OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemistry Education Research and Practice 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Gender differences in high school students’ perceived values and costs of learning chemistry	32
Supporting submicroscopic reasoning in students’ explanations of absorption phenomena using a simulation-based activity	30
A design-based research approach to improving pedagogy in the teaching laboratory	28
Examining the role of assignment design and peer review on student responses and revisions to an organic chemistry writing-to-learn assignment	22
Practices in instrument use and development in chemistry education research and practice 2010–2021	21
A model of curricular content for the educational reconstruction of Green Chemistry: the voice of Chilean science teachers and science education researchers	21
Contents list	21
Reply to the ‘Comment on “What resources do high school students activate to link energetic and structural changes in chemical reactions? – A qualitative study”’ by K. S. Taber, Chem. Educ. Res. Pr	21
Using a combination technique for the assessment of students’ cognitive structures on acid–base chemistry	21
Chemistry graduate teaching assistants’ teacher noticing	19
Front cover	19
Contribution of an instructional module incorporating PhET simulations to Rwandan students' knowledge of chemical reactions, acids, and bases through social interactions	19
Navigating the interlanguage space: Chinese international students’ perceptions of a virtual chemistry laboratory course	18
Developing green chemistry educational principles by exploring the pedagogical content knowledge of secondary and pre-secondary school teachers	18
Recognition experiences of women of color in chemistry: an intersectional study	17
Metacognitive problem solving: exploration of students’ perspectives through the lens of multi-dimensional engagement	16
‘Seeing’ chemistry: investigating the contribution of mental imagery strength on students’ thinking in relation to visuospatial problem solving in chemistry	15
Making sense of chemical equilibrium: productive teacher–student dialogues as a balancing act between sensemaking and managing tension	15
Augmented reality meets Peer instruction	15
Implementing an interactive online platform in a large undergraduate general chemistry course and its impact on student learning and perceptions	14
Development of problem-solving skills supported by metacognitive scaffolding: insights from students’ written work	14
Beliefs versus resources: a tale of two models of epistemology	14
Effects of formative assessment with technology on students’ meaningful learning in chemistry equilibrium concepts	13
Laying the foundations to build on: exploring diversity in our Chemistry Education Research & Practice community	13
Attention is currency: how surface features of Lewis structures influence organic chemistry student reasoning about stability	13

“I’m still here and I want them to know that”: experiences of chemists with concealable identities in undergraduate research	13
Investigating the role of multiple categorization tasks in a curriculum designed around mechanistic patterns and principles	13
VR in chemistry, a review of scientific research on advanced atomic/molecular visualization	13
Psychometric analysis of the resonance concept inventory	12
Considering the hexad of learning domains in the laboratory to address the overlooked aspects of chemistry education and fragmentary approach to assessment of student learning	12
Messages about valued knowledge products and processes embedded within a suite of transformed high school chemistry curricular materials	12
STEM-PT Traveler, a game-based approach for learning elements of the periodic table: an approach for enhancing secondary school students’ motivation for learning chemistry	12
Revisiting secondary students’ ideas about air pollution. The challenge of particulate matter	12
Contents list	11
Factors shaping the choice in chemistry: insights from undergraduate students within a societal context	11
Investigating evidence in support of validity and reliability for data collected with the meaningful learning in the laboratory instrument (MLLI)	11
A social semiotic lens to capture meaning-making of polymeric concepts during modelling in chemistry education	11
Exploring post-secondary chemistry instructors’ knowledge for teaching ¹H NMR spectroscopy	10
Learning to teach chemical bonding: a framework for preservice teacher educators	9
Advancing students’ scientific inquiry performance in chemistry through reading and evaluative reflection	9
The effect of metacognition on students’ chemistry identity: the chain mediating role of chemistry learning burnout and chemistry learning flow	9
Investigation into the intersection between response process validity and answer-until-correct validity: development of the repeated attempt processing issue detection (RAPID) method	9
Students’ interactive engagement, academic achievement and self concept in chemistry: an evaluation of cooperative learning pedagogy	9
Intersecting visual and verbal representations and levels of reasoning in the structure of matter learning progression	9
Investigating student perceptions of transformational intent and classroom culture in organic chemistry courses	9
Use of machine learning to analyze chemistry card sort tasks	9
A meta-analysis of effectiveness of chemical bonding-based intervention studies in improving academic performance	9
Critiquing lab technique videos prior to class: can it improve demonstrated technique?	8
Front cover	8
Could competence-based chemistry teaching in secondary school harm students’ performance in upper traditional exams?	8
Contents list	8
Investigating small-group cognitive engagement in general chemistry learning activities using qualitative content analysis and the ICAP framework	8
Insights into the manuscript review process viewed as a constructive journey rather than surviving hurdles	8
Optimizing testing feedback in introductory chemistry: a multi-treatment study exploring varying levels of assessment feedback and subsequent performance	8
Factors that influence general chemistry students’ decision making in study strategies	8
Factors affecting individuals’ cognitive engagement during group work in general chemistry: timing, group size, and question type	8
Front cover	7
Integrating informal learning in college general chemistry courses	7
To identify or not to identify: a choice in chemistry education research and practice	7
Progression from Chinese High School onto a TransNational Chinese-UK University joint BSc degree in chemistry; an international study focussing on laboratory practical skills	7
Effectiveness of particulate nature of matter (PNM)-based intervention studies in improving academic performance: a meta-analysis study	7
Ontological orientations of educators’ sense of the atom and underlying source domains: a case study of Kotebe Metropolitan University, Ethiopia	7
Contents list	7
Elements constituting and influencing in-service secondary chemistry teachers’ pedagogical scientific language knowledge	7
Inoculating students against science-based manipulation strategies in social media: debunking the concept of ‘water with conductivity extract’	7
Motivation to learn chemistry: a thorough analysis of the CMQ-II within the Brazilian context	6
Harnessing indigenous scientific discovery in medicinal chemistry to promote selected nature of science attributes among Chinese high school students: case of Artemisinin	6
Contents list	6
Student teachers’ problem-based investigations of chemical phenomena in the nearby outdoor environment	6
Evaluating the level of inquiry in postsecondary instructional laboratory experiments: results of a national survey	6
Guidance on the data availability statement requirement in CERP	6
Comparing drawing tasks and elaborate single-choice questions in simulation-based learning: how do they facilitate students’ conceptual understanding on chemical equilibria?	6
Back cover	6
The impact of co-design-based formative assessment practices on preservice science teachers’ understanding of chemical concepts in a general chemistry laboratory course	6
Front cover	6

Evaluative judgement – a practitioner's case in chemistry research projects