OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Universal Access in the Information Society is 6. 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
Falling through the net again: exploring the characteristics of internet dropout in China	76
Evaluating an accessibility intervention based on persona cards with diverse needs to teach accessibility to undergraduate students	67
Analysis of the accessibility of selected massive open online courses (MOOCs) for users with disabilities	67
An instrument for the determination of learning objects quality for students with visual impairment integrating the services theory (ILOBlind)	50
Universal access in the information Society (2001–2021): knowledge, experience, challenges and new perspectives	45
An audio MOOC framework for the digital inclusion of low literate people in the distance education process	43
Factors influencing intention to engage in human–chatbot interaction: examining user perceptions and context culture orientation	42
Ratings and experiences in using a mobile application to increase physical activity among university students: implications for future design	32
A framework to improve the accessibility of social media account content	32
What do faculty members know about universal design and digital accessibility? A qualitative study in computer science and engineering disciplines	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	27
Conceptualization and survey instrument development for mobile application usability	25
Special issue on sign language translation and avatar technology	24
Dynamic detection of accessibility smells	22
A smartphone-based program enabling people with intellectual and other disabilities to access leisure, communication, and functional activities	22
Accessibility first: detecting frustration in web browsing for visually impaired and sighted smartphone users	21
Web accessibility and inclusivity of tourist destinations at social media management. An intercultural analysis of Andalusia and Northern Morocco	21
Participation in crowdsourcing micro-tasks: what motivates brazilian older adults?	20
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	18
Establishing the connection between speech-language pathologists and technology developers in designing novel textile-based AAC (TAAC) technologies	18
Technology-enhanced and game based learning for children with special needs: a systematic mapping study	17
Untangling factors influencing social networking sites use among older adults: a literature review	17
Optimizing a digital health education platform for the elderly: influences on annotation and interaction design	16
Continued usage intention of novice and expert players in social network games	16
A software acceptance testing approach with accessibility for the deaf	16

Responsive inclusive design (RiD): a new model for inclusive software development	16
Decreasing user engagement in clickbait: an ERP study on the effectiveness of warning labels in online platform	16
Neural machine translation from text to sign language	16
Mobile learning for hearing-impaired children: Review and analysis	16
An assistive technology based on Peirce’s semiotics for the inclusive education of deaf and hearing children	15
Adoption of artificial intelligence artifacts: a literature review	14
Assessing touchscreen operations under vibration: effects of vibrational environments, button size, and button spacing on digit- and letter-entry task performance	14
Usability and accessibility-based quality evaluation of Indian airline websites: An MCDM approach	14
Exploring an intelligent product service system for early cognitive intervention for Alzheimer’s disease	13
Do sentiments of professors feedback change after migrating from in-person to online modalities? Pre- and during COVID-19 experience	12
Assessing standards-driven accessibility in top video conferencing platforms	12
Enhancing quality of life for the hearing-impaired: a holistic approach through the MoSIoT framework	12
Analysis of the digital accessibility of selected Polish government portals for persons with disabilities	12
Universal and ecological design in media accessibility: finding common ground	12
Accessibility of public library websites in the United States	12
Does Facebook use influence users’ psychological well-being (PWB)? A literature review on trends and psychological well-being effects of Facebook use	12
An inclusive framework for automated web content accessibility evaluation	11
Development and application of a communication robot to improve the emotional state of elderly living alone	11
Teaching methodology for people with intellectual disabilities: a case study in learning ballet with mobile devices	11
Development and validation of progressive web application usability heuristics (PWAUH)	11
Older adults’ user experience with introvert and extravert humanoid robot personalities	11
Robots for inclusive classrooms: a scoping review	11
Can serious games measure your cognitive profile in adults? An innovative proposal to evaluate and stimulate cognitive skills	11
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	10
AET tool for hybrid accessibility evaluation	10
Delving into the modeling and operation of energy communities as epicenters for systemic transformations	10
Voicing barriers: accessibility for visually impaired voiceover users on audio chat platforms	10
Delving into the mental access of using digital public services in later life - peer tutors’ perspective	10
