OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management is 1. 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
Higher education in the era of migration, displacement and internationalization	72
Balancing acts? Exploring the dynamics between quantity and quality in Chinese transnational higher education through data governance	34
Work and further study after university degree completion for equity groups	32
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	31
Generative AI in higher education: the chat GPT effect	26
Crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic response within an Australian higher education institution – a qualitative analysis	25
What are the digital skills sought by scientific employers in potential candidates?	19
The impact of merit-based scholarships on enrolment yield: a branch campus case study	18
Malaysian PhD graduates coming home: adjustment and adaptation to the research ecosystem	12
‘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	11
Employability for inclusion: the urgent need for a biopsychosocial model perspective	10
Applying a democratic evidence-based decision-making model: a case illustration of policy development at an Arab University	10
Growth mindsets in academics and academia: a review of influence and interventions	10
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector	9
Greening on-campus housing: blending commercial and higher education contexts	9
Balancing the books: how we can better support students who are parents	9
Paradox creation: how MBA program rankings influence Canadian business school deans’ strategic actions	9
Ombudsmen and Australian universities: learning from student complaints	8
A university framework for the responsible use of generative AI in research	8
A ‘proper’ woman? One woman’s story of success and failure in academia	8
Reclamation, reconnection and re-indigenisation in Teacher Education	8
Building excellence in higher education: Singapore’s experience	8
Pathways to the creation of research capacities in Universities in developing countries: perspectives from a literature review	8
An integrated systems model for understanding experiences of academic leadership development in Qatar	8
The effectiveness of using online tools to help international students transition into university life: an Australian university case study	8

Challenges of campus security guards in Ghanaian higher education: a case of a university’s satellite learning centres	7
Fewer restructures, more consultation, better recognition: key recommendations on tackling administrative burdens from Australian universities’ professional staff	7
Higher education sector institutional diversity: an Australian case study	7
A university-wide approach to embedding an Indigenous graduate attribute	7
The significance of university practices in the repatriation of scholars: exploring one dimension of the push-pull framework in Vietnamese universities	7
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during COVID-19: International Perspectives and Experiences	6
Potential implications of Australia’s new post-study work rights policy and factors for regional tertiary education leaders to consider	6
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	6
Becoming legitimate academic subjects: Doing meaningful work in research administration	6
Creating sustainable networks to enhance women’s participation in higher education in Papua New Guinea	6
Uncertain, collective and heroic leadership approaches to gender balance change among local leaders in academia	6
An exploration of the health promotion activities implemented by universities: have we got the right balance?	6
Defining regionality for Australian higher education	5
Organisational characteristics as antecedents of enterprise security risk management adoption in Kenya’s accredited universities	5
The philosophy of higher education: a critical introduction	5
Managing Sustainable Performance and Governance in Higher Education Institutions: a dynamic performance management approach	5
Eradicating dominant ideologies in higher education: the responsibility of campus leadership in developing a culturally-congruent education experience	5
Autism spectrum disorder: reconceptualising support for neurodiverse students in higher education	5
Letter from the guest editors	5
Pulling the strings: the apparatus of university policy production	5
Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city	5
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education	5
Using self-determination theory as a lens to create sustainable futures for teaching and education focused academics in higher education in Australia	5
Letter from the editors	5
Universities and regional engagement: from the exceptional to the everyday	5
Resisting neocolonial harm and localising global standards at international branch campuses: a comparative study of two Canadian cases	4
Professional development for academic associate deans in higher education administration: a case for decision-making as an essential skill in learning to lead	4
Learning to ‘tell China’s story well’ : higher education policy and public diplomacy in Chinese international education	4
What are the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the process of onboarding: a scoping review	4
Resilience of higher education academics in the time of 21^st century pandemics: a narrative review	4
Indigenous data sovereignty in Australian higher education: paving the way for First Nations’ self-determination	4
Exploratory analysis of the perception of academic researchers about incentives: evidence from a Spanish public university	4
Barriers to knowledge mobilisation: implications for responsible and inclusive research in higher education	4
Mentor-coaching in an Australian HEA fellowship program: developing transformative learning and teaching leadership capability	4
Speaking out or remaining silent: university leaders’ reflections on Charlottesville	4
Cross-institutional teaching enhancement and distributed leadership: an empirical study informed by activity theory	4
The department chair position: an autoethnography	4
Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities , edited by	4
External university autonomy evaluations: the new autonomy ecology of Finnish universities	4
Effects of Chinese academic management environments on international students’ academic experiences	4
Letter from the editors	4
Higher education design: Big deal partnership, technologies and capabilities	4
Financial scenario modelling: a guide for universities	3
