OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science & Education is 6. 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
Enhancing Science Education Through Visual Art and Complex Storytelling Using the Book “The Case Study of Einstein, Eddington, and the Eclipse: Travel Impressions”	97
From COVID-19 to Quartile 1: Editor’s Reflections and Farewell	47
Using the Predict–Observe–Explain (POE) Strategy in Enhancing Student’s Conceptual Understanding the Energy Conservation Law	41
Correction to: Computational Thinking, Between Papert and Wing	28
Does Interference Between Intuitive Conceptions and Scientific Concepts Produce Reliable Inter-individual Differences? A Psychometric Analysis	27
Virtual Reality and Spatial Cognition: Bridging the Epistemic Gap Between Laboratory and Real-World Insights	24
The Cosmic Interaction	23
Bringing Science Fiction Story Writing to Saudi Science Education	23
Education for Sustainability Meets Confucianism in Science Education	22
Modeling the Epistemic Value of Classroom Practice in the Investigation of Effective Learning	21
Sustainability as Living Architecture	20
Promoting Young Learners’ NOS Views Through Place-Based SSI Instruction	20
The Role of Joking for Learning Science: An Exploration of Spontaneous Humour in Two Physics Education Settings	20
List of Reviewers Contributing to Volume 32, 2023	19
Modelling Authenticity in Science Education	18
Using Card Sort Epistemic Network Analysis to Explore Preservice Teachers’ Ideas About the Nature of Engineering	18
An Explicit and Reflective Approach to Teaching Nature of Science in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience	17
Too Philosophical, Therefore Useless for Science Education?	17
Science and Fengshui	17
A Science Teacher’s Autoethnographic Reflections on Teaching Nature of Science	16
Cultivating Environmental Consciousness	16
Quality Indicators of an Experienced Middle School Science Teacher’s Argument‑Based Inquiry Teaching	16
Exploring a New Geometric-mechanical Artefact for Calculus	16
Enhancing Argumentation and Decision-Making of Preservice Early Childhood Education Teachers Through Role-Playing on Animal Experimentation	16
The Impact of Integrating Tribal Culture and Science Education Through Information and Communication Technology	16

An Educational Reconstruction of Special Relativity Theory for Secondary Education	16
Digital Transition Framework for Higher Education in AI-Assisted Engineering Teaching	15
A Theoretical Framework for Integrated STEM Education	15
Becoming ‘Wild Citizens’: Children’s Articulation of Environmental Citizenship in the Context of Biodiversity Loss	15
Untangling Trustworthiness and Uncertainty in Science	14
Using the Controversy over Human Race to Introduce Students to the Identification and the Evaluation of Arguments	14
A Trial Patch to Sustainable Development	14
Examining the Formation of High School Students’ Science Identity	13
Scientific Thinking and Critical Thinking in Science Education	13
“Trust Me, I’m a Scientist”	13
A Virtue Epistemological Approach to the Demarcation Problem	13
A Review on the Use of Large Language Models as Virtual Tutors	13
Post-Truth and Education	13
Scientists’ Views About Nature of Science in the Context of Socioscientific Issues	13
Embracing Representational Plurality to Bypass Misconceptions in Science Education	13
The Observer Concept in Science as a Basis for Its Further Curricular Application Within the Discipline-Culture Paradigm	12
Integration of Philosophy of Science in Biomedical Data Science Education to Foster Better Scientific Practice	12
Traces of Bildung in Upper Secondary Science Education: A Critical Investigation of Chemistry Teachers’ Orientation Towards Promoting Bildung in Chemistry Education	12
Discussing Science Values and Norms from a Learning Situation Historically Contextualised in Mendel’s Laws and Guided by Scientific Practices	11
Trust in the Third Space of Science Education	11
HPS for All in Journal's Metrics	11
Impact of Argument-Driven Inquiry Activities on Pre-service Science Teachers’ Views of the Nature of Scientific Inquiry in the Context of Climate Change Education	11
Science and Religion Integration in Indonesian Islamic Senior High Schools: Analyzing Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices	10
Looking Back, Moving Forward, and Strengthening HPSS Scholarship in Science Education	10
Political Science as a Science	10
Using Text Mining to Identify Teleological Explanations in Physics and Biology Textbooks: An Exploratory Study	10
Estimating Epistemic Practices Loads in Elementary and Middle School Science Curricula	9
Science Teacher Perceptions of the State of Knowledge and Education at the Advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence Popularity	9
