OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Dance Education 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
Editorial	29
Effects of a hip-hop dance intervention on psychological and cognitive measures for adolescent females	16
Community dance for preschool teachers’ training during pandemic: an art-based research	12
Creative dance and dance improvisation: the influence of dancing to Chinese classical music on mood, stress and fatigue	10
Bias of responses to white and black dance companies and their dancers on Instagram	10
Research on the graduate profiles of tertiary ballroom dance education in China	9
Editorial	8
Hidden communication codes in flamenco dance choreography	8
Dance as a means of communication in a local community: requirements for teaching practices	8
Using AI-based feedback in dance education - a literature review	7
Thinking outside the box: a systematic review of gamification trends in children’s dance education	7
Instructor strategies to support older adults’ physical literacy in community dance classes	6
Challenging a product-oriented ideal in choreographic process: a critical analysis of narratives of independent Chinese choreographers	6
Nature metaphors in Kalyanikutty Amma’s Mohiniyattam body aesthetics	6
Editorial	5
Effects of traditional folk dance practices on students with intellectual disabilities: perspectives of students and teachers	5
Concept analysis of social dance	5
Integrating dance in early childhood education for students with special educational needs: a comprehensive bibliographic review	5
“Creative dance and football” education program improves cognitive skills of 9–10-year-old school children	5
Feminist pedagogy in the contemporary dance technique class: a personal case study	4
‘I don’t know how to explain it’: finding the language in order to act through an Activist Approach to ballet	4
An analysis of relationship between dramatic form and dance motion of Jiaozhou Yangko dance	4
Competition in tertiary ballroom dance education in China: ‘a double-edged sword’	4
What’s in a name? Identifying and positioning the Teaching Artist within the Australian Arts education landscape	4
In search for a curricular creativity: what does the teaching of Philippine folk dances look like during the post COVID-19 pandemic?	4

Principles and concepts of social research: A critical examination of methodology, methods and analysis for emerging researchers Principles and concepts of social research: A critical e	4
Challenging gender stereotypes in dance and physical education: exploring body percussion as a neutral practice	4
Editorial	4
Mind-body: Positive psychological effects of adult ballet education	4
Student-centred learning and dance technique: BA students’ experiences of learning in contemporary dance	4
Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm	3
Editorial	3
Editorial, special issue: dancing, parenting and professional challenges	3
Folk dance education: a comparative analysis of Chinese and Ukrainian educational dance approaches and their influence on collaboration and creativity of students	3
Meshwork choreography: a pragmatic approach to collaborative embodied learning in South African higher education	3
Leading the dance: application of social identity leadership theory in dance teaching	3
The essence of dance. A study of Chinese and Western dance philosophy: socio-cultural, historical and educational aspects	3
Dance action capture analysis method based on feature clustering and adaptive mechanism	3
The dancing goddesses: folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance The dancing goddesses: folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance , by Eliz	2
Ballet, gender and sexuality: a systematic review in the scopus and web of science databases	2
Improving student–student interactions in early childhood classrooms using inclusive dance activities	2
Dancing at a distance: exploring emergency remote teaching through the eyes of Argentine tango teachers	2
Dancing with pain: agency through pain worlds	2
Editorial	2
Development of artistic and imaginative thinking of the future choreography teacher in the process of professional training	2
Dancing mind, minding dance: socially relevant and personally resonant dance education	2
Lower extremity characteristics and postural alignment in young pre-professional dancers	2
Cultural and artistic dimensions in Javanese traditional dance: comparative case studies of Bedhaya Mintaraga and Bedhaya Arjuna Wiwaha	2
Shifting contexts of dance practice: considering dance training as an occupational therapy intervention for promoting mental health in adolescents and young adults	2
Evaluating the research quality of dance education articles in China: implications for internationalization of dance education in peripheral countries	2
The embodied nature of physical theater: artistic expression, emotions, interactions	2
A comparative analysis of Bharatamuni’s Natyashastra on Sri Lankan– Sabaragamuwa Pahan Madu ritual	2
Online ballet classes: emotions of Brazilian dancers during the pandemic of COVID-19	2
Self-efficacy and perfectionism as a function of resilient behaviour in dance students	2
‘ Finding beats, building belonging, and becoming through dance:’ hip-hop as a pathway to engagement in physical education	2