OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Educational Studies is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring school factors related to professional learning communities: a machine learning approach using cross-national data	98
Individual and collective teacher support towards students in urban schools: identifying underlying school characteristics	31
Obituary: Professor Derek Cherrington	29
Examining the relationship between multiple facets of professional development and teacher job satisfaction in the United States	20
Social entrepreneurship and career adaptability: the mediating effect of pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy	18
Answering it or skipping it: predicting item nonresponse in school self-evaluation questionnaires	15
Windows and mirrors? Cultural authenticity of Chinese-themed children’s books	14
Identifying the culturally sensitive pedagogical competence of teachers of refugees in Türkiye: a mixed-methods study	13
Preservice computer science teachers’ beliefs, motivational orientations, and teaching practices	13
Who is allowed to stay at home during school hours? An analysis of school withdrawal	13
Class of Oz: role-play gamification integrated into classroom management motivates elementary students to learn	12
Correction	11
A multilevel analysis of malleable school and teacher factors contributing to middle grades’ teachers use of effective STEM practices	11
Comparing the impact of word writing and typing via mobile devices on L2 vocabulary learning	11
Intercultural mediation in school. The Spanish education system and growing cultural diversity	10
The relationship between perceived value congruence and teacher commitment: a moderated mediation model of teacher self-efficacy and time pressure	10
Emotions and perception of effort in motor games oriented to formative basketball	9
Special education preservice teachers’ mathematics teaching self-efficacy beliefs	9
A guided tour in the Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory of the University of Coimbra: setting-specific practices in an informal educational environment	8
What the malleability of Kolb’s learning style preferences reveals about categorical differences in learning	8
Impact of the Fulbright teaching excellence and achievement program on participating U.S. secondary schools	7
Understanding teachers’ mental models of collaboration to enhance the learning community	7
Adapting to life in the Gulf: culture shock and challenges confronting foreign teachers in Kuwait	7
The relationship between perfectionism and test anxiety of junior high school students: the mediating role of self-efficacy and trait anxiety	6
2023 vision for education in Turkey in the shadow of 1968 curriculum	6

Implementation matters: a comparison study of career academy and comprehensive high school students’ engagement in college and career readiness activities	6
Students in 4 ^th to 12 ^th grade can distinguish dimensions of teaching when evaluating their teachers: a multilevel analysis of th	6
Exploring the role and practice of teacher leaders in professional learning communities in China: A case study of a Shanghai secondary school	6
Teachers’ epistemic beliefs and reported practices in two cultural contexts	6
Embracing generative AI in education: an experiential study on preservice teachers’ acceptance and attitudes	6
Academic literacy skills and the challenge for Australian higher education	6
Science learning through problems in gifted and talented education: reflection and conceptual learning	6
A meta-analytical investigation on the relationship between emotional labour and teacher efficacy in the Chinese context	6
Influence of different types of interclass ability grouping on students’ academic achievement in mathematics: evidence from the Confucian Asian cluster	5
Teachers’ well-being and job satisfaction: the important role of positive emotions in the workplace	5
The effect of teacher influence relative to principal influence in school decision-making on teacher job attitudes	5
Learning to become a teacher: student teachers’ experiences and perceptions of a one-year initial teacher education programme	5
The relationship between perceptions of instruction quality, intrinsic motivation, and reading achievement: a longitudinal analysis	5
Crossing boundaries: primary school homeroom teachers’ serious misbehaviour experiences and their impact	4
Developing the next generation of leaders: a global study of student leadership	4
Measuring meritocracy: a study of Indonesian English teachers’ views on the role of effort in their own and their students’ success	4
Examining the depth of primary schoolteachers’ reflection through the critical incident technique	4
Investigating the individual nature of teacher beliefs and practices about self-regulated learning and how this shapes their practices for supporting student learning	4
A tool for planning multidisciplinary teacher collaboration and project-based learning	4
Feeling Part of the School and Feeling Safe: Further Development of a Tool for Investigating School Belonging	4
The relationship between emotional intelligence and the learning motivation of students with specific learning disorders moderated by the inclusion ability of special education teachers in Arab minori	4
The effect of shared leadership on job satisfaction: the mediating role of teacher self-efficacy*	4
Learning labs in a secondary school in the Netherlands: Effects of teachers' autonomy support on student learning motivation and achievement	4
Teaching innovation factors: analysis from three Iberoamerican countries	3
Unpacking flexibility in innovative learning environments - teachers’ experiences in practice	3
Factors influencing the impact of work placement on vocational teachers’ school practice	3
International communities of practice: what makes them successful vehicles for teachers’ professional development?	3
Educational hackathon: preparing students for collaborative competency	3
The role of cooperating teachers and the training program in the development of professional identity among pre-service special education teachers	3
Self-innovativeness within school context: multilevel study of the relations between teacher job crafting and innovative behaviour	3
Examining academic success among African American high school students	3
B-FREE project — building freedom for detained adolescents through physical education	3
