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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Higher education in the era of migration, displacement and internationalization	47
Balancing acts? Exploring the dynamics between quantity and quality in Chinese transnational higher education through data governance	43
Generative AI in higher education: the chat GPT effect	34
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	30
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	17
‘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	17
Malaysian PhD graduates coming home: adjustment and adaptation to the research ecosystem	17
The impact of merit-based scholarships on enrolment yield: a branch campus case study	15
Applying a democratic evidence-based decision-making model: a case illustration of policy development at an Arab University	15
What are the digital skills sought by scientific employers in potential candidates?	14
Employability for inclusion: the urgent need for a biopsychosocial model perspective	14
Pathways to the creation of research capacities in Universities in developing countries: perspectives from a literature review	14
Growth mindsets in academics and academia: a review of influence and interventions	14
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector	13
Balancing the books: how we can better support students who are parents	13
Paradox creation: how MBA program rankings influence Canadian business school deans’ strategic actions	13
Career sustainability of pre-tenure academics in Chinese universities	12
The effectiveness of using online tools to help international students transition into university life: an Australian university case study	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	11
The significance of university practices in the repatriation of scholars: exploring one dimension of the push-pull framework in Vietnamese universities	10
An exploration of the health promotion activities implemented by universities: have we got the right balance?	10
Reclamation, reconnection and re-indigenisation in Teacher Education	10
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	10

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

Weaving the threads of identity: mapping the veteran experience across the student life cycle	4
Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach Artificial intelligence in higher education: a practical approach , edited by Prathamesh Padmakar Churi	3
Precarity and dualism in higher education diagnosing their consequences and assessing Portuguese and Spanish policies	3
Strategic and policy responses to intersectionality in higher education	3
Envisioning doctoral education as research hubs in Latin America (2011–2021): waves of evolution	3
Perceived impacts of a viewpoint diversity law in Florida’s State Universities	3
The academic sabbatical as a symbol of change in higher education: from rest and recuperation to hyper-performativity	3
Freedom of expression in Israeli campuses and social media during the war with Hamas	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
Addressing skills shortages: vocational education and training in schools programs and the Universities Accord	3
Student leave-taking and attrition in Australian higher education: lessons for equity policy	3
Equity challenges and opportunities in higher education: insights for Australia from South Africa	2
Transforming assessment policy: improving student outcomes through an immersive block model	2
Nudge power in higher education: altering choice defaults to reduce student failure and associated debt	2
‘It was like navigating uncharted waters’: exposing the hidden capitals and capabilities of the graduate marketplace	2
Affirmative recruitment of women in STEM: a case study	2
The right to higher education: a political theory	2
Pushing limits in higher education: inclusion services’ perspectives on supporting students with learning disabilities in Spanish universities	2
The development of Uzbekistan as a transnational higher education hub: government and institution rationales, and early outcomes	2
Effects of repeated implicit bias training in a North American university	2
Guest editors’ letter	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
An international comparison of graduate outcome survey instruments: a critical reflection	2
The impact of role clarity on sustainable careers for EdAdvisors in Australian higher education	2
Employable me: Australian higher education and the employability agenda	2
Challenging approaches to academic career-making Challenging approaches to academic career-making , by Celia Whitchurch, William Locke and Giulio Marini, London,	2
University brand building and recognition: experiences of a selected young university in China	2
(Dis)continuities in academic middle management career trajectories: a longitudinal qualitative study	2
Mātai ako: Te Tiriti o Waitangi in learning and teaching	2
Essay	2
Explainable learning analytics to identify disengaged students early in semester: an intervention supporting widening participation	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
Indonesian female academics and the pandemic: the challenges of COVID-19 and academic work	2
Exploring the experiences of students with disabilities in work-integrated learning	2
A comparative study of home and host country effects on the academic performance of Chinese students in transnational education	2
Experiences of Senior Scholars and Professors Emeriti – a mixed methods study	2