OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal for Academic Development is 3. 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
Malaysia: targeted academic development needed	34
Advancing academic development: a strategic, integrated model for recognition, professional development, and community-building	24
University teachers’ professional learning for academic development: Q methodology research	15
Students with disabilities mentoring staff: supporting scalable academic development for inclusive education	13
Engineering students trust teachers who ask, listen, and respond	13
Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar	12
Commemorating 30 years of ICED: embracing academic development’s rich past, challenging present, and emerging future(s)	10
A narrative review of interdisciplinary teaching and learning scholarship: closing the gap between theory and practice	10
A longitudinal perspective of the experiences and career trajectories of discipline-based education specialists in teaching and learning in higher education	10
Top Trumps: The Nottingham Trent University Educational Development Edition	9
Grasping at straws with academic development as a novice lecturer	8
Teachers’ approaches to interdisciplinary teaching and learning initiatives in disciplinary programmes: a scoping review	7
The disrupting interview: a framework to approach decolonization	7
Analogies as an overlooked tool for fostering students’ higher-order thinking: insights from graduate teaching assistant training	7
Negative emotions, social isolation, and impostor syndrome in the pursuit of professional mastery in research universities	7
Exploring the variation of educational developers’ teaching-related perceptions in higher education	7
Enhancing reflective practice: lessons learned and adjustments in scaffolding critical reflection in peer observation of teaching	7
The gendered nature of educational development in the United States	6
Introducing brief mindfulness practices to mitigate faculty burnout in the post-COVID era	6
Group-based journal review: opportunities for researcher development and enjoyment	6
Trust and ethos in academic development: credibility, identity, and value	6
Thanks to IJAD peer reviewers	6
The evolution of a cooperative mentoring community: developing research leadership in early career (healthcare) faculty	6
Scaffolding trust to advance inclusive teaching through UDL: a model for academic development	5
Belonging as an academic/educational developer: breathing for justice, together	5

Enacting distributed leadership for educational transformation: a seven-year study of academic development in higher education	5
Community-led approaches to the academic development of pracademics in universities: evidence from Ghana	5
Relational pedagogy in higher education: what might it look like in practice and how do we develop it?	5
Beyond academic development as institutional practice: advancing community-led approaches	5
Off the side of the desk: equity work in Canadian teaching and learning centres	5
Mentorship for early career academics in a long-term problem- and project-based university academic development program in Denmark: views of subject and pedagogy mentors	5
An identity-agency perspective on overseas academic development of Thai university English teachers	5
‘They stare back at me, or down at the floor’: towards intercultural academic development	4
Open networked learning – a course, a community, an approach	4
The creative self in the uncanny of complex practice	4
Collaboration and co-authorship in academic development: what should we be considering?	4
Our academic development stories: exploring identities, complexities, and experiences	4
Bringing educational development to Central and Eastern Europe: reflections on twenty years of supporting teachers	4
A model for nurturing a networked academic community: #ASCILITEMLSIG mobile learning special interest group	4
Examining teacher development programs in higher education: a comparative analysis of traditional and online formats	4
Small but mighty: a hybrid TILT academic development partnership	4
The complex transition to academic development: an ecological perspective	3
Advocating for accessibility: the gap in the academic development community	3
Holistic academic development and academic identity in the liminal postdoctoral zone	3
A taught approach to personal tutoring	3
Less structure, more purpose	3
The role of the academic developer as broker in building trust	3
Towards quality teaching in higher education: pedagogy-focused academic development for enhancing practice	3
The long-term effects of educational development programmes: collaboration, trust and leadership	3
A guide to career development and work-life dynamics	3
Sustainable, affordable, and transferable approaches to experienced doctoral supervisor development	3
Fences, dancing, and the spaces between academic development	3
A complexity-informed examination of educational development services of a university’s teaching and learning centre	3
A consortial community for VITAL faculty: fostering community, sense of belonging, & teaching excellence	3
‘Capturing moments’ and ‘creating opportunities’: applications of the writerly peer observation framework	3
Supporting academic development during curriculum change: a co-operative inquiry of identity and engagement	3
Relationality, belonging, and inclusion in academic development	3
Entangled in context: addressing academic development and choice architecture	3
Measurement and transformation: what, how, and why we measure in academic development research	3