OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Universal Access in the Information Society is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluating the accessibility of public health websites: An exploratory cross-country study	43
Machine translation from text to sign language: a systematic review	41
Research on vulnerable people and digital inclusion: toward a consolidated taxonomical framework	34
Using emotion recognition technologies to teach children with autism spectrum disorder how to identify and express emotions	31
Usability evaluation of a virtual reality smartphone app for a living museum	31
Usage and impact of the internet-of-things-based smart home technology: a quality-of-life perspective	31
Inclusive AR/VR: accessibility barriers for immersive technologies	28
If online learning works for you, what about deaf students? Emerging challenges of online learning for deaf and hearing-impaired students during COVID-19: a literature review	28
Effects of visual complexity on user search behavior and satisfaction: an eye-tracking study of mobile news apps	25
The extent of mobile accessibility coverage in WCAG 2.1: sufficiency of success criteria and appropriateness of relevant conformance levels pertaining to accessibility problems encountered by users wh	23
Managing digital accessibility at universities during the COVID-19 pandemic	22
Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study	21
Child–smartphone interaction: relevance and positive and negative implications	21
Reassessing the disability divide: unequal access as the world is pushed online	21
How does WeChat’s active engagement with health information contribute to psychological well-being through social capital?	20
ChildAR: an augmented reality-based interactive game for assisting children in their education	19
A bibliometric analysis and visualization of e-learning adoption using VOSviewer	18
QUEST e-learning portal: applying heuristic evaluation, usability testing and eye tracking	18
Accessibility, usability, and security evaluation of universities’ prospective student web pages: a comparative study of Europe, North America, and Oceania	17
Accessibility analysis using WCAG 2.1: evidence from Indian e-government websites	17
Accessibility of university websites worldwide: a systematic literature review	16
Hofstede’s cultural dimensions in technology acceptance models: a meta-analysis	14
A design framework of a smartphone user interface for elderly users	14
Making universal digital access universal: lessons from COVID-19 in Singapore	13
Exploring acceptance of intelligent tutoring system with pedagogical agent among high school students	13

Smart Workplaces for older adults: coping ‘ethically’ with technology pervasiveness	12
Recent trends in computer vision-driven scene understanding for VI/blind users: a systematic mapping	12
Applying Online Content-Based Knowledge Awareness and Team Learning to Develop Students’ Programming Skills, Reduce their Anxiety, and Regulate Cognitive Load in a Cloud Classroom	12
Investigating the impact of virtual tourism on travel intention during the post-COVID-19 era: evidence from China	12
User acceptance of smart home voice assistant: a comparison among younger, middle-aged, and older adults	11
What do faculty members know about universal design and digital accessibility? A qualitative study in computer science and engineering disciplines	11
Assessing the usability, accessibility, and mobile readiness of e-government websites: a case study in india	11
An analysis of the utility of digital materials for high school students with intellectual disability and their effects on academic success	11
AnAbEL: towards empowering people living with dementia in ambient assisted living	11
Intelligent environments for all: a path towards technology-enhanced human well-being	11
Digital competence and internet use/behavior of persons with disabilities in PC and smart device use	11
A mobile e-learning application for enhancement of basic mathematical skills in visually impaired children	10
A systematic literature review of mobile application usability: addressing the design perspective	10
Accessibility of public library websites in the United States	10
Effects of audience familiarity on anxiety in a virtual reality public speaking training tool	9
A smartphone-based program enabling people with intellectual and other disabilities to access leisure, communication, and functional activities	9
Investigating socially assistive systems from system design and evaluation: a systematic review	9
Learning features and accessibility limitations of video conferencing applications: are people with visual impairment left behind	9
Methodology for heuristic evaluation of the accessibility of statistical charts for people with low vision and color vision deficiency	9
Machine translation from signed to spoken languages: state of the art and challenges	8
Reality matters? exploring a tangible user interface for augmented-reality-based fire education	8
Interaction of visual interface and academic levels with young students’ anxiety, playfulness, and enjoyment in programming for robot control	8
Accessibility evaluation of university hospital websites in Turkey	8
A study on social media and higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Interactive communication in the process of physical education: are social media contributing to the improvement of physical training performance	7
