OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
To change or not to change: a comparison of first-year chemistry demonstrator teaching models	83
Longitudinal study examining immersing students with IEPs in argument-based inquiry to improve the learning of science	57
Junior high school students’ views of nature of science: evidence from a private school in Davao Region, Philippines	50
Textbook and popular science text reading: boys’ and girls’ comprehension and assimilation of academic language	40
Acceptance and understanding of biological evolution in a country with low religiousness	39
Intellectual humility – an important content-transcendent goal for science education	37
Students’ situational interest and perceived relevance during designed coherent physics learning modules	37
Space for all: a multinational study on the status of astronomy education	35
Assembly required: a microgenetic multiple case study of four students’ assemblages when learning about force	30
The relationships between the practice of different scientific activities and students’ scientific knowledge, inquiry skills, view of the nature of science and attitude towards science: a study in pri	25
Correction	25
Making it in undergraduate STEM education: the role of a maker course in fostering STEM identities	25
Opening up STEMM pathways among Indigenous people in the U.S.: what is the role of cultural, spiritual, and ethical conflicts in Indigenous people's STEMM educational and career decisions?	21
Comparing learners’ conceptions of natural and educational scientists: relations to study interest and self-image	21
Science and engineering for what? A large-scale analysis of theme selection in K-12 science and engineering fair projects	20
Empirically testing a shared assumption: the usefulness of science education to science-informed decision-making in the context of COVID-19	19
Examining a revised draw-a-scientist checklist: rater, scoring, and measurement considerations for 5th-grade drawings	18
Pathways to early science literacy: investigating the different role of language and reading skills in science literacy among early primary school children	17
Predictors of students’ intrinsic motivation during practical work in physics	17
What do you think being a good scientist involves? School students’ views about science, scientific research, and being scientists	17
Fostering scientific practices through structured peer critique: cross-age feedback in ninth-grade science writing	17
Curriculum approaches to strengthening student employability and improving graduate outcomes in the STM disciplines	16
‘I don’t find it hard!’ They defied the gendered norm in science!	16
Effectiveness of a school scientific model to address buoyancy in the training of prospective early childhood teachers	15
The impact of an instructional intervention on the science knowledge and academic language of middle-grade English as additional language (EAL) learners and their English proficient classmates	15

Use of a semiotic-cultural perspective for identifying patterns in students’ drawings about seasonal changes	15
Characterising high school students’ interest trajectory profiles	15
Formulating a framework on social responsibility of science in primary science education: an approach based on grounded theory	15
The mediating role of science intrinsic motivation: effects of homework on science achievement in Western and Asian regions	15
Tackling ‘Big’ questions at the bioscience-Islam interface: reporting on the efficacy of an educational programme designed for Muslim high school students	15
Trajectories of students’ momentary interest in evolution during a museum guided tour	15
The complexities of moving topics between disciplines: the case of buoyancy and isostasy	14
Flexible, creative, constructive, and collaborative: the makings of an authentic science inquiry task	14
Nurturing science learning amidst adversity: a portraiture of science teaching with refugee students in refugee camps	14
Correction	14
Why female students leave science classes for social science classes in Cambodia: A two-level hierarchical linear model	14
Developing geo-sequential reasoning about tectonic processes using computational simulations	13
Promoting First Nations science capital: reimagining a more inclusive curriculum	13
Exploring teachers’ learning through teaching experience: formal opportunities, teaching experience, and personal characteristics	13
Investigation of undergraduate and master students’ understanding of gene structure and function	13
Playing with the experiments and learning new things: science teacher identity through autobiographies	13
Testing assumptions of the Draw-a-Scientist-Test (DAST): do stereotyped views affect career aspirations?	13
Does process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) improve students’ science academic performance and process skills?	13
Science teachers’ implementation of science and engineering practices in different instructional settings	13
Facilitating students’ design thinking skills in science class: an exploratory study	13
Using machine learning to predict student science achievement based on science curriculum type in TIMSS 2019	13
The teacher lens: school-science club collaboration as a pathway to inclusion and equity	13
Knowledge building and epistemic reflection: linking practical and formal epistemologies for epistemic growth	12
Student preschool teachers’ and work teams’ planning sessions of thematic teaching including science during degree projects – curriculum emphases in science teaching	12
Adapting scientific reasoning instruction to children’s needs: effects on learning processes and learning outcomes	12
