OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Adult Education Quarterly is 0. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Ethics of Radical and Transformative Education	36
Book Review: Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Hayes, K. & Kaba, M.	22
A School–University Partnership That Facilitates Adult-Specific Training: Perceptions of Life Sciences Teachers	16
A Cultural-Historical Analysis of Marsick and Watkins’ Informal and Incidental Learning Model	14
Adult Education as a Human Right/Adult Education for Human Rights	12
Book Review: Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice by Bierema, L. L., Fedeli, M., & Merriam, S. B. BieremaL. L.FedeliM.MerriamS. B. (2025). Adu	12
Book Review: Becoming a white antiracist: A practical guide for educators, leaders, and activists by Brookfield, S. D., & Hess, M. E.	7
Facilitating Adult Development Through Whole-Person Learning to Address Divisive Polarities Through Empathic Connection	6
Adult Refugees and Asylum Seekers in University Preparation Programs: Competing Identities and Multiple Transitions Manifested in Stigma Consciousness and Student Self-Identification	6
Enhancing Digital Literacy for Older Adults Through Communities of Practice: A Case Study of an Older Adult School in China	5
Book Review: Narratives of Adult English Learners and Teachers: Practical Applications by C. Larrotta	5
Navigating Learning Challenges: Insights from Adult Learners with Visual Impairment During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Eswatini	5
Welcome From the New Editorial Team	4
Book Review: Academic Advising in the Community College by T. U. O’Banion (Ed.)	4
Learning About Resilience from Rural Interprofessional Healthcare Teams: Insights from the “First Wave” of COVID-19	4
Black History in Adult Education in the United States: A Historical Review and Historiographical Critique	3
Learning from the Past: Continuity as a Dimension of Transformation	3
Determinants of Adult Education and Training Participation in the United States: A Machine Learning Approach	2
More-Than-Human Potentials: Posthumanism and Transformative Learning	2
A Comparative Study of Values-Based Fields of Adult Learning and Education in Austria, Scotland, and South Tyrol, Italy: Practitioners Resisting Neoliberal Tendencies Based on Their Ideas of Social Ju	2
Book Review: Reimagining Adult Education as World Building: Creating Learning Ecologies for Transformation by Aliki Nicolaides, Ahreum Lim, Neal Herr and	2
Problem Solving and Formal, Nonformal, and Informal Learning of Russian Employees (Based on PIAAC Data)	2
Book Review: Advancing the Global Agenda for Human Rights, Vulnerable Populations, and Environmental Sustainability: Adult Education as Strategic Partner	2
Self-Deprecation and Self-Enhancement: Ambivalences of Literacy Acquisition for Migrant Women Learning to Read and Write in the Host Country	2
Book Review: Community as Rebellion by Lorgia García Peña	2

More than a Confessional Mo(ve)ment? #MeToo's Pedagogical Tensions	2
Sacrificial Lambs and Rallying Cries: The Politics of Adult Education at the University of Manitoba, 1907–1949	2
Factors Influencing Self-Directed Learning Among Thai Operational Employees in the Petrochemical Sector	2
Chain Mediation Effect of Learning Satisfaction on Achievement Perception in Adult Online Education	2
From Expansive Learning to Enunciatory Learning: Activist-Educators’ Work for a Deeper Democracy in South Korea	1
Editorial	1
Governance of Publicly Financed Adult Education in England and Spain – A Comparison	1
“I Prefer Not to Answer”: Politically Agentive Communicative Silence in Nonprofit and Community-Based Education with Immigrant Students	1
Book Review: Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class, Power, and Resistance of Women in Academia by Niemann, Y. F., Gutiérrez y Muhs, G., & Gonzalez, C.	1
Enhancing Adult Literacy in Morocco: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Program Effectiveness and Skill Development	1
Book Review: Researching learning and teaching with adults: An introduction by St. Clair, R.	1
Food and Housing Insecurity Among Adult Undergraduates During the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Adult Iranian English Language Learners’ Identity Work: An Exploration of Language Practices and Learner Identities	1
