OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Academic Librarianship is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
University libraries response to COVID-19 pandemic: A developing country perspective	97
Readiness for Online Learning during COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of Pakistani LIS students	85
The CLEAR path: A framework for enhancing information literacy through prompt engineering	70
UTAUT as a Model for Understanding Intention to Adopt AI and Related Technologies among Librarians	63
From Facebook to Instagram: Exploring user engagement in an academic library	56
How is open access accused of being predatory? The impact of Beall's lists of predatory journals on academic publishing	55
Covid – 19 pandemic and the future of Nigeria's university system: The quest for libraries' relevance	46
The higher education environment driving academic library strategy: A political, economic, social and technological (PEST) analysis	45
Transformation of libraries during Covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review	39
Digital transformation readiness: perspectives on academia and library outcomes in information literacy	39
Perceptions of artificial intelligence: A survey of academic librarians in Canada and the United States	37
Librarians against fake news: A systematic literature review of library practices (Jan. 2018–Sept. 2020)	35
Effectiveness of Virtual Reference Services in Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Study Based on the 5E Learning Model	32
The fake news wave: Academic libraries' battle against misinformation during COVID-19	30
Information literacy education during the pandemic: The cases of academic libraries in Chinese top universities	30
Integration of TAM, TPB, and TSR in understanding library user behavioral utilization intention of physical vs. E-book format	30
Library support for student mental health and well-being in the UK: Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	29
A qualitative content analysis of watchlists vs safelists: How do they address the issue of predatory publishing?	27
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education and in Academic Libraries: A Review of the Literature	26
Characteristics of systematic reviews in the social sciences	26
Big data management capabilities and librarians' innovative performance: The role of value perception using the theory of knowledge-based dynamic capability	25
University libraries as open innovation partners: Harnessing hidden potential to foster global entrepreneurship	25
Sustainable development challenges in libraries: A systematic literature review (2000–2020)	25
An integrated paradigm shift to deal with ‘predatory publishing’	24
Help first-year college students to learn their library through an augmented reality game	24

A two models modification for determining cloud computing adoption for web-based services in academic libraries in Nigeria	23
Student well-being matters: Academic library support for the whole student	23
Do digital students show an inclination toward continuous use of academic library applications? A case study	23
Why blacklists are not reliable: A theoretical framework	21
Cabells' Predatory Reports criteria: Assessment and proposed revisions	20
Are predatory journals contaminating science? An analysis on the Cabells' Predatory Report	20
Academic library leadership in the dawn of the new millennium: a systematic literature review	20
Assessment of trend and current pattern of open educational resources: A bibliometric analysis	20
Library social networking sites for fostering startup business globalization through strategic partnerships	20
Incentivizing faculty for open educational resources (OER) adoption and open textbook authoring	19
Much more than a mere technology: A systematic review of Wikidata in libraries	19
Library consultations and a global pandemic: An analysis of consultation difficulty during COVID-19 across multiple factors	19
Flipped classroom pedagogy in an online learning environment: A self-regulated introduction to information literacy threshold concepts	18
Post Covid-19: Expectations for Academic Library Collections, Remote Work, and Resource Description and Discovery Staffing	18
The ACRL Framework successes and challenges since 2016: A survey	17
Polish university libraries social networking services during the COVID-19 pandemic spring term lockdown	17
“Who says I am coping”: The emotional affect of New Jersey academic librarians during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Academic library spaces and student activities during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
A call to action for librarians: Countering conspiracy theories in the age of QAnon	16
Survey design, sampling, and significance testing: Key issues	15
An examination of data reuse practices within highly cited articles of faculty at a research university	15
Remaking academic library services in Zimbabwe in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic	15
Applications of Internet of Things in university libraries of Pakistan: An empirical investigation	15
Adapting during the pandemic: A case study of using the rapid prototyping instructional system design model to create online instructional content	14
A long article about short videos: A content analysis of U.S. academic libraries' use of TikTok	14
Signs of divisiveness, discrimination and stigmatization caused by Jeffrey Beall's “predatory” open access publishing blacklists and philosophy	14
What are the information technology skills needed in information institutions? The case of “code4lib” job listings	14
Who Are We Missing? Conducting a Diversity Audit in a Liberal Arts College Library	14
Innovation strategies in academic libraries using business entrepreneurial theories: Analysis of competing values framework and disruptive innovation theory	14
Open access information resources and university libraries: Analysis of perceived awareness, challenges, and opportunities	13
Investigating mobile acceptance in academic library services based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model (UTAUT-2)	13
Big data-driven investigation into the maturity of library research data services (RDS)	13
Enhancing academic library services provision in the distance learning environment with mobile technologies	13
Effectiveness of overnight learning commons: A comparative study	13
Correlates of the national ranking of higher education institutions and funding of academic libraries: An empirical analysis	12
Data visualization as a research support service in academic libraries: An investigation of world-class universities	12
International movement of open access to scientific knowledge: A quantitative analysis of country involvement	12
Seizing the opportunity: Collaborative creation of academic integrity and information literacy LMS modules for undergraduate Chemistry	12
Trust as a factor in building cognitive social capital among library workers and users. Implications for library managers	12
Online health information seeking and digital health literacy among information and learning resources undergraduate students	12
Job engagement and employee-organization relationship among academic librarians in a modified work environment	12
A quasi experiment on how the field of librarianship can help in combating fake news	11
The effect of virtual reality on knowledge acquisition and situational interest regarding library orientation in the time of Covid-19	11
A content analysis of job advertisements for digital humanities-related positions in academic libraries	11
Assessing the preparedness of university libraries for digital preservation	11
