British Educational Research Journal

Papers
(The TQCC of British Educational Research Journal 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
“I get by with a little help from my friends”: The importance of peer‐led emotion work during the primary to secondary school transition86
‘It's missing the heart of what writing is about’: teachers' interpretations of writing assessment criteria75
Ethos within the British boarding school: A small‐scale analysis of the ‘Head's Welcome’ as an act of legitimation60
Growth mindset is positively associated with mathematics attainment in Scotland—But socioeconomic status plays a greater role58
Teacher‐composed cases of practice as and for dissemination, reflection and data52
Prosocial behaviour in primary and secondary school students. Effects of the CYBUPRE intervention39
Single‐sex schooling, gender and educational performance: Evidence using PISA data26
Children's perceptions and challenges of participation in decision‐making: A case study of a participatory initiative in a Chinese primary school25
Predictors of authorised, unauthorised and persistent absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland23
Combatting conspiracies in the classroom: Teacher strategies and perceived outcomes21
The ups and downs in perceived societal appreciation of the teaching profession during COVID‐19: A longitudinal trajectory analysis21
An integrated conceptual model for enhancing refugee education21
Effectiveness of educational interventions: An ecological systems analysis of initiatives from the UK opportunity areas programme20
The mediating role of student engagement in the relationship between teacher and digital support and learner satisfaction in blended learning environments at higher education20
Teachers', parents', and pupils' perceptions and described experiences of toilet provisions and practices within English schools20
Learning to explain environmental crises: A dialogic analysis of teacher professional learning between Chile and the United States19
Caught in the vacuum: Policies addressing online harms in Maltese secondary schools19
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees19
RETRACTION : Examining the Impact of Gamified Mobile and AI ‐Assisted Language Learning on Academic Integrity, Creativ18
RETRACTED: Performance motivation and emotion regulation as drivers of academic competence and problem‐solving skills in AI‐enhanced preschool education: A SEM study18
‘They just want the perfect kids on show’: The illegal exclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities from primary schools17
Levelling down? Understanding the decline of the maintained nursery sector in England17
Factors influencing the retake rate of college entrance examinations: A macro perspective analysis17
Can the teaching style reduce inequality in the classroom? Evidence from a quasi‐experiment16
Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co‐creation project on French, German and Spanish16
Young athletes as sports activists: Empowerment as a fundamental element of the process16
Care trajectories and imagining potential: Positioning the need for skills, confidence and communication among key professionals supporting the higher education progression of care‐experienced young p15
Teachers’ gender bias in STEM: Results from a vignette study14
Unsettling subject English in the twenty‐first century14
Educators' positive practices with refugee pupils at two schools in England14
Unlocking education through relationship building: Identity and agency in English educational institutions during Covid‐1914
From classroom challenges to scholarly insights: A bibliometric analysis of novice teacher research14
Can the role of a personal tutor contribute to reducing the undergraduate degree awarding gap for racially minoritised students?13
Operational and demographic influences on monitoring student academic progress at an Australian university: A strategic, social and economic perspective13
RETRACTED: Poe or Gemini for fostering writing skills in Japanese upper‐intermediate learners: Uncovering the consequences on positive emotions, boredom to write, academic self‐efficacy and writing de13
The association between family socioeconomic status and urban–rural and high‐school attainment gaps: A logistic regression analysis of the China Family Panel Studies data13
Organizational and Psychological factors in teacher educators’ professional identity development: An empirical analysis13
Children's agency in England's primary schools: A case for structured freedom12
Issue Information12
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‘Sir, I don't know what I'm doing’: An investigation into the role of happy accidents in a secondary school art classroom12
The link between school leadership, staff job satisfaction and retention. Longitudinal evidence from England11
Many truths, many knowledges, many forms of reason: Understanding middle‐school student approaches to sources of information on the internet11
Experiences in times of COVID‐19: Home‐life, social connections, and schooling for Aotearoa New Zealand children11
Workplace support for newly qualified doctors and secondary school teachers: A comparative analysis11
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Retention among newly qualified second‐year teachers: The reception–integration model10
Time well spent? Temporal dimensions of study abroad and implications for student experiences and outcomes under the UK Turing Scheme10
The potential of deep learning in improving K‐12 students' writing skills: A systematic review10
The future of educational research: Observations from the outgoing editors of the British Educational Research Journal10
Personality‐sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9‐ to 10‐year‐olds10
Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education10
The lasting influence of an open climate of classroom discussion on political trust: Results from a seven‐year panel study among English youth10
How hermeneutics can guide grading in integrated STEAM education: An evidence‐informed perspective10
