OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Universal Access in the Information Society is 7. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
An instrument for the determination of learning objects quality for students with visual impairment integrating the services theory (ILOBlind)	177
Falling through the net again: exploring the characteristics of internet dropout in China	119
Service-learning for accessibility: understanding WCAG errors and successes in Spanish city council websites	105
Designing effective adaptive serious games: multimodal interaction strategies for cognitive training in older adults with evidence from China	89
An audio MOOC framework for the digital inclusion of low literate people in the distance education process	60
Evaluating the accessibility and performance of government websites in Nigeria	49
Co-creating 360-degree videos with a social and educational approach: the mediaverse experiences	46
Ratings and experiences in using a mobile application to increase physical activity among university students: implications for future design	41
Analysis of the accessibility of selected massive open online courses (MOOCs) for users with disabilities	38
Factors influencing intention to engage in human–chatbot interaction: examining user perceptions and context culture orientation	33
A framework to improve the accessibility of social media account content	33
Expanding the lens: multi-institutional evidence on student use of ChatGPT in higher education	32
Conceptualization and survey instrument development for mobile application usability	31
Special issue on sign language translation and avatar technology	31
Dynamic detection of accessibility smells	31
Establishing the connection between speech-language pathologists and technology developers in designing novel textile-based AAC (TAAC) technologies	31
Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to address deepfake health misinformation	29
Applying theatre-based role-playing combined with AR and VR game strategies to enhance imagination and symbolic play skills in children with autism spectrum disorder	26
Integrating online meta-cognitive learning strategy and team regulation to develop students’ programming skills, academic motivation, and refusal self-efficacy of Internet use in a cloud classroom	24
What if conversational agents’ answers appear correct but are judgmental? Piloting the potential effect on people’s experience	23
Accessibility first: detecting frustration in web browsing for visually impaired and sighted smartphone users	23
Exploring an intelligent product service system for early cognitive intervention for Alzheimer’s disease	22
Participation in crowdsourcing micro-tasks: what motivates brazilian older adults?	22
Decreasing user engagement in clickbait: an ERP study on the effectiveness of warning labels in online platform	22
Web accessibility and inclusivity of tourist destinations at social media management. An intercultural analysis of Andalusia and Northern Morocco	22

Continued usage intention of novice and expert players in social network games	21
Do sentiments of professors feedback change after migrating from in-person to online modalities? Pre- and during COVID-19 experience	21
A software acceptance testing approach with accessibility for the deaf	21
An assistive technology based on Peirce’s semiotics for the inclusive education of deaf and hearing children	20
Accessibility of digital resources for students with disabilities in Kenyan public universities	20
Responsive inclusive design (RiD): a new model for inclusive software development	20
Assessing touchscreen operations under vibration: effects of vibrational environments, button size, and button spacing on digit- and letter-entry task performance	19
Optimizing a digital health education platform for the elderly: influences on annotation and interaction design	19
Neural machine translation from text to sign language	19
Usability and accessibility-based quality evaluation of Indian airline websites: An MCDM approach	19
Adoption of artificial intelligence artifacts: a literature review	18
Analysis of the digital accessibility of selected Polish government portals for persons with disabilities	18
Human–computer interaction perspectives on health technology design for elderly individuals and their caregivers	18
Beyond physical accessibility: a bibliometric analysis about the influence of digital communication and the use of technology on inclusive tourism in WCAG 3.0 era—tourism for all from a more accessibl	17
Assessing standards-driven accessibility in top video conferencing platforms	17
Technological profiles of primary and secondary school teachers: a data-driven approach to AI training design	17
Evaluating the usability and accessibility of judiciary websites: a multi-method study in Pakistan	17
Enhancing quality of life for the hearing-impaired: a holistic approach through the MoSIoT framework	17
Development and validation of progressive web application usability heuristics (PWAUH)	16
Does Facebook use influence users’ psychological well-being (PWB)? A literature review on trends and psychological well-being effects of Facebook use	16
Older adults’ user experience with introvert and extravert humanoid robot personalities	16
Development and application of a communication robot to improve the emotional state of elderly living alone	16
Exploring the social meaning interaction in AIGC audiobooks: a grounded theory study	15
Teaching methodology for people with intellectual disabilities: a case study in learning ballet with mobile devices	15
Can serious games measure your cognitive profile in adults? An innovative proposal to evaluate and stimulate cognitive skills	15
Enhancing engagement and emotional experience for older adults by animated prompts in AI-assisted drawing	15
Delving into the mental access of using digital public services in later life - peer tutors’ perspective	15
Universal and ecological design in media accessibility: finding common ground	14
Learning features and accessibility limitations of video conferencing applications: are people with visual impairment left behind	14
Robots for inclusive classrooms: a scoping review	14
Delving into the modeling and operation of energy communities as epicenters for systemic transformations	14
Voicing barriers: accessibility for visually impaired voiceover users on audio chat platforms	13
Web accessibility evaluation from the perception of people with disabilities: case of Argentina	13
Speech enhancement techniques for hearing aids: a systematic review	13
An inclusive framework for automated web content accessibility evaluation	13
A design toolkit for user acceptance and adoption: supporting designers in complex technology development	13