Book Review: Confronting Institutionalized Racism in Higher Education: Counternarratives for Racial Justice by Ramdeholl, D. & Jones, J.	1
Andragogy in Prison: Higher Education in Prison and the Tenets of Adult Education	1
Psychosocial Barriers to Adult Learning and the Role of Prior Learning Experiences: A Comparison Based on Educational Level	1
Conceptualizing Anti-Racist Pedagogies Within Experimental Music's Community of Practice	0
Book Review: Teaching Race: How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism by S. D. Brookfield	0
RETRACTED: A Comparative Study of Adult Education in Tanzanian Newspapers: Analyzing Frequency and Depth	0
Modeling Determinants of Lifelong Learning According to the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Proxy-Based Approach Using PIAAC Data	0
Book Review: Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia: Dominant Versus Local Voices by S. Black BlackS. (2024). Literacy in the Lives o	0
Retraction: A Comparative Study of Adult Education in Tanzanian Newspapers: Analyzing Frequency and Depth	0
Book Review: Remaking Communities and Adult Learning: Social and Community-Based Learning, New Forms of Knowledge and Action for Change, Research on the Education and Learning o	0
Book Review: Career Pathways in Adult Education: Perspectives and Opportunities by Monaghan, C.E., Isaac-Savage P., & Putman, P.G. MonaghanC.E.Isaac-	0
Adult Basic Education Under WIOA Title II Implementation: An Integrative Literature Review	0
Four Dimensions of Self-Directed Learning: A Fundamental Meta-Competence in a Changing World	0
Changing Intention to Participate in Adult Education and Training in Norway: Compositional and Motivational Factors	0
Can Informal Lifelong Learning Promote Subjective Wellbeing Among Older Adults? Roles of Hope and Social Class Identity	0
Book Review: Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation by E. J. Tisdell, S. B. Merriam, & H. L. Stuckey-Peyrot TisdellE. J.MerriamS.	0
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Vietnam's Vocational Training Project for Rural Laborers	0
Book Review: Indigenous Educational Leadership through Community Based Knowledge and Research Indigenous Educational Leadership through Community Based K	0
The Transformation of Teachers’ Subjectivities in Swedish Municipal Adult Education: An Autoethnographic Perspective	0
Book Review: Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives by M. Slowey, H. Hinzen, M. Omolewa, & M. Osborne (Eds.) Slowey, M., Hinz	0
Book Review: Transformative Sustainability Education: Reimagining Our Future by Lange, E. A. LangeE. A. (2023). Transformative Sustainability Education:	0
Book Review: Conditionally Accepted: Navigating Higher Education from the Margins by Denise, E. J., & Louis, B. M., Jr. Denise, E. J., & Louis, B	0
Paying Attention: Female ADHD Students Learning in Graduate School	0
Editorial	0
Experiences of Language in Migration: Communicating Well-Being in Finland and Germany	0
Determinants of Learning in Adulthood—Testing of the Cultural Reproduction Theory	0
From Multiculturalism to Transculturalism: Constructing Meanings of Transcultural Learning as a Transformative Process	0
Exploring the Association Between Adult Education, Personality Traits, and Civic Participation: An Analysis of National Education Panel Study Data	0
Breaking the Shell: Identity Development Experiences in a Village Co-operative as a Community of Practice	0
Adult Training as a Quality Factor in Work Trajectory: Positive Effects of Adult Training on Seniority and Ageing at Work	0
Book Review: Learning for Democracy: A Framework for Adult Civic Learning by Hoggan-Hoggan-Kloubert T. & Hoggan C. Hoggan-Hoggan-KloubertT.HogganC. (	0
Book Review: Civility, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom in Higher Education: Faculty on the Margins by Dutt-Ballerstadt, R. & Bhattacharya, K. (Eds.	0
Book Review: Family and Intergenerational Literacy and Learning: International Perspectives by Esther Prins and Rakhat Zholdoshalieva Family and Intergen	0
Editorial	0
Book Review: Making sense of the learning turn: Why and in what sense toys, organizations, economies, and cities are “learning.” by Anders Örtenblad Örte	0
Investigating the Role of Self-Identity in Adults’ Intention for Lifelong Arts Education: An Empirical Study of Dance Learning in China	0
