OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Technology and Design Education is 21. 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
An exploration of an interprofessional embedded educational model between occupational therapy and industrial design: a qualitative hermeneutical phenomenological inquiry	88
The mediating role of creative problem solving between design thinking and self-efficacy in STEM teaching for STEM teacher candidates	76
Correction to: Investigating changes in preservice teachers’ conceptions of technological literacy	66
Leadership development as a missed opportunity in design and technology education	53
Correlates between imagination types and abilities in designing works	42
Investigating generative artificial intelligence’s role in logo design pedagogy: effects on learning experience and outcomes	37
“Empathy is my favorite word”: Facilitating design thinking mindset through modular learning and self-assessments in an online course	36
Cultivating empathy and upgrading design decisions of students: the impact of simulating public transit experiences of individuals with mild visual impairments	36
Gender disparity in STEM education: a survey research on girl participants in World Robot Olympiad	34
Understanding visual product language in industrial design education: a four-phase pedagogical approach	33
Entrepreneurship, STEM attitude, and career interest development through 6E learning byDeSIGN™ model based STEM education	32
A systematic literature review of student evaluation of peer exemplars and implications for design, Technology, and Engineering Learning	30
Teachers’ cognitive beliefs about their assessment and use of tools when evaluating students’ learning of technological systems: a questionnaire study	30
Integrating story-based STEM design challenges in early childhood curricula: an activity theory perspective	28
Opportunities for bridging technology education and sustainability	26
The distant studio: a survey of design students’ experience with distance educational formats	25
The effect of a STEM integrated curriculum on design thinking dispositions in middle school students	23
Perceptions of virtual nature among design students: implications for well-being and restorative design education	23
STEM education goals in the twenty-first century: Teachers’ perceptions and experiences	23
Why design and technology education never settled, and may never: a historical-conceptual analysis of a hybrid curriculum	23
Conceptions of nature of technology in educational research: a systematic literature review	21