OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Educational Research Review is 8. 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
Meta-analysis on the relation between visuomotor integration and academic achievement: Role of educational stage and disability	295
Neurodiversity and cognitive load in online learning: A systematic review with narrative synthesis	242
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of functional literacy interventions for adults	188
Editorial Board	186
When personal becomes relational: A meta-analysis and narrative review on personality traits and children's affective relationships with adults	170
Navigating the Double-Edged Sword: A Meta-analysis of the Effect of Digital Games on 21st Century Skills	162
Computer-based assessment of collaborative problem solving skills: A systematic review of empirical research	151
Meta-analysis on the relation between acculturation and academic performance: Testing the immigrant paradox	101
On the role of linguistic features for comprehension and learning from STEM texts. A meta-analysis	83
Dropout from initial vocational training – A meta-synthesis of reasons from the apprentice's point of view	82
Social networks in the transition from higher education to work: A systematic review	77
Editorial Board	75
What is next in mobile-assisted reading? Insights from a decade of eye tracking research into cognitive processes	71
Learning about, from and with other professions: A systematic review of interprofessional education within psychology teaching programs	64
The I of students with ID or SEBD: A systematic literature review of the self-concept of students with ID or SEBD	60
Taking the maker movement to school: A systematic review of preK-12 school-based makerspace research	56
Enhancing teacher-student relationship quality: A narrative review of school-based interventions	55
A meta-analysis of almost 40 Years of research: Unreleasing the power of written expression in students with learning disabilities	55
Effectiveness of grade retention: A systematic review and meta-analysis	55
A Worthwhile Endeavor? A meta-analysis of research on formalized novice teacher induction programs	52
A systematic review of the role of learning games in fostering mathematics education in K-12 settings	47
Knowledge sharing among academics in higher education: A systematic literature review and future agenda	45
Students coping with change in higher education: An overview	45
Learning with visualizations helps: A meta-analysis of visualization interventions in mathematics education	45
The association between principal leadership and student achievement: A multivariate meta-meta-analysis	44

The development of students critical thinking abilities and dispositions through the concept mapping learning method – A meta-analysis	43
Unveiling the competencies at the core of lifelong learning: A systematic literature review	42
Inclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities in physical education: A systematic review and meta-analysis of teachers’ attitudes	41
Systematic review of the operational definitions and indicators of teacher communities	40
Effects of self-assessment and peer-assessment interventions on academic performance: A meta-analysis	40
Can e-books foster child language? Meta-analysis on the effectiveness of e-book interventions in early childhood education and care	38
The association between teacher self-efficacy and student academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Relation between examinees’ true knowledge and examination scores: systematic review and exemplary calculations on Multiple-True-False items	37
A systematic review of the key components of online peer feedback practices in higher education	36
From teacher motivation to teaching behaviour: A systematic review and theoretical framework of the mediating processes	35
The instructor presence effect and its moderators in instructional video: A series of meta-analyses	33
Personalization through adaptivity or adaptability? A meta-analysis on simulation-based learning in higher education	33
Computational thinking in early childhood education: Reviewing the literature and redeveloping the three-dimensional framework	32
A meta-analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on student achievement	32
A review of feedback models and typologies: Towards an integrative model of feedback elements	32
Editorial Board	31
School-based teaching for democracy: A systematic review of teaching methods in quantitative intervention studies	30
Short and long-term effects of out-of-school learning activities on student achievement: A mixed-research synthesis	29
Fifty years of parental involvement and achievement research: A second-order meta-analysis	29
Examining research on the impact of distance and online learning: A second-order meta-analysis study	29
Does co-teaching improve academic achievement for students with disabilities? A meta-analysis	28
A meta-analysis of the correlation between teacher self-efficacy and teacher resilience: Concerted growth and contextual variance	28
A systematic review of teacher roles and competences for teaching synchronously online through videoconferencing technology	27
AI-driven learning analytics applications and tools in computer-supported collaborative learning: A systematic review	24
Towards evidence-based music teaching and learning: A meta-analysis	23
The evaluation of school-university partnerships that improve teaching and learning practices: A systematic review	22
Transition to formal schooling of children with disabilities: A systematic review	22
Higher education teachers’ understandings of and challenges for inclusion and inclusive learning environments: A systematic literature review	22
The cohesion of small groups in technology-mediated learning environments: A systematic literature review	21
A meta-analytic review on incorporating virtual and augmented reality in museum learning	21
The effect of teacher training programs on pre-service and in-service teachers’ global competence: A meta-analysis	21
Writing instruction improves students’ writing skills differentially depending on focal instruction and children: A meta-analysis for primary grade students	20
