OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of British Journal of Educational Technology is 39. 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
Chatbots in tertiary education: Exploring the impact of warm and competent avatars on self‐directed learning	365
Empowering active learning: A social annotation tool for improving student engagement	273
Identifying factors influencing study skills engagement and participation for online learners in higher education during COVID‐19	267
The changing ecologies of international students: Comparing internationalisation at a distance and internationalisation abroad	253
A learning analytics approach towards understanding collaborative inquiry in a problem‐based learning environment	154
Aligning human values and educational technologies with value‐sensitive design	129
Development and validation of an instrument to measure online assessment acceptance in higher education	124
Upgrading financial education by adding Python‐based personalized financial projection: A randomized control trial	117
The impact of an academic counselling learning analytics tool: Evidence from 3 years of use	113
Viewing tailored nudges is correlated with improved mastery‐based assessment scores	108
Investigating pedagogical agents' scaffolding of self‐regulated learning in relation to learners' subgoals	100
The impact of GenAI‐enabled coding hints on students' programming performance and cognitive load in an SRL‐based Python course	100
Issue Information	97
Multimodal learning analytics—In‐between student privacy and encroachment: A systematic review	97
BJET Editorial Spring 2025: Reporting on AIED research and ethical considerations	82
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For to all those who have, will more be given? Evidence from the adoption of the SELFIE tool for the digital capacity of schools in Spain	80
Fostering low‐achieving students' productive disciplinary engagement through knowledge‐building inquiry and reflective assessment	75
A topological exploration of convergence/divergence of human‐mediated and algorithmically mediated pedagogy	69
BJET Editorial 2024: A call for research rigour	66
Metacognition meets AI: Empowering reflective writing with large language models	66
Comparing video and virtual reality as tools for fostering interest and self‐efficacy in classroom management: Results of a pre‐registered experiment	66
Untangling complexity of competency evolution: Multi‐channel learning trajectories of score, engagement and problem‐solving efficiency	63
The role of generative AI in collaborative problem‐solving of authentic challenges	55
Students as digital multimodal text designers: A study of resources, affordances, and experiences	53

Large qualitative sample and thematic analysis to redefine student dropout and retention strategy in open online education	52
Lessons learned from the student dropout patterns on COVID‐19 pandemic: An analysis supported by machine learning	51
COVID‐19 as the tipping point for integrating e‐assessment in higher education practices	50
Beyond hard workout: A multimodal framework for personalised running training with immersive technologies	50
How do students' self‐regulation skills affect learning satisfaction and continuous intention within desktop‐based virtual reality? A structural equation modelling approach	50
Interactivity and identity impact learners' sense of agency in virtual reality field trips	49
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Meeting the challenges of continuing education online courses: Can we promote self‐regulated learning strategies with adaptive support?	47
Using virtual classroom simulations in a mathematics methods course to develop pre‐service primary mathematics teachers' noticing skills	45
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The effectiveness of Tier 1 digital interventions for early reading: A meta‐analysis	44
Applying social cognition to feedback chatbots: Enhancing trustworthiness through politeness	42
Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling	42
Testing a novel extended educational technology acceptance model using student attitudes towards virtual classrooms	40