OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Anatomical Sciences Education 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Chinese anatomy educators' perceptions of blended learning in anatomy education: A national survey in the post‐COVID‐19 era	396
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	79
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Donor memorialization practices at religious institutions in the United States	52
The Integration of Prelaboratory Assignments within Neuroanatomy Augment Academic Performance, Increase Engagement, and Enhance Intrinsic Motivation in Students	51
Predictive factors of academic success in neuromusculoskeletal anatomy among doctor of physical therapy students	49
Histology as a paradigm for a science‐based learning experience: Visits by histology education spirits of past, present, and future	43
Departing from standard practices: Strategic application of value engineering in the anatomy laboratory to enhance formaldehyde extraction using high‐impact, low‐cost, and low‐maintenance solutions	40
Developing 3D models using photogrammetry for virtual reality training in anatomy	39
Show them what they can't see! An evaluation of the use of customized 3D printed models in head and neck anatomy	38
Commemoration of body donors in a religiously diverse society: A tale of two Korean medical schools	35
Empathy and cultural humility: Caribbean medical students' experience in Taiwan's Silent Teacher family interviews	31
Predicting performance in a doctor of physical therapy gross anatomy course based on an exploratory factor analysis of the anatomical self‐efficacy instrument	31
Effect of peer facilitation in anatomy small group curriculum on academic performance and retention: A pilot study	29
Three‐dimensional printing in anatomy education: Is it similarly useful for teaching of all anatomical regions and structures?	29
The value of in‐person undergraduate dissection in anatomical education in the time of Covid‐19	28
A comparison of pre‐ and post‐clinical education learning preferences among medical students who elected to dissect compared to those who did not during the COVID‐19 pandemic	27
3D wildlife skull models for wildlife veterinary training	27
Transforming histology students from passive lecture listeners into active lecture learners	27
Teaching respect for body donors: A US medical student perspective	25
21st Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA)	25
Student perceptions of remote versus on‐campus gross anatomy laboratories during COVID‐19	25
Motivational factors, attitudes, and knowledge about the cadaveric body donation program among body donors in Myanmar	24
Graduate anatomy education: How are we training the future generations of anatomy educators?	24
A librarian's view of APA PsycTests, a database for psychological tests and measures	23

Activating teaching philosophy statements: A call to action for anatomy educators	23
Anatomy as embodied resistance in an age of digital abstraction	23
Anatomy beyond the pandemic: A Q‐methodology study exploring student perceptions toward a hybrid curriculum	22
Israeli medical faculties' response to the COVID‐19 crisis vis‐à‐vis anatomical education: The cultivation of future academic leadership—A national mixed‐methods study	22
Does dissection influence weight bias among doctor of physical therapy students?	22
The importance of diverse and accurate descriptions of genital anatomy in textbooks	21
The question of dissection in medical training: Not just “if,” but “when”? A student perspective	21
Education Abstracts	21
Prior anatomy experience among medical students: What difference does it make?	20
Job prospects and career pathways for human anatomy graduates from the University of Otago: Implications for student support and professional development	20
The longitudinal development of low‐academic performance medical students' key self‐regulated learning processes during a basic sciences nervous system block using a combined diary intervention	20
Gaze and hand behaviors during haptic abilities testing—An update to multimedia learning theory	19
A new classmate in anatomy education: 3D anatomical modeling medical students’ engagement on learning through self‐prepared anatomical models	19
Naked eye three‐dimensional teaching assistant system applied to undergraduate medical imaging education: A pilot study	18
Faculty retirements will likely exacerbate the anatomy educator shortage	18
Universal design for learning in anatomy education of healthcare students: A scoping review	17
The current state of anatomy education in United States doctor of physical therapy programs	17
A randomized trial comparing cadaveric dissection and examination of prosections as applied surgical anatomy teaching pedagogies	17
Learning in context: Undergraduate students' knowledge and the content retention of anatomy between discipline‐specific and integrated course approaches	16
Open‐source large language models in medical education: Balancing promise and challenges	16
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	16
Design for assessment of dissection in anatomy laboratory based on group identification of structures and peer evaluation	15
Spatial Visualization of Human Anatomy through Art Using Technical Drawing Exercises	15
Current trends in anatomy course characteristics across US physician assistant programs	15
Update on the state of the anatomy educator shortage	15
