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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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	296
Elementary Students Learning Computer Programming: an investigation of their knowledge Retention, Motivation, and perceptions	171
Should We account for classrooms? Analyzing online experimental data with student-level randomization	150
Facebook post data: a primer for educational research	116
Education and technology: elements of a relevant, comprehensive, and cumulative research agenda	74
A two-staged SEM: artificial neural network approach for understanding and predicting the factors of students’ satisfaction with emergency remote teaching	73
Implementation of the flipped classroom approach for promoting college students’ deeper learning	64
A study of using mobile phone application in badminton teaching and learning process based on deep learning and auto-feedback-based WISER model	58
Design mobile computational thinking-integrated mathematics lessons based on the 5E instructional model for primary students	57
Exploring the influence of competition and collaboration on learning performance in digital game-based learning	55
From analogy to reflective thinking: an observation-identification-analogy-based virtual learning approach	55
Successful and unsuccessful mapping behaviors for learning procedural-type knowledge	50
Scaffolding in immersive virtual reality environments for learning English: an eye tracking study	49
Designing biomimetic robots: iterative development of an integrated technology design curriculum	46
Taking adaptive learning in educational settings to the next level: leveraging natural language processing for improved personalization	45
Impact of gender and prior knowledge on learning performance and motivation in a digital game-based learning biology course	45
Designing for actively engaging with mathematics education research in mentoring practice: a Vignette Activity Sequence approach	42
Factors contributing to teachers’ acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study	41
The impact of synchronous online discussions and online flipped learning on student engagement and self-regulation among preliminary undergraduates in a basic math course	41
Exploring the adoption of social media in self-paced physical activity in early childhood education: a case in central China	40
Preservice science teachers coding science simulations: epistemological understanding, coding skills, and lesson design	39
Development research on an AI English learning support system to facilitate learner-generated-context-based learning	38
Exploring expert perceptions of creativity in instructional design: a phenomenographic study	38
Learner-centric MOOC model: a pedagogical design model towards active learner participation and higher completion rates	35
Design and development of an online formative peer assessment environment with instructional scaffolds	34

Constructing problems in context: a synthesized model of dialectical problem-framing	33
Instructional designers’ professional futures: insights from best possible self and epistemic network analysis	33
Entangled eclecticism: a sociotechnical-pedagogical systems theory approach to learning experience design	33
Exploring the use of social media for informal learning in professional development in Saudi Arabian higher education	32
Reflection as a social phenomenon: a conceptual framework toward group reflection research	31
“Then You go to Snap”: Multimodal Making of Digital Comics in a Language Arts High School Classroom	30