Analysis of instructors’ intention to use and experience of using cognitive training robots for older adults with mild cognitive impairment	13
Digital justice in the smart city: Developing a framework for participatory digitalisation strategies at the local level	13
Eleuteria App: designing an interactive system to support individuals with mild intellectual disabilities	13
Challenges and recommendations for eHealth usability evaluation with elderly users: systematic review and case study	13
Digital pedagogy in Indian sign language: requirement analysis and assistive technology based application	13
Omissions and inferential meaning-making in audio description, and implications for automating video content description	13
Impact of COVID-19 in the web accessibility of higher education institutions: a pending challenge	12
Diversity of experience: action, sensation, and immersion in audio descriptions of (visual) art	12
Video connecting families and social robots: from ideas to practices putting technology to work	12
Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	12
Visual authoring of virtual reality conversational scenarios for e-learning	12
The effective communication framework: a new approach to hearing assistive communication technologies	12
HCISLS: innovative sign language recognition system utilizing multi blocks convolutional method	12
Schools as living labs for the new European bauhaus	12

An Interaction Framework for Designing Systems for Virtual Home Assistants and People with Dysarthria	12
Large-scale study of web accessibility metrics	12
The usability and user experience of an interactive e-learning platform to empower older adults when using electronic personal health records: an online intervention study	12
Incentivizing paths for implementation of accessibility guidelines on Chinese municipal e-government websites: a qualitative comparative analysis	11
Readability of news websites: evaluating text and graphical content using a relevancy-based approach	11
Toward improved co-designing home care solutions based on personas and design thinking with older users	11
Research on the visual click enhancement strategy of VR hand-eye bimodal interaction	11
When faces trigger feelings: multi-stakeholder experiences, use, and expectations of facial-emotion learning technologies and materials for autistic people	11
Application of artificial intelligence techniques for supporting people with ASD: a systematic literature review	11
From CEFR classification to generative AI materials: designing and validating the LATILL platform	11
Somebody is watching me? Analyzing privacy preferences in using visual AAL technology considering human-, technology-, and context-related factors	11
The universal trend and shifts of digital learning: big data analysis for academic literature	11
Human-chatbot interaction studies through the lens of bibliometric analysis	10
Correction to: Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	10
The evolution of video game accessibility on Xbox consoles in the Far Cry game series	10
Multidimensional evaluation of teaching strategies adopted in the COVID-19 pandemic	10
A computational model for assisting individuals with suicidal ideation based on context histories	10
Affective game design elements for deep player engagement in indie games	10
Accessible Multilingual Audio based Image Alternative (ALT) description for the persons with visual impairment	9
Interactive communication in the process of physical education: are social media contributing to the improvement of physical training performance	9
Usability in human-robot collaborative workspaces	9
Optimizing inquiry-based science education: verifying the learning effectiveness of augmented reality and concept mapping in elementary school	9
Accessibility barriers in arabic news websites for visually impaired users: a mixed-method evaluation approach	9
Digital accessibility in disaster periods in Turkey: investigation of accessibility of web pages and mobile applications of the relevant organisations	9
Correction to: Machine translation from signed to spoken languages: state of the art and challenges	9
AI-powered real-time hand sign recognition: enhancing communication for the hearing- and speech-impaired community	9
Examining user switching between social Q&A platforms: a push–pull-mooring perspective	9
Systematic literature review of ambient assisted living systems supported by the Internet of Things	9
Enhancing child-machine interaction for Indian children speaking English as non-native language using hybrid CNN and customized dictionary	8
Realistic simulation for dataset generation in a mobile robotics educational context	8
Use case modeling in a research setting of developing an innovative pilgrimage support system	8
Enhancing emotional communication in nursing through haptic feedback: insights on intensity, perception, and usability	8
Game-based collaborative decision-making training: a framework and behavior analysis for a remote collaborative decision-making skill training game using multidimensional scaffolding	8
Unsupervised extraction of phonetic units in sign language videos for natural language processing	8
Teachers’ perceptions of generative AI in inclusive classrooms: enhancing engagement for students with learning disabilities	8
Bridging the gap between website accessibility and lexicography: information access in online dictionaries	8
Immersive learning in critical care: first experiences in Intensive Care Units for nursing students through low-cost virtual reality	8
Readability of online government information about welfare rights and benefits: the Israeli case	8
Digital accessibility and equity: the need for stronger regulations and the imperative of innovation	7
Enhancing elderly accessibility in multimedia kiosks: a universal and health-oriented design approach	7
Senior-centered design for mobile medication adherence applications based on cognitive and technology attributes	7
Enhancing visual arts accessibility: an AI-driven approach to audio description of paintings	7
VR multi-sensory Zaltman's metaphor elicitation technique: a new method for exploring the needs of older adults in social virtual reality	7
Turning manual web accessibility success criteria into automatic: an LLM-based approach	7
The puzzle of RehbeCa: an exergame for assessing cervicalgia	7
Evaluating the effectiveness of accessible websites for deaf users	7
Developing personas for live streaming commerce platforms with user survey data	7
Hand gesture recognition for user-defined textual inputs and gestures	7
Accessibility of drug information on ocular drug product websites in the United States	7
Research and prospects of virtual reality systems applying exoskeleton technology	7
A prototype real-time mobile application for Thai banknote recognition to support visually impaired persons	7