Amplifying organisational discourses to the public: Media narratives of Teach For Australia, 2008–202010
Distributed leadership in action: Different manifestations and what they require from school leaders10
Strategies teachers use to support students' self‐regulation skill development in mainstream primary schools: A scoping review10
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 2015–202210
RETRACTED: Reducing anxiety, promoting enjoyment and enhancing overall English proficiency: The impact of AI ‐assisted language learning in Chinese 10
International student agency in academic self‐formation: Mobility as agency situated within knowledge structures10
‘I make a lot of the choices myself—I think I've taught myself that through the imbalance of support’: The internal conversations, reflexivity and post‐school educational achievement of care‐experienc10
The ‘Friday effect’: School attendance over the weeki10
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Growing in organisations: The multifaceted effects of organisational support on teachers' digital literacy9
RETRACTED: Ethical AI in language education: A Delphi study focusing on social and emotional aspects of learning9
Reimagining school leadership: A qualitative study on how distributed leadership models influence innovation culture in semi‐government schools in Pakistan9
Intergenerational transmission of educational disadvantage: Education progression of children of care leavers compared to a general population sample9
The strange times of international studentship: A comparative study of the United Kingdom , Denmark 9
Enhancing teacher innovative practices through principal learning‐centred leadership and teacher knowledge sharing9
RETRACTION : Reducing Anxiety, Promoting Enjoyment and Enhancing Overall English Proficiency: The Impact of AI ‐assist9
The relationship between faculty members’ perceptions of technology leadership and their technology integration into higher education—Evidence from China9
RETRACTED: Examining the impact of gamified mobile and AI ‐assisted language learning on academic integrity, creative trait motivation and writing pe9
Re‐imagining a decolonised, anti‐racist curriculum within initial teacher education in a Welsh university9
The role of teacher agency in realising EdTech 's potential to reduce teacher workload and improve teacher retention9
Teachers taking perceptions of student attributes into consideration when formulating track recommendations?9
Enhancing climate change and sustainability education through critical and collaborative dialogue between Global South and North education communities9
RETRACTED: To be in AI ‐integrated language classes or not to be: Academic emotion regulation, self‐esteem, L2 9
The role of social capital in the job quality of Chilean university graduates9
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Does pedagogical metamorphosis exist? Exploring the practices of primary school teachers at different stages of their careers9
Australian senior‐secondary teachers’ perceptions of leadership and policy for differentiated instruction9
‘Fish in simulated water’? A Bourdieusian analysis of Chinese doctoral students' learning experiences in Southeast Asian developing countries9
Afro‐Amerindian cosmopolitics in environmental education: A decolonial analysis of academic discourses involving the epistemological disputes around the term sustainability9
‘Populism’ and competing epistemic communities in English educational policy: A response to Craske and Watson8
To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities8
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Features of measuring soft skills in a saturated digital environment: Exploring the relationship between cognitive control and digital literacy at the individual level8
The GCSE attainment gap: Assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion8
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 1985 to 19948
Drivers of school choice: Primary school selection in a free choice context8
Categorisations of care: Exploring representations of care leavers in higher education through critical praxis8
Early career orientation of primary school students: The impact of pedagogical intervention on future teachers and pupils8
Do schools that employ an inspector get better inspection grades?8
Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work8
School partnered approaches to emotionally based school avoidance in UK primary and secondary school‐age learners: A systematic review8
Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study8
Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective8
Editorial: BERJ 50th Anniversary Collection: Virtual issue 1975 to 19848
Factors influencing the adoption of generative AI in education: A systematic review, proposed framework and future research agenda8
Under‐standing: The ‘sleeping beauty’ of educational metaphors8
Community college student success: A tale of cohort and institutional characteristics, market factors and enrollment status8
The role of autonomy in forming an integrated identity among early career academics8
What are the success factors for schools in remote Indigenous communities?7
Enhancing online MBA programmes: Student perceptions and key factors in programme design and delivery7
Rethinking recruitment: Using reflexivity to understand career changers' decisions to become STEM teachers7
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Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world7
The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education7
Rigour in interpretive qualitative research in education: Ideas to think with7
RETRACTION : Exploring EFL Learners' Positive Emotions, Technostress and Psychological Well‐Being in 7
Do they know what they know? Accuracy in teacher candidates' self‐assessments and its influencing factors7
Our World, Our Futures: A dialogic approach to environmental literacy and global citizenship education in primary schools in the Maldives and England7
A systematic review of facilitators and barriers to school staff development projects using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research7
