OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Special Needs Education is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Teachers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal: the role of personal, professional and coping variables in inclusive practices	62
Future career expectations of college students - the contribution of disability status, self-advocacy, self-efficacy, and support	27
Teachers’ self-efficacy in working with pupils with conduct disorder symptoms: The role of gender and diagnostic label	20
Special needs provision and economic independence among young adults with disabilities: A longitudinal study	17
Attitudes and self-efficacy of early childhood educators towards the inclusion of children with disability in day-care	16
A study of perceptions as expressed through metaphors: what do preschool teachers think about their inclusive students?	15
Self-assessment of teacher efficacy in Serbia: Serbian adaptation of the Teacher Efficacy for Inclusive Practice (TEIP) scale	13
Paradoxes of using psychiatric diagnoses as organising principles for special educational support	13
Teacher competencies in special educator recruitment in Finland	13
General and special education teachers in co-teaching. Self-efficacy in collaboration, co-teaching benefits, and teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: a mediation analysis	12
The prevalence of special educational needs in Northern Ireland: A comparative analysis	11
The involvement of autistic children in early childhood education	10
What are the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of children with special educational needs and disabilities from parents’ experiences? An integrative review	10
An intervention programme to promote social communication skills for prelinguistic children with autism spectrum disorders: “Kids in the Kitchen”	10
Implicit and explicit measurement of pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards autism spectrum disorder	9
Bridging cultures: examining teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion in Jewish and Arab education systems in Israel	9
Asking about inclusion: question order and social desirability influence measures of attitudes towards inclusive education	8
Pharmacological treatment of children with ADHD: how educators persuade parents to use it	8
Teaching assistant support for learning and wellbeing: the perspectives of secondary school pupils with special educational needs and disabilities	8
An interactive technology-based emotion recognition intervention for children with developmental language disorder: A longitudinal mixed-method study	8
Exploring pre-service special needs teachers’ assessment conceptions and assessment self-efficacy	7
CORRECTION	7
Relationships and psychosocial aspects in inclusive secondary schools in Germany	7
Creating optimal educational settings for children with rare diseases – a working method	7
Special education in Norwegian early childhood education and care: a document analysis of special education assistance provided to children with language disorders	7

ICT’s role in supporting students with SEND: insights from primary mainstream classrooms in England	7
Psychological capital as a mediator of job satisfaction and burnout among teachers in special and standard education	7
The core of justifying teaching content for students with intellectual disabilities	6
Consultation as a shared, ethical practice: judgement ability in special needs educators’ consultation practice	6
Utilisation of extracurricular support offers for children with developmental learning disorders: the role of parental predisposing characteristics, enabling resources and perceived need	6
CORRECTION	6
Response to Rakap et al. paper	6
Academic performance of learners with special needs in open and distance learning: a study in Anadolu University open education system	6
International perspectives on inclusive education: In the light of educational justice	6
The effects of accommodations and curriculum modifications on academic performance and perceived inclusion: a prospective longitudinal study among students in Switzerland	6
The scoping review of systematic instruction literature for individuals with disabilities: trends in Türkiye from 1983 to 2022	6
What influences do parents perceive as supportive of school well-being and the inclusion of children with ADHD?: A qualitative study	5
A study on parents’ awareness of inclusive education	5
“I’ve built a shield around myself, I’ll finish and that’s it”: coping strategies among online students with disabilities	5
Experiences of children with learning disabilities living in low-income households during the Covid-19 pandemic	5
Understanding professors’ and students with disabilities’ perceptions of inclusive higher education: a systematic literature review	5
Additional Reviewers Volume 38	5
Pathways to Inclusion: Exploring Early Childhood School Administrators’ Attitudes towards Including Children with Disabilities in Türkiye	5
Maternal attachment and behaviour problems: comparison between children in regular and special education schools	5
The perceptions of Autistic school students of their well-being at school: a meta-synthesis	5
Development of performative identities in autism writers’ autobiographies	5
Perspectives of learning and support assistants on cooperation with teachers in inclusive education: a systematic literature review	4
Exploring factors related to special needs educators’ work-related well-being in preschool settings	4
Effects of a reading dog programme on reading skills and task-related behaviour in special needs education	4
Preparing physical education teachers for the inclusions of children with disabilities through online courses: A scoping review	4
The inclusion of students who are most vulnerable to exclusion via cooperative learning. A longitudinal case-study	4
Flexischooling children with special educational needs: insights from a survey of parents and carers	4
Shared Book-Reading Amongst Parents of Autistic and Non-Autistic Children	4
