OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Systemic Practice and Action Research 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Parents, Pupils, Pedagogues, and Policies: A Rectangle of School Education for Immigrant’s Children	22
Teacher Candidates’ Experiences in Using Story-writing Technique to Learn Educational Philosophies: a Turkey Sample	18
Correction: A Systems Thinking Approach for Community Health and Wellbeing	15
Conducting Action Research to Improve Operational Efficiency in Manufacturing: The Case of a First-Tier Automotive Supplier	12
Community of Learning as a World-Building Environment	12
The Role of Hierarchy in Realizing Collective Leadership in a Self-Managing Organization	11
Embracing Levin’s Legacy: Advancing Socio-Technical Learning and Development in Human-Robot Team Design Through STS Approaches	11
Social Systems Theory and Family Business: A Perspective Article	11
‘Virtual’ Action Research: Two examples	10
The Use of Critical Social Heurstics to Explore Enhancement of Benefits Realization of a Knowledge Management System	10
Indigenous Sundanese Leadership: Eco-Systemic Lessons on Zero Emissions	9
Environmental Education Performance Evaluation in a Higher Education Institution	8
The Interplay of Alcohol and Wellbeing in the Workplace: Combining Soft Systems Methodology and Foucauldian Approach	7
Digital Transformations Through the Lens of the Collaborative, Co-Generative and Domesticative	7
Engaging the End User in Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Management: An Action Research Study	7
A Practical Action Research of Portfolio Assessment on Building the Learning Community for Graduate Students in Taiwan	7
Correction: Adopting an Ecosystem Approach to Digitalization-driven Organizational Change? Actionable Knowledge from a Collaborative Project	7
Correction: Codes of Conduct for Collaboration as Social Rule Systems for Transdisciplinary Processes	7
Towards a Checklist for Improving Action Research Quality in Healthcare Contexts	7
The Role of Language in Policing: Sociological Perspectives on Law Enforcement	6
Insider-outsider Positionality in Participatory Action Research Exploring Informal Social Support of Pakistani Families with an Intellectually Disabled Child	6
Risk Perception and Risk Communication from a Systems Perspective: a Study on Safety Behavioural Intervention Frameworks and Functions	6
Institutional Reconstruction of Promoting and Maintaining the Level of Compliance with Health Protocols in Indonesia during the Pandemic	6
Organic Metalogue Across Spaces and Places to Rethink Species Relationships in a Community of Practice	5
Navigating Heteronormative Health Systems: A Rich Picture Exploration of the Challenges of 2SLGBTQ + Older Adults and Implications for Community Engagement in Research	5

Exploring Action Research Sponsorship: Role and Enactment	5
Correction to: Participatory Action Research, Social Networks, and Gender Influence Soil Fertility Management in Tanzania	5
Morten Levin Festschrift: Bridging Theory and Practice in Action Research	5
ORP Gym: Online Oral Repetition Practice Support System for Large-scale Japanese-Speaking Courses Abroad	5
A Hybrid Use of Soft Systems Methodology for Developing a Framework of Evidence-Based Teaching for Hospitality and Tourism Instructors in Vietnam	5
The Art of Teaching Professional Practice: An Action Research Methodology Inspired by Ulrich’s Systems Concepts	4
Holistic Flexibility for Deploying Systems Thinking as a Cognitive Skill	4
A Systems Thinking Approach for Community Health and Wellbeing	4
Deploying Sustainability Through Employee Participation. An Action Research Proposal	4
Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Housing: The Case of East Africa	4
Bridging the Gap Between Labour Unions and the Management Through Leadership Development Programs?	4
The Art of Soft Systems Inquiry: Retracing the Footsteps of Churchman and Checkland	3
Problem Structuring Methods in Social-Ecological Systems	3
Building Democracy at Work: The Contributions of Morten Levin to Action Research and Organizational Development	3
A Comparative Study of Two Networked (neoendogenous) Development Approaches: The EU LEADER and China’s Resident Work Team in Poor Villages (RWTIPV)	3
Design-Driven Conflicts: The Emergence of a Cooperative Culture During Times of Crisis — a Narrative Simulation Approach	3
Advice as a Form of Structural Coupling: Intersystem Organizations and Scientific Communication in the Japanese Response to COVID-19	3
A Framework for Stakeholder Involvement in eHealth Action Research	3