OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Higher Education is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Learning, Compliance, and Psychological Burdens When Undocumented Immigrants Claim In-State Tuition Policy	49
Variation in Broadband Access Among Undergraduate Populations Across the United States	40
Revisiting the Impact of the College Scorecard on Demand for Colleges	31
It Takes Work: How University Students Manage Role Boundaries when the Future is Calling	30
Buyer Beware: Understanding and Validating Distributional Assumptions of K-Means in College Student Typology Research	29
Exploring the Interplay Between Equity Groups, Mental Health and Perceived Employability Amongst Students at a Public Australian University	24
Universities and Gentrification: The Effects of Anchor Institution Initiatives on Rates of Neighborhood Change	21
Trends and Motivations in Critical Quantitative Educational Research: A Multimethod Examination Across Higher Education Scholarship and Author Perspectives	21
“Prior-Prior Year” FAFSA Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment	19
Stratified Trajectories: Charting Equity Gaps in Program Pathways Among Community College Students	16
Men of Color Programs at Public Baccalaureate Institutions: A Typology of Institutional Context & Diversity	15
International Education’s Academic Benefit: Potential for Community College Virtual International Exchange	15
Developing Antiracist Intelligence in Institutional Research: A Critical Content Analysis of AIR Forum Conference Programs, 2002–2023	15
Patterns of University Withdrawal: Do Former Students’ Accounts Raise Social Justice Concerns?	14
Degrees of Connection: Examining the Relationships Among College Majors, Marriage, and Spouse Selection	13
Equal Access, Persistent Divides: Gender Segregation in Italian Higher Education across Three Decades (1995–2022)	12
Up-or-Out Systems? Quantifying Path Flexibility in the Lived Curriculum of College Majors	12
Destiny Unbound: A Look at How Far from Home Students Go to College	12
Online Student Performance Under Synchronous and Asynchronous Instruction in California Community Colleges	11
The Role of Grit in STEM Faculty Research Success: A US Longitudinal Study	11
Building Transfer Student Interest in Computer Science PhDs: Examining an Advising Intervention Using a Staged Innovation Design	10
Work-Based Learning and Early Career Outcomes: Evidence on Earnings, College-Level Employment, and Career Progression	10
Liberal Arts Graduates in the Labour Market: A Comparative Study of Dutch University Colleges and Conventional Bachelor’s Programmes	9
Exploring the Unstated: Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Examine Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statements	9
Click to Cheat: Unraveling Internet-Facilitated Academic Misconduct Among Undergraduate Students	9

Toward More Accurate and Inclusive Surveying: A Discourse Analysis of NCES Postsecondary Survey Instruments Using a Critical Disability Studies Framework	9
Knowledge Innovation Effect of University Computing Power in China: Evidence from the top500 Supercomputers	8
Righteous, Reveler, Achiever, Bored: A Latent Class Analysis of First-Year Student Involvement	8
Belonging and Balance: Institutional, Socioeconomic, and External Demands’ Impact on Racial Variation in Time-to-Degree Among College Completers	8
Impacts of Transfer Admissions Requirements: Evidence from Georgia	8
International Student Mobility and Academic Performance: Does Timing Matter?	8
2-Year or Not 2-Year? The Impact of Starting at Community College on Bachelor’s Degree Attainment	8
Privilege or Pathway? Latent Profiles and Unequal Academic Returns from High-Impact Practices in Higher Education	8
Do not Discard $16 Billion: Accounting for IPEDS Administrative Unit Observations	7
A Fad or the New Norm for Student Access Today? Evaluating Enrollment Outcomes of Holistic Admissions in South Korea	7
Public Transit and Urban Community College Access	7
Could Shifting the Margin Between Community College and University Enrollment Expand and Diversify University Degree Production in STEM Fields?	7
Recent Graduates in the Labor Market: The Efficiency Frontier of Higher Education Institutions	7
Geography of Computing Graduate Degree Opportunities: Examining the Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions	7
Resetting Prices: Estimating the Effect of Tuition Reset Policies on Institutional Finances and Enrollment	7
How Do Physics and Engineering Faculties Evaluate Direct Affirmative Hiring for Women in Japan?	6
Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times	6
How the Ingroup Representation of First-Generation Students in Residence Halls Predicts Short-Term and Long-Term College Success	6
Digital Hub or Hindrance? The Effects of Online Enrollment in Introductory STEM Coursework on STEM Outcomes	6
Caring Too Much? Emotional Labor and Compassion Fatigue Among Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
STEM Faculty Instructional Beliefs Regarding Assessment, Grading, and Diversity are Linked to Racial Equity Grade Gaps	5
How First-Year Academic Momentum Influences Transfer Outcomes Among Different Racial and Ethnic Groups	5
Strategically Diverse: An Intersectional Analysis of Enrollments at U.S. Law Schools	5
A Panel Data Analysis of Using Multiple Content Modalities during Adaptive Learning Activities	5
Mapping the Occupations of Recent Graduates. The Role of Academic Background in the Digital Era	5
Can Administrative Capacity Moderate the Distributional Effects of Administrative Burden? The Case of FAFSA Completion	5
Sustained Strain: Faculty Work Strain Under COVID-19	5
Examining the Effects of Education Loans on College Student Transfer in the United States: Evidence from Two National Cohorts	5
Linking Course Experience and Student Engagement: The Combined Effects on University Students’ Ability Development in China	5
Virtual Instruction Effects Within University Courses: A Boon for Those Who Need it, a Bane for Others	4
Predicting Educational Attainments and Enrollment to Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study of Care Leavers in Israel	4
Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Quality Experience in Undergraduate Research Using Item Response Theory	4