Can search result summaries enhance the web search efficiency and experiences of the visually impaired users?	7
The use of accessibility metadata in e-learning environments: a systematic literature review	7
An old game, new experience: exploring the effect of players’ personal gameplay history on game experience	7
Flipped Learning 4.0. An extended flipped classroom model with Education 4.0 and organisational learning processes	7
Gaining insight for the design, development, deployment and distribution of assistive navigation systems for blind and visually impaired people through a detailed user requirements elicitation	7
Technology-enhanced and game based learning for children with special needs: a systematic mapping study	7
Developing a model to evaluate and improve user experience with hand motions in virtual reality environments	7
A model for assisting in the treatment of anxiety disorder	7
Remark on digital accessibility: educational disparities define digital inclusion from adolescence onwards	7
Exploring factors affecting consumers' adoption of wearable devices to track health data	7
Evaluating the performance of websites from a public value, usability, and readability perspectives: a review of Turkish national government websites	7
Accessibility engineering in web evaluation process: a systematic literature review	7
Mind the gap: smoothing the transition to higher education fostering time management skills	7
Investigating the impact of IoT-Based smart laboratories on students’ academic performance in higher education	7
Evaluating web accessibility of educational institutions websites using a variable magnitude approach	7
Assessing the individual acquisition of teamwork competence by exploring students’ instant messaging tools use: the WhatsApp case study	7
A dataset for the recognition of obstacles on blind sidewalk	7
Accessibility evaluation of Arabic University websites for compliance with success criteria of WCAG 1.0 and WCAG 2.0	6
Beyond “do not touch”: the experience of a three-dimensional printed artifacts museum as an alternative to traditional museums for visitors who are blind and partially sighted	6
I see therefore i read: improving the reading capabilities of individuals with visual disabilities through immersive virtual reality	6
A comparative study on user gestural inputs for navigation in NUI-based 3D virtual environments	6
Do sentiments of professors feedback change after migrating from in-person to online modalities? Pre- and during COVID-19 experience	6
Development of an integrated conceptual path model for a smart elderly care information system	6
Evaluating students’ behavioral intention and system usability of augmented reality-aided distance design learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Is there an imbalance in the supply and demand for universal accessibility knowledge? Twenty years of UAIS papers viewed through the lens of WCAG	6

A hybrid matchmaking approach in the ambient assisted living domain	6
Does the law matter? An empirical study on the accessibility of Finnish higher education institutions’ web pages	6
Design science research applied to difficulties of teaching and learning initial programming	6
User acceptance on content optimization algorithms: predicting filter bubbles in conversational AI services	6
Meaningful learning: motivations of older adults in serious games	6
Government website accessibility: a cross-country analysis of G7 and BRICS countries	6
A comprehensive review of mobile user interfaces in mHealth applications for elderly and the related ageing barriers	6
Cross-cultural factors influencing the adoption of virtual reality for practical learning	6
Exploring the community of older adult viewers on YouTube	6
Stories, journeys and smart maps: an approach to universal access	5
Digital media in intergenerational communication: Status quo and future scenarios for the grandparent–grandchild relationship	5
Technology adoption at individual level: toward an integrated overview	5
Exploiting the haptic and audio channels to improve orientation and mobility apps for the visually impaired	5
Developing personas for live streaming commerce platforms with user survey data	5
A user-guided personalization methodology to facilitate new smart home occupancy	5
Accessibility, performance and engagement evaluation of Saudi higher education websites: a comparative study of state and private institutions	5
From digital divide to digital capital: the role of education and digital skills in social media participation	5
A multimethod synthesis of Covid-19 education research: the tightrope between covidization and meaningfulness	5
New methods and technologies for enhancing usability and accessibility of educational data	5
Landscape of sign language research based on smartphone apps: coherent literature analysis, motivations, open challenges, recommendations and future directions for app assessment	5
A social robot-based platform for health behavior change toward prevention of childhood obesity	5
Using geolympus to create a pervasive game experience in the higher education context	5
Influences of time perspectives and perceived values on continuance intention to engage in social media amongst older adults for healthcare-related purposes	5
Challenges and recommendations for eHealth usability evaluation with elderly users: systematic review and case study	5
A study of the acceptability of smart homes to the future elderly in China	5