High school students’ engagement in science learning: scale adaptation and relationship with epistemological beliefs	12
Investigating early childhood education students’ ideas about microorganisms	12
Relevance and trust in science education: an expectancy-value case study of ninth-grade students	12
Multiple pathways to science enjoyment: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis in TIMSS 2019	12
The influence of COVID-19 science views, risk perceptions, and group membership on socioscientific decisions	11
A cross-specialization study of pre-service teachers’ perception of STEM education	11
Ways of questioning, ways of gesturing: how teachers elicit different ways of students’ thinking in elementary science classrooms	11
The role of science attitudes, parental support, and teacher support in fostering students’ resilience	11
Teachers’ professional vision in teaching physics – a validation study	11
Comparing e-learning courses pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic in physics: the effect of classroom and distance learning	11
Retrieval-based learning versus discussion; which review practice will better enhance primary school students’ knowledge of scientific content?	11
Measuring and evaluating the attitudes of secondary school students towards skill-based science questions	11
Adolescents’ attitudes toward climate change urgency: the role of scientific literacy and socio-scientific engagement	11
Investigating evidence-oriented generation of synthetic text data with a generative large language model in science education	10
Combining real and virtual activities about electrostatic interactions in primary school	10
Leveraging the epistemic emotion of awe as a pedagogical tool to teach science	10
Thematic network analysis of student voice reactions to inquiry-based science education	10
Combining video and virtual experiments to foster online scientific inquiry learning: insights from mediation and lag sequential analyses	10
Attitude of junior high school students towards the study of science in Ghanaian schools: the case of first-year students in the Cape Coast metropolis	10
Biological evolution learning and computational thinking: Enhancing understanding through integration of disciplinary core knowledge and scientific practice	9
Creating adaptive learning pathways for inquiry-based learning in school science using generative AI large language models	9
Becoming a science teacher in the Anthropocene: scientific knowledge as ‘matters of concern’	9
Preparing to teach in informal settings: preservice science teachers’ experiences in a natural history museum	9
Exploring the impact of disciplinary context on students’ dynamic transfer of learning when addressing problems that apply the first law of thermodynamics	9
Designing and teaching socio-scientific issues online: digital curation in the science classroom	9

Differentiated instruction for improved primary school learners’ outcomes in basic science: a mixed-methods study	9
Students’ science learning experiences and career expectations: mediating effects of science-related attitudes and beliefs	9
Automatic feedback on physics tasks using open-source generative artificial intelligence	9
Fit to teach evolution? Pre- and in-service teachers’ knowledge and acceptance of evolution	9
Elementary teachers’ knowledge of using language as an epistemic tool in science classrooms: a case study	9
Developing an inquiry-based laboratory curriculum to engage students in planning investigations and argumentation	9
DAST or VoSAL? Adaptation of the VoSAL to Turkish and a comparison between the instruments	9
Studying the quality of inquiry-based teaching in science classrooms. A systematic video study of inquiry-based science teaching in primary and lower-secondary schools	9
From vision to enactment: reflections on the practical impact of the Beyond 2000 report	9
The power of knowledge: examining teachers’ perceptions regarding the contribution of scientific newsletters to their professional development and to their students	9
Nature of science and domain-specificity: investigating the coverage of nature of science in physics, chemistry and biology curricula across grade levels	9
The iceberg of science identity: structural inequalities in science-related practices and dispositions	8
Students’ perceptions of learning environment: associations with personal mastery goal orientations, regulations, and academic performance in biology	8
Promoting questioning in early childhood science education	8
Development and evaluation of an online course on nanotechnology for the professional development of chemistry teachers	8
Using simulations to meld didactic and constructivist teaching methods in complex second year STEM courses	8
Exploring physics teachers’ views on physics education research: a case of science scepticism?	8
Development of a spatial ability test for pre-service science teachers	8
Developing and validating the motivation toward virtual reality scale: its associations with science anxiety, academic buoyancy, and grit	8
Transformative and equitable science teaching in the culturally diverse classroom: application of formative assessment system	8
Promoting preservice teachers’ global citizenship and contextualised NOS views through role-play activities integrated into place-based SSI instruction on climate issues	8
The spatial requirements of the left-hand rule: a novel instrument for assessing the coordination of egocentric and allocentric frames of reference	8
Identity texts in science for multilingual students: discovering resources with social semiotics	8
Climate change education implementation: the voices of policymakers, professional development providers, and teachers in five countries	8
Diverse paths, stable differences – role of prior knowledge in learning biology over undergraduate years	8
