OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Educational Research Review is 8. 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
Meta-analysis on the relation between visuomotor integration and academic achievement: Role of educational stage and disability	265
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of functional literacy interventions for adults	221
Toward a set of design principles for decoding training: A systematic review of studies of English as a foreign/second language listening education	164
Neurodiversity and cognitive load in online learning: A systematic review with narrative synthesis	157
Computer-based assessment of collaborative problem solving skills: A systematic review of empirical research	154
Editorial Board	131
When Personal Becomes Relational: A Meta-Analysis and Narrative Review on Personality Traits and Children’s Affective Relationships with Adults	125
The I of students with ID or SEBD: A systematic literature review of the self-concept of students with ID or SEBD	85
Dropout from initial vocational training – A meta-synthesis of reasons from the apprentice's point of view	78
Meta-analysis on the relation between acculturation and academic performance: Testing the immigrant paradox	76
Taking the maker movement to school: A systematic review of preK-12 school-based makerspace research	74
Social networks in the transition from higher education to work: A systematic review	72
Learning about, from and with other professions: A systematic review of interprofessional education within psychology teaching programs	61
Editorial Board	61
What is next in mobile-assisted reading? Insights from a decade of eye tracking research into cognitive processes	53
On the role of linguistic features for comprehension and learning from STEM texts. A meta-analysis	51
Effectiveness of grade retention: A systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Enhancing teacher-student relationship quality: A narrative review of school-based interventions	49
A meta-analysis of almost 40 Years of research: Unreleasing the power of written expression in students with learning disabilities	49
What do we do when we analyse the temporal aspects of computer-supported collaborative learning? A systematic literature review	48
A Worthwhile Endeavor? A meta-analysis of research on formalized novice teacher induction programs	48
Knowledge sharing among academics in higher education: A systematic literature review and future agenda	47
Learning with visualizations helps: A meta-analysis of visualization interventions in mathematics education	46
Students coping with change in higher education: An overview	45
The role of social capital for teacher professional learning and student achievement: A systematic literature review	42

The association between principal leadership and student achievement: A multivariate meta-meta-analysis	41
A systematic review of the role of learning games in fostering mathematics education in K-12 settings	38
Unveiling the competencies at the core of lifelong learning: A systematic literature review	38
The development of students critical thinking abilities and dispositions through the concept mapping learning method – A meta-analysis	38
Effects of self-assessment and peer-assessment interventions on academic performance: A meta-analysis	36
Inclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities in physical education: A systematic review and meta-analysis of teachers’ attitudes	35
Systematic review of the operational definitions and indicators of teacher communities	35
Relation between examinees’ true knowledge and examination scores: systematic review and exemplary calculations on Multiple-True-False items	35
Computational thinking in early childhood education: Reviewing the literature and redeveloping the three-dimensional framework	34
Personalization through adaptivity or adaptability? A meta-analysis on simulation-based learning in higher education	34
Can e-books foster child language? Meta-analysis on the effectiveness of e-book interventions in early childhood education and care	34
A meta-analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on student achievement	34
A systematic review of the key components of online peer feedback practices in higher education	33
The instructor presence effect and its moderators in instructional video: A series of meta-analyses	33
A review of feedback models and typologies: Towards an integrative model of feedback elements	31
Editorial Board	29
Short and long-term effects of out-of-school learning activities on student achievement: A mixed-research synthesis	29
A meta-analysis of the correlation between teacher self-efficacy and teacher resilience: Concerted growth and contextual variance	28
AI-driven learning analytics applications and tools in computer-supported collaborative learning: A systematic review	25
Examining research on the impact of distance and online learning: A second-order meta-analysis study	24
Fifty years of parental involvement and achievement research: A second-order meta-analysis	24
A systematic review of teacher roles and competences for teaching synchronously online through videoconferencing technology	24
School-based teaching for democracy: A systematic review of teaching methods in quantitative intervention studies	24
Does co-teaching improve academic achievement for students with disabilities? A meta-analysis	23
The effect of teacher training programs on pre-service and in-service teachers’ global competence: A meta-analysis	23
The cohesion of small groups in technology-mediated learning environments: A systematic literature review	22
The evaluation of school-university partnerships that improve teaching and learning practices: A systematic review	22
Literature review – Parent involvement and mathematic outcome	21
