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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	27
Effects of a hip-hop dance intervention on psychological and cognitive measures for adolescent females	22
Community dance for preschool teachers’ training during pandemic: an art-based research	16
Bias of responses to white and black dance companies and their dancers on Instagram	11
Editorial	11
Creative dance and dance improvisation: the influence of dancing to Chinese classical music on mood, stress and fatigue	11
Research on the graduate profiles of tertiary ballroom dance education in China	9
Dance as a means of communication in a local community: requirements for teaching practices	9
Hidden communication codes in flamenco dance choreography	8
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	7
Using AI-based feedback in dance education - a literature review	7
Editorial	7
Challenging a product-oriented ideal in choreographic process: a critical analysis of narratives of independent Chinese choreographers	6
Editorial	6
Nature metaphors in Kalyanikutty Amma’s Mohiniyattam body aesthetics	6
Integrating dance in early childhood education for students with special educational needs: a comprehensive bibliographic review	6
The assessment of the dynamic stability using Y-balance test in folk dancers	5
“Creative dance and football” education program improves cognitive skills of 9–10-year-old school children	5
Effects of traditional folk dance practices on students with intellectual disabilities: perspectives of students and teachers	5
Concept analysis of social dance	5
An analysis of relationship between dramatic form and dance motion of Jiaozhou Yangko dance	4
Student-centred learning and dance technique: BA students’ experiences of learning in contemporary dance	4
Rethinking the pedagogy of dance pedagogy	4
Weekly injury rates within semesters of a three-year tertiary dance program, and prospective training monitoring across one semester of training: a longitudinal study	4

Challenging gender stereotypes in dance and physical education: exploring body percussion as a neutral practice	4
What’s in a name? Identifying and positioning the Teaching Artist within the Australian Arts education landscape	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
Feminist pedagogy in the contemporary dance technique class: a personal case study	4
Competition in tertiary ballroom dance education in China: ‘a double-edged sword’	4
Mind-body: Positive psychological effects of adult ballet education	3
Dance action capture analysis method based on feature clustering and adaptive mechanism	3
Editorial, special issue: dancing, parenting and professional challenges	3
‘I don’t know how to explain it’: finding the language in order to act through an Activist Approach to ballet	3
Folk dance education: a comparative analysis of Chinese and Ukrainian educational dance approaches and their influence on collaboration and creativity of students	3
Leading the dance: application of social identity leadership theory in dance teaching	3
Meshwork choreography: a pragmatic approach to collaborative embodied learning in South African higher education	3
Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm	3
Editorial	3
The essence of dance. A study of Chinese and Western dance philosophy: socio-cultural, historical and educational aspects	3
The embodied nature of physical theater: artistic expression, emotions, interactions	3
Editorial	3
In search for a curricular creativity: what does the teaching of Philippine folk dances look like during the post COVID-19 pandemic?	3
Evaluating the research quality of dance education articles in China: implications for internationalization of dance education in peripheral countries	2
Ballet, gender and sexuality: a systematic review in the scopus and web of science databases	2
Editorial	2
Self-efficacy and perfectionism as a function of resilient behaviour in dance students	2
Soviet bodies in Canadian DanceSport: identities and culture in four competitive ballroom dance studios	2
Lower extremity characteristics and postural alignment in young pre-professional dancers	2
Online ballet classes: emotions of Brazilian dancers during the pandemic of COVID-19	2
Improving student–student interactions in early childhood classrooms using inclusive dance activities	2
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
What good is it anyway? Professional dance artists legitimising their work for the Cultural Schoolbag in Norwegian schools	2
A comparative analysis of Bharatamuni’s Natyashastra on Sri Lankan– Sabaragamuwa Pahan Madu ritual	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
An Exploration of Eating Habits, Body Image, and Overall Wellness in Female Ballerinas Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Analysis	2
Dancing mind, minding dance: socially relevant and personally resonant dance education	2
Development of artistic and imaginative thinking of the future choreography teacher in the process of professional training	2
Visual and sound gesture in dance communication	2
‘ Finding beats, building belonging, and becoming through dance:’ hip-hop as a pathway to engagement in physical education	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
Research on the construction of university dance characteristic courses based on the perspective of ‘integration of specialization and creativity’	2