OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Telecommunications Policy is 13. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
AI governance in the public sector: Three tales from the frontiers of automated decision-making in democratic settings	178
The impact of ICT on economic growth-Comparing rich and poor countries	157
ICT for sustainable development: Global comparative evidence of globalisation thresholds	106
Revisiting Wireless Internet Connectivity: 5G vs Wi-Fi 6	96
Assessment of mobile technology use in the emerging market: Analyzing intention to use m-payment services in India	90
Factors influencing TikTok engagement behaviors in China: An examination of gratifications sought, narcissism, and the Big Five personality traits	82
Internet access and poverty reduction: Evidence from rural and urban Mexico	82
Broadband infrastructure and export growth	81
Harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to increase wellbeing for all: The case for a new technology diplomacy	80
Societal and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence: Critical notes on European policy frameworks	73
From digital divide to digital inclusion: Challenges for wide-ranging digitalization in Pakistan	64
5G: A new future for Mobile Network Operators, or not?	60
Reaping digital dividends: Digital inclusive finance and high-quality development of enterprises in China	60
Digital technologies and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa	60
Understanding the greater diffusion of mobile money innovations in Africa	53
Digital infrastructure and employment in services: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries	52
Forming a 5G strategy for developing countries: A note for policy makers	50
Resistance to facial recognition payment in China: The influence of privacy-related factors	50
The impact of literacy on intention to use digital technology for learning: A comparative study of Korea and Finland	48
The non-linear relationship between ICT diffusion and financial development	47
Environmental sustainability in the OECD: The power of digitalization, green innovation, renewable energy and financial development	47
An analysis of the impacts of telecommunications technology and innovation on economic growth	45
Innovation ecosystems theory revisited: The case of artificial intelligence in China	45
Effects of the internet, mobile, and land phones on income inequality and The Kuznets curve: Cross country analysis	44
ICT and socio-economic development: Evidence from a spatial panel data analysis in China	43

Can digitization mitigate the economic damage of a pandemic? Evidence from SARS	43
The gap not only closes: Resistance and reverse shifts in the digital divide in Russia	43
Is ICT an enduring driver of economic growth? Evidence from South Asian economies	42
Artificial intelligence: From ethics to law	41
Inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the interaction between ICT diffusion, and financial development	39
Information technology, income inequality and economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries	39
ICT dynamics for gender inclusive intermediary education: Minimum poverty and inequality thresholds in developing countries	38
Harnessing digital technologies for poverty reduction. Evidence for low-income and lower-middle income countries	38
ICT, governance and inequality in Africa	38
Mobile payment and rural household consumption: Evidence from China	38
Regulating smart contracts: Legal revolution or simply evolution?	34
Could information and communication technology (ICT) reduce carbon emissions? The role of trade openness and financial development	34
Determinants of digitalization and digital divide in Sub-Saharan African economies: A spatial Durbin analysis	34
Broadband adoption and availability: Impacts on rural employment during COVID-19	33
Does ICT create a new driving force for manufacturing?—Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms	33
Importance of Internet Exchange Point (IXP) infrastructure for 5G: Estimating the impact of 5G use cases	32
ICT investment and GDP growth: Causality analysis for the case of Korea	32
Digital divide and financial development in Africa	31
ICT adoption, innovation, and SMEs’ access to finance	31
Do ICTs drive wealth inequality? Evidence from a dynamic panel analysis	31
Digital dividend or digital divide? Digital economy and urban-rural income inequality in China	30
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Telecommunications and other network industries	30
Exploring the structural effects of the ICT sector in the Greek economy: A quantitative approach based on input-output and network analysis	30
China's emerging role in the global semiconductor value chain	30
Urbanization and sustainable development for inclusiveness using ICTs	29
Regulation and innovation in 5G markets	28
Democratic legitimacy in global platform governance	28
Total factor productivity enablers in the ICT industry: A cross-country firm-level analysis	28
Platform configurations for local and private 5G networks in complex industrial multi-stakeholder ecosystems	28
Convergence patterns in global ICT: Fresh insights from a club clustering algorithm	28
The non-linear impact of digitization on remittances inflow: Evidence from the BRICS	27
State broadband policy: Impacts on availability	27
Female participation in African labor markets: The role of information and communication technologies	27
Drivers of and barriers to e-commerce adoption in Indonesia: Individuals’ perspectives and the implications	27
Connecting the other half: Exploring options for the 50% of the population unconnected to the internet	26
How does broadband infrastructure promote entrepreneurship in China: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment	26