Weaving the threads of identity: mapping the veteran experience across the student life cycle	3
Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach , edited by Prathamesh Padmakar Churi	3
Envisioning doctoral education as research hubs in Latin America (2011–2021): waves of evolution	3
Precarity and dualism in higher education diagnosing their consequences and assessing Portuguese and Spanish policies	3
A look at occupational stress in higher education through a transactional lens: insights from female academics in Qatar	3
Exploring the notion of feminine leadership in Kuwait’s private universities	3
Exploring the experiences of students with disabilities in work-integrated learning	3

Strategic and policy responses to intersectionality in higher education	3
Perceived impacts of a viewpoint diversity law in Florida’s State Universities	3
Applying the principles of triage to support the rapid transition to online learning during the pandemic	3
Academic middle leaders, middle leading and middle leadership of university learning and teaching: A systematic review of the higher education literature	3
Freedom of expression in Israeli campuses and social media during the war with Hamas	3
The academic sabbatical as a symbol of change in higher education: from rest and recuperation to hyper-performativity	3
Pushing limits in higher education: inclusion services’ perspectives on supporting students with learning disabilities in Spanish universities	3
Challenging approaches to academic career-making Challenging approaches to academic career-making , by Celia Whitchurch, William Locke and Giulio Marini, London,	2
Managing the career effects of discrimination and motherhood: The role of collegial support for a caregiving policy at a research-intensive U.S. university	2
The right to higher education: a political theory	2
Guest editors’ letter	2
Effects of repeated implicit bias training in a North American university	2
Mātai ako: Te Tiriti o Waitangi in learning and teaching	2
The development of Uzbekistan as a transnational higher education hub: government and institution rationales, and early outcomes	2
Employable me: Australian higher education and the employability agenda	2
Affirmative recruitment of women in STEM: a case study	2
Letter from the editors	2
Transforming assessment policy: improving student outcomes through an immersive block model	2
University brand building and recognition: experiences of a selected young university in China	2
Re-examining the ‘culture of silence’ through peer-based Pasifika pedagogies in a New Zealand tertiary environment	2
The mandatory Ethics and Governance courses in Fiji’s universities: institutional ecologies, teaching philosophies and the (ethical) future of tertiary education in the Pacific	2
‘It was like navigating uncharted waters’: exposing the hidden capitals and capabilities of the graduate marketplace	2
Indonesian female academics and the pandemic: the challenges of COVID-19 and academic work	2
Addressing skills shortages: vocational education and training in schools programs and the Universities Accord	2
Experiences of Senior Scholars and Professors Emeriti – a mixed methods study	2
A comparative study of home and host country effects on the academic performance of Chinese students in transnational education	2
Equity challenges and opportunities in higher education: insights for Australia from South Africa	2
An international comparison of graduate outcome survey instruments: a critical reflection	2
Education, crisis and philosophy: Ubuntu within higher education	1
Campus counterspaces: Black and Latinx students’ search for community at historically white universities	1
International branch campuses: the influences of country of origin and campus environment on students’ institution choices and satisfaction	1
Why do they leave? University personnel system reforms in China and the impacts on academic staff turnover	1
The importance of mathematics and statistics support in English universities: an analysis of institutionally-written regulatory documents	1
The motivations of stakeholders when developing university industry collaborations in an Australian university: three case studies	1
Letter from the Editors	1
International student withdrawal – the lived experience of five Syrian students on visa renewal in Malaysia	1
The idea of the university: towards a contemporary formulation	1
Leadership development in academia in the UAE: creating a community of learning	1
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	1
Carnegie Basic Classification: stakeholder perspectives	1
Digital demand and digital deficit: conceptualising digital literacy and gauging proficiency among higher education students	1
Activity-based workspaces in Eastern academia: exploring user and manager perspectives	1
Incentivising interdisciplinary research collaboration: evidence from Australia	1
External quality assurance policy enactment in Samoa: a study in relational tension	1
Beyond the Janus effect: social capital and role conflict among deans at a large Canadian university	1
Letter from the Editors	1
Attitudes towards staff mentoring by senior leaders of a College of Education in Ghana	1
Essay	1
Explainable learning analytics to identify disengaged students early in semester: an intervention supporting widening participation	1
The new leadership agenda: pandemic perspectives from global universities *The new leadership agenda: pandemic perspectives from global universities*	1
Nudge power in higher education: altering choice defaults to reduce student failure and associated debt	1
What makes a Thesis by Publication? An international study of policy requirements and restrictions	1
Shifting from compliance to quality and innovation: piloting self-accreditation through a higher apprenticeship	1
Unlocking Indigenous knowledge: the accord’s role in strengthening Indigenous research, closing the gap, and advancing self-determination	1
A comparative policy analysis of Australian higher education institutions’ definitions of marking	1
Comparison of comprehensive evaluation’s and unified examination’s effectiveness in university enrolment: Chinese evidence from propensity score matching analysis	1
Potential influence of changes in tax benefits on charitable giving to higher education	1
Competing logics and organisational barriers to equality work at universities	1
Letter from the editors	1
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: a longitudinal qualitative study	1
Letter from the guest editors	1
Administrative burden in higher education institutions: a conceptualisation and a research agenda	1