OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Educational Research Journal is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Caught in the vacuum: Policies addressing online harms in Maltese secondary schools	71
Performance motivation and emotion regulation as drivers of academic competence and problem‐solving skills in AI‐enhanced preschool education: A SEM study	43
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees	43
Teachers', parents', and pupils' perceptions and described experiences of toilet provisions and practices within English schools	42
Single‐sex schooling, gender and educational performance: Evidence using PISA data	35
Levelling down? Understanding the decline of the maintained nursery sector in England	34
Ethos within the British boarding school: A small‐scale analysis of the ‘Head's Welcome’ as an act of legitimation	33
Effectiveness of educational interventions: An ecological systems analysis of initiatives from the UK opportunity areas programme	31
Combatting conspiracies in the classroom: Teacher strategies and perceived outcomes	21
The mediating role of student engagement in the relationship between teacher and digital support and learner satisfaction in blended learning environments at higher education	20
‘It's missing the heart of what writing is about’: teachers' interpretations of writing assessment criteria	20
“I get by with a little help from my friends”: The importance of peer‐led emotion work during the primary to secondary school transition	19
An integrated conceptual model for enhancing refugee education	19
Teacher‐composed cases of practice as and for dissemination, reflection and data	19
The ups and downs in perceived societal appreciation of the teaching profession during COVID‐19: A longitudinal trajectory analysis	18
A critical exploration of inclusion policies of elite UK universities	17
Teachers’ gender bias in STEM: Results from a vignette study	17
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 p	15
Young athletes as sports activists: Empowerment as a fundamental element of the process	15
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 development	15
The role of the teacher's culture in classroom management: A case study of primary schools in French Polynesia	14
Unsettling subject English in the twenty‐first century	14
Organizational and Psychological factors in teacher educators’ professional identity development: An empirical analysis	13
Unlocking education through relationship building: Identity and agency in English educational institutions during Covid‐19	13
Can the teaching style reduce inequality in the classroom? Evidence from a quasi‐experiment	13

Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education	12
Educators' positive practices with refugee pupils at two schools in England	12
The association between family socioeconomic status and urban–rural and high‐school attainment gaps: A logistic regression analysis of the China Family Panel Studies data	12
Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co‐creation project on French, German and Spanish	12
From classroom challenges to scholarly insights: A bibliometric analysis of novice teacher research	12
Can the role of a personal tutor contribute to reducing the undergraduate degree awarding gap for racially minoritised students?	12
Time well spent? Temporal dimensions of study abroad and implications for student experiences and outcomes under the UK Turing Scheme	11
Workplace support for newly qualified doctors and secondary school teachers: A comparative analysis	11
Experiences in times of COVID‐19: Home‐life, social connections, and schooling for Aotearoa New Zealand children	11
The link between school leadership, staff job satisfaction and retention. Longitudinal evidence from England	11
Reducing anxiety, promoting enjoyment and enhancing overall English proficiency: The impact of AI‐assisted language learning in Chinese EFL contexts	11
Children's agency in England's primary schools: A case for structured freedom	11
How do homeschoolers approach creative arts learning and how can they be supported? Developing a flexible framework for homeschool contexts	10
The lasting influence of an open climate of classroom discussion on political trust: Results from a seven‐year panel study among English youth	10
‘Sir, I don't know what I'm doing’: An investigation into the role of happy accidents in a secondary school art classroom	10
How hermeneutics can guide grading in integrated STEAM education: An evidence‐informed perspective	10
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 2015–2022	10
Retention among newly qualified second‐year teachers: The reception–integration model	9
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Does study abroad affect student academic achievement?	9
The potential of deep learning in improving K‐12 students' writing skills: A systematic review	8
Does pedagogical metamorphosis exist? Exploring the practices of primary school teachers at different stages of their careers	8
Re‐imagining a decolonised, anti‐racist curriculum within initial teacher education in a Welsh university	8
The future of educational research: Observations from the outgoing editors of the British Educational Research Journal	8
Many truths, many knowledges, many forms of reason: Understanding middle‐school student approaches to sources of information on the internet	8
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The ‘Friday effect’: School attendance over the weekⁱ	8
