OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Educational Computing Research is 22. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Effect of Educational Games on Learning Outcomes, Student Motivation, Engagement and Satisfaction	108
Education in the Digital Age: Learning Experience in Virtual and Mixed Realities	80
Facilitating Emergency Remote K-12 Teaching in Computing-Enhanced Virtual Learning Environments During COVID-19 Pandemic - Blessing or Curse?	72
Computational Thinking Through an Empirical Lens: A Systematic Review of Literature	54
Entertainment Video Games for Academic Learning: A Systematic Review	47
Educational Robots Improve K-12 Students’ Computational Thinking and STEM Attitudes: Systematic Review	46
The Computational Thinking Scale for Computer Literacy Education	45
The Impact of Immersive Virtual Reality on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension	44
Supporting the Instructional Videos With Chatbot and Peer Feedback Mechanisms in Online Learning: The Effects on Learning Performance and Intrinsic Motivation	40
Ready for Online? Exploring EFL Teachers’ ICT Acceptance and ICT Literacy During COVID-19 in Mainland China	39
Scientific Mapping of Social Media in Education: A Decade of Exponential Growth	39
Effects of Game-Based Learning on Students’ Achievement in Science: A Meta-Analysis	37
Simultaneously Improving Computational Thinking and Foreign Language Learning: Interdisciplinary Media With Plugged and Unplugged Approaches	37
Effect of Unplugged Programming Teaching Aids on Children’s Computational Thinking and Classroom Interaction: with Respect to Piaget’s Four Stages Theory	32
Promoting Self-Regulation Progress and Knowledge Construction in Blended Learning via ChatGPT-Based Learning Aid	32
Effects of Game-Based Learning on Students’ Critical Thinking: A Meta-Analysis	30
The Interplay Between Mathematical and Computational Thinking in Primary School Students’ Mathematical Problem-Solving Within a Programming Environment	29
Online Self-Regulated Learning and Achievement in the Era of Change	27
Exploring Factors That Influence Computational Thinking Skills in Elementary Students’ Collaborative Robotics	25
Visual Programming Environments and Computational Thinking Performance of Fifth- and Sixth-Grade Students	25
Exploring the Relationship Between Social Interaction, Cognitive Processing and Learning Achievements in a MOOC Discussion Forum	23
Automatic Classification of Semantic Content of Classroom Dialogue	22