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

Article	Citations
Open Distance and e-Learning: Ethiopian Doctoral Students’ Satisfaction with Support Services	125
Book Review: The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education	66
Distance Education Practices During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Comparison of Belgium, Japan, Spain, and Türkiye	59
Exploring Online Physical Education Teaching: What Have We Done and What Have We Learnt?	45
Editorial – Volume 26, Issue 4	44
Predicting Online Learners’ Performance Through Ontologies: A Systematic Literature Review	43
Doing Open Science in a Research-Based Seminar: Students’ Positioning Towards Openness in Higher Education	38
Book Review: Metaphors of Ed Tech, authored by Martin Weller (AU Press, 2022)	34
Threats and Opportunities of Students’ Use Of AI-Integrated Technology (ChatGPT) in Online Higher Education: Saudi Arabian Educational Technologists’ Perspectives	34
Educational Technology Undergraduates’ Performance in a Distance Learning Course Using Three Courseware Formats	32
Meta-Analysis of ChatGPT's Influence on Learning Achievement	32
Innovating Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development: Applying the Community of Inquiry Framework to Digital Learning Platforms	30
Undergraduate Learning Gains and Learning Efficiency in a Focused Open Education Resource	28
Teacher Perspective on MOOC Evaluation and Competency-Based Open Learning	27
Informal Practices of Localizing Open Educational Resources in Ghana	26
Decoding Video Logs: Unveiling Student Engagement Patterns in Lecture Capture Videos	25
Collaboration and Ethics in Distance Learning Design	18
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
Bibliometric Insights Into the Open Education Landscape	17
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 1	16
Multimodal Engagement and Sentiment Analytics in Health Science Education: A Learning Analytics Framework Integrating AI and Pedagogical Theory	16
A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Open Educational Resources: An Analysis of the Legal and Technical Openness	15
Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers in Online Learning, authored by Susan Bainbridge and Norine Wark (Routledge, 2022)	15
Partnering Higher Education and K–12 Institutions in OER: Foundations in Supporting Teacher OER-Enabled Pedagogy	14

Can Online Short Courses Foster Business Education for Sustainable Development?	13
Marginalization, Technology Access and Study Approaches of Undergraduate Distance Learners during Covid-19 Pandemic in India	12
An Example of Using Collaborative Online International Learning for Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Courses	12
Manuscript Selection in a Literature Review: “Free-Full-Text-or-Next” as a New Criterion	12
Navigating the Learning Landscape: Social Cognition and Task-Technology Fit as Predictors for MOOCs Continuance Intention by Sales Professionals	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
Editorial - Volume 26, Issue 1	11
Exploring Cognitive Presence in Online Collaborative Knowledge-Building: Structural, Temporal, and Social Perspectives	11
“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	11
Strengthening Policies for Education, Innovation, and Digitization Through Teacher Training: Evaluating ProFuturo’s Open Model in Ecuador	10
Book Review: Participant Experience in an Inquiry-Based Massive Open Online Course, authored by Nathaniel Ostashewski and Martha Cleveland-Innes (Commonwealth of Learning, 2022)	10
Discrepancies and Similarities Between Online and Face-to-Face Teachers’ Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching Purposes	10
Scrutinizing Learning Management Systems in Practice: An Applied Time Series Research in Higher Education	10
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 1	10
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)	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)	9
Educational Processes and Learning at Home During COVID-19: Parents’ Experiences with Distance Education	9
Unleashing Adult Learners’ Numeracy Agency Through Self-Determined Online Professional Development	9
Book Review: Handbook of Open Universities Around the World, edited by Sanjaya Mishra and Santosh Panda (Routledge, 2025)	8
Potentials and Implications of ChatGPT for ESL Writing Instruction	8
Blended Learning Effectiveness and College Students’ Deep Learning Perceptions: The Community of Inquiry Perspective	8
A Case Study of the Your Educational Path Digital Education Ecosystem in Crisis Contexts: AI, Mental Health, and Equity in Ukraine	8
Editorial - Volume 27, Issue 2	8
A Case Study on How Distance Education May Inform Post-Pandemic University Teaching	8
Developing a Conceptual Model of Self-Directed Learning in Virtual Environments for Medical Sciences Students	7
The Answerthis.io AI App Looks at My Interaction Equivalency Theory	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
Teacher- Versus AI-Generated (Poe Application) Corrective Feedback and Language Learners’ Writing Anxiety, Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy	7
The Impact of OER’s Continuous Improvement Cycles on Students’ Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the RISE Framework	7
AI as a Pedagogical Scaffold: Enhancing English as a Foreign Language Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking in a Distributed Learning Environment	7
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 4	6
Development of the Online Course Overload Indicator and the Student Mental Fatigue Survey	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
The Online PhD Experience: A Qualitative Systematic Review	6
Open Education and Alternative Digital Credentials in Europe	6