OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Universal Access in the Information Society is 7. 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
Falling through the net again: exploring the characteristics of internet dropout in China	190
Service-learning for accessibility: understanding WCAG errors and successes in Spanish city council websites	131
An audio MOOC framework for the digital inclusion of low literate people in the distance education process	113
Evaluating the accessibility and performance of government websites in Nigeria	106
Analysis of the accessibility of selected massive open online courses (MOOCs) for users with disabilities	53
A framework to improve the accessibility of social media account content	49
Expanding the lens: multi-institutional evidence on student use of ChatGPT in higher education	47
Factors influencing intention to engage in human–chatbot interaction: examining user perceptions and context culture orientation	45
Ratings and experiences in using a mobile application to increase physical activity among university students: implications for future design	44
Designing effective adaptive serious games: multimodal interaction strategies for cognitive training in older adults with evidence from China	38
Co-creating 360-degree videos with a social and educational approach: the mediaverse experiences	37
Conceptualization and survey instrument development for mobile application usability	36
Convolutional neural network-based Turkish sign language recognition using sEMG and IMU signals	36
Establishing the connection between speech-language pathologists and technology developers in designing novel textile-based AAC (TAAC) technologies	34
Dynamic detection of accessibility smells	32
Accessibility first: detecting frustration in web browsing for visually impaired and sighted smartphone users	30
What if conversational agents’ answers appear correct but are judgmental? Piloting the potential effect on people’s experience	29
Participation in crowdsourcing micro-tasks: what motivates brazilian older adults?	28
Special issue on sign language translation and avatar technology	27
Web accessibility and inclusivity of tourist destinations at social media management. An intercultural analysis of Andalusia and Northern Morocco	27
Toward transparent and adaptive educational recommender systems: a systematic review of neuro-symbolic knowledge graph approaches	26
Integrating online meta-cognitive learning strategy and team regulation to develop students’ programming skills, academic motivation, and refusal self-efficacy of Internet use in a cloud classroom	25
Neural machine translation from text to sign language	24
Applying theatre-based role-playing combined with AR and VR game strategies to enhance imagination and symbolic play skills in children with autism spectrum disorder	24
A robust accessibility index for university websites in the Gulf region: weight optimisation, sensitivity analysis, and practical implications	24

Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to address deepfake health misinformation	24
Assessing touchscreen operations under vibration: effects of vibrational environments, button size, and button spacing on digit- and letter-entry task performance	23
Technological profiles of primary and secondary school teachers: a data-driven approach to AI training design	23
Decreasing user engagement in clickbait: an ERP study on the effectiveness of warning labels in online platform	23
Exploring an intelligent product service system for early cognitive intervention for Alzheimer’s disease	22
Continued usage intention of novice and expert players in social network games	22
A software acceptance testing approach with accessibility for the deaf	21
Optimizing a digital health education platform for the elderly: influences on annotation and interaction design	21
Accessibility of digital resources for students with disabilities in Kenyan public universities	21
Evaluating the usability and accessibility of judiciary websites: a multi-method study in Pakistan	20
Adoption of artificial intelligence artifacts: a literature review	20
Do sentiments of professors feedback change after migrating from in-person to online modalities? Pre- and during COVID-19 experience	20
How do experiential features affect patient satisfaction with AR-enabled intelligent rehabilitation systems? Evidence from a moderated mediation approach	19
Analysis of the digital accessibility of selected Polish government portals for persons with disabilities	19
Human–computer interaction perspectives on health technology design for elderly individuals and their caregivers	19
An assistive technology based on Peirce’s semiotics for the inclusive education of deaf and hearing children	19
Assessing standards-driven accessibility in top video conferencing platforms	19
Older adults’ user experience with introvert and extravert humanoid robot personalities	18
Development and application of a communication robot to improve the emotional state of elderly living alone	18
Development and validation of progressive web application usability heuristics (PWAUH)	18
Does Facebook use influence users’ psychological well-being (PWB)? A literature review on trends and psychological well-being effects of Facebook use	17
Enhancing engagement and emotional experience for older adults by animated prompts in AI-assisted drawing	16
Delving into the mental access of using digital public services in later life - peer tutors’ perspective	16
Exploring the social meaning interaction in AIGC audiobooks: a grounded theory study	16
Teaching methodology for people with intellectual disabilities: a case study in learning ballet with mobile devices	16
Can serious games measure your cognitive profile in adults? An innovative proposal to evaluate and stimulate cognitive skills	16
Omissions and inferential meaning-making in audio description, and implications for automating video content description	16
Delving into the modeling and operation of energy communities as epicenters for systemic transformations	15
Universal and ecological design in media accessibility: finding common ground	15
Beyond physical accessibility: a bibliometric analysis about the influence of digital communication and the use of technology on inclusive tourism in WCAG 3.0 era—tourism for all from a more accessibl	15
Learning features and accessibility limitations of video conferencing applications: are people with visual impairment left behind	15
Digital justice in the smart city: Developing a framework for participatory digitalisation strategies at the local level	15
Speech enhancement techniques for hearing aids: a systematic review	14
A design toolkit for user acceptance and adoption: supporting designers in complex technology development	14
Enhancing quality of life for the hearing-impaired: a holistic approach through the MoSIoT framework	14
Challenges and recommendations for eHealth usability evaluation with elderly users: systematic review and case study	14
The role of explainable AI social assistants in digital socialization among older adults in China: impacts on social satisfaction, human–AI trust, and digital anxiety	14
