OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Studies in Higher Education is 28. 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
In memoriam: Vincent Lynn Meek (1948–2022)	122
(Un)divided work devotion? Navigating the ideal worker norm in academia	92
Using Activity Theory to understand the interactions of a university interdisciplinary team of scientists and science educators	88
How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts	84
Academic freedom and the decolonisation of knowledge: curriculum transformation in South Africa from a UNESCO perspective	74
Can a minimalistic tip sheet with a motivational focus foster high-quality, motivating peer-feedback? Results of two field experiments	62
Procedural fairness during university education and students’ trust in science and scientists	57
Academic identity at the intersection of global scientific communities and national science policies: societal impact in the UK and Netherlands	54
Marketisation meets welfare state ideology: tensions for Finnish higher education marketing and international student recruitment	48
When negative feedback harms: a systematic review of the unintended consequences of negative feedback on psychological, attitudinal, and behavioral responses	47
Early dropout predictors in social sciences and management degree students	47
Exemplarity as deliberative curriculum: finding out what to study, why, and how	46
Entrepreneurial decision making in academic spinoffs: a bibliometric map and research agenda	45
Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature	43
Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of academic success in higher education: a large-scale longitudinal study	43
Are we answering the question that has been set? Exploring the gap between research and practice around examinations in higher education	41
The influence of AI text generators on critical thinking skills in UK business schools	40
Differential effects of honesty-humility and descriptive social norms across the seriousness dimension of academic dishonesty	40
Behind the scenes of doctoral success: a mixed methods approach to exploring PhD supervision courses in Swedish higher education institutions	38
The professional learning of academic researchers through their career	38
PhD graduates’ appraisals of work demands: challenging, hindering, and not very threatening	38
(Dis)Engaging with entrepreneurial training: perspectives and experiences of women STEM faculty	36
Transdisciplinarity from the grassroots: exploring student-led dialogues for sustainability	35
Can coaching bridge the gap for incoming Latinx graduate students?	33
University-enterprise cooperation for the employability of higher education graduates: a social capital approach	32

Examining the influence of human and psychological capital variables on post-secondary students’ academic stress	30
Theorizing clock time-as-affect in the decolonization of higher education	29
Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients’ labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data	28
Understanding the experiences of neurodivergent research students: a mixed methods systematic review	28