OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Stem Education is 31. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
“That’s just the way it is”: bullying and harassment in STEM academia	276
Teamwork dynamics in the context of large-size software development courses	225
Beyond “study skills”: a curriculum-embedded framework for metacognitive development in a college chemistry course	178
Enhancing programming learning performance through a Jigsaw collaborative learning method in a metaverse virtual space	160
Predicting implementation of active learning by tenure-track teaching faculty using robust cluster analysis	140
Characteristics of interactive classrooms that first year students find helpful	112
How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps	95
The implementation of peer assessment as a scaffold during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning in secondary STEM education	80
Which evidence-based teaching practices change over time? Results from a university-wide STEM faculty development program	74
A decade of advancing development, diversity, engagement, and excellence in STEM education	68
The impact of AI-assisted pair programming on student motivation, programming anxiety, collaborative learning, and programming performance: a comparative study with traditional pair programming and in	58
Exploring instructional design in K-12 STEM education: a systematic literature review	58
Utilizing an NLP-supported mobile reflection application to explore academic engagement, application engagement, and performance in engineering and physics courses	57
Investigation of STEM fields motivation among female students in science education colleges	57
Validity, acceptability, and procedural issues of selection methods for graduate study admissions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a mapping review	53
A systematic review of STEM teacher recruitment and retention interventions	48
Perceived network bridging influences the career commitment decisions of early career teachers	48
Whose ability and growth matter? Gender, mindset and performance in physics	46
The computational thinking for science (CT-S) framework: operationalizing CT-S for K–12 science education researchers and educators	46
LUPDA: a comprehensive rubrics-based assessment model for STEAM education	45
Enhancing STEM outcomes through mentorship (Mis)matching: an identity grafting approach	38
“Weebles wobble but they also commit to lifelong relationships”: teachers’ transdisciplinary learning in computational play	37
STEM education institutional change projects: examining enacted approaches through the lens of the Four Categories of Change Strategies Model	35
What do integrated STEM projects look like in middle school and high school classrooms? A systematic literature review of empirical studies of iSTEM projects	34
Investigating the impact of peer supplemental instruction on underprepared and historically underserved students in introductory STEM courses	34

Secondary school mathematics and entrance into the STEM professions: a longitudinal study	34
Modality matters: how combining oral and written instructional explanations improves STEM learning from video lectures	34
Comparing success of female students to their male counterparts in the STEM fields: an empirical analysis from enrollment until graduation using longitudinal register data	34
Quantifying ento-literacy: development and validation of an international insect-focused attitude and knowledge survey instrument	34
Internal and external influences on role stereotype adherence and gender dynamics on engineering design teams	34
Characteristics of departments with high-use of active learning in introductory STEM courses: implications for departmental transformation	32
Applicant qualifications and characteristics in STEM faculty hiring: an analysis of faculty and administrator perspectives	31
Seven years of development as building a foundation for the journal’s leadership in promoting STEM education internationally	31