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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Generative AI in higher education: the chat GPT effect	52
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	50
Balancing acts? Exploring the dynamics between quantity and quality in Chinese transnational higher education through data governance	40
The Zone of Proximal Employment for sustainable careers: modelling regenerative work trajectories of the career development workforce in Australian universities	38
Crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic response within an Australian higher education institution – a qualitative analysis	26
The impact of merit-based scholarships on enrolment yield: a branch campus case study	25
‘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	19
What are the digital skills sought by scientific employers in potential candidates?	19
Applying a democratic evidence-based decision-making model: a case illustration of policy development at an Arab University	18
Career sustainability of pre-tenure academics in Chinese universities	16
Growth mindsets in academics and academia: a review of influence and interventions	16
Employability for inclusion: the urgent need for a biopsychosocial model perspective	16
Pathways to the creation of research capacities in Universities in developing countries: perspectives from a literature review	15
Paradox creation: how MBA program rankings influence Canadian business school deans’ strategic actions	15
Balancing the books: how we can better support students who are parents	15
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector	15
The effectiveness of using online tools to help international students transition into university life: an Australian university case study	14
Reclamation, reconnection and re-indigenisation in Teacher Education	14
A ‘proper’ woman? One woman’s story of success and failure in academia	14
A university framework for the responsible use of generative AI in research	14
Fewer restructures, more consultation, better recognition: key recommendations on tackling administrative burdens from Australian universities’ professional staff	13
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	12
Ombudsmen and Australian universities: learning from student complaints	12
The significance of university practices in the repatriation of scholars: exploring one dimension of the push-pull framework in Vietnamese universities	12
A university-wide approach to embedding an Indigenous graduate attribute	12

Challenges of campus security guards in Ghanaian higher education: a case of a university’s satellite learning centres	12
An integrated systems model for understanding experiences of academic leadership development in Qatar	11
Authorised but unsustained: how universities suppress ecological leadership by action and omission	11
From the margins – supporting education focused academics in research-intensive environments	11
Defining regionality for Australian higher education	11
Becoming legitimate academic subjects: Doing meaningful work in research administration	11
Structure and content of strategic plans of public higher education institutions in the United States	11
Potential implications of Australia’s new post-study work rights policy and factors for regional tertiary education leaders to consider	11
Translating the national mandate: institutional entrepreneurship of China’s micro-credential reform	10
Eradicating dominant ideologies in higher education: the responsibility of campus leadership in developing a culturally-congruent education experience	10
Organisational characteristics as antecedents of enterprise security risk management adoption in Kenya’s accredited universities	10
Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city	10
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education	9
Janus-like tensions for universities in Hong Kong: facing-out and facing-in	9
Using self-determination theory as a lens to create sustainable futures for teaching and education focused academics in higher education in Australia	9
Letter from the guest editors	9
Letter from the editors	9
The department chair position: an autoethnography	8
Exploratory analysis of the perception of academic researchers about incentives: evidence from a Spanish public university	8
Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities , edited by	8
Strategic use of predictive analytics for student retention in blended higher education: implications for education management	8
Pulling the strings: the apparatus of university policy production	8
Autism spectrum disorder: reconceptualising support for neurodiverse students in higher education	8
External university autonomy evaluations: the new autonomy ecology of Finnish universities	7
Resisting neocolonial harm and localising global standards at international branch campuses: a comparative study of two Canadian cases	7
Effects of Chinese academic management environments on international students’ academic experiences	7
Professional development for academic associate deans in higher education administration: a case for decision-making as an essential skill in learning to lead	7
Barriers to knowledge mobilisation: implications for responsible and inclusive research in higher education	7
What are the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the process of onboarding: a scoping review	6
Philanthropy in higher education: exploring the affective dimensions of partnership work	6
Know your worth: valuing Indigenous leadership positions in Australian higher education	6
Selective internationalisation: institutional responses to geopolitical pressures in higher education	6