ICT and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Transmission channels and effects	24
Determinants of internet use by school-age children: The challenges for Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic	23
Increasing low-income broadband adoption through private incentives	23
The impact of ICT patents on economic growth: An international evidence	23
Why is South Korea at the forefront of 5G? Insights from technology systems theory	22
The impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on internet interconnection	22
Factors affecting users' satisfaction and dissatisfaction of OTT services in South Korea	22
E-commerce in Spain: Determining factors and the importance of the e-trust	22
Internet access and its role on educational inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic	22
Who uses paid over-the-top services and why? Cross-national comparisons of consumer demographics and values	21
Demonetization and digitalization: The Indian government's hidden agenda	21
The multidimensional effect of financial development on trade in Africa: The role of the digital economy	21
Does digitalization promote net job creation? Empirical evidence from WAEMU countries	21
A new measure of digital economic activity and its impact on local opportunity	20

Leveraging digital technology for development: Does ICT contribute to poverty reduction?	20
The technology we choose to create: Human rights advocacy in the Internet Engineering Task Force	20
“Data localization”: The internet in the balance	19
Blockchain as a cutting-edge technology impacting business: A systematic literature review perspective	19
Ethics of autonomous weapons systems and its applicability to any AI systems	19
The evolution of cyber-insurance industry and market: An institutional analysis	19
Demand-side broadband policy in the context of digital transformation: An examination of SME digital advisory policies in Wales	19
The rise of 5G technologies and systems: A quantitative analysis of knowledge production	19
Elections, institutions, and the regulatory politics of platform governance: The case of the German NetzDG	19
The AI techno-economic complex System: Worldwide landscape, thematic subdomains and technological collaborations	19
Will 5G lead to more spectrum sharing? Discussing recent developments of the LSA and the CBRS spectrum sharing frameworks	18
Factors influencing K-pop artists' success on V live online video platform	18
Ubiquitous technologies and 5G development. Who is leading the race?	17
Harmonizing regulatory regimes for the governance of patient-generated health data	17
Advertising in streaming video: An integrative literature review and research agenda	17
Impact of high-speed broadband access on local establishment dynamics	17
Measuring ICT externalities and their contribution to productivity: A bilateral trade based approach	17
Digital divides across consumers of internet services in Spain using panel data 2007–2019. Narrowing or not?	17
Prediction of Wheat Production Using Machine Learning Algorithms in northern areas of Pakistan	17
European Union policy on 5G: Context, scope and limits	17
Privacy in AI and the IoT: The privacy concerns of smart speaker users and the Personal Information Protection Law in China	17
Employment and the gender digital divide in Latin America: A decomposition analysis	17
Does the digital economy generate a gender dividend for female employment? Evidence from China	16
Leveraging university research within the context of open innovation: The case of Huawei	16
How do industrial robots applications affect the quality upgrade of Chinese export trade?	16
Quantum Artificial Intelligence: A “precautionary” U.S. approach?	16
5G and the notion of network ideology, or: The limitations of sociotechnical imaginaries	16
Internet of things and the economics of 5G-based local industrial networks	16
Can digital policy improve corporate sustainability? Empirical evidence from China's national comprehensive big data pilot zones	16
Economic growth and broadband access: The European urban-rural digital divide	16
Information and communications technology infrastructure and firm growth: An empirical study of China's cities	15
“The Netflix effect” in Thailand: Industry and regulatory implications	15
Effects of data localization on digital trade: An agent-based modeling approach	15
Fibre to the countryside: A comparison of public and community initiatives tackling the rural digital divide in the UK	15
The social process of internet appropriation: Living in a digitally advanced country benefits less well-educated Europeans	15
Friends or Foes? Mobile money interaction with formal and informal finance	14
The ‘China’ question in mobile Internet standard-making: Insights from expert interviews	14
Toward the adoption of digital assistive technology: Factors affecting older people's initial trust formation	14
Population grid-based assessment of the impact of broadband expansion on population development in rural areas	14
Assessing fifteen years of State Aid for broadband in the European Union: A quantitative analysis	14
Mobile phones, mobile Internet, and employment in Uganda	14
The evolution paths of neutral host businesses: Antecedents, strategies, and business models	14
OTT and live streaming services: Past, present, and future	13
Small rural operators techno-economic analysis to bring mobile services to isolated communities: The case of Peru Amazon rainforest	13
Does ICTs decrease the spread of informal economy in Africa?	13
Development of 5G – Identifying organizations active in publishing, patenting, and standardization	13
Normfare: Norm entrepreneurship in internet governance	13
Reforming funding of universal access to telecommunications and broadband services: Approaches for the new decade	13
Assessment of E-government inclusion policies toward seniors: A framework and case study	13