Investigating applications of Artificial Intelligence in university libraries of Pakistan: An empirical study	11
Crisis Librarianship: An Examination of Online Librarianship Roles in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Expanding Reference through Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning Videos	10
College students' perceptions on sense of belonging and inclusion at the academic library during COVID-19	10
Information literacy skills and learning gaps– Students' experiences and teachers' perceptions in interdisciplinary environmental science	10

A “Trojan horse” in the reference lists: Citations to a hijacked journal in SSCI-indexed marketing journals	10
Evaluation of the Egyptian knowledge bank using the information systems success model	10
The role of the academic librarian in online courses: A case study	10
Adherence to systematic review standards: Impact of librarian involvement in Campbell Collaboration's education reviews	10
A study of librarians' perceptions and adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in academic libraries in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria	10
The impact of information-seeking self-efficacy and online learning self-efficacy on students' performance proficiency	10
Remote management of library staff: Challenges and practical solutions	9
Leadership behind masked faces: from uncertainty to resilience at a Jamaican academic library	9
Information culture and academic empowerment: Developing a collective mindfulness strategy for embedded librarianship	9
Librarians as gate-openers in open access publishing: A case study in the United Arab Emirates	9
Librarians' assistance to students in the information seeking process: Perspectives of higher education teachers and librarians	9
Students with disabilities and library services: Blending accommodation and universal design	9
Preliminary Investigation of Sustainability Awareness and Activities among Academic Libraries in the United States	9
Academic librarians: Their understanding and use of emotional intelligence and happiness	9
The citation impact of the Open Access accounting journals that appear on Beall's List of potentially predatory publishers and journals	9
A Scoping Review: Synthesizing Evidence on Data Management Instruction in Academic Libraries	9
Redesigning an online information literacy tutorial for first-year undergraduate instruction	9
Implementing an information literacy course: Impact on undergraduate medical students' abilities and attitudes	9
Talent management practices and job performance of librarians in university libraries in Nigeria	9
University rankings and institutional affiliations: Role of academic librarians	9
Using digital environments to design inclusive and sustainable communities of practice in academic libraries	9
Using curriculum mapping to scaffold and equitably distribute information literacy instruction for graduate professional studies programs	8
Information Literacy Self-Efficacy Scale: Validating the translated version of the scale for use among Bangla-speaking population	8
Work motivation, job satisfaction, work-family balance, and job commitment of library personnel in Universities in North-Central Nigeria	8
Colour blind: Investigating the racial bias of virtual reference services in English academic libraries	8
Institutional repositories (IRs) in universities of Pakistan: Issues and emergent framework for remedies	8
Information literacy instruction for international graduate engineering students: A case study at University of Windsor	8
Research data management (RDM) in Jordanian public university libraries: Present status, challenges and future perspectives	8
A happy ambience: Incorporating ba and flow in library design	8
A STEM e-class in action: A case study for asynchronous one-shot library instruction	8
Artificial Intelligence in academic library strategy in the United Kingdom and the Mainland of China	8
COVID-19 impact on the Chinese top academic libraries: Libraries' response to space, collection and services	8
Evaluation of Research Data Management (RDM) services in academic libraries of India: A triangulation approach	7
Developing user-centered collections at a research library: An Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) pilot in STEM	7
Motivations and barriers in the adoption of OERs: The role of subject librarians	7
Subject-access metadata on ETD supplied by authors: A case study about keywords, titles and abstracts in a Brazilian academic repository	7
Faculty research performance expectancy of online databases: system design characteristics as facilitating conditions	7
Increasing scholarly productivity: Developing an in-house academic librarian support network	7
A scoping review of the application of systematic instructional design and instructional design models by academic librarians	7
The role of Roman Urdu in multilingual information retrieval: A regional study	7
Citation differences across research funding and access modalities	7
Content strategy in LibGuides: An exploratory study	7
Assessing library instruction: A study of the relationship between attendance, retention, and student success	7
An initial interpretation of the U.S. Department of Education's AI report: Implications and recommendations for academic libraries	7
Readiness towards the implementation of open science initiatives in the Malaysian Comprehensive Public Universities	7
Reading Format Attitudes in the Time of COVID	7
Uncovering the information literacy skills of first-generation and provisionally admitted students	7
Similarly different: Finding the nuances in first year students' library perceptions	7
Exploring potential roles of academic libraries in undergraduate data science education curriculum development	6
Information literacy problems in groupwork: Interpretations of the ACRL Framework	6
Quality indicators and user satisfaction in university libraries	6
Antecedents and consequences of library service innovation: An investigation into Brazilian academic libraries	6
Adapting and evolving: Generation Z's information beliefs	6
Supporting the sustainable development goals: The role of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library	6
Health sciences librarian research and instruction services in pandemic information environments	6
“First years' information literacy backpacks: What's already packed or not packed?”	6
Faculty perceptions, use, and needs of library resource and services in a public research university	6
Leader responsibility for diversity, equity, inclusion & justice in academic libraries: An exploratory study	6
Less money, less children, and less prestige: Differences between male and female academic librarians	6
Development and psychometric evaluation of the cloud computing acceptance questionnaire for academic libraries	6
Transitioning to college: Impact of high school librarians	6
Prepare to be unprepared? LIS curriculum and academic liaison preparation	6
Library log analysis and its implications for studying online information seeking behavior of cultural groups	6
Perception, use and effectiveness of open source library systems by academic librarians in selected tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria	6
Using a TeachMeet model to enhance collaboration in an information literacy instruction program	6
The library as a liminal space: Finding a seat of one's own	6
Media and information literacy (MIL) in library classrooms: Content analysis of news evaluative criteria in instructional worksheets and checklists	6
Employment discrimination analysis of Library and Information Science based on entity recognition	6
Factors that influence librarian definitions of information literacy	6
A Critical Phenomenology of Whiteness in Academic Libraries	6