OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Learning and Motivation is 7. 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
Evaluation of stress and anxiety levels on science and engineering undergraduate students in spain when facing written assessments guides for positive interventions	101
Shaping inter-response time and run length using a discrete-trial percentile schedule combined with a fixed consecutive number procedure	97
A preliminary investigation of eye-tracking software to inform an ABA renewal mitigation procedure	77
How do personality traits of college students affect their learning flow experience?	69
Uncovering the state of academic motivation, achievement emotion, self- confidence, and achievement goals in online/offline language instruction	68
The relationship between cognitive ability and motivation during cognitive tasks of varying complexity	59
Effects of europinidin-o-methylated anthocyanidin on scopolamine-induced memory impairments by improving neurological expression: An integrated with insilico and ADMET properties by computational anal	58
Types of errors in Raven tests in a population with Down syndrome: An online assessment	56
Promoting learner flourishing and well-being beyond the classroom: The role of advising in language learning from a self-determination theory perspective	38
Enhancing Chinese students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in EMI classrooms: Do learning motivation and academic self-efficacy matter?	37
Examining the role of classroom climate and teacher-student relationships in EFL students’ perceived learning outcomes: A self-determination theory perspective	35
Increasing trial discriminability in the ephemeral reward task does not improve optimal choice in pigeons (Columba livia)	29
Investigating Chinese English learners’ readiness for Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies: A theory of planned behavior (TPB) perspective	28
Chinese engineering students’ perceived emotional experiences in AI-mediated education: An expectancy-value theory (EVT) perspective	27
Evaluating voluntary abstinence from ethanol self-administration in rats using a concurrent-chains procedure	26
An analysis of the effects of topographically similar and dissimilar auditory stimuli on the accuracy and latency to respond in a math task	25
The impact of EFL teachers’ emotioncy level on their motivation and academic engagement	23
Exploring learning uncertainty and test anxiety with mindfulness as a mediator in EFL students: An Expectancy-Value Approach	21
Cultural psychology of english translation through computer vision-based robotic interpretation	21
Oral contraceptive androgenicity affects symmetry processing speed in a visuospatial working memory task	20
Effect of chronic exposure to sertraline on social and cognitive behavior of adult male and female rats under social isolation stress	20
Unlocking the interplay among Chinese EFL Learners’ L2 motivation, regulatory focus, and language learning achievement: From a regulatory focus theory perspective	18
Research on multimodal based learning evaluation method in smart classroom	17
Exploring age-related differences in virtual maze navigation: The impact of external cues on search-strategy	17
Understanding user stickiness in GAI-IDLE platforms: Insights from self-determination theory	17

Mood affects attention in knowledge-free reasoning task, not scores	16
RETRACTED: Music education: Which is more effective – Traditional learning or the introduction of modern technologies to increase student motivation?	16
Editorial Board	15
Investigating the role of teacher concern in EFL students’ motivation, anxiety, and language achievement through the lens of self-determination theory	14
Anxiety level of mastery and performance avoid goal oriented EAP learners: The effect of teacher supportive motivational discourse	14
Does digital task-based instruction make a difference in EFL university students’ motivation in Saudi Arabia? An Active theory perspective	13
Exploring the association between neuroticism and negativity bias in evaluative counterconditioning	13
Efficacy of an expectancy-based training in mitigating the effect of explicit gender stereotype activation on motor learning in children	13
Reaction time and cognitive strategies: The role of education in task performance	13
Learning the principles of stimulus control analysing human behaviour	12
Behavioral analysis of teachers and students in higher education supervision mechanisms	12
Metacognitive training for algebra teaching to high school students: An action research study	12
Effect of Raha syrup on the motivational effects of morphine and CSF serotonin levels in rats	12
Mitigating boredom in L2 Spanish reading class with the reading-writing continuation task	12
ABA, ABC, and AAB renewal effects and individual differences of learning on fear conditioning using social stimuli	12
The impact of pretraining on autoshaping and operant acquisition in rats is significant but transient	12
The effect of ACE cycle based instruction on geometry self-efficacy beliefs in polygons learning area	12
AI-powered personalized learning: Enhancing self-efficacy, motivation, and digital literacy in adult education through expectancy-value theory	12
