OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Information Development is 3. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Digital health interventions for adolescents living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review and logic model	72
Influence of ICT skills on job performance of librarians in university libraries of South-South, Nigeria	35
Closing the divide: Exploring higher education teachers’ perspectives on educational technology	32
Factors influencing smartphone usage of rural farmers: Empirical analysis of five selected provinces in China	28
The role of radio, television and mobile phones in disseminating information on occurrences of wildfire in Uluguru Mountains Nature Reserve – Morogoro Tanzania	28
Connecting industries to research outputs: The role of academic libraries	26
Sustainable development of social responsibility in universities in the digital era: Perceptions and advances	25
Factors influencing the adoption of artificial intelligence in libraries: A systematic literature review	24
Cultural factors that influence the adoption of e-commerce: A Palestinian case study	24
Determinants of agriculture information utilization among farmers: Contextualization of Wilson's information behavior model	22
Awareness, knowledge, and attitude towards artificial intelligence: Perspective of medical students in Ghana	20
Patient held medical records in public hospitals in Bulawayo	19
Scientific communication of east Asian countries on internet of things (IoT): A performance evaluation based on scientometric tools	18
Graduates’ Entrepreneurial Intention in a Developing Country: The Influence of Social Media and E-commerce Adoption (SMEA) and its Antecedents	17
Development of the cybersecurity scale (CS-S): Evidence of validity and reliability	16
Assessing the effectiveness of academic library services: A review on the formulation of a feasible conceptual framework	16
Distributed leadership practice among heads of library and job performance of librarians in higher educational institutions in Nigeria	16
Measuring improvements of the education system in the COVID-19 pandemic – A case study of Serbia	15
Erratum to “Cultural factors that influence the adoption of e-commerce: A Palestinian case study”	15
Modelling distance education students’ satisfaction and continuous use intention of students’ portal: An importance-performance map analysis	14
Innovative culture, innovative behaviour, social capital and performance of small and medium ICT enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria	14
Information seeking behavior of campus journalists in a developing country: An empirical study	12
Media reporting of climate change crisis in Pakistan: Identifying corrective strategies	11
Good tools are essential to do the job: A study of impact of digital competencies on innovative work behavior of Chinese remote work employees	11
Human-AI interaction: Augmenting decision-making for IT leader's project selection	11

The influence of ICT diffusion and globalization on the quality of governance: A study using panel data from ASEAN countries	11
How Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder seek orienting information? An exploration of information source horizons, preference criteria, and information-seeking pathways	11
The impact of applying digital process innovation to farm management on farmer welfare: A multiple case study	11
Technostress, burnout and job satisfaction Among teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of literacy facilitation	9
Success factors of evidence-based training for pilots	9
Understanding consumers’ purchase intention towards online paid courses	9
Challenges and strategies for open access in South Africa: A knowledge management approach	9
A CIO-centric local government data-sharing leadership ecosystem in China	9
Adoption of farm management information systems (FMIS): The case of Brazilian sugarcane farmers	9
Smallholder farmers’ knowledge, practices and perceptions associated with grain storage and hermetic technology in southern Ghana: Implications for awareness and training	9
Factors driving the exposure to information sources: Pakistani farmers' information behavior	9
Assessing prevalence of misperceptions in agricultural activities of smallholder farmers in Tanzania	9
Hate speech in the Internet context: Unpacking the roles of Internet penetration, online legal regulation, and online opinion polarization from a transnational perspective	9
Modeling safety challenges journalists faced in reporting anti-police brutality protests (ENDSARS protests) in Nigeria	8
Exploring the level of digital citizenship awareness among female students in the information science department at Umm Al-Qura University	8
Pathways of front-line healthcare professionals’ information anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study in China	8
Understanding knowledge sharing in online health communities: A social cognitive theory perspective	8
Do farmers use climate information in adaptation decisions? case of smallholders in semi-arid Kenya	8
Moderating effect of ICT on the relationship between governance quality and income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa	8
Social media literacy among rural people in Indonesia: Empirical findings from a nationwide survey	8
Does Internet development affect urban-rural income gap in China? An empirical investigation at provincial level	8
The state of the professionalisation of the records and archives management profession in Zimbabwe	8
Determinants of business intelligence systems adoption in Nigerian banks: The role of perceived usefulness and ease of use	7
Correlates of smallholder poultry farmers extension and marketing information needs: Evidence from north-eastern South Africa	7
Understanding the Facebook Users' Behavior towards COVID-19 Information Sharing by Integrating the Theory of Planned Behavior and Gratifications	7
An examination of the challenges and awareness presented by the transfer of born-digital records in the public sector: A case study of Türkiye	7
Information technology and insurance development in Sub-Saharan Africa	7