Labour division and inclusion: perspectives of early childhood education staff on interprofessional collaboration when identifying and working with autistic children	4
Do teachers favor the inclusion of all students? A systematic review of primary schoolteachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education	4
Interprofessional collaboration between educational psychologists and speech and language therapists in the UK: facilitators and barriers	4
Attitudes toward disability among preservice special education teachers: the role of attachment style and empathy	4
Attitudes and perceptions of teacher self-efficacy and collaborative practices in the context of inclusive education for students with special educational needs in Portuguese schools	4
A dilemmatic space: A qualitative study about teachers’ agency working with early identification of special needs	4
Diagnoses and special educational support. A study of institutional decision-making of provision of special educational support for children at school	4
Developing a concentric spatial turn for inclusive and special education: key issues for systems development	3
Perceptions of inclusion in students with diagnosed behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) displaying internalising and externalising behaviour in inclusive and special education	3
Promoting emergent literacy skills among children at risk for specific learning disorder: general vs. Specific vs. Combined metacognitive interventions	3
Reliability of a shortened single-target implicit association Test (ST-IAT) as an implicit measure of attitudes towards inclusion. Replication and extension of “implicitly measuring attitudes towards	3
Outdoor play of children with and without disabilities. Insights from the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland and Italy	3
The Inclusion Illusion. How children with special educational needs experience mainstream schools	3
‘There is no barrier when it comes to your deafness’: participatory research exploring the views of deaf and hard-of-hearing students being educated in a resource provision	3
Effectiveness of an undergraduate course on the self-efficacy of Spanish sports sciences university students for the inclusion of individuals with disabilities	3
ADHD-symptoms and transition to middle school: the effects of academic and social adjustment	3
Patterns of teachers’ self-efficacy and attitudes toward inclusive education associated with teacher emotional support, collective teacher efficacy, and collegial collaboration	3
Professional collaboration for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: a scoping review	3
Self-Determination assessment and evaluation in Romanian adolescents: preliminary psychometric properties of the ARC’s self-Determination scale	3
From the idea of inclusion into practice in the Nordic countries: a qualitative literature review	3
Ethnic prejudice and the perception of inclusion of immigrant children: the mediating role of teachers’ resilience	3
A cross-sectional study on reading among young L1 and L2 students in Sweden	3

Parental attitudes towards the inclusion of children with disabilities in Jordanian kindergartens	3
Giving voice to education professionals of primary and secondary school students with emotional and behavioural disorders: a qualitative study	3
Inclusion of a pupil with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream education in the Czech Republic	3
Self-advocacy among college students with and without learning disabilities: the contribution of academic self-efficacy and support	3
‘This gives order and peace’: the needs of autistic female students during mainstream secondary education in the Netherlands	3
Who is in focus? A scoping review of themes and consistency in inclusive education for all	3
Face to face: dialogues around visual impairment	2
Empowering parents of students with and without learning difficulties to collaborate with schools: how are family–school partnerships related to parents’ motivational beliefs?	2
Schooling children and youth with chronic illness in a medical facility —an educational paradigm in the perception of special education teacher candidates	2
Strength in partnership: a systematic review of key characteristics underpinning home-school collaboration	2
The quality of the home environments: the predictive power of the presence of a child with special needs in a family	2
Special Educational Needs Coordinators’ Boundary Work in Swedish Upper-Secondary School	2
The preparation for entry into adulthood - supported decision-making in upper secondary school for students with intellectual disability	2
Predictors of parental attitudes towards sexual health education for persons with special needs	2
I may be doing this but i’m not aware of it : teachers’ familiarity with evidence-based practices supporting autistic children in Ireland	2
Teacher instructional arrangements for supporting social and academic needs of students with special educational needs in regular classrooms	2
Does it really take a village to raise a child? Reflections on the need for collective responsibility in inclusive education	2
To what extent does distance learning support the development of positive attitudes towards inclusive education: a comparison of primary education trainee teachers in England and Türkiye?	2
Ethical competence in German teacher training for inclusive schools	2
The path to independent living: lived experiences of inclusive education for one of a set of twins with disabilities and her parents	2
Exploring teachers’ perceptions of effective inclusive practices with students with ASD: a structural equation modelling approach	2
Additional Reviewers for Volume 37	2
How do French teachers understand inclusive education and its implementation?	2
The pedagogical and inclusive leadership of school management teams. The views of generalist and special education specialist teachers in Spain	2
In Search of Education, Participation and Inclusion: Embrace the Uncertain	2