Development, validity, and reliability of chemistry scientific creativity test for pre-university students	8
What are the effects of formative assessment on students’ science learning motivational beliefs and behaviours? Comparison between Western and East Asian learners	8
Retraction	8
How making mistakes shapes students’ situational engagement in chemistry laboratory?	8
Studies on visualisation in science classrooms: a systematic literature review	8
Status and trends of socioscientific issues in educational literature: insights and extensions from a co-word analysis	8
Which factors influence the success in pedigree analysis?	8
What can be learned from laypersons’ scientific practices in everyday life: a perspective on causal reasoning	8
Middle school students’ motivational dispositions and interest in STEM careers	7
Examining the efficacy change of preservice science teachers: does an inquiry-based laboratory instruction make a difference? A mixed method study	7
Whether, what, and how should we discuss evolution and faith in biology classes? insights from semi-structured interviews and a Delphi study	7
Effectiveness and use of optional scaffolds: an intervention study in biology lessons on phylogenetic trees	7
A snapshot of the challenges influencing science instruction in pre-k through 8th grade classrooms in Texas rural schools	7
Correction	7
Translanguaging in elementary science	7
Science literacy in the twenty-first century: informed trust and the competent outsider	7
Measuring high school student engagement in science learning: an adaptation and validation study	7
‘So basically I have to speak less and give students some freedom’: how committing to a value influences a teacher’s enactment of an inquiry-based science unit	7
An exploration of multilevel effects of student- and school-factors on elementary students’ attitudes towards science	7
A systematic review of studies investigating science teaching and learning: over two decades of TIMSS and PISA	7
Motivational shifts when moving from face-to-face to distance learning	7
Evaluating students’ computation skills in learning amount of substance based on SOLO taxonomy in secondary schools	7
The trade-off between STEM knowledge acquisition and language learning in short-term CLIL implementations	6
Attitude matters more: the impact of perceived competence and attitudes toward science on science engagement among university students	6
Listening to children in nature: emergent curriculum in science teaching and learning in bush kinders	6
What improves students’ participation in a school-based citizen science project? Through the lens of practitioners	6
Associations among science study attitudes, habits and science academic performance of elementary school students: a latent profile approach	6
Understanding the complex formation of female students’ STEM career aspirations: configurational pathways and predictive analysis of STEM beliefs and social support	6
Science and engineering degree attainment of aspiring-scientists in the United States	6
Using the socioscientific issue approach to foster secondary students’ argumentation skills, science self-efficacy beliefs and science interest	6
An online laboratory applications course for the development of scientific practices and scientific method	6
The role of perceiving data as confirming or contradicting to expectations in data-based decisions	6
Students’ gender differences and scientific inquiry competencies in technical education and training institutions	6
Fostering scientific reasoning competencies: investigating impacts of cross- and within-content area experimentation using the competency triad	6
The effects of explicit science process skill instructions by using four-component instructional design model on pre-service science teachers scientific reasoning ability	6
Developing undergraduate practical skills and independence with ‘at home practical kits’	6
Study on the progression of pre-service primary school teachers’ models regarding the phenomenon of tides	6
REAL possibilities: innovative and responsive curriculum enactment enabling impactful inquiry in primary science	6
Exploring the effects of physics explainer videos and written explanations on declarative knowledge and the illusion of understanding	6
Grade 8 Lebanese students’ reasoning and decision-making about scientific versus socio-scientific issues	6
Teaching immunology in the 21st century: a scoping review of emerging challenges and strategies	6
Students’ socially shared regulation of learning during a collaborative inquiry task: do groups’ diverse preconceptions matter?	6
Predictors of science identity in primary school: epistemological beliefs, competency beliefs, and science learning experiences	6
Career entry motivations and teaching perceptions of science preservice teachers: a comparison of trends between Finland and South Korea	6
Third-hand evaluation of science-related information	6
Bugbear or surefire success? Secondary school students’ conceptual learning about evolution with ChatGPT	6
Lesson planning with ChatGPT for inquiry-based biology instruction – A(I) roll of the dice?	6
The effect of e-argumentation supported instruction on middle school students’ academic achievement, argumentation skills and epistemic beliefs	6
A quasi-experimental study of the impact of college-run science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career days on American students’ STEM career aspirations	6
Measurement of student attitudes to science and association with inquiry-based learning in regional schools	6
‘Entertainment’ or ‘good for the self’: use and exchange-value cultural capital in White British working-class students’ constructions of science	6