Moving from elite international schools to elite(ish) universities: the pathway leading to Toronto rather than Harvard	3
Investigating the association between principal learning-centred leadership and teacher instructional practices: the mediating roles of teacher self-efficacy and collective teacher efficacy	3
The role of gender and cognitive mechanisms in mathematical and reading performance	3
An investigation of 8th-grade Turkish students’ performance on number sense	3
Video based professional development on pedagogical documentation: a yearlong study with early childhood teachers	3
How do teachers feel about work after preschools reopened during the COVID-19? Evidence from China	3
The impact of perceived stress on school adjustment among Chinese boarding students in rural junior high school: a moderated mediation model of teacher support and self-esteem	2
The effects of instructional leadership on teacher well-being: the mediating roles of professional learning community and teacher self-efficacy	2
Teachers’ feedback in the context of students’ social acceptance, students’ well-being in school and students’ emotions	2
Application of artificial intelligence APP in quality evaluation of primary school science education	2
Free meals for all: the effects of Tennessee’s community eligibility provision on student non-academic outcomes	2
Conceptualisation and empirical verification of the affective role of the teacher	2
The relationship between principal leadership and teacher practice: Exploring the mediating effect of teachers’ beliefs and professional learning	2
“Close and desirable for whom?”: parents traversing racialised spaces and places in gentrifying U.S. schools	2
Relationship between mentoring and coaching experience, teaching self-efficacy and job satisfaction of vocational school teachers in Thailand	2
Modesty brings gains: linking humble leadership to knowledge sharing via psychological safety and psychological empowerment in professional learning communities	2
Modelling of the relationships between students’ grade-level, epistemic beliefs, metacognition, and science achievement in low and high - achieving schools	2
I did my part! How can I further minimize emerging adult learners’ burnout in an online learning environment?	2

Formerly homeschooled young adults: self-reflections on socialization	2
The impact of prolonging compulsory general education on the labour market	2
Comparing learners’ emotional experiences under face-to-face, videoconferencing and online learning settings	2
Expectancies, learning anxiety, and students’ achievement	2
Does intense contact with people with disabilities lead to more inclusive behaviour within professional practice?	2
Depending on the kindness of strangers: the affective dimension of inspection visits to low-performing schools in Chile	1
Online collaborative learning starts with the global collaborator mindset	1
Research trends and hotspots of differentiated instruction over the past two decades (2000-2020): a bibliometric analysis	1
An examination of the opt-out movement and proficiency rates on state tests for students in a high opt-out region	1
Lesson recordings and analysis as part of teacher professional development programmes: what are the student teachers’ opinions?	1
“I think we have a good time if there are no disputes”: pupils’ dynamic perspectives on being on breaktime	1
Principal’s learning-centred leadership practices and teacher’s wellbeing: a self-determination theory perspective	1
Educational inequality in Indonesia: are intergovernmental fiscal transfers effective in reducing the gap?	1
Links between performance in high school and the decision to major in STEM fields: evidence from Chile	1
The contestation of national and religious curricula in indonesia’s madrasas since the passage of the uuspn	1
Citizenship and educational track membership of Grade 12 students in Flanders: a variable- and person-centered approach	1
Towards home-school partnership: parents’ perspectives on school-based parent activities in childcare centres in Hong Kong	1
The satisfaction of basic psychological needs and children’s reading growth in culturally relevant summer reading contexts	1
Examining the impact of listening to music on writing fluency	1
Students’ perceptions of good citizenship in an East Asian society: A secondary analysis of the ICCS 2016	1
Responding to educational inequality in Ireland; Harnessing teachers’ perspectives to develop a framework for professional conversations	1
Supervising teachers’ orientations and conceptions about content and process in teaching practice	1
“I felt the whole world was against me!”: a qualitative study of novice teachers’ anger expression and regulation	1
Effects of design thinking on artificial intelligence learning and creativity	1
Exclusionary discipline in U.S. public schools: A comparative examination of use in Pre-Kindergarten and K-12 grades	1
Social justice leadership, school climate, cultural capital and academic aspiration in Turkish high schools: contextual influence of gender and family income	1
Improving cross-cultural comparability: does school leadership mean the same in different countries?	1
The relation between science teachers’ classroom management skills and their cognitive flexibility	1
Effects of collaboration on teachers’ job satisfaction and self-efficacy: personal and structural characteristics as moderators	1
The complexity of team teaching models: the relationship with collaboration and shared responsibility	1
Readiness for inclusive education in Slovakia based on pre-primary teachers’ self-efficacy	1
Examining Teacher Identity Construction in Action Research: The Mediating Role of Experience	1
The impact of school culture on implicit theories: the case of Arab teachers’ perceptions of the ideal student	1
From instructional leadership to instructional quality: the critical role of teacher academic optimism	1
The impact of sibling size on children’s academic performance; a case study of female high school students in Tehran	1
A glocalized bilingual policy implementation in a junior high school in Taiwan	1
A comparative meta-analysis of the effects of problem-based learning model on K-12 students’ cognitive outputs	1
Special education in tumultuous times: Jewish and Arab parents’ perceptions of services during COVID-19	1
Problematising conceptions of “effective” home-school partnerships in secondary education	1