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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Falling through the net again: exploring the characteristics of internet dropout in China	72
Analysis of the accessibility of selected massive open online courses (MOOCs) for users with disabilities	66
Ratings and experiences in using a mobile application to increase physical activity among university students: implications for future design	63
Evaluating an accessibility intervention based on persona cards with diverse needs to teach accessibility to undergraduate students	47
An instrument for the determination of learning objects quality for students with visual impairment integrating the services theory (ILOBlind)	42
Universal access in the information Society (2001–2021): knowledge, experience, challenges and new perspectives	42
An audio MOOC framework for the digital inclusion of low literate people in the distance education process	41
Factors influencing intention to engage in human–chatbot interaction: examining user perceptions and context culture orientation	39
A framework to improve the accessibility of social media account content	37
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	28
What do faculty members know about universal design and digital accessibility? A qualitative study in computer science and engineering disciplines	28
Conceptualization and survey instrument development for mobile application usability	27
Special issue on sign language translation and avatar technology	25
A smartphone-based program enabling people with intellectual and other disabilities to access leisure, communication, and functional activities	22
Dynamic detection of accessibility smells	21
Accessibility first: detecting frustration in web browsing for visually impaired and sighted smartphone users	21
Web accessibility and inclusivity of tourist destinations at social media management. An intercultural analysis of Andalusia and Northern Morocco	21
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	19
Establishing the connection between speech-language pathologists and technology developers in designing novel textile-based AAC (TAAC) technologies	19
Participation in crowdsourcing micro-tasks: what motivates brazilian older adults?	19
Untangling factors influencing social networking sites use among older adults: a literature review	16
Optimizing a digital health education platform for the elderly: influences on annotation and interaction design	16
Methodology for heuristic evaluation of the accessibility of statistical charts for people with low vision and color vision deficiency	16
Effects of visual complexity on user search behavior and satisfaction: an eye-tracking study of mobile news apps	16
Technology-enhanced and game based learning for children with special needs: a systematic mapping study	16

Accessibility of public library websites in the United States	15
Usability and accessibility-based quality evaluation of Indian airline websites: An MCDM approach	15
Responsive inclusive design (RiD): a new model for inclusive software development	15
Neural machine translation from text to sign language	14
A software acceptance testing approach with accessibility for the deaf	14
Do sentiments of professors feedback change after migrating from in-person to online modalities? Pre- and during COVID-19 experience	14
Decreasing user engagement in clickbait: an ERP study on the effectiveness of warning labels in online platform	14
Continued usage intention of novice and expert players in social network games	14
Mobile learning for hearing-impaired children: Review and analysis	13
An assistive technology based on Peirce’s semiotics for the inclusive education of deaf and hearing children	13
Assessing touchscreen operations under vibration: effects of vibrational environments, button size, and button spacing on digit- and letter-entry task performance	12
Omissions and inferential meaning-making in audio description, and implications for automating video content description	12
Adoption of artificial intelligence artifacts: a literature review	12
Universal and ecological design in media accessibility: finding common ground	12
Assessing standards-driven accessibility in top video conferencing platforms	12
Development and application of a communication robot to improve the emotional state of elderly living alone	11
Does Facebook use influence users’ psychological well-being (PWB)? A literature review on trends and psychological well-being effects of Facebook use	11
Development and validation of progressive web application usability heuristics (PWAUH)	11
Enhancing quality of life for the hearing-impaired: a holistic approach through the MoSIoT framework	11
Robots for inclusive classrooms: a scoping review	11
Can serious games measure your cognitive profile in adults? An innovative proposal to evaluate and stimulate cognitive skills	11
Delving into the modeling and operation of energy communities as epicenters for systemic transformations	11
Older adults’ user experience with introvert and extravert humanoid robot personalities	10
Voicing barriers: accessibility for visually impaired voiceover users on audio chat platforms	10
Learning features and accessibility limitations of video conferencing applications: are people with visual impairment left behind	10
An inclusive framework for automated web content accessibility evaluation	10
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	10
Teaching methodology for people with intellectual disabilities: a case study in learning ballet with mobile devices	10
Exploring factors affecting consumers' adoption of wearable devices to track health data	10
Diversity of experience: action, sensation, and immersion in audio descriptions of (visual) art	9
Gender-sensitive tools and materials for women empowerment in STEM: a systematic review with industrial and instructional recommendations and implications	9
Challenges and recommendations for eHealth usability evaluation with elderly users: systematic review and case study	9
Impact of COVID-19 in the web accessibility of higher education institutions: a pending challenge	9
AET tool for hybrid accessibility evaluation	9
