OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Entertainment Computing 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Acceleration model of online educational games based on improved ensemble ML algorithm	114
Simulation of interactive E-learning mode based on association rule mining in computer English reading assistance system	66
A concise review of intelligent game agent	56
Paykan: Virtual reality gaming as a therapeutic tool for target panic disorder	40
Prevalence of Instagram addiction among Iranians: A countrywide online survey	39
Instruction pictograms for experience-based displays and their use cases	29
Individualization in serious games: A systematic review of the literature on the aspects of the players to adapt to	28
Two perspectives on gaming social capital among Korean adolescents’ gamers	28
Participatory Minecraft mapping: Fostering students participation in disaster awareness	26
Cross-regional analysis of RRM design and implementation in mobile games by developers in China, the EU, Japan, and the USA	26
Smartphone spectatorship in unenclosed environments: The physiological impacts of visual and sonic distraction during movie watching on mobile devices	25
Building imagination in 3D: The design by children with architecture and 3D printing	23
Notion meta-learner: A technique for few-shot learning in music genre recognition	22
DEEP: A model of gaming preferences informed by the hierarchical nature of goal-oriented cognition	22
Searching for traces of Kama Muta: Examining viewers’ responses to online videos	22
Adaptive mixed reality robotic games for personalized consumer robot entertainment	22
The relationship between esports game genres and cognitive performance: A comparison between first-person shooter vs. multiplayer online battle arena games in younger adults	21
Interpreting the mixed model of sustained engagement in online gamified learning: A dual analysis based on MPLUS and FSQCA	20
How environmental perception affects players’ in-game behaviors? Towards developing games in compliance with sustainable development goals	20
Improving migration forecasting for transitory foreign tourists using an Ensemble DNN-LSTM model	18
Schumann’s Papillons reimagined through emotion-driven LSTM composition: A pilot study	18
Entertainment robots based on swarm intelligence algorithm applied in remote dance performances	18
Serious video games and psychological support: A depression intervention among young cancer patients	18
Design and development of a gamified cognitive training program targeting executive functions for older adults	17
A revolutionizing multimedia game as a service (GaaS) language education: Enhanced Multi-Access edge computing and mixed reality for computer vision	17

Who Makes Popular Content? Information Cues from Content Creators for Users’ game Choice: Focusing on User-Created Content Platform “Roblox”	17
Effects of industrial design properties of game controllers on player experience	17
Construction of teaching game evaluation model based on ISSA-BPNN	16
Optimization of gamified Learning Education Model based on XR + 5G technology	15
In case players were wondering: A topic modelling and sentiment analysis study of community discussions on weapon cases in the CS:GO game	15
Sports game teaching and high precision sports training system based on virtual reality technology	15
Explainable e-sports win prediction through Machine Learning classification in streaming	14
Research on the application value of Multimedia-Based virtual reality technology in drama education activities	14
Predicting post-VR game experiences with wearable physiological sensors	13
Portrait of the City: Case Study on Bridging Place Identity and Emotional Engagement via Interactive Art Installations	13
Brain-computer interface controlled robotic choreography based on motor imagery EEG	13
Exploring game-based psychological empowerment and its motivational and wellbeing effects	13
An architecture for multi-layer object coding in 2D game streaming using shared data in a multi-user environment	12
A user-centered design approach for crafting personalized guided meditation	12
An AI-powered approach to the semiotic reconstruction of narratives	12
How to create positive word of mouth (WOM) in the world of gaming? The social side of multiplayer games	12
Aligning story and gameplay through narrative goals	12
Bridging psychological distance in Vlog News: How content characteristics influence user stickiness through emotional attachment and Uses and Gratifications	12
Movie recommendation based on ALS collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm with deep learning model	12
A practical approach based on Bluetooth Low Energy and Neural Networks for indoor localization and targeted devices’ identification by smartphones	12
Emotional recognition and feedback of students in English e-learning based on computer vision and face recognition algorithms	12
NeuroApp, serious games for enhancing neuroscience learning in undergraduate students: A pilot study	12
Optimization study of badminton sports training system based on MoileNet OpenPose lightweight human posture estimation model	11
“Pro Gamers” & Cyberbullying: Workplace bullying & sexual harassment in professional video gaming	11
