OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Note: The Hidden Curriculum of Online Learning: Understanding Social Justice through Critical Pedagogy	98
Open Distance and e-Learning: Ethiopian Doctoral Students’ Satisfaction with Support Services	44
Book Review: The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education	42
Distance Education Practices During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Comparison of Belgium, Japan, Spain, and Türkiye	37
Predicting Online Learners’ Performance Through Ontologies: A Systematic Literature Review	36
Editorial – Volume 26, Issue 4	33
Exploring Online Physical Education Teaching: What Have We Done and What Have We Learnt?	31
Undergraduate Learning Gains and Learning Efficiency in a Focused Open Education Resource	29
Threats and Opportunities of Students’ Use Of AI-Integrated Technology (ChatGPT) in Online Higher Education: Saudi Arabian Educational Technologists’ Perspectives	28
Educational Technology Undergraduates’ Performance in a Distance Learning Course Using Three Courseware Formats	25
Book Review: Metaphors of Ed Tech, authored by Martin Weller (AU Press, 2022)	25
Doing Open Science in a Research-Based Seminar: Students’ Positioning Towards Openness in Higher Education	24
Teacher Perspective on MOOC Evaluation and Competency-Based Open Learning	21
Collaboration and Ethics in Distance Learning Design	20
Informal Practices of Localizing Open Educational Resources in Ghana	19
Which is Better: E-Book or Printed Book? A Meta-Analysis of Educational Materials in Language Learning	18
Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Bibliometric Study on Its Role in Transforming Teaching and Learning	17
Decoding Video Logs: Unveiling Student Engagement Patterns in Lecture Capture Videos	17
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 1	16
Bibliometric Insights Into the Open Education Landscape	16
Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers in Online Learning, authored by Susan Bainbridge and Norine Wark (Routledge, 2022)	14
Partnering Higher Education and K–12 Institutions in OER: Foundations in Supporting Teacher OER-Enabled Pedagogy	14
A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Open Educational Resources: An Analysis of the Legal and Technical Openness	13
Can Online Short Courses Foster Business Education for Sustainable Development?	13
Navigating the Learning Landscape: Social Cognition and Task-Technology Fit as Predictors for MOOCs Continuance Intention by Sales Professionals	12

Marginalization, Technology Access and Study Approaches of Undergraduate Distance Learners during Covid-19 Pandemic in India	12
Manuscript Selection in a Literature Review: “Free-Full-Text-or-Next” as a New Criterion	12
Integrating Community of Inquiry Framework Principles With Flipped Classroom Pedagogy to Enhance Students’ Perceived Presence Sense, Self-Regulated Learning, and Learning Performance in Preservice Tea	11
An Example of Using Collaborative Online International Learning for Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Courses	11
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 2	10
An Intelligent Nudging System to Guide Online Learners	10
Editorial - Volume 26, Issue 1	10
“To Use or Not to Use?” A Mixed-Methods Study on the Determinants of EFL College Learners’ Behavioral Intention to Use AI in the Distributed Learning Context	10
Strengthening Policies for Education, Innovation, and Digitization Through Teacher Training: Evaluating ProFuturo’s Open Model in Ecuador	9
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 1	9
AI for Teachers: An Open Textbook—Artificial Intelligence for and by Teachers (2nd edition), by Colin de la Higuera and Jotsna Iyer (Erasmus+, 2024)	8
Book Review: Participant Experience in an Inquiry-Based Massive Open Online Course, authored by Nathaniel Ostashewski and Martha Cleveland-Innes (Commonwealth of Learning, 2022)	8
Scrutinizing Learning Management Systems in Practice: An Applied Time Series Research in Higher Education	8
AI in Online-Learning Research: Visualizing and Interpreting the Journal Publications from 1997 to 2019	8
Design and Validation of the Virtual Classroom Management Questionnaire A Case Study: Iran	8
Methods for Facilitating Adult Learning: Strategies for Enhancing Instruction and Instructor Effectiveness, edited by Joellen E. Coryell, Lisa M. Baumgartner, and Jeremy W. Bohonos (Routledge, 2024)	8
Unleashing Adult Learners’ Numeracy Agency Through Self-Determined Online Professional Development	8
Discrepancies and Similarities Between Online and Face-to-Face Teachers’ Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching Purposes	8
A Case Study on How Distance Education May Inform Post-Pandemic University Teaching	7
Open Education and Alternative Digital Credentials in Europe	7
Teacher- Versus AI-Generated (Poe Application) Corrective Feedback and Language Learners’ Writing Anxiety, Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy	7
Blended Learning Effectiveness and College Students’ Deep Learning Perceptions: The Community of Inquiry Perspective	7
Can Artificial Intelligence Give a Hand to Open and Distributed Learning? A Probe into the State of Undergraduate Students’ Academic Emotions and Test Anxiety in Learning via ChatGPT	7
Educational Processes and Learning at Home During COVID-19: Parents’ Experiences with Distance Education	7
Potentials and Implications of ChatGPT for ESL Writing Instruction	7
Developing a Conceptual Model of Self-Directed Learning in Virtual Environments for Medical Sciences Students	7
Understanding the Relationship Among Self-efficacy, Utility Value, and the Community of Inquiry Framework in Preservice Teacher Education	6
Exploring the Relationship Among Preservice Teachers’ E-Learning Readiness, Learning Engagement, and Learning Performance in HyFlex Learning Environments	6
Is My MOOC Learner-Centric? A Framework for Formative Evaluation of MOOC Pedagogy	6
The Online PhD Experience: A Qualitative Systematic Review	6
Development of the Online Course Overload Indicator and the Student Mental Fatigue Survey	6
MOOCs as a Research Agenda: Changes Over Time	6
Student Engagement, Community of Inquiry, and Transactional Distance in Online Learning Environments: A Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression Analysis	6
What If It’s All an Illusion? To What Extent Can We Rely on Self-Reported Data in Open, Online, and Distance Education Systems?	6
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 4	6
Impact of Simulation-Based Learning on Learning Loss Among Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study	6
The Impact of OER’s Continuous Improvement Cycles on Students’ Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the RISE Framework	6