OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Higher education in the era of migration, displacement and internationalization	48
Balancing acts? Exploring the dynamics between quantity and quality in Chinese transnational higher education through data governance	46
Generative AI in higher education: the chat GPT effect	35
The intersection of industry and academia: assessing the perceptions and experiences of industry professionals who transition to academic roles in higher education in the United States	32
The Zone of Proximal Employment for sustainable careers: modelling regenerative work trajectories of the career development workforce in Australian universities	23
Crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic response within an Australian higher education institution – a qualitative analysis	19
Malaysian PhD graduates coming home: adjustment and adaptation to the research ecosystem	19
The impact of merit-based scholarships on enrolment yield: a branch campus case study	17
Growth mindsets in academics and academia: a review of influence and interventions	16
What are the digital skills sought by scientific employers in potential candidates?	15
‘I’ve never felt more welcome and hopeful here’: home-grown leadership development programs and their impact on participants’ perceptions of themselves and their institution	15
Employability for inclusion: the urgent need for a biopsychosocial model perspective	14
Career sustainability of pre-tenure academics in Chinese universities	14
Pathways to the creation of research capacities in Universities in developing countries: perspectives from a literature review	14
Applying a democratic evidence-based decision-making model: a case illustration of policy development at an Arab University	14
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector	14
Paradox creation: how MBA program rankings influence Canadian business school deans’ strategic actions	13
Balancing the books: how we can better support students who are parents	13
The effectiveness of using online tools to help international students transition into university life: an Australian university case study	12
Reclamation, reconnection and re-indigenisation in Teacher Education	12
A ‘proper’ woman? One woman’s story of success and failure in academia	12
A university framework for the responsible use of generative AI in research	12
Challenges of campus security guards in Ghanaian higher education: a case of a university’s satellite learning centres	11
The science of higher education: state higher education policy and the laws of scale The science of higher education: state higher education policy and the laws of scale	11
The significance of university practices in the repatriation of scholars: exploring one dimension of the push-pull framework in Vietnamese universities	11

Fewer restructures, more consultation, better recognition: key recommendations on tackling administrative burdens from Australian universities’ professional staff	10
Becoming legitimate academic subjects: Doing meaningful work in research administration	10
An integrated systems model for understanding experiences of academic leadership development in Qatar	10
A university-wide approach to embedding an Indigenous graduate attribute	10
Ombudsmen and Australian universities: learning from student complaints	10
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during COVID-19: International Perspectives and Experiences	10
Organisational characteristics as antecedents of enterprise security risk management adoption in Kenya’s accredited universities	9
Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city	9
Defining regionality for Australian higher education	9
From the margins – supporting education focused academics in research-intensive environments	9
Structure and content of strategic plans of public higher education institutions in the United States	9
Potential implications of Australia’s new post-study work rights policy and factors for regional tertiary education leaders to consider	9
Authorised but unsustained: how universities suppress ecological leadership by action and omission	9
Using self-determination theory as a lens to create sustainable futures for teaching and education focused academics in higher education in Australia	8
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education	8
Eradicating dominant ideologies in higher education: the responsibility of campus leadership in developing a culturally-congruent education experience	8
Translating the national mandate: institutional entrepreneurship of China’s micro-credential reform	8
Universities and regional engagement: from the exceptional to the everyday	8
Pulling the strings: the apparatus of university policy production	7
The philosophy of higher education: a critical introduction	7
Letter from the guest editors	7
Managing Sustainable Performance and Governance in Higher Education Institutions: a dynamic performance management approach	7
Janus-like tensions for universities in Hong Kong: facing-out and facing-in	7
Letter from the editors	7
Autism spectrum disorder: reconceptualising support for neurodiverse students in higher education	6
Strategic use of predictive analytics for student retention in blended higher education: implications for education management	6
Effects of Chinese academic management environments on international students’ academic experiences	6
Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities , edited by	6
The department chair position: an autoethnography	6
External university autonomy evaluations: the new autonomy ecology of Finnish universities	6
