier of Higher Education Institutions	6
Could Shifting the Margin Between Community College and University Enrollment Expand and Diversify University Degree Production in STEM Fields?	6
Does Dual Enrollment Influence High School Graduation, College Enrollment, Choice, and Persistence?	6
Psychological Distress, Burnout, and Business Student Turnover: The Role of Resilience as a Coping Mechanism	5
A Fad or the New Norm for Student Access Today? Evaluating Enrollment Outcomes of Holistic Admissions in South Korea	5
Deepening the Effects of the Academic Inbreeding: Its Impact on Individual and Institutional Research Productivity	5
STEM Faculty Instructional Beliefs Regarding Assessment, Grading, and Diversity are Linked to Racial Equity Grade Gaps	5
How the Ingroup Representation of First-Generation Students in Residence Halls Predicts Short-Term and Long-Term College Success	5
Digital Hub or Hindrance? The Effects of Online Enrollment in Introductory STEM Coursework on STEM Outcomes	5
Mapping the Occupations of Recent Graduates. The Role of Academic Background in the Digital Era	5
Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times	5
The Role of Academic Validation in Developing Mattering and Academic Success	5
A Panel Data Analysis of Using Multiple Content Modalities during Adaptive Learning Activities	5
Caring Too Much? Emotional Labor and Compassion Fatigue Among Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Quality Experience in Undergraduate Research Using Item Response Theory	4
Shaping Students’ Attitudes Toward Diversity: Do Faculty Practices and Interactions With Students Matter?	4
Do Colleges Perform the Same Following Developmental Education Reform? The Case of Florida’s Senate Bill 1720	4
Sustained Strain: Faculty Work Strain Under COVID-19	4
Predicting Educational Attainments and Enrollment to Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Care Leavers in Israel	4
How First-Year Academic Momentum Influences Transfer Outcomes Among Different Racial and Ethnic Groups	4
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	4
Does Experiencing Racialized Aggressions on Social Media Influence Perceptions About the Campus Racial Climate?	4
Characteristics and Predictors of Transfer and Withdrawal Among Students Who Begin College at Bachelor’s Granting Institutions	4
Strategically Diverse: An Intersectional Analysis of Enrollments at U.S. Law Schools	4
Conscientiousness as a Predictor of the Gender Gap in Academic Achievement	4
Less is more, or is it? Age and Gender Differences in How Students Build Momentum toward College Graduation	4
Illuminating the Post-Graduation Impact of Undergraduate Participation in High-Impact Practices Using Propensity Score Analysis with Structural Equation Modeling	4
How, and For Whom, Does Higher Education Increase Voting?	4
Would you Bribe your Lecturer? A Quasi-experimental Study on Burnout and Bribery in Higher Education	4
Skin in the Game: A Policy Implementation Study of How School-Level Bureaucrats Set and Rationalize Advanced Placement Exam Fees for Low-Income Students	4
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
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 Tech Trajectory: Examining the Role of College Environments in Shaping Students’ Interest in Computing Careers	3
Correction to: Inspiring Muslim Appreciation in the First‑Year of College: What Makes a Difference?	3
Reducing the Loss of Community College Students who Demonstrate Potential in STEM	3
Building Women’s Innovation Capacities Through Undergraduate Experiences	3
BUILDing an Early Advantage: An Examination of the Role of Strategic Interventions in Developing First-Year Undergraduate Students’ Science Identity	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
Editor’s Note	3
People and Places: Understanding the Longitudinal College-Going and Residential Pathways of U.S. Adults Who “Went Away” to College	3
Inequality of Opportunity in Tertiary Education: Evidence from Europe	3
How Does Students’ Negative Feedback Affect University Teachers?	3
Understanding Themes in Postsecondary Research Using Topic Modeling and Journal Abstracts	3
Reconsidering Rural-Nonrural College Enrollment Gaps: The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Geographies of Opportunity	3
How Does Reducing Merit-Aid Generosity and Certainty Affect College Choices? Evidence from Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship	3
The Role of College Experiences in Students’ Academic Success for Students With and Without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	3
The Private School Network: Recruiting Visits to Private High Schools by Public and Private Universities	3
Heterogeneity in Labor Market Returns to Master’s Degrees: Evidence from Ohio	3
The Multifaceted Impact of Erasmus Programme on the School-to-Work Transition: A Matching Sensitivity Analysis	3
Merit Aid and Retention: Mediation and Moderation	3
U.S. Visa and Immigration Policy Challenges: Explanations for Faculty Perceptions and Intent to Leave	2
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
STEM Linked-Course Communities Can Increase Student Success: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
And Now for Some Good News: Trends in Student Retention at Community Colleges, 2004–2017	2
How did College Students with and Without Disabilities Experience the First wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Stress and Coping Perspective	2
Combating Summer Melt: The Impact of Near-Peer Mentor Matriculation Program in New York City	2
Preparing Industry Leaders: The Role of Doctoral Education and Early Career Management Training in the Leadership Trajectories of Women STEM PhDs	2
Tennessee’s Burden: How Students Apply for State Financial Aid within One Southern State	2
Participation in High-Impact Practices: Considering the Role of Institutional Context and a Person-Centered Approach	2
Individual Achievement, Person-Major Fit, or Social Expectations: Why Do Students Switch Majors in German Higher Education?	2
Do Corequisite Math Courses Improve Academic Outcomes in Technical Colleges?: Evidence from Chile	2
Heading in the Right Direction? Examining the Relationship of Transfer Patterns and Income Status on College Student Outcomes	2
It’s About Time: The Inequitable Distribution of Time as a Resource for College, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity	2
The Internal Determinants of Innovation Efficiency in Chinese Universities: A Perspective from Embeddedness Theory	2
The Relationship Between Low-Income College Students’ Time Use and Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Exploration	2
The Quality and Quantity of Participation in Peer Leader Experiences and Student Outcomes: A Cross-National Validation of Constructs and Predictive Model	2