Can entertainment and information gratifications influence compulsive short video app use? The pivotal function of immersive experience and emotional attachment	11
Using machine learning to identify the top predictors of adolescent’s interactive technology use for entertainment: Evidence from a longitudinal study	11
Social entertainment robot based on neural network algorithm in personalized music course simulation	11
The application of effective tracking model in the design of student knowledge education games	11
Prediction of psychological intervention for college students in digital entertainment media environment based on artificial intelligence and parallel computing algorithms	11
Dynamic and personalized video summarization towards sports entertainment	11
Streamlined approach to 2nd/3rd graders learning basic programming concepts	10
Smartphone addiction among children, adolescents and teenagers: mapping emerging and future direction	10
Trans* and gender diverse players: Avatars and gender-alignment	10
Modeling the user experience in virtual and real world transition by understanding the user goal value	10
Convolutional neural network and recommendation algorithm for the new model of college music education	10
Interweaving gaming and educational technologies: Clustering and forecasting the trends of game-based learning research by bibliometric and visual analysis	10
Twitch vs YouTube: Exploring how synchronicity is associated with social interaction and positive emotion among gaming video viewers	10
Analysis of facial recognition attendance technology based on artificial intelligence algorithms in political course e-learning teaching	10
Covariation among gaming motivations is correlated with anxiety and sociality: A latent class analysis	10
IVAL: Immersive Virtual Anatomy Laboratory for enhancing medical education based on virtual reality and serious games, design, implementation, and evaluation	10
The role of self-perception, media practices and synchronicity in the production of commented gameplay videos	10
Research on VR e-learning based on load balancing algorithm in intelligent music education system	10
To Kill or Not to Kill – An experimental test of moral Decision-Making in gaming	10
Structures of interaction for creating dramatic agency in epistemic narratives: Return of the Obra Dinn and Telling Lies as design exemplars	9
Learning through interactive artifacts: Personal fabrication using electrochromic displays to remember Atari women programmers	9
Research on E-learning interactive English vocabulary recommendation education system based on naive Bayes algorithm	9
Game provenance graph-based representation learning vs metrics-based machine learning: An empirical comparison on predictive game analytics tasks	9
HikePal: A mobile exergame to motivate people with intellectual disabilities to do outdoor physical activities	9
User entertainment experience analysis of artificial intelligence entertainment robots based on convolutional neural networks in park plant landscape design	9
Advancing personalized human-robot interaction in the smart world through emotional AI in entertainment robots	9

Research on deep learning video game simulation algorithm based on western wind music	9
Diabetes prediction using Hybrid Bagging Classifier	9
Enhancing ballet posture Teaching: Evaluation of a scientific computing model with motion capture integration	9
“Go-tcha!”: The social component of mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic and the benefits of playing Pokemon Go	9
Eight types of video game experience	9
Emergence of Player Tactics by expert-guided Machine Learning: An industry tower defence case study	8
Mining for Words: The effect of Minecraft on incidental vocabulary learning of young EFL learners	8
Simulation of E-learning in English personalized learning recommendation system based on Markov chain algorithm and adaptive learning algorithm	8
Relationship between long-term recreational video gaming and visual processing	8
Research on the design and application of 3D scene animation game entertainment system based on user motion sensing participation	8
Deep multimodal fusion for video game age rating classification	8
Identifying fighting, balanced, and territorial go player styles with deep learning	8
Understanding online pornography addiction: A systematic review of behavioral impacts, screening tools, and therapeutic interventions	8
The perceived risk and return, curiosity, and control analysis of online gambling intention among Gen Z and Millennials using extended UTAUT3	8
A multi-method approach to compare presence, fear induction and desensitization in survival horror games within the reality-virtuality-continuum	8
Supporting sustainable development goals through a gamified mHealth application for people with albinism in Africa	8
Virtual ecological landscape design of theme parks based on entertainment robots and VR devices	8
Solving nonograms using neural networks	8
WITHDRAWN: Sustainable practices in entertainment computing	8
E-learning application in english writing classroom based on neural machine translation and semantic analysis algorithms	8
Application of entertainment and fitness robots based on game interaction in sports training data analysis	8
Dynamic difficulty adjustment technique-based mobile vocabulary learning game for children with autism spectrum disorder	8