Analysis of the ethical issues in authorship of collaborative research. Observations inspired by the historical case study of Gerard L. Blaes' (Blasius) claim to sole authorship of ‘Anatome medullae s	14
Creating a novel 3D‐printed model for teaching pelvic floor anatomy	14
Día de Muertos: A confluence of gross anatomy, culture, and spirituality	14
The Global Neuroanatomy Network: A new repository of open educational resources	14
Anxiety, emotions, and thoughts of veterinary medicine students during their first visit to the dissection room	14
The rise of ChatGPT: Exploring its potential in medical education	13
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	13
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 14, Issue 5, 2021 Cover Image	13
“The tactile realness of ‘life’ is hitting me in the face”: Unprompted student reflections of dissection using formalin‐ and Thiel‐embalmed donors	13
The effectiveness of immersive virtual reality as a student‐centered tool for learning neuroanatomy: A single‐blind randomized controlled trial with physiotherapy students	13
How students discern anatomical structures using digital three‐dimensional visualizations in anatomy education	13
Education Abstracts	13
Clinicians' opinions on the clinical relevance of anatomy education at Stellenbosch University	12
Do religious and cultural considerations militate against body donation? An overview and a Christian perspective	12
A comparison of student perspectives on body donation across healthcare professional programs: From prosection‐ to dissection‐based curricula	12
Application of augmented reality models of canine skull in veterinary anatomical education	12
Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities	12
Immersive virtual reality and augmented reality in anatomy education: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
Investigating the effectiveness of three‐dimensionally printed anatomical models compared with plastinated human specimens in learning cardiac and neck anatomy: A randomized crossover study	12
Bringing anatomy to life: Evaluating a novel ultrasound curriculum in the anatomy laboratory	12
Fostering uncertainty tolerance in anatomy education: Lessons learned from how humanities, arts and social science (HASS) educators develop learners' uncertainty tolerance	12
Comparing assisting technologies for proficiency in cardiac morphology: 3D printing and mixed reality versus CT slice images for morphological understanding of congenital heart d	11
Virtual sketching‐based dental anatomy module improves learners' abilities to use computer‐aided design to create dental restorations and prostheses	11
Reimagining human dissection in preclinical medical education using studio‐based learning: A retrospective pilot study	11
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Editorial Board and Table of Contents	11
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 18, Issue 6, 2025 Cover Image	11
Environmental sustainability in anatomy: A call for action	11
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Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2024 Cover Image	11
Personalization above anonymization? A role for considering the humanity and spirituality of the dead in anatomical education	10
Evaluating group dynamics through peer assessment during a global student collaboration of interprofessional healthcare education: A longitudinal study across 33 universities	10
“Lives and times”: The case for qualitative longitudinal research in anatomical sciences education	10
Survey sabotage: Insights into reducing the risk of fraudulent responses in online surveys	10
“Preparing them for the profession”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of anatomy educators coping with complexity in the United Kingdom curriculum	10
Current and potential use of fresh frozen cadaver in surgical training and anatomical education	10
Education Abstracts	10
Breaking barriers: The landscape of human and veterinary medical anatomy education and the potential for collaboration	10
“Don't fix the fumes but compromise the learning”: Response to the letter by Matthew J. Zdilla: “Sound off: Noise in the gross‐anatomy laboratory”	10
Implementing virtual reality technology to teach medical college systemic anatomy: A pilot study	10
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Flipped spotters learning model: An innovative student activity‐based strategy. A preparation tool for anatomy practical examinations in medical education	9
Radiology for anatomy educators: Success of an online, 2‐day course for radiology training	9
A pilot study exploring the effectiveness of binaural beats at reducing anxiety associated with cadaveric dissection	9
Promoting metacognition in an allied health anatomy course	9
Virtual reality in nursing anatomy education: Benefits and implementation considerations	9
The simulation paradox: Does perfecting virtual anatomy risk imperfecting professional empathy?	9
Prospective comparative study on enhancing geometrical mental representation and anatomical learning in medical students through modeling clay as an assessment tool	9
AI's ability to interpret unlabeled anatomy images and supplement educational research as an AI rater	9
Measuring students' perceptions of virtual reality for learning anatomy using the general extended technology acceptance model for E‐learning	9