The effectiveness of using interactive visual multimedia technology intervention in improving the literacy skills of children in rural China	11
The mechanism of self-regulated learning among rural primary middle school students: Academic delay of gratification and resilience	11
Frustrative nonreward after extensive training in the consummatory successive negative contrast task	11
Training model of practical innovative talents in polytechnic colleges based on fuzzy set and its extended modeling	11
Controlling separation-induced problem behavior in horses through target training	11
Generalization of conditioned fear in humans: Transitioning from episodic to semantic memory	11
Metacognition: History, measurements, and the role in early childhood development and education	11
Vanillic acid alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced anxiety/depression-like behaviors and cerebral oxidative stress in male rats	11
The power of grit and enjoyment on engagement of students majoring in teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages (TCSOL) in robot-assisted language learning environment: A self-determination theo	10
Linking basic psychological needs, grit, and peace of mind to engagement in AI-assisted language learning: A self-determination theory perspective	10
Understanding cognitive maps from landmark and configurational representations	10
Harnessing generative AI: Exploring its impact on cognitive engagement, emotional engagement, learning retention, reward sensitivity, and motivation through reinforcement theory	10
The impact of academic self-efficacy and academic motivation on Chinese EFL students’ academic burnout	10
Examining interactions between baseline expectancy beliefs and task values on weekly motivation in an introductory statistics course	10
Gamification in Vietnamese education: Assessing psychological need satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and learning effectiveness	10
An exploratory analysis of reinforcer competition and novelty in domestic dogs	9
Analysis of variability of pigeons’ pecking location under variable-interval schedules	9
Enhancing EFL writing with visualised GenAI feedback: A cognitive affective theory of learning perspective on revision quality, emotional response, and human-computer interaction	9
Socioeconomic status stereotype affects motor learning	9
Digital educational game design: Music, speed, colour and collectible item	9
Aligning learning theories with Widening Access Mature Students’ perceptions: Insights from a mixed methods study in London, UK	9
Retrospective revaluation effects during interpersonal attributions	9
Game theory without theory: Interactive choice in pigeons, humans and machines	9
AI-supported English public speaking in the Chinese EFL context: Insights from self-regulated learning and positive psychology	9
A healthy lifestyle persuasive design model based on behavioral analysis	9
Overselectivity during reading-related tasks for children at risk for reading failure	8
Editorial Board	8
Nonhuman animal social behavior: Introduction to the special issue	8
Disentangling three different conflicts at non-response/semantic and response levels in a new stroop-matching task	8
Effectiveness of a scaffolded autonomous learning scheme in enhancing learners’ motivation in EFL classes	8
Predicting learner autonomy in collaborative learning: The role of group metacognition and motivational regulation strategies	8
Preservice teachers’ accuracy in measuring child engagement using a digitised momentary time sampling measure	8

Role of spatial memory in spatial design: A systematic review	8
EFL students’ writing engagement and AI attitude in GenAI-assisted contexts: A mixed-methods study grounded in SDT and TAM	8
Autonomous motivation in blended learning: Effects of teaching presence and basic psychological need satisfaction	7
Acute stress increases behaviors that optimize safety and decreases the exploration of aversive areas	7
A mixed-methods investigation into complex components of multilingual international students' self-regulated learning in English as a foreign language context: A social cognitive perspective	7
Sociability versus empathy in adolescent mice: Different or distinctive?	7
Simulated uncertainty in gamified language learning: Investigating resilience, academic buoyancy, and on-task focus through the lens of expectancy-value theory and operant conditioning	7
Mechanisms of copying, social learning, and imitation in animals	7
Delving into the structural model of students’ music performance anxiety, self-efficacy, and motivation based on a self-determination theory	7
Exploring the role of EFL students’ AI literacy and readiness in their academic goal orientations: An achievement goal theory (AGT) perspective	7
Learner-facing learning analytic – Feedback and motivation: A critique	7
The role of AI tools on EFL students’ motivation, self-efficacy, and anxiety: Through the lens of control-value theory	7
A single reminder trial updates fear memory and affects extinction in rats housed under different living conditions	7
BERT-based transfer learning in tacit knowledge externalization: A study case of history teachers	7
Motivational state-dependent renewal and reinstatement: Discriminative and motivational functions of food deprivation and satiation states	7