OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Education and Information Technologies is 79. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial for EAIT issue 7, 2023	929
Simulating and evaluating individualized cognitive abilities of Iranian EFL learners in orthography acquisition using multi-layer perceptron neural network–gray wolf optimizer computational model	648
Editorial for EAIT issue 12, 2023	573
Blended classroom teaching equalizes educational inequality	536
Implement internet ethics education: What matters most?	522
Keeping students safe: the experiences of educators implementing monitoring applications in K-12 settings	353
Prisons as sites of inequitable educational opportunities: Exploring the potential for educational technology behind bars	329
Supporting learning and motivation with knowledge mapping in programming courses	328
The relationship between academic performance and the interaction patterns of online students in learning management system	310
Online Instructor Clusters: Implementation Frequency of Instructional Activities	295
JEDi - a digital educational game to support student training in identifying portuguese-written fake news: Case studies in high school, undergraduate and graduate scenarios	261
Addressing Emotions and Beliefs for Vulnerable Jobseekers with Virtual Reality	256
Correction: A mixed-methods study on the changes in teachers’ perceptions of and strategies for student-centred teaching in programming following teacher development courses	252
Correction to: Advances in database systems education: Methods, tools, curricula, and way forward	229
Horror VR as a tool supporting the emotional training of students of the uniformed services. Results of a research experiment	220
When the push and pull factors in digital educational resources backfire: the role of digital leader in digital educational resources usage	195
Evaluating the effectiveness of immersive VR on performance and user experience in STEM learning: a media-comparison study	191
The effect of digital stories on primary school students’ creative writing skills	188
Confronting bullying in the digital age: Role of Extended Reality	183
Algodoo based STEM education: A case study of pre-service science teachers	176
A comprehensive analysis of the role of artificial intelligence in aligning tertiary institutions academic programs to the emerging digital enterprise	176
Beyond a single role: Justifying a role-adaptive framework for ai companions through a comparative study in elementary book talk	175
Teachers’ value beliefs and usage of one-to-one devices for students with dyslexia: A descriptive study	173
Hybrid analysis of the learner’s online behavior based on learning style	171
Perspective of dental medicine students learning in remote biochemistry laboratories during COVID-19	171

Exploring the interaction of cognition and emotion in small group collaborative discourse by Heuristic Mining Algorithm (HMA) and Inductive Miner Algorithm (IMA)	165
Web-based drawing for students with different learning styles and cognitive abilities	160
Investigating online learners’ knowledge structure patterns by concept maps: A clustering analysis approach	160
Correlation factors of translanguaging practices on English as a Foreign Language Contexts: the perception of Teachers	153
Efficacy of micro credential learning spaces in developing students’ twenty-first century skills: Towards graduate work readiness	151
Analysis of problem-solving strategies for the development of geometric imagination using eye-tracking	151
Emotions as implicit feedback for adapting difficulty in tutoring systems based on reinforcement learning	146
The mediating role of mobile learning motivation in the relationship between pre-service teachers’ digital literacy and pre-service teacher identity	145
Teacher-student interaction modes in smart classroom based on lag sequential analysis	139
Comparative impact of Whatsapp chatbot technology and Glaser's teaching approaches on the academic performance of education economics students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria	137
Analytics-enabled authentic assessment design approach for digital education	134
The impact of virtual teachers on learners in collaborative inquiry activities: An experimental study	132
A systemic and longitudinal examination on professional development initiatives followed by the implementation of 1:1 coverage of digital device in primary and secondary schools	132
Artificial intelligence dependency among educators: a scale development and validation study	131
Learner success and the factors influencing it in computer programming MOOC	129
Enhancing the 4Cs among college students of a communication skills course in Tanzania through a project-based learning model	125
Automating student assessment using digital data to improve education management effectiveness in higher education institutions	114
Factors influencing the use of digital technologies in primary mathematics teaching: Voices from Chinese educators	109
The effect of a technology-enhanced collaborative learning environment on secondary school students’ mathematical reasoning: A mixed method design	109
Student experience and digital storytelling: Integrating the authentic interaction of students work, life, play and learning into the co-design of university teaching practices	106
The effect of using digital technology in the music education of elementary school students	105
A cross-sectional look at teacher reactions, worries, and professional development needs related to generative AI in an urban school district	105
Understanding practicing and assessment of 21st-century skills for learners in makerspaces and FabLabs	104
Determinants of the perceived usefulness (PU) in the context of using gamification for classroom-based ESL teaching: A scale development study	103
Use and aspects of generative artificial intelligence in the educational system among leadership personnel	103
Exploring the transformative power of GenAI in education: an exploratory journey from social studies classes	102
Empowering pre-service teachers with generative AI: a GenAI-TPACK-based approach to digital storytelling	102
Technology integration in emergency remote teaching: teachers’ self-efficacy and sense of success	101
The effect of online oral reading on reading comprehension, reading anxiety, and classroom anxiety among EFL learners	100
AI-assisted automated scoring of picture-cued writing tasks for language assessment	99
Investigating the effect of prompts on learners’ academic help-seeking behaviours on the basis of learning analytics	98
Enhancing teachers’ resilience during difficult times utilizing online gamification	98
How using a response system in blended synchronous seminars encourages online and onsite student participation	96
From marginalization to empowerment: Investigating the role of digital technology in reducing social exclusion for children with disabilities in Egyptian schools	95
Analysis of cyber security knowledge gaps based on cyber security body of knowledge	94
Designing a second-order progressive problem-based scaffold strategy to promote students’ writing performance in an SVVR environment	92
Influence of instructor’s facial expressions in video lectures on motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder	92
Instructors’ self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and challenges in transitioning to online learning	92
Generative artificial intelligence attitude analysis of undergraduate students and their precise improvement strategies: A differential analysis of multifactorial influences	91
Evaluating self-directed learning competencies in digital learning environments: A meta-analysis	91
Design and evaluation of a remote synchronous gamified mathematics teaching activity that integrates multi-representational scaffolding and a mind tool for gamified learning	89
Innovative music education: Using an AI-based flipped classroom	85
Investigating teachers’ attitude toward integration of ChatGPT in language teaching and learning in higher education	84
Factors effecting digital citizenship in education sector: A systematic review and future direction	84
Supporting learning difficulties with e-book based on context-based teaching strategy from social perspective: design and experience	84
The impact of applying challenge-based gamification program on students’ learning outcomes: Academic achievement, motivation and flow	83
Application and effect analysis of virtual reality technology in vocational education practical training	83
An investigation of college students’ acceptance of AI-assisted reading tools: An expansion of the TAM and SDT	82
Teaching and learning computer programming using ChatGPT: A rapid review of literature amid the rise of generative AI technologies	81
Modeling undergraduate students’ learning dynamics between self-regulated learning patterns and community of inquiry	81

Unpacking perceived risks and AI trust influences pre-service teachers’ AI acceptance: A structural equation modeling-based multi-group analysis	80
The effect of cartoon images on children’s touchscreen learning	80
Understanding EFL students’ chatbot-assisted argumentative writing: An activity theory perspective	80
Development and application of a leisure digital reading motivation questionnaire for university students	79
Ethical principles for artificial intelligence in education	79