OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Balancing acts? Exploring the dynamics between quantity and quality in Chinese transnational higher education through data governance	75
Higher education in the era of migration, displacement and internationalization	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	32
Generative AI in higher education: the chat GPT effect	27
The Zone of Proximal Employment for sustainable careers: modelling regenerative work trajectories of the career development workforce in Australian universities	26
Crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic response within an Australian higher education institution – a qualitative analysis	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	13
‘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	13
What are the digital skills sought by scientific employers in potential candidates?	11
Employability for inclusion: the urgent need for a biopsychosocial model perspective	11
Applying a democratic evidence-based decision-making model: a case illustration of policy development at an Arab University	11
Growth mindsets in academics and academia: a review of influence and interventions	11
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector	10
Paradox creation: how MBA program rankings influence Canadian business school deans’ strategic actions	9
Balancing the books: how we can better support students who are parents	9
Pathways to the creation of research capacities in Universities in developing countries: perspectives from a literature review	9
Greening on-campus housing: blending commercial and higher education contexts	9
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
Ombudsmen and Australian universities: learning from student complaints	8
Building excellence in higher education: Singapore’s experience	8
Reclamation, reconnection and re-indigenisation in Teacher Education	8
The effectiveness of using online tools to help international students transition into university life: an Australian university case study	8
A university-wide approach to embedding an Indigenous graduate attribute	7

An exploration of the health promotion activities implemented by universities: have we got the right balance?	7
The significance of university practices in the repatriation of scholars: exploring one dimension of the push-pull framework in Vietnamese universities	7
Fewer restructures, more consultation, better recognition: key recommendations on tackling administrative burdens from Australian universities’ professional staff	7
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	7
Challenges of campus security guards in Ghanaian higher education: a case of a university’s satellite learning centres	7
Higher education sector institutional diversity: an Australian case study	7
Creating sustainable networks to enhance women’s participation in higher education in Papua New Guinea	7
Potential implications of Australia’s new post-study work rights policy and factors for regional tertiary education leaders to consider	6
Defining regionality for Australian higher education	6
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education	6
Becoming legitimate academic subjects: Doing meaningful work in research administration	6
Uncertain, collective and heroic leadership approaches to gender balance change among local leaders in academia	6
Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city	6
An integrated systems model for understanding experiences of academic leadership development in Qatar	6
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during COVID-19: International Perspectives and Experiences	6
Eradicating dominant ideologies in higher education: the responsibility of campus leadership in developing a culturally-congruent education experience	6
Letter from the editors	5
The department chair position: an autoethnography	5
Professional development for academic associate deans in higher education administration: a case for decision-making as an essential skill in learning to lead	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
Universities and regional engagement: from the exceptional to the everyday	5
Exploratory analysis of the perception of academic researchers about incentives: evidence from a Spanish public university	5
Managing Sustainable Performance and Governance in Higher Education Institutions: a dynamic performance management approach	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 guest editors	5
Pulling the strings: the apparatus of university policy production	5
Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities Social innovation in higher education: landscape, practices, and opportunities , edited by	5
Autism spectrum disorder: reconceptualising support for neurodiverse students in higher education	5
Indigenous data sovereignty in Australian higher education: paving the way for First Nations’ self-determination	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
Cross-institutional teaching enhancement and distributed leadership: an empirical study informed by activity theory	4
Applying the principles of triage to support the rapid transition to online learning during the pandemic	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
Effects of Chinese academic management environments on international students’ academic experiences	4
Higher education design: Big deal partnership, technologies and capabilities	4
Financial scenario modelling: a guide for universities	4
External university autonomy evaluations: the new autonomy ecology of Finnish universities	4
Resisting neocolonial harm and localising global standards at international branch campuses: a comparative study of two Canadian cases	4
Letter from the editors	4
Disruptive change: institutionalising interdisciplinarity in Chilean state universities	4
Speaking out or remaining silent: university leaders’ reflections on Charlottesville	4