Book Review: Multimodal Composing and Multiple Identity Mediations: Adult ESL Writers’ Experiences in New York by Dolina, B. DolinaB. (2023). Multimodal	0

Exploratory Analysis of Literacy Skills, Civic Engagement, and Political Efficacy of Black Adults in the United States	0
Not Alone When I’m Feeling Stressed: Online Adult Learner Connection and Retention	0
Book Review: This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project by C. Banta, K. DeVault-Juelfs, D. Harper, K. Ryan, &	0
Book Review: Bridging Knowledge Cultures: Rebalancing Power in the Co-Construction of Knowledge by Lepore, W., L. B. Hall, & R. Tandon (Eds.) Lepore,	0
Book Review: Creative Universities: Reimagining Education for Global Challenges and Alternative Futures by Anke Schwittay	0
Understanding the Practical Constraints of Teaching in the Correctional Environment: An Exploration of Course Credits, Degree Pathways, and Instructor Compensation	0
Using Design Experiment Processes to Adjust Money Habits of Adults with Disabilities	0
Fostering Self-directed Learning Among Academic Support Staff in Higher Education: Insights into Building Workplace English Competency and Learner Confidence Through the Language Clinic Program	0
We Had a Good Thing Going: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Vocational ESL in the United States	0
Book Review: Complaint! by Ahmed, S.	0
Making Sense of Science Through a University-Sponsored STEM Café	0
Situated Learning for Community Engagement: Chinese and Chinese Americans Transformative Action for Identity Reformation in the Context of the Politicalized COVID-19 Pandemic	0
Attitudes Matter: Examining How Teaching Strategies for Attitudinal Change Help Adults Value Reflection and Calibrate Their Reflective Thinking	0
Infusing Intersectional Pedagogy into Adult Education and Human Resource Development Graduate Education	0
The Role of Canadian Queer Theater Festivals on Queer Identity and Expression	0
In Memoriam Dr. Kevin Roessger	0
Cross-Cultural Spectators: Examining the Representation and Development of Black Female Protagonists on the Big Screen	0
Unfulfilled Promise: Evaluating the Varying Effect of Adult Education and Training on Functional Cognitive Skills Across Socioeconomic Status	0
Navigating Challenging Digital Literacy Practices: The Settlement Experiences of Adults from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds	0
Book Review: Transformative Civic Education in Democratic Societies: The Scholarship of Engagement by Hoggan-Kloubert, T., Mabrey, P., & Hoggan, C. H	0
How Personal and Familial Narratives Affect the Decision Making of Mature-Aged First-in-Family Students Pursuing University	0
Book Review: My grandmother’s hands: Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies by Menaken, R.	0
Book Review: Generative Knowing: Principles, Methods, and Dispositions of an Emerging Adult Learning Theory by Nicolaides, A.	0
Book Review: The Elsewhere Is Black: Ecological Violence and Improvised Life by Solomon, M. SolomonM. (2025). The Elsewhere Is Black: Ecological Violence	0
Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation by Nicolaides, A., Eschenbacher, S., Buergelt, P. T., Gilpin-Jackson, Y.,Welch, M. &	0
Organizers’ Dilemmas, Direct Action, and Adult Education: Challenges and Opportunities	0
“When We Design for Adult Learners With Disabilities, Everyone Benefits”: Adaptable-Inclusive-Motivated (AIM) Model for Adult Educators to Include Adult Learners With Disabilities	0
Book Review: Understanding the Adult Learner: Perspectives and Practices by Belzer A., & Dashew B. (eds.)	0
Enrollment at Adult High Schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: An Exploration of Motivation, Age, and Gender Using Boshier's EPS A-Form	0
Book Review: Listening Without Borders: Creating Spaces for Encountering Difference. Multilingual Matters by M. Kubanyiova and P. Shetty Kubanyiova, M.,	0
Book Review: Plantation politics and campus rebellions: Power, diversity, and the emancipatory struggle in higher education by Williams, B. C., Squire, D	0
The Lifelong Learner's Compass: Cultivating Attitudes With Self-Reflection, Openness, Curiosity and Motivation	0
Emotions and Adult Learning: A Literature Review of Methodological Approaches	0