Exploring factors affecting consumers' adoption of wearable devices to track health data	10
Omissions and inferential meaning-making in audio description, and implications for automating video content description	10
Gender-sensitive tools and materials for women empowerment in STEM: a systematic review with industrial and instructional recommendations and implications	10
Learning features and accessibility limitations of video conferencing applications: are people with visual impairment left behind	10
Web accessibility evaluation from the perception of people with disabilities: case of Argentina	9
Impact of COVID-19 in the web accessibility of higher education institutions: a pending challenge	9
Visual authoring of virtual reality conversational scenarios for e-learning	9
The effective communication framework: a new approach to hearing assistive communication technologies	9
Smart Workplaces for older adults: coping ‘ethically’ with technology pervasiveness	9
Challenges and recommendations for eHealth usability evaluation with elderly users: systematic review and case study	9
HCISLS: innovative sign language recognition system utilizing multi blocks convolutional method	9
Digital pedagogy in Indian sign language: requirement analysis and assistive technology based application	9
Designing accessible visual programming tools for children with autism spectrum condition	9
Diversity of experience: action, sensation, and immersion in audio descriptions of (visual) art	9
An Interaction Framework for Designing Systems for Virtual Home Assistants and People with Dysarthria	9
Analysis of instructors’ intention to use and experience of using cognitive training robots for older adults with mild cognitive impairment	9
Schools as living labs for the new European bauhaus	8
Beyond “do not touch”: the experience of a three-dimensional printed artifacts museum as an alternative to traditional museums for visitors who are blind and partially sighted	8
Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study	8
Multidimensional evaluation of teaching strategies adopted in the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Somebody is watching me? Analyzing privacy preferences in using visual AAL technology considering human-, technology-, and context-related factors	8
Video connecting families and social robots: from ideas to practices putting technology to work	8

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	8
Accessibility barriers in arabic news websites for visually impaired users: a mixed-method evaluation approach	8
A computational model for assisting individuals with suicidal ideation based on context histories	8
Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	8
Large-scale study of web accessibility metrics	8
Toward improved co-designing home care solutions based on personas and design thinking with older users	8
The evolution of video game accessibility on Xbox consoles in the Far Cry game series	8
Usability in human-robot collaborative workspaces	7
Examining user switching between social Q&A platforms: a push–pull-mooring perspective	7
Systematic literature review of ambient assisted living systems supported by the Internet of Things	7
The impact of reading fluency level on interactive information retrieval	7
Correction to: Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	7
Bridging the gap between website accessibility and lexicography: information access in online dictionaries	7
Usability of a telehealth solution based on TV interaction for the elderly: the VITASENIOR-MT case study	7
Human-chatbot interaction studies through the lens of bibliometric analysis	7
Tailoring assistive smart glasses according to pathologies of visually impaired individuals: an exploratory investigation on social needs and difficulties experienced by visually impaired individuals	7
Enhancing child-machine interaction for Indian children speaking English as non-native language using hybrid CNN and customized dictionary	6
Interactive communication in the process of physical education: are social media contributing to the improvement of physical training performance	6
An analysis of the utility of digital materials for high school students with intellectual disability and their effects on academic success	6
VR multi-sensory Zaltman's metaphor elicitation technique: a new method for exploring the needs of older adults in social virtual reality	6
Digital accessibility in disaster periods in Turkey: investigation of accessibility of web pages and mobile applications of the relevant organisations	6
Optimizing inquiry-based science education: verifying the learning effectiveness of augmented reality and concept mapping in elementary school	6
Use case modeling in a research setting of developing an innovative pilgrimage support system	6
Customized daltonization: adaptation of different image types for observers with different severities of color vision deficiencies	6
Correction to: Machine translation from signed to spoken languages: state of the art and challenges	6
Readability of online government information about welfare rights and benefits: the Israeli case	6
A prototype real-time mobile application for Thai banknote recognition to support visually impaired persons	6
Developing personas for live streaming commerce platforms with user survey data	6
Hand gesture recognition for user-defined textual inputs and gestures	6