OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management is 1. 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
Higher education in the era of migration, displacement and internationalization	57
Generative AI in higher education: the chat GPT effect	52
The intersection of industry and academia: assessing the perceptions and experiences of industry professionals who transition to academic roles in higher education in the United States	30
Letter from the editors	26
Work and further study after university degree completion for equity groups	23
Balancing acts? Exploring the dynamics between quantity and quality in Chinese transnational higher education through data governance	21
Growth mindsets in academics and academia: a review of influence and interventions	19
Crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic response within an Australian higher education institution – a qualitative analysis	16
Applying a democratic evidence-based decision-making model: a case illustration of policy development at an Arab University	13
‘I’ve never felt more welcome and hopeful here’: home-grown leadership development programs and their impact on participants’ perceptions of themselves and their institution	13
Malaysian PhD graduates coming home: adjustment and adaptation to the research ecosystem	11
The impact of merit-based scholarships on enrolment yield: a branch campus case study	10
Letter from the editors	10
Digital communication, health & wellbeing in universities: a double-edged sword	9
Employability for inclusion: the urgent need for a biopsychosocial model perspective	9
A ‘proper’ woman? One woman’s story of success and failure in academia	8
Pathways to the creation of research capacities in Universities in developing countries: perspectives from a literature review	8
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector	8
Greening on-campus housing: blending commercial and higher education contexts	8
Balancing the books: how we can better support students who are parents	8
What are the digital skills sought by scientific employers in potential candidates?	8
The effectiveness of using online tools to help international students transition into university life: an Australian university case study	7
Building excellence in higher education: Singapore’s experience	7
A university framework for the responsible use of generative AI in research	7
The science of higher education: state higher education policy and the laws of scale The science of higher education: state higher education policy and the laws of scale	6

Higher education sector institutional diversity: an Australian case study	6
The significance of university practices in the repatriation of scholars: exploring one dimension of the push-pull framework in Vietnamese universities	6
Challenges of campus security guards in Ghanaian higher education: a case of a university’s satellite learning centres	6
Fewer restructures, more consultation, better recognition: key recommendations on tackling administrative burdens from Australian universities’ professional staff	6
An exploration of the health promotion activities implemented by universities: have we got the right balance?	6
Creating sustainable networks to enhance women’s participation in higher education in Papua New Guinea	6
Defining regionality for Australian higher education	5
Ombudsmen and Australian universities: learning from student complaints	5
Uncertain, collective and heroic leadership approaches to gender balance change among local leaders in academia	5
Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city	5
Potential implications of Australia’s new post-study work rights policy and factors for regional tertiary education leaders to consider	5
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during COVID-19: International Perspectives and Experiences	5
An integrated systems model for understanding experiences of academic leadership development in Qatar	5
Becoming legitimate academic subjects: Doing meaningful work in research administration	5
Occupational stress in University academics in Australia and New Zealand	4
Organisational characteristics as antecedents of enterprise security risk management adoption in Kenya’s accredited universities	4
Universities and regional engagement: from the exceptional to the everyday	4
Exploratory analysis of the perception of academic researchers about incentives: evidence from a Spanish public university	4
Letter from the editors	4
Technology enabled learning: Policy, pedagogy and practice	4
Eradicating dominant ideologies in higher education: the responsibility of campus leadership in developing a culturally-congruent education experience	4
Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities , edited by	4
Autism spectrum disorder: reconceptualising support for neurodiverse students in higher education	4
Managing Sustainable Performance and Governance in Higher Education Institutions: a dynamic performance management approach	4
Using self-determination theory as a lens to create sustainable futures for teaching and education focused academics in higher education in Australia	4
Pulling the strings: the apparatus of university policy production	4
Letter from the guest editors	4
The philosophy of higher education: a critical introduction	4
Mentor-coaching in an Australian HEA fellowship program: developing transformative learning and teaching leadership capability	3
What are the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the process of onboarding: a scoping review	3
Speaking out or remaining silent: university leaders’ reflections on Charlottesville	3
Academic middle leaders, middle leading and middle leadership of university learning and teaching: A systematic review of the higher education literature	3
