OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development is 30. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the influence of favorite projects on programming skill improvement: analyzing the longitudinal dataset of 5 years of public activity on scratch social media	265
Should We account for classrooms? Analyzing online experimental data with student-level randomization	153
Successful and unsuccessful mapping behaviors for learning procedural-type knowledge	114
Elementary Students Learning Computer Programming: an investigation of their knowledge Retention, Motivation, and perceptions	104
Facebook post data: a primer for educational research	69
From analogy to reflective thinking: an observation-identification-analogy-based virtual learning approach	58
Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	57
A study of using mobile phone application in badminton teaching and learning process based on deep learning and auto-feedback-based WISER model	54
A two-staged SEM: artificial neural network approach for understanding and predicting the factors of students’ satisfaction with emergency remote teaching	53
Designing biomimetic robots: iterative development of an integrated technology design curriculum	52
Design mobile computational thinking-integrated mathematics lessons based on the 5E instructional model for primary students	49
Scaffolding in immersive virtual reality environments for learning English: an eye tracking study	47
Education and technology: elements of a relevant, comprehensive, and cumulative research agenda	45
Taking adaptive learning in educational settings to the next level: leveraging natural language processing for improved personalization	44
Impact of gender and prior knowledge on learning performance and motivation in a digital game-based learning biology course	43
Exploring the influence of competition and collaboration on learning performance in digital game-based learning	42
Development research on an AI English learning support system to facilitate learner-generated-context-based learning	41
Exploring the adoption of social media in self-paced physical activity in early childhood education: a case in central China	41
Entangled eclecticism: a sociotechnical-pedagogical systems theory approach to learning experience design	40
Preservice science teachers coding science simulations: epistemological understanding, coding skills, and lesson design	39
Designing for actively engaging with mathematics education research in mentoring practice: a Vignette Activity Sequence approach	38
Factors contributing to teachers’ acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study	35
Design and development of an online formative peer assessment environment with instructional scaffolds	34
Designing for robot-mediated interaction among culturally and linguistically diverse children	34
Learner-centric MOOC model: a pedagogical design model towards active learner participation and higher completion rates	34

The impact of synchronous online discussions and online flipped learning on student engagement and self-regulation among preliminary undergraduates in a basic math course	33
The effects of reading prompts and of post-reading generative learning tasks on multiple document integration: evidence from concept network analysis	33
Integrating cognition, self-regulation, motivation, and metacognition: a framework of post-pandemic flipped classroom design	32
Theoretically driven educational app design: the creation of a mathematics app	31
Instructional designers’ professional futures: insights from best possible self and epistemic network analysis	30