OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Studies in International Education is 2. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Contributions of Employability Capitals to the Employability of Chinese International Graduates in Australia	32
Immersed in the Dominant Global Imaginary: Reflecting on Internationalization of Higher Education Discourses in Brazil	32
Internationalization of the Curriculum at Home (IoCaH): Why Academic Disciplines Matter	30
An Organizational Change Perspective for the Curriculum Internationalization Process: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Implementation	23
Global Competence and Foreign Language Education in Japan	21
Grappling with Climate Change and the Internationalization of Higher Education: An Eco-Socialist Perspective	19
Foreign-Born Student Affairs Professionals’ Impacts and Experiences: The Missing Piece of Internationalization	19
Exploring the Relationship Between International Student Enrollment at US Higher Education Institutions and Mass Shootings	19
Internationalisation and Climate Impacts of Higher Education: Towards an Analytical Framework	18
Towards More Sustainable, Equitable and Just Internationalisation Practices: The Case of Internationalisation Conferences	16
How Does the “Belt and Road” Initiative Affect International Student Mobility to China?	14
Effects of International Student Mobility on Post-Graduation Decisions: Evidence from Chinese Academic and Vocational Graduates	14
The Epistemological Chain: A Tool to Guide TNE Development	13
To Stay or to Leave: The Turnover Intentions of International Academics at Japanese Universities	13
The Complexity of Funding International Research Collaboration. An Analysis of Partnership and Rivalry Between the EU and China	11
Critical Review of the Policy Framework for Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa	11
Virtual Mobilities and the Enhancement of Student Competencies in Social Sciences in Central Europe	10
Overseas Experience and Elite Scientists’ Career Mobility: A Case Study from China	10
Applying Terror Management Theory to Explain International Faculty Responses to COVID-19 Control Measures	10
International Student Recruitment and Support in Indonesia: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2012–2022	10
Foreign Language Skills in the Study Abroad Decision-Making Process and Destination Choices	10
Eighteen Years of Joint Master of Health Professions Education Between Geographically Distanced Partners Lessons from a Matured Partnership	9
North America and European Union Policy Changes Towards Higher Education Relations with China: A Comparative Study	9
Understanding Work-life Balance Through the Experiences of Academics Who are International Migrants	9
Spiritual Wellbeing of International Students: A New Zealand Case Study	9

Does International Education Mobility Increase Environmental Concerns?	8
Why the Digitalization of International Education Matters	8
The Student Experiences of Teaching and Learning in Transnational Higher Education: A Phenomenographic Study from a British-Qatari Partnership	8
International Research Experiences and Global Competency Development for Graduate Students in Engineering and Science	8
Precarity Before and During the Pandemic: International Student Employment and Personal Finances in Australia	8
Applying Mixed Methods Research in Large-scale Programs – Tracing the Long-term Outcomes of Development Scholarship Alumni	8
International Student Mobility and the Obtainment of Elite Academic Positions: Does It Pay Off and for Whom?	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
International Academic Affiliations: Destination or Journey? An Oman-Based Study of Policy, Practice and Potential	7
International Higher Education and Post-Study Work Rights in Australia, Germany and Canada: Strengths and Vulnerabilities	6
Selling out the Public University? Administrative Sensemaking Strategies for Internationalization via Private Pathway Colleges in Canadian Higher Education	6
Encouraging Intercultural Interaction by Cultural Specific Learning Design	6
Environmental Sustainability and Internationalization in Higher Education: A New Frontier in Research, Policy and Practice	6
Understanding the Mutating ‘Third Wave’: Comparing the Drivers of Remote Metropolitan Branch Campuses and International Branch Campuses	6
Processing the Geopolitics of Global Science: Emerging National-Level Advisory Structures	6
Internationalization at Home and Virtual: A Sustainable Model for Brazilian Higher Education	6