‘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‐experienc	8
Personality‐sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9‐ to 10‐year‐olds	8
Teachers taking perceptions of student attributes into consideration when formulating track recommendations?	8
Amplifying organisational discourses to the public: Media narratives of Teach For Australia, 2008–2020	8
Australian senior‐secondary teachers’ perceptions of leadership and policy for differentiated instruction	8
Emotional experiences and stigma among families benefiting from Barcelona's shock plan against school segregation and for inclusion and equal opportunities and educational success	7
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Examining the impact of gamified mobile and AI‐assisted language learning on academic integrity, creative trait motivation and writing performance	7
To be in AI‐integrated language classes or not to be: Academic emotion regulation, self‐esteem, L2 learning experiences and growth mindsets are in focus	7
Distributed leadership in action: Different manifestations and what they require from school leaders	7
The GCSE attainment gap: Assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion	7
School partnered approaches to emotionally based school avoidance in UK primary and secondary school‐age learners: A systematic review	7
Categorisations of care: Exploring representations of care leavers in higher education through critical praxis	7
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‘Populism’ and competing epistemic communities in English educational policy: A response to Craske and Watson	7
The role of social capital in the job quality of Chilean university graduates	7
Intergenerational transmission of educational disadvantage: Education progression of children of care leavers compared to a general population sample	7
International student agency in academic self‐formation: Mobility as agency situated within knowledge structures	7
The relationship between faculty members’ perceptions of technology leadership and their technology integration into higher education—Evidence from China	7
Motility, viscosity and field: A portrayal of migrant teachers' professional mobility and ethical conflicts in American and Australian faith‐based schools	7
Drivers of school choice: Primary school selection in a free choice context	7
Representations of schooling and childhood during the COVID‐19 pandemic in England	7

Editorial: BERJ 50th Anniversary Collection: Virtual issue 1975 to 1984	7
To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities	7
The role of autonomy in forming an integrated identity among early career academics	7
Reimagining school leadership: A qualitative study on how distributed leadership models influence innovation culture in semi‐government schools in Pakistan	7
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Growing in organisations: The multifaceted effects of organisational support on teachers' digital literacy	7
BERJ 50th anniversary collection: Virtual issue 1985 to 1994	7
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Mental wellbeing among higher education students in England during the pandemic: A longitudinal study of COVID‐19 experiences, social connectedness and greenspace use	7
What are the success factors for schools in remote Indigenous communities?	6
Do schools that employ an inspector get better inspection grades?	6
Enhancing online MBA programmes: Student perceptions and key factors in programme design and delivery	6
Our World, Our Futures: A dialogic approach to environmental literacy and global citizenship education in primary schools in the Maldives and England	6
How does dialogic teaching facilitate students' creative thinking? Evidence from a sequential analysis of teacher–student dialogue in primary language classrooms	6
Tensions in teaching balanced controversial history: Competing voices within a student teacher in Northern Ireland	6
Rigour in interpretive qualitative research in education: Ideas to think with	6
Indonesian inquiry: A narrative of biocultural teaching on Sulawesi Utara	6
Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Achievement goals, academic engagement and performance: The mediating role of self‐regulated learning strategies	6
Unveiling student sentiment dynamics toward AI‐based education through statistical analysis and Monte Carlo simulation	6
Classroom social networks, students' peer‐related social experiences and sense of belonging: The specific case of students with SEN	6
Assessing the learning of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream school physical education	6
Parental involvement and academic achievement in Year 4 and Year 8 students: A meta‐analysis based on large‐scale assessments in China	6
From challenge to innovation: A grassroots study of teachers’ classroom assessment innovations	6
Longitudinal links of negative student–teacher relationships and positive class climate with traditional bullying and cyberbullying perpetration	6
When ease becomes a barrier: What influences student intentions to use Generative AI in higher education?	5
Satisfied teachers are good teachers: The association between teacher job satisfaction and instructional quality	5
Intersections between cognitive‐emotion regulation, critical thinking and academic resilience with academic motivation and autonomy in EFL learners: Contributions of AI‐mediated	5
‘… 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 gap	5
The path increasingly travelled: Vocational entry qualifications, socioeconomic status and university outcomes	5
