OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Education and Information Technologies is 65. 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
Inferring learners’ affinities from course interaction data	525
Editorial for EAIT issue 7, 2023	414
An investigation of college students’ acceptance of AI-assisted reading tools: An expansion of the TAM and SDT	390
Simulating and evaluating individualized cognitive abilities of Iranian EFL learners in orthography acquisition using multi-layer perceptron neural network–gray wolf optimizer computational model	324
Correction: A mixed-methods study on the changes in teachers’ perceptions of and strategies for student-centred teaching in programming following teacher development courses	304
The effect of digital stories on primary school students’ creative writing skills	303
Evaluating self-directed learning competencies in digital learning environments: A meta-analysis	300
Factors influencing the use of digital technologies in primary mathematics teaching: Voices from Chinese educators	272
Blockchain-based online education content ranking	267
Automating student assessment using digital data to improve education management effectiveness in higher education institutions	230
Correction to: Advances in database systems education: Methods, tools, curricula, and way forward	181
Editorial for EAIT issue 12, 2023	176
Investigating the effect of prompts on learners’ academic help-seeking behaviours on the basis of learning analytics	173
The mediating role of mobile learning motivation in the relationship between pre-service teachers’ digital literacy and pre-service teacher identity	151
Correlation factors of translanguaging practices on English as a Foreign Language Contexts: the perception of Teachers	147
Blended classroom teaching equalizes educational inequality	133
Multi-technique comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for improving the prediction of teams’ performance	133
Web-based drawing for students with different learning styles and cognitive abilities	128
Designing a second-order progressive problem-based scaffold strategy to promote students’ writing performance in an SVVR environment	127
An exploration into the impact of augmented reality on EFL learners’ Reading comprehension	123
Teachers’ value beliefs and usage of one-to-one devices for students with dyslexia: A descriptive study	116
Comparative impact of Whatsapp chatbot technology and Glaser's teaching approaches on the academic performance of education economics students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria	108
Emotions as implicit feedback for adapting difficulty in tutoring systems based on reinforcement learning	107
Analysis of problem-solving strategies for the development of geometric imagination using eye-tracking	105
Teaching and learning computer programming using ChatGPT: A rapid review of literature amid the rise of generative AI technologies	104

Investigating online learners’ knowledge structure patterns by concept maps: A clustering analysis approach	104
Generative artificial intelligence attitude analysis of undergraduate students and their precise improvement strategies: A differential analysis of multifactorial influences	102
Determinants of the perceived usefulness (PU) in the context of using gamification for classroom-based ESL teaching: A scale development study	101
Exploring the interaction of cognition and emotion in small group collaborative discourse by Heuristic Mining Algorithm (HMA) and Inductive Miner Algorithm (IMA)	100
Addressing Emotions and Beliefs for Vulnerable Jobseekers with Virtual Reality	98
Modeling undergraduate students’ learning dynamics between self-regulated learning patterns and community of inquiry	97
The impact of applying challenge-based gamification program on students’ learning outcomes: Academic achievement, motivation and flow	96
Adoption model for a hybrid SEM-neural network approach to education as a service	94
Do Interactive Learning Environments Have an Effect on Learning Outcomes, Cognitive Load and Metacognitive Judgments?	91
How using a response system in blended synchronous seminars encourages online and onsite student participation	90
Efficacy of micro credential learning spaces in developing students’ twenty-first century skills: Towards graduate work readiness	89
Analytics-enabled authentic assessment design approach for digital education	88
Crosschecking teachers’ perspectives on learning in a one-to-one environment with their actual classroom behavior – a longitudinal study	87
Implement internet ethics education: What matters most?	86
Keeping students safe: the experiences of educators implementing monitoring applications in K-12 settings	85
The influence of personal attitude on instructor intent to integrate online collaborative activities	84
Algodoo based STEM education: A case study of pre-service science teachers	83
Instructors’ self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and challenges in transitioning to online learning	82
The impact of virtual teachers on learners in collaborative inquiry activities: An experimental study	82
The effect of cartoon images on children’s touchscreen learning	81
A comprehensive analysis of the role of artificial intelligence in aligning tertiary institutions academic programs to the emerging digital enterprise	80
Online Instructor Clusters: Implementation Frequency of Instructional Activities	80
Confronting bullying in the digital age: Role of Extended Reality	80
Understanding practicing and assessment of 21st-century skills for learners in makerspaces and FabLabs	78
Digital literacy skills of university students with visual impairment: A mixed-methods analysis	76
Influence of instructor’s facial expressions in video lectures on motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder	76
Does learning happen? A mixed study of online chat data as an indicator of student participation in an online English course	74
The relationship between academic performance and the interaction patterns of online students in learning management system	73
Prisons as sites of inequitable educational opportunities: Exploring the potential for educational technology behind bars	73
JEDi - a digital educational game to support student training in identifying portuguese-written fake news: Case studies in high school, undergraduate and graduate scenarios	73
Supporting learning and motivation with knowledge mapping in programming courses	70
Hybrid analysis of the learner’s online behavior based on learning style	70
The effect of using digital technology in the music education of elementary school students	69
Exploring a construct model for university makerspaces beyond curriculum	69
A structural equation model of second language writing strategies and their influence on anxiety, proficiency, and perceived benefits with online writing	69
Investigating the effectiveness of a HyFlex cyber security training in a developing country: A case study	68
Game-based learning platform to enhance cybersecurity education	67
The effect of online oral reading on reading comprehension, reading anxiety, and classroom anxiety among EFL learners	67
Medical education and COVID-19 pandemic: a crisis management model towards an evolutionary pathway	67
Analysing lecturers’ perceptions on traditional vs. distance learning: A conceptual study of emergency transferring to distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic	66
Perspective of dental medicine students learning in remote biochemistry laboratories during COVID-19	65
Learner success and the factors influencing it in computer programming MOOC	65
Student learning performance in online collaborative learning	65