Implementation of plastinated specimens in a Doctor of Physical Therapy human anatomy curriculum	9
A review of the ethical considerations for the use of 3D printed materials in medical and allied health education and a proposed collective path forward	9
Legislative harmonization for body donation in mainland China: A call for national reform	9
Perspectives of online anatomy teachers: A neglected study population struggles with the invisible student	8
Introducing medical students to cadaveric dissection: Which aspects of an orientation are most beneficial?	8
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Correction to Emerging trends on the anatomy teaching reforms in the last 10 years: Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace	8
Teaching human anatomy before during and after COVID‐19 pandemic: A longitudinal study on kinesiology students' performance, cognitive load, and congruent embodied learning	8
Remote learning during Covid‐19 lockdown: A study on anatomy and histology education for pharmacy students in Jordan	8
Macro and micro ethics in fetal and embryological collections: Exploring the paradigms of informed consent among Australian education‐focused stakeholders	8
The road to best practices in body donation	8
Is remote near‐peer anatomy teaching an effective teaching strategy? Lessons learned from the transition to online learning during the Covid‐19 pandemic	8
How human anatomy is being taught in entry‐level occupational therapy programs in the United States	8
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 17, Issue 9, 2024 Cover Image	8
Doing more with less: Realistic stereoscopic three‐dimensional anatomical modeling from smartphone photogrammetry	8
Effects of tablet‐based drawing and paper‐based methods on medical students' learning of gross anatomy	7
Enhancing exam question quality in medical education through bootstrapping	7
A limited global perspective on what makes anatomical public engagement good or bad	7
Education Abstracts	7
The role of spatial ability in mixed reality learning with the HoloLens	7
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The future of anatomy teaching post‐pandemic: An academic viewpoint	7
A picture's worth a thousand words: Enhancing qualitative data collection with rich pictures	7
Scoping review: The use of augmented reality in clinical anatomical education and its assessment tools	7
Interactive audio human organ model combined with team‐based learning improves the motivation and performance of nursing students in learning anatomy and physiology	7
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	7
#Anatomynotes: A temporal content analysis of anatomy education posts on Instagram	7
The effect of simulation‐based education before a cadaver dissection course	7
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 18, Issue 7, 2025 Cover Image	7
Unveiling disparity: A call to action for gender diversity in anatomy journal editorial teams	7
Responding to the healthcare workforce shortage: A scoping review exploring anatomical pathologists' professional identities over time	7
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	7
Correction to “The rise of ChatGPT: Exploring its potential in medical education”	7
Instagram Reels improve students' knowledge, motivation, perception, and satisfaction with anatomy and physiology	7
The combined effects of an anatomy program integrating drawing and gamification on basic psychological needs satisfaction among sport sciences students: Results of a natural experiment	6
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Emerging trends on the anatomy teaching reforms in the last 10 years: Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace	6
Editorial Board and Table of Contents	6
Musculoskeletal ultrasound training encourages self‐directed learning and increases confidence for clinical and anatomical appreciation of first‐year medical students	6
Sourcing and utilization of bodies of the deceased for medical education and research: An examination of West African universities	6
Development and implementation of a three‐dimensional (3D) printing elective course for health science students	6
Transfer of learning in histology: Insights from a longitudinal study	6
The importance of science communication and public engagement to professional associations	6
The impact of asynchronous online anatomy teaching and smaller learning groups in the anatomy laboratory on medical students’ performance during the Covid‐19 pandemic	6
The use of artificial intelligence to detect students' sentiments and emotions in gross anatomy reflections	6
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 18, Issue S1, 2025 Cover Image	6
Augmented and virtual reality in anatomy education: Can they be effective if they do not provide immersive experience?	6
Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 16, Issue 3, 2023 Cover Image	6
Effects of the individual three‐dimensional printed craniofacial bones with a quick response code on the skull spatial knowledge of undergraduate medical students	6
Promoting more future‐ready anatomy education after the Covid‐19 pandemic: A scoping review	6
Faith and facts: Exploring the intersection of religion and science among anatomy educators	6
Comparing the emotional experiences of students in similar dissection‐ and prosection‐based medical gross anatomy courses: A mixed‐methods study	6
Student's perspectives of inclusive practices in anatomy education	6