Five Essential Features of Scientific Inquiry in Bahraini Primary School Science Textbooks and Workbooks	9
The Development of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Understanding and Skills of Argumentation through Argument Driven Inquiry	9
Examining the Changes in Representations of Nature of Science in Chinese Senior High School Chemistry Textbooks	8
Learning Science in Context: Integrating a Holistic Approach to Nature of Science in the Lower Secondary Classroom	8
The Practical Epistemologies of Design and Artificial Intelligence	8
The Ether Concept from Spanish Physics Textbooks (1840–1950)	8
Teachers’ Incorporation of Epistemic Practices in K-8 Engineering and Their Views About the Nature of Engineering Knowledge	8
Analog Modelling of the Haploid Book for Teaching Genetics	8
Scientists in the Textbook	8
Cobra Effect in Science Education?	8
Cultivating Transdisciplinary Orientations in Science Education Research and Practice: Reflexivity, Pragmatism, and Dialogue	8
Teaching Science as a Process, Not a Set of Facts	8
The Influence of Extended Reality on Climate Change Education	8
Not Only Why but Also How to Trust Science: Reshaping Science Education Based on Science Studies for a Better Post-pandemic World	8
A Systematic Review of Research on Family Resemblance Approach to Nature of Science in Science Education	8
How is Students’ Understanding of Nature of Science Related with Their Metacognitive Awareness?	7
The Meeting of Old Friends: Exploring the Art-Science Dynamic in the Context of Astronomy and Astronomy Education	7
Comparing Practical Items in High-Stake Exams in Different Science Subjects: in View of the Diversity of Scientific Methods	7
Socioscientific Issues Thinking and Action in the Midst of Science-in-the-Making	7
Analysing Transdisciplinary Education: A Scoping Review	7
Inquiry Activity Design from Singaporean and Indonesian Physics Textbooks	7
Exploring the Perpetuation and Disruption of Gendered, Racial, and Working Style Stereotypes in U.S. Life Science Textbooks	7

Pre-service Science Teachers’ Epistemic Beliefs, Nature of Science Views, and Beliefs in Pseudoscience	7
Science Teachers’ Challenging Questions for Encouraging Students to Think and Speak in Novel Ways	7
Stereotypical Attributes of Scientists and Engineers in Jokes	7
Unpacking Epistemic Insights of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Science Education: A Systematic Review	7
Expert Text Analysis in the Inclusion of History and Philosophy of Science in Higher Education	7
Investigating Science Teachers’ Nature of Science Conceptions and Argumentation in a Science Methods Course	7
An Improved Model to Help University Students Understand and Assess Results of Science in the Making	6
Exploring Gender Constructs: Colombian and Mexican Biology Teachers’ Perspectives	6
Correlations Among High School Students' Beliefs about Conspiracy, Authoritarianism, and Scientific Literacy	6
Paternity Test: Is Mendel the Father of Genetics, and Why Should Science Educators Care?	6
First-Year Teacher Education Students’ Epistemological Beliefs About Science and History: Domain-Specific Profiles and Relationships	6
The Problem of Trust Without Intimacy: Education for Handling Expert Knowledge in a Neoliberal Marketplace	6
Shift From a Traditional to a Distance Learning Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Lessons from the Past: Reviewing How We Teach Science, What’s Changed, and Why It Matters	6
Contextualizing a Natural Phenomenon: Lightning in Eighteenth-Century Natural Philosophy, Religion, and the Arts	6
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein	6
Dewey and Rousseau on Experience-Based Science Education	6
Rethinking the Dual Nature of Science	6
The Method of Observation in Science Education: Characteristic Dimensions from an Educational Perspective	6
Science Education in the USA During the Cold War	6
Towards Equitable, Social Justice Criticality: Re-Constructing the “Black” Box and Making it Transparent for the Future of Science and Technology in Science Education	6
Thomas Kuhn and Science Education	6
The Development of Nature of Science Understandings Questionnaire within Associated Approaches	6
Investigating Equitable Representation in K-8 Science Textbook Portrayal of Scientists	6
Distinguishing Nature of Science Beliefs, Knowledge and Understandings	6
Astronomy and Culture	6
The Use of Anticipation Guides in Reading Activities to Support College Students in Developing Scientific Written Arguments	6
The Effect of Textbook Analysis as a Teacher Professional Development Tool on Teacher Understanding of Nature of Science	6
Must Introductory Genetics Start with Mendel?	6