Comparing ChatGPT and human expertise: exploring new avenues in peer review of single-case experimental research	2
Non-cognitive predictors of self-regulated learning skills in university students with specific learning disorders	2
Impact of gamification on the development of mathematical competence in university students with intellectual disabilities	2
The role of teachers dealing with dilemma caused by the international right to inclusive education and the SEN assessment practices in Austria	2
Explaining teachers’ behavioural intentions towards differentiated instruction for inclusion: using the theory of planned behavior and the self-determination theory	2
Additional Reviewers for Volume 39	2
Adaptation and validation of an instrument for assessing the digital competence of special education teachers	2
Long-term consequences of lockdown on internalising, attention and externalising problems of children with special needs	2
Approaches to collaboration and support in early childhood education and care in Finland: professionals’ narratives	1
Confronting the idealised ‘Nordic model’ in education with contemporary realities of special education in Sweden	1
Boundary-making between mainstream and special education. A posthuman ethnographic investigation of materialities of schooling and Danish teachers’ imaginaries and practices around ‘middle forms’	1
The new Norwegian Education Act as arrangements for inclusive education practices for students with SEN: the vanishing concept of the Nordic model?	1
CORRECTION	1
School functioning and experience of the school environment by students with ADHD	1
Postsecondary University Education Improves Intelligence of Adult Students with Intellectual Disability: A Preliminary Study	1
Can research-practice partnerships promote evidence-informed practice for autistic students? A multiple-case study in special education schools	1
Norwegian teachers’ efforts in preparing students with mild intellectual disability for working life	1
Exploring psychological capital, self-esteem, and well-being in students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: mediation and treatment differences	1
School responses towards children in residential care: a multiple case study through inclusion and trauma-informed lenses	1
Students’ perceptions of co-teaching in the general classroom	1
The Norwegian educational and psychological counselling service (EPS) as an ‘inclusion agent’ in schools?	1
Which barriers do autistic and non-autistic children experience in inclusive classrooms? An experience sampling approach	1
Collaboration between special education teachers and visual arts education teachers in working with pupils with severe specific learning difficulties and its relationship to professional development	1
“We have little diversity: if only we had a more diverse student population” - analysing the discourse of principals in high- and low-efficacy schools	1
Wellbeing, psychological distress and self-harm in late adolescence in the UK: the role of gender and personality traits	1
Inclusion of Syrian students in need of special support in Norwegian schools - a qualitative study with students and parents	1
Development of a practical guide to facilitate smooth transitions in and between schools for students with special educational needs – a co-creation study	1
Empowerment, anxiety and depression in families using early childhood intervention services	1
Cognitive accessibility in educational settings: a systematic review	1
Symptom severity and learning behaviours on writing composition in children with autism or ADHD	1
Differences in the effectiveness of three techniques for modifying children’s attitudes towards disability in early childhood education	1
Inclusion of pupils with autism – a research overview	1
Towards developing early intervention programmes supporting social skills for autistic children in early childhood: a systematic review	1
Implicit and explicit measurement of pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward autism spectrum disorder	1
Bridging the gap: voices of teachers on inclusive literature	1
Comparing ChatGPT and human expertise: exploring new avenues in peer review of single-case experimental research	1
The role of school leaders in developing inclusive practices in Icelandic compulsory schools	1
A systematic review of studies with parent-involved interventions for children with specific learning disabilities	1
Augmented and virtual reality as a teaching resource to attend to the diversity of students with special educational needs: a systematic review	1
Examining the effectiveness of inclusive teaching practices for students with ADHD in post-secondary education: one size does fit all!	1
Memories and self-efficacy among adults with attention deficit disorder symptoms	1
Succeeding in inclusive practices in school in Norway – A qualitative study from a teacher perspective	1
Call for Papers for Special Issue The Nordic experience of inclusive and special education: distinctive and diverse approaches to social and educational values and practices	1
Loneliness experience among college students with neurodevelopmental disorders: hope, intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety as serial mediators	1
Mediating role of psychological capital in relations between social support and subjective wellbeing among students with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	1
SENCOs’ lived experiences of working through the COVID-19 pandemic in Swedish upper secondary schools	1
'But I don’t know, she might actually ask?' Detecting sources of self-efficacy and conditions fostering collective teacher efficacy by analysing transcribed panel and group discussions	1
Socioeconomic disparities in special education provision	1
Morphological and phonological errors in the written language production of children with DLD	1
Parental involvement in the inclusive transition to school: preschool teachers’ transition practices in a German context	1