Disentangle the Curriculum and Structural Effects of Math Pathway Reforms: Evidence from Maryland Community College System	4
Conscientiousness as a Predictor of the Gender Gap in Academic Achievement	4
Less is more, or is it? Age and Gender Differences in How Students Build Momentum toward College Graduation	4
Illuminating the Post-Graduation Impact of Undergraduate Participation in High-Impact Practices Using Propensity Score Analysis with Structural Equation Modeling	4
Framing Institutional Identity in 5 Million Words: Communication Strategies for Navigating Complex Logics in Higher Education	4
Educating for Social Responsibility: Participation in Race-and Gender-Based Law School Organizations Predicting Prosocial Post-Graduation Outcomes	4
National Patterns in STEM Degree and Career Outcomes for Single Parent Students: Evidence from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (2016) and Baccalaureate and Beyond (2016/2020) Surveys	4
Reconsidering Rural-Nonrural College Enrollment Gaps: The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Geographies of Opportunity	3
Parental Involvement and College Enrollment: Differences Between Parents with Some and No College Experience	3
The Private School Network: Recruiting Visits to Private High Schools by Public and Private Universities	3
How, and For Whom, Does Higher Education Increase Voting?	3
The Importance of Community Context for the Rural Disadvantage and Suburban Advantage in Higher Education	3
Financial Aid, Tuition Controls, and Access to Selective Higher Education: A Study of South Korea’s Half-Tuition Reform	3
AP STEM Coursetaking and STEM Degree Attainment	3
University Alumni Donations as Threats to Punish or Promises to Reward: Alumni Loyalty Before and After the Elimination of a Native American Nickname and Logo	3
Understanding Themes in Postsecondary Research Using Topic Modeling and Journal Abstracts	3
Development and Validation of the Workplace Climate and Persistence Scale for STEM Faculty Framed in Intersectionality of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Background	3
Editor’s Note	3

How Does Reducing Merit-Aid Generosity and Certainty Affect College Choices? Evidence from Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship	3
The Role of College Experiences in Students’ Academic Success for Students With and Without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	3
Shifting Incentives and Academic Priorities: The Effects of Responsibility Center Management (RCM) on Degree Outcomes	3
The Multifaceted Impact of Erasmus Programme on the School-to-Work Transition: A Matching Sensitivity Analysis	3
BUILDing an Early Advantage: An Examination of the Role of Strategic Interventions in Developing First-Year Undergraduate Students’ Science Identity	3
Letters of Recommendation by High School Counselors in Selective College Admissions: Differences by Race and Socioeconomic Status in Letter Length and Topics Discussed	3
People and Places: Understanding the Longitudinal College-Going and Residential Pathways of U.S. Adults Who “Went Away” to College	3
Correction: Toward More Accurate and Inclusive Surveying: A Discourse Analysis of NCES Postsecondary Survey Instruments Using a Critical Disability Studies Framework	3
STEM Linked-Course Communities Can Increase Student Success: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Beyond the Pipeline: First-Generation College Students’ Community Cultural Wealth and STEM Degree Pathways	2
Combating Summer Melt: The Impact of Near-Peer Mentor Matriculation Program in New York City	2
The Effect of Student–Advisor Match on Retention and Performance: Evidence from Random Assignment	2
Postsecondary Education Attendance and the Business Cycle in Europe. Is the Future of Young Adults Related to the Welfare Regime?	2
If You Charge Them, Will They Come? The Effect of Levying Tuition Fees on International Students	2
Student Conversion: A New Measure and Model for Postsecondary Student Success	2
Where Do Women Exit the Academic Pipeline?: Evidence from a Decade of National Data in Japan	2
Navigating the Path to College: The Impacts of Dual Enrollment on Postsecondary Access	2
The Relationship Between Low-Income College Students’ Time Use and Well-Being: A Mixed Methods Exploration	2
Students with Disabilities Pursuing STEM: High School Math Preparation to Postsecondary Degree	2
Heading in the Right Direction? Examining the Relationship of Transfer Patterns and Income Status on College Student Outcomes	2
The Internal Determinants of Innovation Efficiency in Chinese Universities: A Perspective from Embeddedness Theory	2
Tennessee’s Burden: How Students Apply for State Financial Aid within One Southern State	2
How Does Students’ Negative Feedback Affect University Teachers?	2
Reducing the Loss of Community College Students who Demonstrate Potential in STEM	2
U.S. Visa and Immigration Policy Challenges: Explanations for Faculty Perceptions and Intent to Leave	2
On My Honor: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Honors Students’ Perceptions of Workload and Cognitive Challenge	2
The Development and Validation of the Perceived Social Support Scale for Doctoral Students (PSSS-DS)	2
It’s About Time: The Inequitable Distribution of Time as a Resource for College, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity	2
The College Transfer and Articulation Network: How are These Statewide Policies and Bilateral or Dyadic Partnerships Structured Across the United States?	2
Participation in High-Impact Practices: Considering the Role of Institutional Context and a Person-Centered Approach	2
Does University-Industry Collaboration Drive University Innovation? Evidence from China’s 2011 Plan	2
Heterogeneity in Labor Market Returns to Master’s Degrees: Evidence from Ohio	2
Demystifying Success: What are the Attributes of Effective Multifaceted Success Programs for Lower-Income College Students?	2
Strategic Tuition Pricing and Applicant Demand in Differentiated Higher Education Markets: Evidence from Women’s Universities in Japan	2
How did College Students with and Without Disabilities Experience the First wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Stress and Coping Perspective	2