OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Studies in International Education is 3. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Contributions of Employability Capitals to the Employability of Chinese International Graduates in Australia	38
Immersed in the Dominant Global Imaginary: Reflecting on Internationalization of Higher Education Discourses in Brazil	35
Internationalization of the Curriculum at Home (IoCaH): Why Academic Disciplines Matter	24
An Organizational Change Perspective for the Curriculum Internationalization Process: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Implementation	21
Exploring the Relationship Between International Student Enrollment at US Higher Education Institutions and Mass Shootings	21
Grappling with Climate Change and the Internationalization of Higher Education: An Eco-Socialist Perspective	19
Internationalisation and Climate Impacts of Higher Education: Towards an Analytical Framework	17
Global Competence and Foreign Language Education in Japan	16
To Stay or to Leave: The Turnover Intentions of International Academics at Japanese Universities	15
Effects of International Student Mobility on Post-Graduation Decisions: Evidence from Chinese Academic and Vocational Graduates	15
How Does the “Belt and Road” Initiative Affect International Student Mobility to China?	14
Towards More Sustainable, Equitable and Just Internationalisation Practices: The Case of Internationalisation Conferences	12
Overseas Experience and Elite Scientists’ Career Mobility: A Case Study from China	11
The Epistemological Chain: A Tool to Guide TNE Development	11
Applying Terror Management Theory to Explain International Faculty Responses to COVID-19 Control Measures	10
Foreign Language Skills in the Study Abroad Decision-Making Process and Destination Choices	10
International Student Recruitment and Support in Indonesia: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2012–2022	10
Critical Review of the Policy Framework for Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa	10
Virtual Mobilities and the Enhancement of Student Competencies in Social Sciences in Central Europe	10
The Complexity of Funding International Research Collaboration. An Analysis of Partnership and Rivalry Between the EU and China	10
North America and European Union Policy Changes Towards Higher Education Relations with China: A Comparative Study	10
Understanding Work-life Balance Through the Experiences of Academics Who are International Migrants	9
Eighteen Years of Joint Master of Health Professions Education Between Geographically Distanced Partners Lessons from a Matured Partnership	9
Spiritual Wellbeing of International Students: A New Zealand Case Study	9
Why the Digitalization of International Education Matters	8

Applying Mixed Methods Research in Large-scale Programs – Tracing the Long-term Outcomes of Development Scholarship Alumni	8
The Student Experiences of Teaching and Learning in Transnational Higher Education: A Phenomenographic Study from a British-Qatari Partnership	8
Precarity Before and During the Pandemic: International Student Employment and Personal Finances in Australia	8
Does International Education Mobility Increase Environmental Concerns?	8
International Student Mobility and the Obtainment of Elite Academic Positions: Does It Pay Off and for Whom?	7
Understanding the Mutating ‘Third Wave’: Comparing the Drivers of Remote Metropolitan Branch Campuses and International Branch Campuses	7
International Higher Education and Post-Study Work Rights in Australia, Germany and Canada: Strengths and Vulnerabilities	7
International Research Experiences and Global Competency Development for Graduate Students in Engineering and Science	7
Internationalization at Home and Virtual: A Sustainable Model for Brazilian Higher Education	7
Promoting International Student Mobility for Sustainability? Navigating Conflicting Realities and Emotions of International Educators	7
Mobility in an Imagined Global Knowledge Space: Chinese STEM Undergraduates’ Decision to Study in Europe	7
Environmental Sustainability and Internationalization in Higher Education: A New Frontier in Research, Policy and Practice	7
Processing the Geopolitics of Global Science: Emerging National-Level Advisory Structures	6
A Review of Missing Data Reporting Practices in the Field of Internationalization of Higher Education	6
Selling out the Public University? Administrative Sensemaking Strategies for Internationalization via Private Pathway Colleges in Canadian Higher Education	6
The Mobility After Mobility: Explaining Post-Graduation Mobility of Internationally Mobile Students	6
Media Coverage of Chinese International Campuses in Europe: A Comparative Analysis	6
Encouraging Intercultural Interaction by Cultural Specific Learning Design	5
Resilience and Symbolic Violence: Navigating Cultural and Structural Constraints in Chinese Students’ Transnational Higher Education Experiences	5
Internationalization of Higher Education: Science Mapping the Knowledge Base (1929–2022)	5
Enhancing Internationalization by Labels and Certificates: The Power of Voluntary Policy Instruments	5
Change Happens Through People: Evidencing the Value of Professional Development for Educators Involved in Internationalised Programmes	5
Redefining Intercultural Competence Using the Delphi Method	5
Knowing, Being, Relating and Expressing Through Third Space Global South-North COIL: Digital Inclusion and Equity in International Higher Education	5
Study in China and ‘Agency in Mobility’: Insights from African International Students’ Narratives	5
Mediating Role of Service Quality in the Relationship Between Self-Determined Study Abroad Motivations and Satisfaction	5
Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions in Mozambique: Exploring the Rationales, Strategies and Challenges	5
Intercultural Competence Beyond International Student Mobility: Insights from a Global Study	5
Building Future-focused Skills from International Mobility Experience: Perspectives of Vietnamese Academics	4
The Impact of a Global Mobility Program: The Lenses of ‘Future Self’ and ‘Realised Self’	4
Advancing Internationalization in the Formal Curriculum: Content Integration and Inclusive Design	4
Cross-Border Higher Education and Quality Assurance. Results from a Systematic Literature Review	4
How Japanese Universities Develop Study Abroad Programs in Southeast Asia: A Sensemaking Perspective	4
Between Globalization and Decolonization: Managing Tensions in the International Branch Campus Model	4
Intercultural Competence Development Through Cocurricular and Extracurricular At-Home Programs in Japan	4
Socioemotional Changes in University Students: International Mobility Duration and Friendships Matter	4
Examining International Graduate Students’ Career Willingness in China: Influencing Factors and Integration of Professional Development	4
Internationalisation of Higher Education in Ethiopia: A Strategic Process?	4
We Before Me: Developing a Self-Referent Measure of Cultural Humility for Postsecondary Students	4
Regional Education Hub: Constructing International Higher Education from the Global South?	4
University Leaders’ Perspectives on International Student Support: An Evaluation Using the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments Model	3
Internationalizing International Students’ Experiences: Analysis of Intercultural Dispositions for International Students who Engage in Study Abroad and Internationalization at Home	3
Comparing the Learning Ecologies of International Students in Internationalisation Abroad and at a Distance	3
Basic Need Satisfaction Intervention for Mainland Chinese International Students’ Adjustment to College	3
International Students’ Social Media Use: An Integrative Review of Research Over a Decade	3
The Relationship Between Internationalization and Environmental Sustainability in Non-Central Latin American Universities	3
Geopolitical Implications of Educational Diplomacy: The Fulbright Program, 1958–2023	3
Perceptions of Experiential Learning and Racial Bias Following International Study Abroad in East Africa: A Qualitative Study	3
“They Don't Even Know How Ethnocentric They're Being”: Comparative Approaches to Worldview Diversity Education	3
Breaking Ground: Unveiling the Odyssey of First-Generation International Graduate Students in the United States	3

COVID-19: Threat or Opportunity for the Portuguese Higher Education's Attractiveness for International Students?	3
From Digital Shock to Miniaturised Mobility: International Students’ Digital Journey in China	3