The construction of online game teaching intelligence platform based on DQN algorithm	8
Artificial intelligence robots based on machine learning and visual algorithms for interactive experience assistance in music classrooms	8
Construction of large scale English teaching corpus and e-learning system based on Apache Hadoop algorithm	8
Gaming disorder and its association with depression, social anxiety, and risk perception during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study using a Gaussian graphical model and moderated network models	7
Emotional competences and the interaction with digital games in childhood: Scoping review	7
Revenue effects of Denuvo digital rights management on PC video games	7
Simulation of e-learning visualization technology based on image enhancement in the communication mode of public performance art videos	7
Personalizing empathy training with immersive virtual reality games: Development and user experience study	7
Physical and/or cognitive warm-up effects on first-person shooter video-games performances	7
Immersive VR experience based on virtual robots in decorative material environment design simulation	7
Game environment art with modular architecture	7
Deep learning based next word prediction aided assistive gaming technology for people with limited vocabulary	7
Modernizing sports an intelligent strategy for entertainment through internet of things in sports	7
Action capture and VR interactive system for online experimental teaching	7
Toward using effective elements in adults’ amblyopia treatment in a virtual reality-based gamified binocular application	7
Application of gamification based virtual robots in urban landscape Design: Interaction and entertainment experience in the design process	7
How do fandom types differ? A taxonomy of K-pop fandom with network embedding	7
Collocated interactive outdoor games for children: A systematic literature review	7
What drives user churn in serious games? An empirical examination of the TAM, SOR theory, and game quality in Chinese cultural heritage games	7
Office Madness: Investigating the impact of a game using a real life job and programming scenario on player experience and perceived short-term learning	7
Evolution of global music trends: An exploratory and predictive approach based on Spotify data	7
Interactive digital narratives for mental resilience: Understanding the player experience of betwixt	7
The impossibility of a perfect tournament	7
Lock the look: Recommending trendy looks for fashion products using natural language processing	7
Hybrid data clustering algorithm and interactive experience in E-learning electronic course simulation of legal education	7
MUSYNERGY: A framework for music collaboration discovery based on neural networks and graph analysis	7
How do different game genres impact adolescent players’ problematic game use?	6
A new approach to compute deficiency number of Mahjong configurations	6
MCGA: An effective method for enhancing multi-agent coordination to boost performance in the real-time strategy game	6
What makes an ideal team? Analysis of Popular Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games	6
Entertainment analysis in gaming model for business management with decision making and Machine learning model	6
Sensor based interactive digital entertainment and gamified training to alleviate basketball player fatigue	6
Evolving action pre-selection parameters for MCTS in real-time strategy games	6
Towards a new generation of digital games designed with the basics of psychological theories to improve primary school pupils’ psychological and technical skills in learning arithmetic	6
Game-changing intelligence: Unveiling the societal impact of artificial intelligence in game software	6
Unveiling gender bias in LLM-generated hero and heroine narratives	6
Designing health: the evolution of medical narratives in video games	6
EnTube: Exploring key video features for advancing YouTube engagement	6
Using provenance and replay for qualitative analysis of gameplay sessions	6
Deep analysis on the color language in film and television animation works via semantic segmentation technique	6
Applying motivational techniques for user adherence to adopt a healthy lifestyle in a gamified application	6
Characteristics determining customer’s preferences for OTT video streaming: A multivariate analysis	6
Bring game characters to the social space: Developing storytelling community AI agents driven by LLMs	6
Gamification and personality: Exploring the impact on consumer engagement and purchase intention	6
Social robot assisted music course based on speech sensing and deep learning algorithms	6
Design of an English vocabulary e-learning recommendation system based on word bag model and recurrent neural network algorithm	6
Factors affecting continuous purchase intention of fashion products on social E-commerce: SOR model and the mediating effect	6
Analyzing product design system application children’s toys based on sustainable materials and processes	6
More than just a game: Understanding how internet games are used in times of stress	6
BI in simulation analysis with gaming for decision making and development of knowledge management	6
The enduring appeal of Mahjong: Navigating the challenges of AI integration	6