The effects of physical activity interventions on prereading, early word recognition and spelling development in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Effectiveness of relationships and sex education: A systematic review of terminology, content, pedagogy, and outcomes	19
Uncovering important 21st-century skills for sustainable career development of social sciences graduates: A systematic review	19
Literature review – Parent involvement and mathematic outcome	19
Establishing a dynamic understanding of factors that influence university students’ leadership approaches, perceptions, and skills through a systematic literature review	19
Educational leader wellbeing: A systematic review	18
How do physical or sensory early childhood education and care environment factors affect children's social and emotional development? A systematic scoping review	18
A systematic review of evidence-based design and pedagogical principles in educational virtual reality environments	18
A systematic review of mindset interventions in mathematics classrooms: What works and what does not?	18
What makes peer collaborative problem solving productive or unproductive: A qualitative systematic review	18
A systematic review of the association between social and emotional competencies and student engagement in youth	18
Rebooting assessment. Exploring the challenges and benefits of shifting from pen-and-paper to computer in summative assessment	18
Conceptualizing mentoring in higher education: A systematic literature review	18
A systematic review of immersive technology applications for medical practice and education - Trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents, evaluation methods, and performance	18
Qualitative methods to assess intercultural competence in higher education research: A systematic review with practical implications	16
Translating neuroscience to early childhood education: A scoping review of neuroscience-based professional learning for early childhood educators	15
Editorial Board	15
Active learning strategies in video learning: A meta-analysis	15

Editorial Board	15
Quotation accuracy in educational research articles	14
The effects of affective pedagogical agent in multimedia learning environments: A meta-analysis	14
A systematic review on how educators teach AI in K-12 education	14
Approaches to studying teacher collaboration for instructional improvement: A review of literature	14
Effective master's thesis supervision – A summative framework for research and practice	14
Synthesizing research evidence on self-regulated learning and academic achievement in online and blended learning environments: A scoping review	14
Evaluating methodological quality of meta-analyses: A case study of meta-analyses on associations between parental involvement and students’ learning outcomes	13
Relationships between risk factors, protective factors and achievement outcomes in academic resilience research: A meta-analytic review	12
Editorial Board	12
Effects of virtual reality on learning outcomes in K-6 education: A meta-analysis	12
Examining pedagogical approaches and types of mathematics knowledge in educational games: A meta-analysis and critical review	12
Computer-assisted word reading intervention effects throughout the primary grades: A meta-analysis	12
The impact of Covid-19 on student achievement: Evidence from a recent meta-analysis	12
A systematic review of bilingual education teachers’ competences	12
Editorial Board	12
Improving primary to secondary school transitions: A systematic review of school-based interventions to prepare and support student social-emotional and educational outcomes	11
Beyond inquiry or direct instruction: Pressing issues for designing impactful science learning opportunities	11
Teacher noticing: A systematic literature review of conceptualizations, research designs, and findings on learning to notice	11
New section “Discourses and Rejoinders” in the Journal Educational Research Review	11
Measuring those who have their minds set: An item-level meta-analysis of the implicit theories of intelligence scale in education	11
A meta-synthesis of co-teaching students with and without disabilities	11
Characteristics of interprofessional collaboration between educational psychological services and schools: A scoping review	10
Does interest fit between student and study program lead to better outcomes? A meta-analysis of vocational interest congruence as predictor for academic success	10
The relationship between teacher talk and students’ academic achievement: A meta-analysis	10
Sense of belonging in undergraduate computing students: A scoping review	10
Theoretical foundations and approaches in research on educational escape rooms: A systematic review	10
LASSI's great adventure: A meta-analysis of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and academic outcomes	10
Supportive school strategies for sexually and gender diverse students: A meta-analysis of the associations with bullying-victimization experiences and feelings of school safety	10
A systematic review of the role of dialogic leadership: Characterization and impacts	9
Children's self-talk in naturalistic classroom settings in middle childhood: A systematic literature review	9
Features of digital media which influence social interactions between adults and children aged 2–7 years during joint media engagement: A multi-level meta-analysis	9
Editorial Board	9
Editorial Board	9
Measuring academic resilience in quantitative research: A systematic review of the literature	8
Does combining real and virtual experiments improve learning achievement in physics? Evidence from a meta-analysis (2001–2021)	8
The role of linguistic features in science and math comprehension and performance: A systematic review and desiderata for future research	8
Review of research on design thinking in K-12 education	8
The definition and measurement of sense of belonging in higher education: A systematic literature review with a special focus on students’ ethnicity and generation status in higher education	8
Using learning progress monitoring to promote academic performance? A meta-analysis of the effectiveness	8