OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science & Education is 6. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
From COVID-19 to Quartile 1: Editor’s Reflections and Farewell	53
Enhancing Science Education Through Visual Art and Complex Storytelling Using the Book “The Case Study of Einstein, Eddington, and the Eclipse: Travel Impressions”	47
Using the Predict–Observe–Explain (POE) Strategy in Enhancing Student’s Conceptual Understanding the Energy Conservation Law	32
Correction to: Computational Thinking, Between Papert and Wing	29
Promoting Young Learners’ NOS Views Through Place-Based SSI Instruction	27
Does Interference Between Intuitive Conceptions and Scientific Concepts Produce Reliable Inter-individual Differences? A Psychometric Analysis	26
Virtual Reality and Spatial Cognition: Bridging the Epistemic Gap Between Laboratory and Real-World Insights	25
Modeling the Epistemic Value of Classroom Practice in the Investigation of Effective Learning	24
Education for Sustainability Meets Confucianism in Science Education	23
The Cosmic Interaction	23
Bringing Science Fiction Story Writing to Saudi Science Education	23
Sustainability as Living Architecture	22
The Role of Joking for Learning Science: An Exploration of Spontaneous Humour in Two Physics Education Settings	22
List of Reviewers Contributing to Volume 32, 2023	21
Too Philosophical, Therefore Useless for Science Education?	21
Science and Fengshui	21
Becoming ‘Wild Citizens’: Children’s Articulation of Environmental Citizenship in the Context of Biodiversity Loss	20
An Explicit and Reflective Approach to Teaching Nature of Science in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience	20
Modelling Authenticity in Science Education	19
Cultivating Environmental Consciousness	18
Enhancing Argumentation and Decision-Making of Preservice Early Childhood Education Teachers Through Role-Playing on Animal Experimentation	18
The Impact of Integrating Tribal Culture and Science Education Through Information and Communication Technology	17
A Science Teacher’s Autoethnographic Reflections on Teaching Nature of Science	17
An Educational Reconstruction of Special Relativity Theory for Secondary Education	17
Digital Transition Framework for Higher Education in AI-Assisted Engineering Teaching	16

Quality Indicators of an Experienced Middle School Science Teacher’s Argument‑Based Inquiry Teaching	16
Exploring a New Geometric-mechanical Artefact for Calculus	16
Using the Controversy over Human Race to Introduce Students to the Identification and the Evaluation of Arguments	16
A Theoretical Framework for Integrated STEM Education	16
Using Card Sort Epistemic Network Analysis to Explore Preservice Teachers’ Ideas About the Nature of Engineering	16
Scientists’ Views About Nature of Science in the Context of Socioscientific Issues	15
Embracing Representational Plurality to Bypass Misconceptions in Science Education	15
A Trial Patch to Sustainable Development	15
Traces of Bildung in Upper Secondary Science Education: A Critical Investigation of Chemistry Teachers’ Orientation Towards Promoting Bildung in Chemistry Education	14
Integration of Philosophy of Science in Biomedical Data Science Education to Foster Better Scientific Practice	14
“Trust Me, I’m a Scientist”	14
The Observer Concept in Science as a Basis for Its Further Curricular Application Within the Discipline-Culture Paradigm	14
Post-Truth and Education	14
A Review on the Use of Large Language Models as Virtual Tutors	14
HPS for All in Journal's Metrics	13
Examining the Formation of High School Students’ Science Identity	13
Scientific Thinking and Critical Thinking in Science Education	13
A Virtue Epistemological Approach to the Demarcation Problem	13
Untangling Trustworthiness and Uncertainty in Science	13
Using Text Mining to Identify Teleological Explanations in Physics and Biology Textbooks: An Exploratory Study	12
Trust in the Third Space of Science Education	12
Discussing Science Values and Norms from a Learning Situation Historically Contextualised in Mendel’s Laws and Guided by Scientific Practices	12
Impact of Argument-Driven Inquiry Activities on Pre-service Science Teachers’ Views of the Nature of Scientific Inquiry in the Context of Climate Change Education	11
Science and Religion Integration in Indonesian Islamic Senior High Schools: Analyzing Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices	11
Teachers’ Incorporation of Epistemic Practices in K-8 Engineering and Their Views About the Nature of Engineering Knowledge	11
Looking Back, Moving Forward, and Strengthening HPSS Scholarship in Science Education	11
Political Science as a Science	11
Estimating Epistemic Practices Loads in Elementary and Middle School Science Curricula	10
The Development of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Understanding and Skills of Argumentation through Argument Driven Inquiry	10