Writing instruction improves students’ writing skills differentially depending on focal instruction and children: A meta-analysis for primary grade students	20
Transition to formal schooling of children with disabilities: A systematic review	20
Higher education teachers’ understandings of and challenges for inclusion and inclusive learning environments: A systematic literature review	20
Conceptualization and measurement of digital citizenship across disciplines	18
Establishing a dynamic understanding of factors that influence university students’ leadership approaches, perceptions, and skills through a systematic literature review	18
Effectiveness of relationships and sex education: A systematic review of terminology, content, pedagogy, and outcomes	18
A meta-analytic review on incorporating virtual and augmented reality in museum learning	18
Editorial Board	18
Rebooting assessment. Exploring the challenges and benefits of shifting from pen-and-paper to computer in summative assessment	17
A systematic review of mindset interventions in mathematics classrooms: What works and what does not?	17
Educational leader wellbeing: A systematic review	17
Uncovering important 21st-century skills for sustainable career development of social sciences graduates: A systematic review	17
The effects of physical activity interventions on prereading, early word recognition and spelling development in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
What makes peer collaborative problem solving productive or unproductive: A qualitative systematic review	16
A systematic review of immersive technology applications for medical practice and education - Trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents, evaluation methods, and performance	16
Longing for recognition: A literature review of second-career teachers’ induction experiences in secondary education	16
How do physical or sensory early childhood education and care environment factors affect children's social and emotional development? A systematic scoping review	16
Qualitative methods to assess intercultural competence in higher education research: A systematic review with practical implications	15
A systematic review of evidence-based design and pedagogical principles in educational virtual reality environments	15
Conceptualizing mentoring in higher education: A systematic literature review	15
A systematic review of the association between social and emotional competencies and student engagement in youth	15
Translating neuroscience to early childhood education: A scoping review of neuroscience-based professional learning for early childhood educators	15

The effects of affective pedagogical agent in multimedia learning environments: A meta-analysis	14
Editorial Board	14
Effective master's thesis supervision – A summative framework for research and practice	14
Editorial Board	14
Synthesizing research evidence on self-regulated learning and academic achievement in online and blended learning environments: A scoping review	14
A systematic review on how educators teach AI in K-12 education	13
Evaluating methodological quality of meta-analyses: A case study of meta-analyses on associations between parental involvement and students’ learning outcomes	13
Approaches to studying teacher collaboration for instructional improvement: A review of literature	12
Quotation accuracy in educational research articles	12
Editorial Board	11
Examining pedagogical approaches and types of mathematics knowledge in educational games: A meta-analysis and critical review	11
Computer-assisted word reading intervention effects throughout the primary grades: A meta-analysis	11
A systematic review of bilingual education teachers’ competences	11
Relationships between risk factors, protective factors and achievement outcomes in academic resilience research: A meta-analytic review	11
The impact of Covid-19 on student achievement: Evidence from a recent meta-analysis	11
Editorial Board	10
Effects of virtual reality on learning outcomes in K-6 education: A meta-analysis	10
A meta-synthesis of co-teaching students with and without disabilities	10
Beyond inquiry or direct instruction: Pressing issues for designing impactful science learning opportunities	10
New section “Discourses and Rejoinders” in the Journal Educational Research Review	10
The relationship between teacher talk and students’ academic achievement: A meta-analysis	9
Does interest fit between student and study program lead to better outcomes? A meta-analysis of vocational interest congruence as predictor for academic success	9
Measuring those who have their minds set: An item-level meta-analysis of the implicit theories of intelligence scale in education	9
LASSI's great adventure: A meta-analysis of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and academic outcomes	9
Teacher noticing: A systematic literature review of conceptualizations, research designs, and findings on learning to notice	9
Sense of belonging in undergraduate computing students: A scoping review	9
Theoretical foundations and approaches in research on educational escape rooms: A systematic review	9
Improving primary to secondary school transitions: A systematic review of school-based interventions to prepare and support student social-emotional and educational outcomes	9
Features of digital media which influence social interactions between adults and children aged 2–7 years during joint media engagement: A multi-level meta-analysis	8
Review of research on design thinking in K-12 education	8
Editorial Board	8
A systematic review of the role of dialogic leadership: Characterization and impacts	8
Supportive School Strategies for Sexually and Gender Diverse Students: A Meta-Analysis of the Associations with Bullying-Victimization Experiences and Feelings of School Safety	8
Children's self-talk in naturalistic classroom settings in middle childhood: A systematic literature review	8