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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Foreword	42
French language abstracts	33
Editorial	25
Imprinting and the evolution of evaluation: A descriptive account of social impact evaluation methodological practice	13
Ethical reflexivity: A critical examination of ethics in public health intervention research	13
Organisational factors in evaluation use: results from a survey in five EU countries	11
Realistic evaluation of social inclusion	11
French language abstracts	11
Can we use deliberation to change evaluation systems? How an advisory group contributed to policy change	9
A graphical method for causal program attribution in theory-based evaluation	9
The transformational power of evaluation: Exploring long-term perspectives in evaluations of impacts and outcomes from the standpoint of practitioners	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	8
Text as data for evaluation: Natural language processing and large language models to generate novel insights from unstructured text data	8
A framework for evaluating women’s leadership programmes	7
Toward a citizen science framework for public policy evaluation: Lessons from a field experiment on Freedom of Information laws in Belgium	7
French language abstracts	7
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	7
What role should we play to be effective evaluators? – practitioner reflections	6
Personas for program evaluation: Insights from a gender-focused evaluation in Cambodia	6
DOME: A mixed-method evaluation of the impacts of complex programmes against educational poverty	6
Methodological bricolage, data pattern detection and realist explanation: A portfolio analysis of inclusive business support	6
Evaluation blogs, podcasts and webinars in 2024: A mid-year review	5
Editorial	5
Evaluation blogs, podcasts and webinars in the first half of 2025: Roundup review IV	5
Conducting focus groups in realist evaluation	5

Using digital technology to enhance youth participatory evaluation	4
A critical realist approach to systems thinking in evaluation	4
Post-truth and pathways for evaluators	4
How evaluation is understood and practised in the European Parliament	4
Evaluation during war: Current realities and future possibilities of Ukrainian monitoring and evaluation	4
Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways of making causal inference in evaluation research	4
Theory building from qualitative evaluation	4
News from the community	4
Choosing a qualitative comparative analysis solution in multi-method impact evaluation	4
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
Evaluating local system change using a comparative maturity matrix	3
Evaluation blogs, podcasts, and webinars in 2023: A roundup review	3
Theorizing how interventions work in evaluation: Process-tracing methods and theorizing process theories of change	3
Testing mechanisms using large-N qualitative comparative analysis in realistic evaluations	3
Editorial	3
Understanding the theoretical underpinnings of preventative early parenting interventions: A theory-based evaluation	3
A realist lens on implementation strategies: An opportunity for linking implementation and intervention processes and exploring unintended outcomes	3
Editorial	3
Evaluation through narratives: A practical case of Participatory Narrative Inquiry in women empowerment evaluation in Niger	3
Editorial	3