OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Studies in Higher Education is 30. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
In memoriam: Vincent Lynn Meek (1948–2022)	160
(Un)divided work devotion? Navigating the ideal worker norm in academia	107
Using Activity Theory to understand the interactions of a university interdisciplinary team of scientists and science educators	95
Are we answering the question that has been set? Exploring the gap between research and practice around examinations in higher education	94
Entrepreneurial decision making in academic spinoffs: a bibliometric map and research agenda	94
Marketisation meets welfare state ideology: tensions for Finnish higher education marketing and international student recruitment	64
Early dropout predictors in social sciences and management degree students	63
Academic identity at the intersection of global scientific communities and national science policies: societal impact in the UK and Netherlands	61
When the only thing familiar is the moon – initial transitions of Indian, Pakistani and Nigerian students into UK HE	59
Exemplarity as deliberative curriculum: finding out what to study, why, and how	55
Can a minimalistic tip sheet with a motivational focus foster high-quality, motivating peer-feedback? Results of two field experiments	55
Setting the ‘normal study time’: temporal acceleration and standardisation in 1960s Swedish higher education	52
When negative feedback harms: a systematic review of the unintended consequences of negative feedback on psychological, attitudinal, and behavioral responses	52
How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts	52
Procedural fairness during university education and students’ trust in science and scientists	50
Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of academic success in higher education: a large-scale longitudinal study	49
Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature	45
Academic freedom and the decolonisation of knowledge: curriculum transformation in South Africa from a UNESCO perspective	43
The influence of AI text generators on critical thinking skills in UK business schools	41
(Dis)Engaging with entrepreneurial training: perspectives and experiences of women STEM faculty	40
The professional learning of academic researchers through their career	40
PhD graduates’ appraisals of work demands: challenging, hindering, and not very threatening	40
Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients’ labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data	38
Transdisciplinarity from the grassroots: exploring student-led dialogues for sustainability	36
Can coaching bridge the gap for incoming Latinx graduate students?	32

Examining the influence of human and psychological capital variables on post-secondary students’ academic stress	31
Does institutional performance matter under competition-based funding for higher education in East Asia? A comparative study in Korea and Taiwan	31
Personal values matter: international students’ university selection	31
The Chinese idea of a university in flux: academic freedom and institutional autonomy under entrepreneurial reforms in the GBA	30
University-enterprise cooperation for the employability of higher education graduates: a social capital approach	30
Understanding the experiences of neurodivergent research students: a mixed methods systematic review	30