Effects of Chinese academic management environments on international students’ academic experiences	3
Barriers to knowledge mobilisation: implications for responsible and inclusive research in higher education	3
Learning to ‘tell China’s story well’ : higher education policy and public diplomacy in Chinese international education	3
Cross-institutional teaching enhancement and distributed leadership: an empirical study informed by activity theory	3
Letter from the editors	3
Applying the principles of triage to support the rapid transition to online learning during the pandemic	3
Resisting neocolonial harm and localising global standards at international branch campuses: a comparative study of two Canadian cases	3
External university autonomy evaluations: the new autonomy ecology of Finnish universities	3
The department chair position: an autoethnography	3
Higher education design: Big deal partnership, technologies and capabilities	3
Resilience of higher education academics in the time of 21^st century pandemics: a narrative review	3
Indigenous data sovereignty in Australian higher education: paving the way for First Nations’ self-determination	3
Professional development for academic associate deans in higher education administration: a case for decision-making as an essential skill in learning to lead	3
Strategic and policy responses to intersectionality in higher education	2
Weaving the threads of identity: mapping the veteran experience across the student life cycle	2
Exploring the experiences of students with disabilities in work-integrated learning	2
Pushing limits in higher education: inclusion services’ perspectives on supporting students with learning disabilities in Spanish universities	2
The academic sabbatical as a symbol of change in higher education: from rest and recuperation to hyper-performativity	2

Advancing entrepreneurship education in universities: concepts and practices for teaching and support	2
The right to higher education: a political theory	2
Financial scenario modelling: a guide for universities	2
Exploring the notion of feminine leadership in Kuwait’s private universities	2
Perceived impacts of a viewpoint diversity law in Florida’s State Universities	2
Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach , edited by Prathamesh Padmakar Churi	2
A comparative study of home and host country effects on the academic performance of Chinese students in transnational education	2
‘It was like navigating uncharted waters’: exposing the hidden capitals and capabilities of the graduate marketplace	2
Employable me: Australian higher education and the employability agenda	2
A look at occupational stress in higher education through a transactional lens: insights from female academics in Qatar	2
Envisioning doctoral education as research hubs in Latin America (2011–2021): waves of evolution	2
Addressing skills shortages: vocational education and training in schools programs and the Universities Accord	2
Indonesian female academics and the pandemic: the challenges of COVID-19 and academic work	2
Challenging approaches to academic career-making Challenging approaches to academic career-making , by Celia Whitchurch, William Locke and Giulio Marini, London,	2
Affirmative recruitment of women in STEM: a case study	2
Managing the career effects of discrimination and motherhood: The role of collegial support for a caregiving policy at a research-intensive U.S. university	2
Leadership development in academia in the UAE: creating a community of learning	1
Explainable learning analytics to identify disengaged students early in semester: an intervention supporting widening participation	1
Equity challenges and opportunities in higher education: insights for Australia from South Africa	1
Guest editors’ letter	1
The mandatory Ethics and Governance courses in Fiji’s universities: institutional ecologies, teaching philosophies and the (ethical) future of tertiary education in the Pacific	1
Re-examining the ‘culture of silence’ through peer-based Pasifika pedagogies in a New Zealand tertiary environment	1
Higher education policy in developing and western nations: contemporary and emerging trends in local and global contexts Higher education policy in developing and western nations: conte	1
Internationalising learning in higher education: the challenges of English as a medium of instruction	1
International student withdrawal – the lived experience of five Syrian students on visa renewal in Malaysia	1
Nudge power in higher education: altering choice defaults to reduce student failure and associated debt	1
An international comparison of graduate outcome survey instruments: a critical reflection	1
Transforming assessment policy: improving student outcomes through an immersive block model	1
Letter from the editors	1
University brand building and recognition: experiences of a selected young university in China	1
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: a longitudinal qualitative study	1
Attitudes towards staff mentoring by senior leaders of a College of Education in Ghana	1
The idea of the university: towards a contemporary formulation	1
Essay	1
Administrative burden in higher education institutions: a conceptualisation and a research agenda	1
Mātai ako: Te Tiriti o Waitangi in learning and teaching	1
The development of Uzbekistan as a transnational higher education hub: government and institution rationales, and early outcomes	1
Effects of repeated implicit bias training in a North American university	1
Experiences of Senior Scholars and Professors Emeriti – a mixed methods study	1
Letter from the guest editors	1
Letter from the editors	1