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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
It’s Just Too Much: Narratives of International Educators Navigating COVID-19	31
Racialized Exclusion of Faculty Couples of Color at Predominantly White Institutions	26
“It Wasn’t What I Expected”: Students’ Perspectives and Experiences on a Higher Education Merger	25
“Architects of Change or Its Victim”: University Presidents’ Perspectives on the Role of Competing Values During the COVID-19 Crisis	24
Spillover Effects: A Comparison of Course and Institutional Outcomes for Traditional and Intensive Introductory Biology	23
Differentiation Dynamics in Recruiting Diversity: An Investigation of Student List Purchases Targeting Students of Color	18
Stated Value, Renewed Commitment? Community and Technical Colleges’ Response to Racial (In)equities During COVID-19	17
Expectations versus Lived Realities: Black Men Graduate Students and Their Evolving Epistemologies Toward Collaboration	17
Building Capacity for Collective Possibilities: Reimagining Research Teams in Higher Education	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	16
Correction	14
Time Poverty: A Hidden Factor Connecting Online Enrollment and College Outcomes?	13
How STEM Undergraduates Choose, Navigate, and Integrate Interdisciplinarity in College and Beyond	13
“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	13
The Far Reach of the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan: Consideration of Professional School Degrees	12
Conflict or Complementary: Black Student Perspectives on Science and Religion	12
Faculty Resource Mobilization During the 2024 Liberate Palestine Student Protest Movement	12
Intersectional Dynamics and Academic Advancement in the United States	12
Contextualizing Undergraduate Research: A Within-Subject Comparison of Student Learning Gains	12
Quantity and Quality: Equity Considerations for the Funding of Categorical Programs in Community Colleges	12
Expanding Faculty Members’ Zone of Proximal Development to Enact Collective Agency for Racial Equity in Faculty Hiring	12
Moscas en La Leche: A Critical Evaluation of Hispanic-Serving Institution Campus Spaces Through Photovoice Methodology	12
“So Proud of That Moment”: Black Queer Men Disrupting Masculinity and Heteronormativity in Mentorship Programs	11
Complicating Education Geographies: Examining the Relationship Between Postsecondary Transfer Landscapes and Student Outcomes	11
The Value of Work Flexibility: Staff Perceptions in Higher Education	10

Matching Potential with Promise: How Oklahoma’s Promise Shapes Academic Undermatch	10
Did Emergency Remote Teaching and the COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbate Inequities? Considering Institution Type, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity	10
“I Always Ended Up Getting Close to Other People Who are Autistic”: Autistic College Students’ Friendship Development	10
Well-Written: The Socialization and Transfer of Academic Writing	9
The Specificity of Anti-Blackness: A Critical Co-Constructed Autoethnography on the Marginalizing Experiences of Early-Career Black Faculty	9
Whose Last Dollar? Estimating the Effects of Promise Programs on Financial Aid Awards	9
Where Do I Go from Here? Examining the Transition of Undocumented Students Graduating from College	9
Experiencing Harm and Betrayal: Black Staff Members’ Narratives During the Height and Ongoing Wake of COVID-19	9
Resource Dependence and Indirect Power: Explaining Inequality in Universities’ F&A Rates	8
Committing to Racial Justice as a White Woman in STEM: Using Constructivist Grounded Theory to Explore White Activism	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
The Community College Transfer and Articulation Network	8
Policing Black Life: Black Student Leaders’ Stories of Race and Racism	8
“Don’t Let it Get in the Way of Work”: Black Women Academics’ Navigation of Romantic Relationships	8
The View from the Top: The Relationship Between Parental Education and Graduate Enrollment	7
Post-Baccalaureate Federal Loans De-Subsidization: Impacts on Compositional Attributes, Extensive and Intensive Borrowing Margins, and Anticipatory Effects	7
The Public, the Private, and the Pandemic: Local Solutions and External Constraints to Serving First-Generation, Low-Income College Students During COVID-19	7
The Costs of Time: Examining the Extent of the Credit Loss Penalty in College Transfer	7
Governing Boards as Institutional Umbrellas: A Framework for Strategic Governance Amid Legislative Challenges	6
Organizational Trust, Working Parents in Student Affairs, and the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Rising Tides Don’t Create Racialized Change: Analyzing Institutional Change Projects in Postsecondary Philanthropy’s College Completion Agenda	6
Navigating Uncertainty: Chinese International Students’ Decision-Making and Coping Strategies in Response to Trump’s Return	6
“People That Look Like Me Commit Crime”: Racial Beliefs Among Campus Police Officers	6
Identifying Ideal Worker Norms in Student Affairs Practice: An Analysis of Latinx/é Mid-Level Professional Experiences	6
The Effects of Federal Work-Study on First-Year College Outcomes: A Regression Discontinuity Approach	6
Exploring How Faculty Apply Professional Legitimacy When Advising Students About Graduate Education	6
“I Just Really Want to Do Something, Even if it’s Small, That is Changing the World for the better”—How Community College Students Grapple with Mental Health and Career Development	5
“I Have to Be Very Intentional About How I Communicate:” Black Women Administrators’ Identity Navigation in Predominantly White Institutions	5
“The COVID-19 Extension Needs to Be Unpacked”: Tenure-Seeking BIPOC Faculty Perspectives at Research-Intensive Institutions	5
Preparing for the STEM Pathways? Dual Enrollment and College Major Choice in STEM	5
Unlocking Narratives: Narrative Identity Theory and the Transformative Potential of College-In-Prison	5
“Nothing Will Change” : Black Staff Counternarratives on Anti-Black Racism and DEI in Higher Education	5
Navigating Marginality Beyond the Shadows: The Experiences of Somali Bantu Students in U.S. Higher Education	5
The Legal Logic of Whiteness: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Policymakers’ Rhetoric in CRT Legislation	5