Media Coverage of Chinese International Campuses in Europe: A Comparative Analysis	6
Resilience and Symbolic Violence: Navigating Cultural and Structural Constraints in Chinese Students’ Transnational Higher Education Experiences	5
Change Happens Through People: Evidencing the Value of Professional Development for Educators Involved in Internationalised Programmes	5
Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions in Mozambique: Exploring the Rationales, Strategies and Challenges	5
Mediating Role of Service Quality in the Relationship Between Self-Determined Study Abroad Motivations and Satisfaction	5
A Review of Missing Data Reporting Practices in the Field of Internationalization of Higher Education	5
Building Global Teaching Capacity Among Pre-Service Teachers: Epistemological and Positional Framing in an Internationally Paired, Authentic Practicum	5
Redefining Intercultural Competence Using the Delphi Method	5
The Mobility After Mobility: Explaining Post-Graduation Mobility of Internationally Mobile Students	5
Study in China and ‘Agency in Mobility’: Insights from African International Students’ Narratives	4
Building Future-focused Skills from International Mobility Experience: Perspectives of Vietnamese Academics	4
Reimagining the Delivery of International Student Services During a Global Pandemic: A Case Study in the United States	4
Knowing, Being, Relating and Expressing Through Third Space Global South-North COIL: Digital Inclusion and Equity in International Higher Education	4
Enhancing Internationalization by Labels and Certificates: The Power of Voluntary Policy Instruments	4
Intercultural Competence Beyond International Student Mobility: Insights from a Global Study	4
How Japanese Universities Develop Study Abroad Programs in Southeast Asia: A Sensemaking Perspective	4
Internationalization of Higher Education: Science Mapping the Knowledge Base (1929–2022)	4
Intercultural Competence Development Through Cocurricular and Extracurricular At-Home Programs in Japan	3
Between Globalization and Decolonization: Managing Tensions in the International Branch Campus Model	3
Cross-Border Higher Education and Quality Assurance. Results from a Systematic Literature Review	3
Regional Education Hub: Constructing International Higher Education from the Global South?	3
Examining International Graduate Students’ Career Willingness in China: Influencing Factors and Integration of Professional Development	3
Internationalisation of Higher Education in Ethiopia: A Strategic Process?	3
We Before Me: Developing a Self-Referent Measure of Cultural Humility for Postsecondary Students	3
Socioemotional Changes in University Students: International Mobility Duration and Friendships Matter	3
The Impact of a Global Mobility Program: The Lenses of ‘Future Self’ and ‘Realised Self’	3
Advancing Internationalization in the Formal Curriculum: Content Integration and Inclusive Design	3
Geopolitical Implications of Educational Diplomacy: The Fulbright Program, 1958–2023	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	2
International Students’ Social Media Use: An Integrative Review of Research Over a Decade	2
“They Don't Even Know How Ethnocentric They're Being”: Comparative Approaches to Worldview Diversity Education	2
“Am I Really Living or Just Getting by?” Financial Security and Health-Related Decisions among International Students in Australia	2

COVID-19: Threat or Opportunity for the Portuguese Higher Education's Attractiveness for International Students?	2
The Relationship Between Internationalization and Environmental Sustainability in Non-Central Latin American Universities	2
University Leaders’ Perspectives on International Student Support: An Evaluation Using the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments Model	2
How International Students Perceive the International Learning Environment in the Netherlands, Türkiye, and Malaysia	2
From Digital Shock to Miniaturised Mobility: International Students’ Digital Journey in China	2
Perceptions of Experiential Learning and Racial Bias Following International Study Abroad in East Africa: A Qualitative Study	2
Universities Need a Social License to Operate and Grow: Reflecting on the University-Community Engagement of two Transnational Universities	2
International Students as Sources of Income? Moving Beyond the Neoliberal Framing of Internationalization	2
Internationalizing International Students’ Experiences: Analysis of Intercultural Dispositions for International Students who Engage in Study Abroad and Internationalization at Home	2