OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Higher Education is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
“It Wasn’t What I Expected”: Students’ Perspectives and Experiences on a Higher Education Merger	29
Racialized Exclusion of Faculty Couples of Color at Predominantly White Institutions	28
It’s Just Too Much: Narratives of International Educators Navigating COVID-19	21
“Architects of Change or Its Victim”: University Presidents’ Perspectives on the Role of Competing Values During the COVID-19 Crisis	20
Are Primary Funding Sources and Debt Level Associated with Career Outcomes Among Recent STEM Doctoral Graduates?	20
Spillover Effects: A Comparison of Course and Institutional Outcomes for Traditional and Intensive Introductory Biology	19
Building Capacity for Collective Possibilities: Reimagining Research Teams in Higher Education	19
Stated Value, Renewed Commitment? Community and Technical Colleges’ Response to Racial (In)equities During COVID-19	19
Correction	19
Time Poverty: A Hidden Factor Connecting Online Enrollment and College Outcomes?	17
“Justice, Like Beauty, is in the Eye of the Beholder”*: A Critical Historical Reimagining of Justice Possibilities in an Anti-DEI Higher Education Landscape	15
Seeking Tenure While Black: Lawsuit Composite Counterstories of Black Professors at Historically White Institutions	15
“I Don’t Think the System Will Ever be the Same”: Distance Education Leaders’ Predictions and Recommendations for the Use of Online Learning in Community Colleges Post-COVID	14
The Far Reach of the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan: Consideration of Professional School Degrees	13
Intersectional Dynamics and Academic Advancement in the United States	12
Expanding Faculty Members’ Zone of Proximal Development to Enact Collective Agency for Racial Equity in Faculty Hiring	11
How STEM Undergraduates Choose, Navigate, and Integrate Interdisciplinarity in College and Beyond	10
Did Emergency Remote Teaching and the COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbate Inequities? Considering Institution Type, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity	10
“So Proud of That Moment”: Black Queer Men Disrupting Masculinity and Heteronormativity in Mentorship Programs	10
Quantity and Quality: Equity Considerations for the Funding of Categorical Programs in Community Colleges	10
The Value of Work Flexibility: Staff Perceptions in Higher Education	10
Complicating Education Geographies: Examining the Relationship Between Postsecondary Transfer Landscapes and Student Outcomes	9
The Disruption in U.S. Public Higher Education Enrollments, 2009–2019: Sources of Inter-State Variation by Tier	9
Matching Potential with Promise: How Oklahoma’s Promise Shapes Academic Undermatch	9
“I Always Ended Up Getting Close to Other People Who are Autistic”: Autistic College Students’ Friendship Development	9

Moscas en La Leche: A Critical Evaluation of Hispanic-Serving Institution Campus Spaces Through Photovoice Methodology	9
Whose Last Dollar? Estimating the Effects of Promise Programs on Financial Aid Awards	9
The Specificity of Anti-Blackness: A Critical Co-Constructed Autoethnography on the Marginalizing Experiences of Early-Career Black Faculty	8
Where Do I Go from Here? Examining the Transition of Undocumented Students Graduating from College	8
“I Am Overworked and I’m Not Taking Care of Myself”: The Experiences of Black Men in Doctoral Programs Navigating Racial Battle Fatigue	8
Committing to Racial Justice as a White Woman in STEM: Using Constructivist Grounded Theory to Explore White Activism	8
Institutionalizing Success: Practices and Policies at HBCUs that Promote Student Development and Degree Attainment	8
The Community College Transfer and Articulation Network	8
The Costs of Time: Examining the Extent of the Credit Loss Penalty in College Transfer	8
Well-Written: The Socialization and Transfer of Academic Writing	8
“Don’t Let it Get in the Way of Work”: Black Women Academics’ Navigation of Romantic Relationships	8
Post-Baccalaureate Federal Loans De-Subsidization: Impacts on Compositional Attributes, Extensive and Intensive Borrowing Margins, and Anticipatory Effects	8
Governing Boards as Institutional Umbrellas: A Framework for Strategic Governance Amid Legislative Challenges	7
“People That Look Like Me Commit Crime”: Racial Beliefs Among Campus Police Officers	7
The View from the Top: The Relationship Between Parental Education and Graduate Enrollment	7
Organizational Trust, Working Parents in Student Affairs, and the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Navigating Uncertainty: Chinese International Students’ Decision-Making and Coping Strategies in Response to Trump’s Return	7
Gender Equity and Due Process in Campus Sexual Assault Adjudication Procedures	6
The Legal Logic of Whiteness: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Policymakers’ Rhetoric in CRT Legislation	6
“I Have to Be Very Intentional About How I Communicate:” Black Women Administrators’ Identity Navigation in Predominantly White Institutions	6
In the Seventh Year You Will Not Rest: Faculty Members’ Sensemaking of Productivity During the Sabbatical	6
“The COVID-19 Extension Needs to Be Unpacked”: Tenure-Seeking BIPOC Faculty Perspectives at Research-Intensive Institutions	6
Exploring How Faculty Apply Professional Legitimacy When Advising Students About Graduate Education	6
A Narrative Inquiry Study Examining Gender and Sexuality Center Professionals’ Engagement with Anti-Racism	6
“Nothing Will Change” : Black Staff Counternarratives on Anti-Black Racism and DEI in Higher Education	6
Preparing for the STEM Pathways? Dual Enrollment and College Major Choice in STEM	5
Correction	5
Toward Opportunity-Centered Institutional Logics: Evidence from Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Science Equity Efforts	5
The Enrollment of Racially Minoritized Students in Law School: Factors Predicting Within-School Changes Over Time	5
Rising Tides Don’t Create Racialized Change: Analyzing Institutional Change Projects in Postsecondary Philanthropy’s College Completion Agenda	5
“What I Had Experienced Was, in Fact, a Microaggression”: A Phenomenological Inquiry into International Students of Color Developing Critical Racial Consciousness	5
To Give or to Take: Exploring Effects of Reductions in Pell Lifetime Eligibility	5
Navigating Marginality Beyond the Shadows: The Experiences of Somali Bantu Students in U.S. Higher Education	5
Advancing Presidential Careers: Operationalizing Sponsorship in Higher Education	5
Faith as Resistance: A Qualitative Examination of Black Doctoral Mothers in a Time of Covid-19	5
The Optics of Support: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students’ Perspectives on Institutional Leadership in Higher Education During Times of Political Hostility	5