Learning Science in Context: Integrating a Holistic Approach to Nature of Science in the Lower Secondary Classroom	9
Cultivating Transdisciplinary Orientations in Science Education Research and Practice: Reflexivity, Pragmatism, and Dialogue	9
Five Essential Features of Scientific Inquiry in Bahraini Primary School Science Textbooks and Workbooks	9
The Practical Epistemologies of Design and Artificial Intelligence	9
Analog Modelling of the Haploid Book for Teaching Genetics	9
Examining the Changes in Representations of Nature of Science in Chinese Senior High School Chemistry Textbooks	9
Cobra Effect in Science Education?	9
The Influence of Extended Reality on Climate Change Education	9
Science Teacher Perceptions of the State of Knowledge and Education at the Advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence Popularity	9
Teaching Science as a Process, Not a Set of Facts	9
A Systematic Review of Research on Family Resemblance Approach to Nature of Science in Science Education	9
The Ether Concept from Spanish Physics Textbooks (1840–1950)	9
The Meeting of Old Friends: Exploring the Art-Science Dynamic in the Context of Astronomy and Astronomy Education	8
Science Teachers’ Challenging Questions for Encouraging Students to Think and Speak in Novel Ways	8
Inquiry Activity Design from Singaporean and Indonesian Physics Textbooks	8
Unpacking Epistemic Insights of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Science Education: A Systematic Review	8
Stereotypical Attributes of Scientists and Engineers in Jokes	8
Presence and Absence of Social-Institutional Dimensions of Science in Secondary Education	8
Analysing Transdisciplinary Education: A Scoping Review	8
How is Students’ Understanding of Nature of Science Related with Their Metacognitive Awareness?	8
Vaccination Information Sources and Decision-Making Among Higher-Secondary Students in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8

Exploring the Perpetuation and Disruption of Gendered, Racial, and Working Style Stereotypes in U.S. Life Science Textbooks	8
Scientists in the Textbook	8
Not Only Why but Also How to Trust Science: Reshaping Science Education Based on Science Studies for a Better Post-pandemic World	8
Comparing Practical Items in High-Stake Exams in Different Science Subjects: in View of the Diversity of Scientific Methods	7
Exploring Gender Constructs: Colombian and Mexican Biology Teachers’ Perspectives	7
Socioscientific Issues Thinking and Action in the Midst of Science-in-the-Making	7
Pre-service Science Teachers’ Epistemic Beliefs, Nature of Science Views, and Beliefs in Pseudoscience	7
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein	7
Expert Text Analysis in the Inclusion of History and Philosophy of Science in Higher Education	7
Investigating Science Teachers’ Nature of Science Conceptions and Argumentation in a Science Methods Course	7
Lessons from the Past: Reviewing How We Teach Science, What’s Changed, and Why It Matters	7
Rethinking the Dual Nature of Science	6
Thomas Kuhn and Science Education	6
The Effect of Textbook Analysis as a Teacher Professional Development Tool on Teacher Understanding of Nature of Science	6
Hot Topics and Frontier Evolution of Science Education Research: a Bibliometric Mapping from 2001 to 2020	6
Distinguishing Nature of Science Beliefs, Knowledge and Understandings	6
Paternity Test: Is Mendel the Father of Genetics, and Why Should Science Educators Care?	6
Spanish Science Teacher Educators’ Preparation, Experiences, and Views About Nature of Science in Science Education	6
An Improved Model to Help University Students Understand and Assess Results of Science in the Making	6
Contextualizing a Natural Phenomenon: Lightning in Eighteenth-Century Natural Philosophy, Religion, and the Arts	6
Correlations Among High School Students' Beliefs about Conspiracy, Authoritarianism, and Scientific Literacy	6
Astronomy and Culture	6
Towards Equitable, Social Justice Criticality: Re-Constructing the “Black” Box and Making it Transparent for the Future of Science and Technology in Science Education	6
The Development of Nature of Science Understandings Questionnaire within Associated Approaches	6
Science Education in the USA During the Cold War	6
First-Year Teacher Education Students’ Epistemological Beliefs About Science and History: Domain-Specific Profiles and Relationships	6
Dewey and Rousseau on Experience-Based Science Education	6
Investigating Equitable Representation in K-8 Science Textbook Portrayal of Scientists	6
The Problem of Trust Without Intimacy: Education for Handling Expert Knowledge in a Neoliberal Marketplace	6
The Method of Observation in Science Education: Characteristic Dimensions from an Educational Perspective	6
Must Introductory Genetics Start with Mendel?	6
The Use of Anticipation Guides in Reading Activities to Support College Students in Developing Scientific Written Arguments	6