Resisting neocolonial harm and localising global standards at international branch campuses: a comparative study of two Canadian cases	6
Professional development for academic associate deans in higher education administration: a case for decision-making as an essential skill in learning to lead	6
Barriers to knowledge mobilisation: implications for responsible and inclusive research in higher education	6
Exploratory analysis of the perception of academic researchers about incentives: evidence from a Spanish public university	6
Disruptive change: institutionalising interdisciplinarity in Chilean state universities	5
Letter from the editors	5
What are the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the process of onboarding: a scoping review	5
Know your worth: valuing Indigenous leadership positions in Australian higher education	5
Heads we win, tails you lose: AI detectors in education	5
Learning to ‘tell China’s story well’ : higher education policy and public diplomacy in Chinese international education	5
Higher education design: Big deal partnership, technologies and capabilities	5
Indigenous data sovereignty in Australian higher education: paving the way for First Nations’ self-determination	5
Visualising and conceptualising sustainable third-space careers	4
From individual resilience to system responsibility: introduction to the double special issue, Sustainable Careers in Higher Education	4
Applying the principles of triage to support the rapid transition to online learning during the pandemic	4
A look at occupational stress in higher education through a transactional lens: insights from female academics in Qatar	4
Exploring the notion of feminine leadership in Kuwait’s private universities	4
Academic middle leaders, middle leading and middle leadership of university learning and teaching: A systematic review of the higher education literature	4
Financial scenario modelling: a guide for universities	4
Using systems theory to understand sustainable careers in Indian higher education	4

Addressing skills shortages: vocational education and training in schools programs and the Universities Accord	3
Envisioning doctoral education as research hubs in Latin America (2011–2021): waves of evolution	3
Strategic and policy responses to intersectionality in higher education	3
‘It is hard to be a leader among equals’: how faculty deans experience their working context, leadership of academic staff, and social support	3
Perceived impacts of a viewpoint diversity law in Florida’s State Universities	3
Pushing limits in higher education: inclusion services’ perspectives on supporting students with learning disabilities in Spanish universities	3
The right to higher education: a political theory	3
Weaving the threads of identity: mapping the veteran experience across the student life cycle	3
Precarity and dualism in higher education diagnosing their consequences and assessing Portuguese and Spanish policies	3
Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach , edited by Prathamesh Padmakar Churi	3
The academic sabbatical as a symbol of change in higher education: from rest and recuperation to hyper-performativity	3
Challenging approaches to academic career-making Challenging approaches to academic career-making , by Celia Whitchurch, William Locke and Giulio Marini, London,	3
Freedom of expression in Israeli campuses and social media during the war with Hamas	3
Student leave-taking and attrition in Australian higher education: lessons for equity policy	3
Exploring the experiences of students with disabilities in work-integrated learning	3
A comparative study of home and host country effects on the academic performance of Chinese students in transnational education	2
The development of Uzbekistan as a transnational higher education hub: government and institution rationales, and early outcomes	2
Administrative burden in higher education institutions: a conceptualisation and a research agenda	2
An international comparison of graduate outcome survey instruments: a critical reflection	2
Leadership development in academia in the UAE: creating a community of learning	2
Mātai ako: Te Tiriti o Waitangi in learning and teaching	2
University brand building and recognition: experiences of a selected young university in China	2
Employable me: Australian higher education and the employability agenda	2
Equity challenges and opportunities in higher education: insights for Australia from South Africa	2
Explainable learning analytics to identify disengaged students early in semester: an intervention supporting widening participation	2
Experiences of Senior Scholars and Professors Emeriti – a mixed methods study	2
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: a longitudinal qualitative study	2
Essay	2
Guest editors’ letter	2
The impact of role clarity on sustainable careers for EdAdvisors in Australian higher education	2
Affirmative recruitment of women in STEM: a case study	2
‘It was like navigating uncharted waters’: exposing the hidden capitals and capabilities of the graduate marketplace	2
Higher education policy in developing and western nations: contemporary and emerging trends in local and global contexts Higher education policy in developing and western nations: conte	2
Transforming assessment policy: improving student outcomes through an immersive block model	2
Filling the places: managing government-supported student numbers in Australian public universities	2
Nudge power in higher education: altering choice defaults to reduce student failure and associated debt	2
Effects of repeated implicit bias training in a North American university	2
Indonesian female academics and the pandemic: the challenges of COVID-19 and academic work	2