Eleuteria App: designing an interactive system to support individuals with mild intellectual disabilities	14
An inclusive framework for automated web content accessibility evaluation	14
Analysis of instructors’ intention to use and experience of using cognitive training robots for older adults with mild cognitive impairment	14
Voicing barriers: accessibility for visually impaired voiceover users on audio chat platforms	14
Robots for inclusive classrooms: a scoping review	14
Web accessibility evaluation from the perception of people with disabilities: case of Argentina	14
Digital pedagogy in Indian sign language: requirement analysis and assistive technology based application	13
An Interaction Framework for Designing Systems for Virtual Home Assistants and People with Dysarthria	13
HCISLS: innovative sign language recognition system utilizing multi blocks convolutional method	13
Impact of COVID-19 in the web accessibility of higher education institutions: a pending challenge	13
Schools as living labs for the new European bauhaus	13
Diversity of experience: action, sensation, and immersion in audio descriptions of (visual) art	13
Research on the visual click enhancement strategy of VR hand-eye bimodal interaction	13

The effective communication framework: a new approach to hearing assistive communication technologies	13
Visual authoring of virtual reality conversational scenarios for e-learning	13
Incentivizing paths for implementation of accessibility guidelines on Chinese municipal e-government websites: a qualitative comparative analysis	13
From CEFR classification to generative AI materials: designing and validating the LATILL platform	12
Large-scale study of web accessibility metrics	12
Readability of news websites: evaluating text and graphical content using a relevancy-based approach	12
Somebody is watching me? Analyzing privacy preferences in using visual AAL technology considering human-, technology-, and context-related factors	12
Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	12
The usability and user experience of an interactive e-learning platform to empower older adults when using electronic personal health records: an online intervention study	12
Correction to: Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	12
Examining user switching between social Q&A platforms: a push–pull-mooring perspective	11
Accessible Multilingual Audio based Image Alternative (ALT) description for the persons with visual impairment	11
Affective game design elements for deep player engagement in indie games	11
Multidimensional evaluation of teaching strategies adopted in the COVID-19 pandemic	11
The universal trend and shifts of digital learning: big data analysis for academic literature	10
When faces trigger feelings: multi-stakeholder experiences, use, and expectations of facial-emotion learning technologies and materials for autistic people	10
AI-powered real-time hand sign recognition: enhancing communication for the hearing- and speech-impaired community	10
Toward improved co-designing home care solutions based on personas and design thinking with older users	10
A computational model for assisting individuals with suicidal ideation based on context histories	10
The evolution of video game accessibility on Xbox consoles in the Far Cry game series	10
Application of artificial intelligence techniques for supporting people with ASD: a systematic literature review	10
Understanding design and accessibility issues in block-based programming for people with disabilities: a literature review	10
Correction to: Machine translation from signed to spoken languages: state of the art and challenges	9
Human-chatbot interaction studies through the lens of bibliometric analysis	9
Enhancing child-machine interaction for Indian children speaking English as non-native language using hybrid CNN and customized dictionary	9
Realistic simulation for dataset generation in a mobile robotics educational context	9
Accessibility barriers in arabic news websites for visually impaired users: a mixed-method evaluation approach	9
Bridging the gap between website accessibility and lexicography: information access in online dictionaries	9
Digital accessibility in disaster periods in Turkey: investigation of accessibility of web pages and mobile applications of the relevant organisations	9
VR multi-sensory Zaltman's metaphor elicitation technique: a new method for exploring the needs of older adults in social virtual reality	8
Optimizing inquiry-based science education: verifying the learning effectiveness of augmented reality and concept mapping in elementary school	8
Enhancing emotional communication in nursing through haptic feedback: insights on intensity, perception, and usability	8
Use case modeling in a research setting of developing an innovative pilgrimage support system	8
Developing personas for live streaming commerce platforms with user survey data	8
Systematic literature review of ambient assisted living systems supported by the Internet of Things	8
Usability in human-robot collaborative workspaces	8
Game-based collaborative decision-making training: a framework and behavior analysis for a remote collaborative decision-making skill training game using multidimensional scaffolding	8
Digital accessibility and equity: the need for stronger regulations and the imperative of innovation	8
Interactive communication in the process of physical education: are social media contributing to the improvement of physical training performance	8
Teachers’ perceptions of generative AI in inclusive classrooms: enhancing engagement for students with learning disabilities	8
Enhancing visual arts accessibility: an AI-driven approach to audio description of paintings	8
A prototype real-time mobile application for Thai banknote recognition to support visually impaired persons	8
Accessibility of drug information on ocular drug product websites in the United States	7
Turning manual web accessibility success criteria into automatic: an LLM-based approach	7
The puzzle of RehbeCa: an exergame for assessing cervicalgia	7
Exploring the design and evaluation of social exergames for older adults: a systematic review	7
Accessibility of large events: an empirical study of the Expo 2020 Dubai	7
Hand gesture recognition for user-defined textual inputs and gestures	7
Immersive learning in critical care: first experiences in Intensive Care Units for nursing students through low-cost virtual reality	7
Source code editor using voice commands to support people with motor disabilities	7
Gamification solutions for persons with disabilities: a systematic literature review	7
Senior-centered design for mobile medication adherence applications based on cognitive and technology attributes	7
Readability of online government information about welfare rights and benefits: the Israeli case	7
Enhancing elderly accessibility in multimedia kiosks: a universal and health-oriented design approach	7
Application of logistic regression to explain internet use among older adults: a review of the empirical literature	7
Human pose estimation solutions: a low cost tool for increasing natural interaction in virtual television sets	7