OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Evaluation is 3. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
French language abstracts	36
Editorial	36
Imprinting and the evolution of evaluation: A descriptive account of social impact evaluation methodological practice	27
French language abstracts	25
The transformational power of evaluation: Exploring long-term perspectives in evaluations of impacts and outcomes from the standpoint of practitioners	15
Realistic evaluation of social inclusion	12
Monitoring and evaluation for thinking and working politically	11
A graphical method for causal program attribution in theory-based evaluation	10
Can we use deliberation to change evaluation systems? How an advisory group contributed to policy change	10
How to develop a realist programme theory using Margaret Archer’s structure–agency–culture framework: The case of adolescent accountability for sexual and reproductive health in urban resource-constra	9
The sceptical turn in evaluation and what to do with it: Keynote presentation delivered by Peter Dahler-Larsen and Estelle Raimondo at the EES conference in Copenhagen, June 10, 2022	9
Toward a citizen science framework for public policy evaluation: Lessons from a field experiment on Freedom of Information laws in Belgium	8
What role should we play to be effective evaluators? – practitioner reflections	7
Text as data for evaluation: Natural language processing and large language models to generate novel insights from unstructured text data	7
A framework for evaluating women’s leadership programmes	6
DOME: A mixed-method evaluation of the impacts of complex programmes against educational poverty	6
French language abstracts	6
Evaluation blogs, podcasts and webinars in 2024: A mid-year review	6
Personas for program evaluation: Insights from a gender-focused evaluation in Cambodia	6
Methodological bricolage, data pattern detection and realist explanation: A portfolio analysis of inclusive business support	6
Conducting focus groups in realist evaluation	6
Editorial	5
How evaluation is understood and practised in the European Parliament	5
Using digital technology to enhance youth participatory evaluation	5
Theory building from qualitative evaluation	4

News from the community	4
Post-truth and pathways for evaluators	4
Evaluation during war: Current realities and future possibilities of Ukrainian monitoring and evaluation	4
A critical realist approach to systems thinking in evaluation	4
Preventing children’s death by heatstroke: How alternative accident theories affect policy design and evaluation	4
Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways of making causal inference in evaluation research	4
Evaluating local system change using a comparative maturity matrix	3
Evaluation blogs, podcasts, and webinars in 2023: A roundup review	3
Editorial	3
Understanding the theoretical underpinnings of preventative early parenting interventions: A theory-based evaluation	3
Editorial	3
The use of mediation analysis in evaluation of complex health interventions	3
Artificial intelligence and big data-driven evaluation research and practices: A systematic literature review	3
Editorial	3
Choosing a qualitative comparative analysis solution in multi-method impact evaluation	3
Testing mechanisms using large-N qualitative comparative analysis in realistic evaluations	3
A realist lens on implementation strategies: An opportunity for linking implementation and intervention processes and exploring unintended outcomes	3
Evaluation through narratives: A practical case of Participatory Narrative Inquiry in women empowerment evaluation in Niger	3