Learning to ‘tell China’s story well’ : higher education policy and public diplomacy in Chinese international education	6
Disruptive change: institutionalising interdisciplinarity in Chilean state universities	6
Indigenous data sovereignty in Australian higher education: paving the way for First Nations’ self-determination	6
Letter from the editors	6
Heads we win, tails you lose: AI detectors in education	6
The transformative impact of geopolitics in higher education	5
Academic middle leaders, middle leading and middle leadership of university learning and teaching: A systematic review of the higher education literature	5
Using systems theory to understand sustainable careers in Indian higher education	5
Financial scenario modelling: a guide for universities	5
Beyond knowledge factories and ivory towers. Exploring the transformative university in the digital and sustainable age	5
Exploring the notion of feminine leadership in Kuwait’s private universities	5
A look at occupational stress in higher education through a transactional lens: insights from female academics in Qatar	5
Visualising and conceptualising sustainable third-space careers	5
From individual resilience to system responsibility: introduction to the double special issue, Sustainable Careers in Higher Education	5
Weaving the threads of identity: mapping the veteran experience across the student life cycle	4
‘It is hard to be a leader among equals’: how faculty deans experience their working context, leadership of academic staff, and social support	4
Perceived impacts of a viewpoint diversity law in Florida’s State Universities	4
Envisioning doctoral education as research hubs in Latin America (2011–2021): waves of evolution	4

Navigating the third space: an analytic autoethnography of becoming a scholar-administrator in African higher education	4
Pushing limits in higher education: inclusion services’ perspectives on supporting students with learning disabilities in Spanish universities	4
The academic sabbatical as a symbol of change in higher education: from rest and recuperation to hyper-performativity	4
Addressing skills shortages: vocational education and training in schools programs and the Universities Accord	4
Student leave-taking and attrition in Australian higher education: lessons for equity policy	4
Freedom of expression in Israeli campuses and social media during the war with Hamas	4
Strategic and policy responses to intersectionality in higher education	4
Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach , edited by Prathamesh Padmakar Churi	4
University brand building and recognition: experiences of a selected young university in China	3
‘It was like navigating uncharted waters’: exposing the hidden capitals and capabilities of the graduate marketplace	3
Effects of repeated implicit bias training in a North American university	3
The right to higher education: a political theory	3
Employable me: Australian higher education and the employability agenda	3
Recalibrating internationalisation amid geopolitical shifts: institutional responses of two Chinese Double First-Class universities	3
Exploring the experiences of students with disabilities in work-integrated learning	3
The impact of role clarity on sustainable careers for EdAdvisors in Australian higher education	3
Challenging approaches to academic career-making Challenging approaches to academic career-making , by Celia Whitchurch, William Locke and Giulio Marini, London,	3
Affirmative recruitment of women in STEM: a case study	3
Public-private partnerships and the political economy of student housing affordability	3
Precarity and dualism in higher education diagnosing their consequences and assessing Portuguese and Spanish policies	3
A comparative study of home and host country effects on the academic performance of Chinese students in transnational education	3
Indonesian female academics and the pandemic: the challenges of COVID-19 and academic work	3
‘Why are we so afraid of accreditation?’ A qualitative study of the impacts of accreditation on Australian speech pathology and dietetics education programs	2
Guest editors’ letter	2
Explainable learning analytics to identify disengaged students early in semester: an intervention supporting widening participation	2
Letter from the Editors	2
International student withdrawal – the lived experience of five Syrian students on visa renewal in Malaysia	2
Leadership development in academia in the UAE: creating a community of learning	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
Equity challenges and opportunities in higher education: insights for Australia from South Africa	2
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: a longitudinal qualitative study	2
Administrative burden in higher education institutions: a conceptualisation and a research agenda	2
Competing logics and organisational barriers to equality work at universities	2
Letter from the Editors	2
An international comparison of graduate outcome survey instruments: a critical reflection	2
Nudge power in higher education: altering choice defaults to reduce student failure and associated debt	2
The development of Uzbekistan as a transnational higher education hub: government and institution rationales, and early outcomes	2
Transforming assessment policy: improving student outcomes through an immersive block model	2
Mātai ako: Te Tiriti o Waitangi in learning and teaching	2
Experiences of Senior Scholars and Professors Emeriti – a mixed methods study	2
The idea of the university: towards a contemporary formulation	2
Filling the places: managing government-supported student numbers in Australian public universities	2
Attitudes towards staff mentoring by senior leaders of a College of Education in Ghana	2
Essay	2