Technology‐enhanced learning in higher education institutions: Exploring the lived experiences of students with specific learning differences and their lecturers	5
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The Ruskin Speech and Great Debate in English education, 1976–1979: A study of motivation	5
Are local students disadvantaged? Understanding institutional, local and national sense of belonging in higher education	5
Presidential Address: BERA. Who are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?	5
Do we have to rethink inclusive pedagogies for secondary schools? A critical systematic review of the international literature	5
AI‐assisted learning environments in China: Exploring the intersections of emotion regulation strategies, grit tendencies, self‐compassion, L2 learning experiences and academic d	5
Antecedents of environmental protection participation intentions among Chinese adolescents: The perspectives of rational choice, moral norms, and supporting environment	5
Crafting agency in a host community: Accessing and participating in the English higher education sector by Ukrainian refugees	5
The role of visual perception and executive functions on writing skills with learning disabilities: The case of Turkish‐speaking children	5
Curriculum leadership in a rural indigenous high school in Taiwan implementing the 108 Curriculum Guidelines	5
Exploring the public's beliefs, emotions and sentiments towards the adoption of the metaverse in education: A qualitative inquiry using big data	5
Do they know what they know? Accuracy in teacher candidates' self‐assessments and its influencing factors	5
Navigating the dilemmas of educational reform: A case study of Montessori implementation in a Taiwanese public school	5
Where should phonics teaching start? ‘satpin’ and its origins, rivals and implications	5
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The moderation effect of morphological awareness on the relationship between word detection skills and reading comprehension in Chinese children with and without dyslexia	4
The importance of school culture in supporting student mental health in secondary schools. Insights from a qualitative study	4
Does grammar school attendance increase the likelihood of attending a prestigious UK university?	4
AI voice journaling for future language teachers: A path to well‐being through reflective practices	4
Exploring students' experiences of technical and vocational learning in University Technical Colleges during the pandemic	4
The five‐year itch: Motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in England	4
The role of beliefs and social–emotional skills in shaping educational expectations among Romanian adolescents	4
Practice‐based educational and theatre research: A scoping review	4
Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal	4
School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: A qualitative study	4
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“The purpose of activism is to educate”: Young people's climate activism as and for education in the youth strike movement in England	4
Chinese PhD candidates in British universities: Understanding the practices of international doctorate students	4
Unboxing the intersections between self‐esteem and academic mindfulness with test emotions, psychological wellness and academic achievement in artificial intelligence‐supported learning environments:	4
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Popular boys, the ideal schoolboy, and blended patterns of masculinity for 10‐ to 11‐year‐olds in two London schools	4
From silence to academic engagement: How refugee children with disabilities access learning through inclusive ‘artful’ schools in Canada	4
The impact of ‘bursary tourism’ or the desire for a ‘fulfilling, challenging, and emotionally rewarding career’? Career entry motivations and perceptions of preservice teachers from England	4
A model for principals' STEM leadership capability	4
Manifestations of the ethics of hospitality at children's hospitality centres in Saudi Arabia	4
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Safe spaces and beyond: Examining the role of LGBT+ Pride Groups in fostering ontological security and allyship within UK schools	4
To persist or not? Examining the relations between parental education, self‐regulation, school engagement and persistence in post‐compulsory education	4
The impact of student conduct problems on teacher wellbeing following the onset of the Covid‐19 pandemic: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis	4
String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care	4
Developing teacher professional capital: A case study of Master Teacher Studios in Zhejiang province, China	4
School playgroups: Which features of provision matter?	4
Are track recommendations dependent on schools and school boards? A study of trends in the level of track recommendations, number of double recommendations and reconsiderations in Dutch urban and rura	4
Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education	4
An ecological perspective of student engagement through digital technology: Practical application and implications	4
Some clarifications on educational research and practice	4
Can teacher quality be profiled? A cluster analysis of teachers' beliefs, practices and students' perceptions of effectiveness	4
Boarding schools: A longitudinal examination of Australian Indigenous and non‐Indigenous boarders’ and non‐boarders’ wellbeing	4