OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Studies in Higher Education is 33. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
(Un)divided work devotion? Navigating the ideal worker norm in academia	236
Using Activity Theory to understand the interactions of a university interdisciplinary team of scientists and science educators	158
Marketisation meets welfare state ideology: tensions for Finnish higher education marketing and international student recruitment	134
When the only thing familiar is the moon – initial transitions of Indian, Pakistani and Nigerian students into UK HE	129
‘I am because we are’: unfolding role identity and tensions of South African middle leaders in engineering as change agents	115
Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature	86
Procedural fairness during university education and students’ trust in science and scientists	79
The influence of AI text generators on critical thinking skills in UK business schools	77
Exemplarity as deliberative curriculum: finding out what to study, why, and how	73
Early dropout predictors in social sciences and management degree students	73
When negative feedback harms: a systematic review of the unintended consequences of negative feedback on psychological, attitudinal, and behavioral responses	72
Can a minimalistic tip sheet with a motivational focus foster high-quality, motivating peer-feedback? Results of two field experiments	72
Academic identity at the intersection of global scientific communities and national science policies: societal impact in the UK and Netherlands	70
Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of academic success in higher education: a large-scale longitudinal study	66
Prepared but not empowered: exploring the role of pre-doctoral research experience in a doctoral journey	66
Setting the ‘normal study time’: temporal acceleration and standardisation in 1960s Swedish higher education	63
Entrepreneurial decision making in academic spinoffs: a bibliometric map and research agenda	56
Academic freedom and the decolonisation of knowledge: curriculum transformation in South Africa from a UNESCO perspective	52
Transdisciplinarity from the grassroots: exploring student-led dialogues for sustainability	48
Are we answering the question that has been set? Exploring the gap between research and practice around examinations in higher education	48
(Dis)Engaging with entrepreneurial training: perspectives and experiences of women STEM faculty	48
Behind the scenes of doctoral success: a mixed methods approach to exploring PhD supervision courses in Swedish higher education institutions	48
Can coaching bridge the gap for incoming Latinx graduate students?	46
Does institutional performance matter under competition-based funding for higher education in East Asia? A comparative study in Korea and Taiwan	46
The professional learning of academic researchers through their career	44

‘If GAI has finished her job, why would I need her?’: a mixed-methods study on students’ perceptions of GAI-using teachers	42
Examining the influence of human and psychological capital variables on post-secondary students’ academic stress	38
Understanding the experiences of neurodivergent research students: a mixed methods systematic review	36
PhD graduates’ appraisals of work demands: challenging, hindering, and not very threatening	36
From shame to strength: emotional and meaning-making processes among academically suspended Chinese international students	35
The Chinese idea of a university in flux: academic freedom and institutional autonomy under entrepreneurial reforms in the GBA	34
Differential effects of honesty-humility and descriptive social norms across the seriousness dimension of academic dishonesty	34
Advancing women’s representation in top academic positions – what works?	33
Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients’ labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data	33
Rethinking teacher quality in Swedish higher education: insights from social sciences student perspectives and Q methodology	33
Personal values matter: international students’ university selection	33