OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Education and Information Technologies is 75. 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
Editorial for EAIT issue 7, 2023	826
Simulating and evaluating individualized cognitive abilities of Iranian EFL learners in orthography acquisition using multi-layer perceptron neural network–gray wolf optimizer computational model	586
Editorial for EAIT issue 12, 2023	559
Automating student assessment using digital data to improve education management effectiveness in higher education institutions	510
Blended classroom teaching equalizes educational inequality	476
The effect of cartoon images on children’s touchscreen learning	468
A comprehensive analysis of the role of artificial intelligence in aligning tertiary institutions academic programs to the emerging digital enterprise	422
Enhancing the 4Cs among college students of a communication skills course in Tanzania through a project-based learning model	285
Analysis of cyber security knowledge gaps based on cyber security body of knowledge	283
An investigation of college students’ acceptance of AI-assisted reading tools: An expansion of the TAM and SDT	278
Investigating teachers’ attitude toward integration of ChatGPT in language teaching and learning in higher education	255
Student experience and digital storytelling: Integrating the authentic interaction of students work, life, play and learning into the co-design of university teaching practices	249
Beyond a single role: Justifying a role-adaptive framework for ai companions through a comparative study in elementary book talk	246
Implement internet ethics education: What matters most?	234
Keeping students safe: the experiences of educators implementing monitoring applications in K-12 settings	219
Prisons as sites of inequitable educational opportunities: Exploring the potential for educational technology behind bars	208
Supporting learning and motivation with knowledge mapping in programming courses	195
How using a response system in blended synchronous seminars encourages online and onsite student participation	193
Correction: A mixed-methods study on the changes in teachers’ perceptions of and strategies for student-centred teaching in programming following teacher development courses	170
Correction to: Advances in database systems education: Methods, tools, curricula, and way forward	164
Influence of instructor’s facial expressions in video lectures on motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder	156
Use and aspects of generative artificial intelligence in the educational system among leadership personnel	156
The impact of applying challenge-based gamification program on students’ learning outcomes: Academic achievement, motivation and flow	156
Determinants of the perceived usefulness (PU) in the context of using gamification for classroom-based ESL teaching: A scale development study	152
Algodoo based STEM education: A case study of pre-service science teachers	152

Factors predicting University students’ behavioral intention to use eLearning platforms in the post-pandemic normal: an UTAUT2 approach with ‘Learning Value’	149
AI-assisted automated scoring of picture-cued writing tasks for language assessment	149
A cross-sectional look at teacher reactions, worries, and professional development needs related to generative AI in an urban school district	149
Empowering pre-service teachers with generative AI: a GenAI-TPACK-based approach to digital storytelling	147
Generative artificial intelligence attitude analysis of undergraduate students and their precise improvement strategies: A differential analysis of multifactorial influences	143
Analytics-enabled authentic assessment design approach for digital education	143
Unpacking perceived risks and AI trust influences pre-service teachers’ AI acceptance: A structural equation modeling-based multi-group analysis	141
Technology integration in emergency remote teaching: teachers’ self-efficacy and sense of success	133
Ethical principles for artificial intelligence in education	133
Confronting bullying in the digital age: Role of Extended Reality	133
Evaluating self-directed learning competencies in digital learning environments: A meta-analysis	133
Design and evaluation of a remote synchronous gamified mathematics teaching activity that integrates multi-representational scaffolding and a mind tool for gamified learning	132
The effect of using digital technology in the music education of elementary school students	127
The effect of online oral reading on reading comprehension, reading anxiety, and classroom anxiety among EFL learners	127
Understanding EFL students’ chatbot-assisted argumentative writing: An activity theory perspective	125
Application and effect analysis of virtual reality technology in vocational education practical training	125
Innovative music education: Using an AI-based flipped classroom	125
Teaching and learning computer programming using ChatGPT: A rapid review of literature amid the rise of generative AI technologies	125
Factors influencing the use of digital technologies in primary mathematics teaching: Voices from Chinese educators	119
The relationship between academic performance and the interaction patterns of online students in learning management system	118
Online Instructor Clusters: Implementation Frequency of Instructional Activities	117
The impact of virtual teachers on learners in collaborative inquiry activities: An experimental study	116
Artificial intelligence dependency among educators: a scale development and validation study	112
Enhancing teachers’ resilience during difficult times utilizing online gamification	107
Hybrid analysis of the learner’s online behavior based on learning style	105
Perspective of dental medicine students learning in remote biochemistry laboratories during COVID-19	103
Web-based drawing for students with different learning styles and cognitive abilities	103
Modeling undergraduate students’ learning dynamics between self-regulated learning patterns and community of inquiry	102
Emotions as implicit feedback for adapting difficulty in tutoring systems based on reinforcement learning	96
Teachers’ value beliefs and usage of one-to-one devices for students with dyslexia: A descriptive study	93
Addressing Emotions and Beliefs for Vulnerable Jobseekers with Virtual Reality	93
Learner success and the factors influencing it in computer programming MOOC	91
Investigating the effect of prompts on learners’ academic help-seeking behaviours on the basis of learning analytics	89
Teacher-student interaction modes in smart classroom based on lag sequential analysis	89
Instructors’ self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and challenges in transitioning to online learning	89
Size matters: contextual factors in local policy translations of National School Digitalisation Policy	89
Horror VR as a tool supporting the emotional training of students of the uniformed services. Results of a research experiment	88
Supporting learning difficulties with e-book based on context-based teaching strategy from social perspective: design and experience	86
JEDi - a digital educational game to support student training in identifying portuguese-written fake news: Case studies in high school, undergraduate and graduate scenarios	86
Investigating online learners’ knowledge structure patterns by concept maps: A clustering analysis approach	86
Understanding practicing and assessment of 21st-century skills for learners in makerspaces and FabLabs	85
Exploring the transformative power of GenAI in education: an exploratory journey from social studies classes	85
The effect of a technology-enhanced collaborative learning environment on secondary school students’ mathematical reasoning: A mixed method design	84
Exploring the interaction of cognition and emotion in small group collaborative discourse by Heuristic Mining Algorithm (HMA) and Inductive Miner Algorithm (IMA)	82
Analysis of problem-solving strategies for the development of geometric imagination using eye-tracking	81
Factors effecting digital citizenship in education sector: A systematic review and future direction	81
Correlation factors of translanguaging practices on English as a Foreign Language Contexts: the perception of Teachers	81
Efficacy of micro credential learning spaces in developing students’ twenty-first century skills: Towards graduate work readiness	80
Designing a second-order progressive problem-based scaffold strategy to promote students’ writing performance in an SVVR environment	79
The mediating role of mobile learning motivation in the relationship between pre-service teachers’ digital literacy and pre-service teacher identity	78

The effect of digital stories on primary school students’ creative writing skills