Mental wellbeing among higher education students in England during the pandemic: A longitudinal study of COVID‐19 experiences, social connectedness and greenspace use7
Emotional experiences and stigma among families benefiting from Barcelona's shock plan against school segregation and for inclusion and equal opportunities and educational success7
Assessing the learning of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream school physical education7
Academic misconduct appeal services in China: Platform logics, self‐platformization and implications for integrity education7
Representations of schooling and childhood during the COVID‐19 pandemic in England7
Parental involvement and academic achievement in Year 4 and Year 8 students: A meta‐analysis based on large‐scale assessments in China7
‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning7
Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic7
Validation of the ABL  +  DT model: An ecosystemic framework for integrating arts and digital tech7
Drivers and pathways of AI academic mentor acceptance: An SEMfsQCA7
Achievement goals, academic engagement and performance: The mediating role of self‐regulated learning strategies7
Beyond salaries: Teachers' experiences of navigating early years education amid economic instability in Türkiye6
Do we have to rethink inclusive pedagogies for secondary schools? A critical systematic review of the international literature6
Making teaching more attractive: Promising evidence of impact from Australia6
Parental involvement and engagement during COVID ‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home6
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Crafting agency in a host community: Accessing and participating in the English higher education sector by Ukrainian refugees6
RETRACTION : Modelling the Complex Dynamic Effect of L2 Speaking Anxiety in Metaverse on Students' Academic Enjoyment,6
How does dialogic teaching facilitate students' creative thinking? Evidence from a sequential analysis of teacher–student dialogue in primary language classrooms6
Classroom social networks, students' peer‐related social experiences and sense of belonging: The specific case of students with SEN6
Technology‐enhanced learning in higher education institutions: Exploring the lived experiences of students with specific learning differences and their lecturers6
‘… They're talking to you as if they're kind of dumbing it down’: A thematic analysis of Black students' perceived reasons for the university awarding gap6
Antecedents of environmental protection participation intentions among Chinese adolescents: The perspectives of rational choice, moral norms, and supporting environment6
Presidential Address: BERA. Who are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?6
Where should phonics teaching start? ‘satpin’ and its origins, rivals and implications6
Indonesian inquiry: A narrative of biocultural teaching on Sulawesi Utara6
Tensions in teaching balanced controversial history: Competing voices within a student teacher in Northern Ireland6
Unveiling student sentiment dynamics toward AI‐based education through statistical analysis and Monte Carlo simulation6
From challenge to innovation: A grassroots study of teachers’ classroom assessment innovations6
Exploring the public's beliefs, emotions and sentiments towards the adoption of the metaverse in education: A qualitative inquiry using big data6
The Ruskin Speech and Great Debate in English education, 1976–1979: A study of motivation6
Satisfied teachers are good teachers: The association between teacher job satisfaction and instructional quality6
The path increasingly travelled: Vocational entry qualifications, socioeconomic status and university outcomes6
Longitudinal links of negative student–teacher relationships and positive class climate with traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration6
Manifestations of the ethics of hospitality at children's hospitality centres in Saudi Arabia5
The role of visual perception and executive functions on writing skills with learning disabilities: The case of Turkish‐speaking children5
Curriculum leadership in a rural indigenous high school in Taiwan implementing the 108 Curriculum Guidelines5
School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: A qualitative study5
‘School is their whole world’: Teachers' perspectives on loneliness among children and adolescents from England and mainland China5
RETRACTION : Story‐Driven Learning and Holistic Development: Effects on Concept Mastery, Creativity and Empathy in EFL 5
RETRACTION : EFL University Students’ Emotional Engagement in AI ‐M5
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RETRACTED: AI ‐assisted learning environments in China: Exploring the intersections of emotion regulation strategies, grit tendencies, self‐compassio5
Navigating the dilemmas of educational reform: A case study of Montessori implementation in a Taiwanese public school5
Mindfulness and resilience: The experiences of global majority students in a mindfulness intervention Programme at a UK university5
Can teacher quality be profiled? A cluster analysis of teachers' beliefs, practices and students' perceptions of effectiveness5
A model for principals' STEM leadership capability5
Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal5
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RETRACTION : To Be in AI ‐Integrated Language Classes or Not to Be: Academic Emotion Regulation, Self‐Esteem, 5
The moderation effect of morphological awareness on the relationship between word detection skills and reading comprehension in Chinese children with and without dyslexia5
Are local students disadvantaged? Understanding institutional, local and national sense of belonging in higher education5
RETRACTED: Intersections between cognitive‐emotion regulation, critical thinking and academic resilience with academic motivation and autonomy in EFL 5
When ease becomes a barrier: What influences student intentions to use Generative AI in higher education?5
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