Smart Workplaces for older adults: coping ‘ethically’ with technology pervasiveness	9
Schools as living labs for the new European bauhaus	9
Designing accessible visual programming tools for children with autism spectrum condition	9
Evaluating web accessibility of educational institutions websites using a variable magnitude approach	9
The effective communication framework: a new approach to hearing assistive communication technologies	8
Video connecting families and social robots: from ideas to practices putting technology to work	8
Large-scale study of web accessibility metrics	8
Accessibility barriers in arabic news websites for visually impaired users: a mixed-method evaluation approach	8
HCISLS: innovative sign language recognition system utilizing multi blocks convolutional method	8
Analysis of instructors’ intention to use and experience of using cognitive training robots for older adults with mild cognitive impairment	8
Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study	8
Toward improved co-designing home care solutions based on personas and design thinking with older users	8
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	8
An Interaction Framework for Designing Systems for Virtual Home Assistants and People with Dysarthria	8
Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	8
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	8

Visual authoring of virtual reality conversational scenarios for e-learning	8
Human-chatbot interaction studies through the lens of bibliometric analysis	7
Tailoring assistive smart glasses according to pathologies of visually impaired individuals: an exploratory investigation on social needs and difficulties experienced by visually impaired individuals	7
Optimizing inquiry-based science education: verifying the learning effectiveness of augmented reality and concept mapping in elementary school	7
Digital accessibility in disaster periods in Turkey: investigation of accessibility of web pages and mobile applications of the relevant organisations	7
Multidimensional evaluation of teaching strategies adopted in the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Somebody is watching me? Analyzing privacy preferences in using visual AAL technology considering human-, technology-, and context-related factors	7
Examining user switching between social Q&A platforms: a push–pull-mooring perspective	7
Bridging the gap between website accessibility and lexicography: information access in online dictionaries	7
Correction to: Machine translation from signed to spoken languages: state of the art and challenges	7
Systematic literature review of ambient assisted living systems supported by the Internet of Things	7
A computational model for assisting individuals with suicidal ideation based on context histories	7
Correction to: Examining generative AI user disclosure intention: an ELM perspective	7
The impact of reading fluency level on interactive information retrieval	7
Usability of a telehealth solution based on TV interaction for the elderly: the VITASENIOR-MT case study	7
Usability in human-robot collaborative workspaces	7
The evolution of video game accessibility on Xbox consoles in the Far Cry game series	7
Hand gesture recognition for user-defined textual inputs and gestures	6
Use case modeling in a research setting of developing an innovative pilgrimage support system	6
Developing personas for live streaming commerce platforms with user survey data	6
Readability of online government information about welfare rights and benefits: the Israeli case	6
Interactive communication in the process of physical education: are social media contributing to the improvement of physical training performance	6
An analysis of the utility of digital materials for high school students with intellectual disability and their effects on academic success	6
VR multi-sensory Zaltman's metaphor elicitation technique: a new method for exploring the needs of older adults in social virtual reality	6
Game-based collaborative decision-making training: a framework and behavior analysis for a remote collaborative decision-making skill training game using multidimensional scaffolding	6
Unsupervised extraction of phonetic units in sign language videos for natural language processing	6
A prototype real-time mobile application for Thai banknote recognition to support visually impaired persons	6
Gamification solutions for persons with disabilities: a systematic literature review	5
Accessibility of large events: an empirical study of the Expo 2020 Dubai	5
Assessment of the quality, readability, and usefulness of ChatGPT generated medical information for ten common cancer types	5
An investigation of the virtual competitive scaffolding assistant: a prior knowledge perspective	5
Accessibility of drug information on ocular drug product websites in the United States	5
Turning manual web accessibility success criteria into automatic: an LLM-based approach	5
Application of logistic regression to explain internet use among older adults: a review of the empirical literature	5
Regional differences in public perceptions of autonomous vehicles facing moral dilemmas: a comparative study between the United States, Hong Kong, and China	5
Interaction of visual interface and academic levels with young students’ anxiety, playfulness, and enjoyment in programming for robot control	5
Research and prospects of virtual reality systems applying exoskeleton technology	5
Evaluating the effectiveness of accessible websites for deaf users	5
Customized daltonization: adaptation of different image types for observers with different severities of color vision deficiencies	5
Source code editor using voice commands to support people with motor disabilities	5
A comparative study of existing smart hearing aids for partially hearing-impaired patients	5
Improving the user experience of a gambling support and education website using a chatbot	5
Accessibility analysis using WCAG 2.1: evidence from Indian e-government websites	5
Flipped Learning 4.0. An extended flipped classroom model with Education 4.0 and organisational learning processes	5
Senior-centered design for mobile medication adherence applications based on cognitive and technology attributes	5