Trends in policy development for reading culture in the context of the fourth industrial revolution and digital transformation in Vietnam	7
Evaluation of climate change coverage across news sources in selected Malaysian electronic newspapers	6
The effect of perceived justice on users’ contribution in open source software communities	6
Resistance to online learning technology: Theoretical and empirical perspectives	6
Using a social media based intervention to enhance eye health awareness of members of a deprived community in India	6
Information needs and behaviour of Egyptian doormen/women: An exploratory study	6
Research on internet of things (IoT) indexed in Web of Science from 2011–2022	5
Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of interactive radio and interactive television instructions on improvement in life skills among out-of-school nomadic children in Northern Nigeria	5
Effectiveness of Mdantsane FM community radio in health information promotion among residents of eastern cape province, South Africa	5
Appropriation of mobile phones in the rural African societies: Case study of the Fulani pastoralists in Northern Benin	5
Academic use of smartphones among medical students in Pakistan	5
Artificial intelligence in developing countries: The impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for development	5
Exploring the challenges of e-resources acquisition to enhance access and the enabling factors to embrace patron-driven e-resources acquisition in Ethiopian university libraries	5
Information communication technology acceptance and usage in the microfinance sector: The perspective of least developed countries	5
Data management of digitized indigenous knowledge system in repositories	5
Factors affecting the students’ knowledge sharing through social media technologies: A structural equation modeling approach	5
‘Traditional or critical’?: Reflections on information literacy in the Philippines	5
User requirements for research data management services in Myanmar university libraries: A case study of the University of Yangon Library	5
Librarians participation in professional development workshops using Zoom in Nigeria	5
International students’ university decision quality: The effect of online environment quality, information-task fit, perceived usefulness and social influence	5
From silent spaces to smart spaces: Leveraging IoT-based innovative services to enhance library system performance using SEM approach	4
Impact of health-related internet use on disease management behavior of chronic patients: Mediating role of perceived credibility of online information	4
Strategies for capturing, managing, and sharing indigenous knowledge	4

Midwives’ acceptance of mHealth applications in the dissemination of maternal health education in primary healthcare clinics	4
Are faculty members capable of finding the needed information? A study of selected universities of Jammu and Kashmir	4
The use of OPAC query logs to support evidence-informed information literacy (IL) training at The University of Dar es Salaam	4
Effect of word of mouth on m-payment service adoption: a developing country case study	4
What motivates academics in Egypt toward generative AI tools? An integrated model of TAM, SCT, UTAUT2, perceived ethics, and academic integrity	4
Editorial	4
A unified theoretical model for understanding mobile application usage behavior supported with real usage data	4
Managing it investment and strategic alignment for firm performance: A comparative study in emerging economies	4
Security measures for protection of personal identification information in Mozambique	4
Information technology integration implementation in public sector organizations: Exploring challenges, opportunities, and future trends	4
The impact of digital information treatment on the evaluation of service performance of agricultural extension agents	4
An exploratory prioritisation of supervision styles in library and information science experiential learning programmes in Pakistan	3
The effectiveness of using audio-visual based media intervention for promoting social media literacy skills to curtail fake news on social media: A quasi-experimental investigation	3
Scientific information literacy, attitude and persuasiveness in decision making among Nigerian university students	3
Perceived impact of automation on university library services by library personnel in South West, Nigeria	3
Why do people spread fake news? Modelling the factors that influence social media users’ fake news sharing behaviour	3
Determining perceptions of banking customers regarding fingerprint ATMs	3
Drivers of egovernment adoption amidst COVID-19 pandemic: The Information Adoption Model (IAM) approach	3
Jumping over the paywall: Strategies and motivations for scholarly piracy and other alternatives	3
Editorial	3
Relationships between social media usage, social capital and job performance: the case of hotel employees in Iran	3
Managing and accessing indigenous knowledge for national development: The role of academic libraries in Ghana	3
Assessment of information literacy, attitude towards research and research competence of library and information science undergraduates in Nigerian universities	3
The use of artificial intelligence in university libraries in Türkiye: Practices, and perspectives of library directors	3
Assessment of information literacy course for undergraduate students in higher education	3
Skills and competencies of academic librarians to use information technology tools in the digital era: A systematic literature review	3
Fostering innovation in smart library services: An in-depth exploration of empowered capabilities and dynamic strategies among university librarians in Pakistan	3
Big data security and privacy in healthcare: A systematic review and future research directions	3
Barriers to internationalisation of library science education identified by faculties in China	3
Analysis of information needs and search behaviour of cashew farmers in non-traditional areas of India: A pilot study	3
The e-government adoption ecosystem from the perspective of stakeholder theory: A case study on the village information systems in Indonesia	3
Do internet and mobile usage affect the democracy-economic growth nexus in Africa?	3