Educational Research Review

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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of functional literacy interventions for adults245
Neurodiversity and cognitive load in online learning: A systematic review with narrative synthesis217
When personal becomes relational: A meta-analysis and narrative review on personality traits and children's affective relationships with adults156
Editorial Board124
The influencing factors of growth mindset: A systematic literature review121
Navigating the double-edged sword: A meta-analysis of the effects of digital games on 21st century skills120
The impact of artificial intelligence on students’ 4C skills: A meta-analysis115
Computer-based assessment of collaborative problem solving skills: A systematic review of empirical research110
Meta-analysis on the relation between acculturation and academic performance: Testing the immigrant paradox84
What is next in mobile-assisted reading? Insights from a decade of eye tracking research into cognitive processes81
On the role of linguistic features for comprehension and learning from STEM texts. A meta-analysis79
Implementing positive peace education in schools: A systematic literature review of global practices79
The I of students with ID or SEBD: A systematic literature review of the self-concept of students with ID or SEBD74
Social networks in the transition from higher education to work: A systematic review74
A meta-analysis of school-based mental health interventions73
The shades of (un)productive disagreement: A systematic literature review and a hierarchical taxonomy71
Aligning interventions with the University Mental Health Charter: A stratified review of reviews of mental health and wellbeing interventions for higher education students67
Change in team learning behaviours in work teams – A systematic review63
Fostering creativity in formal schooling: A systematic review of explicit and implicit interventions for young learners60
A Worthwhile Endeavor? A meta-analysis of research on formalized novice teacher induction programs60
A meta-analysis of almost 40 Years of research: Unreleasing the power of written expression in students with learning disabilities60
Enhancing teacher-student relationship quality: A narrative review of school-based interventions54
Students coping with change in higher education: An overview53
Delving into data on students’ instructional knowledge: A scoping review of the empirical research52
Learning with visualizations helps: A meta-analysis of visualization interventions in mathematics education50
Knowledge sharing among academics in higher education: A systematic literature review and future agenda50
The development of students critical thinking abilities and dispositions through the concept mapping learning method – A meta-analysis50
A systematic review of the role of learning games in fostering mathematics education in K-12 settings48
A Decade of Reflection and Thematic Review on Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Educational Measurement48
Unpacking the digital literacy–self-regulated learning nexus: A systematic review and a three-level meta-analysis47
Unveiling the competencies at the core of lifelong learning: A systematic literature review42
Inclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities in physical education: A systematic review and meta-analysis of teachers’ attitudes41
Effects of self-assessment and peer-assessment interventions on academic performance: A meta-analysis40
A meta-analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on student achievement39
Can e-books foster child language? Meta-analysis on the effectiveness of e-book interventions in early childhood education and care38
Personalization through adaptivity or adaptability? A meta-analysis on simulation-based learning in higher education38
Computational thinking in early childhood education: Reviewing the literature and redeveloping the three-dimensional framework38
From teacher motivation to teaching behaviour: A systematic review and theoretical framework of the mediating processes37
Systematic review of the operational definitions and indicators of teacher communities37
A systematic review of the key components of online peer feedback practices in higher education37
Editorial Board36
The instructor presence effect and its moderators in instructional video: A series of meta-analyses36
Short and long-term effects of out-of-school learning activities on student achievement: A mixed-research synthesis36
Professional learning of late-career teachers: A systematic literature review36
The association between teacher self-efficacy and student academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis36
AI-driven learning analytics applications and tools in computer-supported collaborative learning: A systematic review35
A meta-analysis of the correlation between teacher self-efficacy and teacher resilience: Concerted growth and contextual variance33
Fifty years of parental involvement and achievement research: A second-order meta-analysis33
The relationship between media literacy and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis32
The role of human agency in dealing with challenges in transdisciplinary learning for sustainability in higher education: A scoping literature review30
Examining research on the impact of distance and online learning: A second-order meta-analysis study30
A systematic review of teacher roles and competences for teaching synchronously online through videoconferencing technology30
A meta-analysis of Richard Mayer's multimedia learning research: Searching for boundary conditions of design principles across multiple media types29
School-based teaching for democracy: A systematic review of teaching methods in quantitative intervention studies29
Literature review – Parent involvement and mathematic outcome29
Interventions for students with reading difficulties in Grades 4-12: A systematic review and meta-analysis29
(When) do teacher professional development interventions improve student Achievement? A meta-analysis of 128 high-quality studies29
Tracing and supporting self-regulated learning in K-12 digital learning: A systematic review of the last three decades (1990-2024)27
Transition to formal schooling of children with disabilities: A systematic review27
Entrepreneurial leadership in educational settings: A systematic literature review from 1996 to 202527
A meta-analytic review on incorporating virtual and augmented reality in museum learning26
The evaluation of school-university partnerships that improve teaching and learning practices: A systematic review26
Towards evidence-based music teaching and learning: A meta-analysis25
Integrating generative Artificial Intelligence into student learning: A systematic review from a TPACK perspective25
The effect of teacher training programs on pre-service and in-service teachers’ global competence: A meta-analysis25
Higher education teachers’ understandings of and challenges for inclusion and inclusive learning environments: A systematic literature review24
The effects of physical activity interventions on prereading, early word recognition and spelling development in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis23
Effects of reward strategies in gamified learning on academic performance: A systematic review23
Effectiveness of relationships and sex education: A systematic review of terminology, content, pedagogy, and outcomes22
Can digital assistive technology interventions foster well-being among students with disabilities? A meta-analytic review22
Unraveling gender disparities in teachers’ technological pedagogical and content knowledge: A large-scale meta-analytic review21
Uncovering important 21st-century skills for sustainable career development of social sciences graduates: A systematic review21
Educational leader wellbeing: A systematic review21
A systematic critical review of research on ‘research use’ in education: Towards more profession-sensitive conceptualisations21
Establishing a dynamic understanding of factors that influence university students’ leadership approaches, perceptions, and skills through a systematic literature review21
What do we know about cyberbullying assessment tools for Primary and Secondary Education students? A systematic review and meta-analytical study20
Rebooting assessment. Exploring the challenges and benefits of shifting from pen-and-paper to computer in summative assessment20
A systematic review of mindset interventions in mathematics classrooms: What works and what does not?19
How do physical or sensory early childhood education and care environment factors affect children's social and emotional development? A systematic scoping review19
Active learning strategies in video learning: A meta-analysis19
Qualitative methods to assess intercultural competence in higher education research: A systematic review with practical implications19
A systematic review of evidence-based design and pedagogical principles in educational virtual reality environments19
What makes peer collaborative problem solving productive or unproductive: A qualitative systematic review19
Translating neuroscience to early childhood education: A scoping review of neuroscience-based professional learning for early childhood educators19
A systematic review of the association between social and emotional competencies and student engagement in youth19
Synthesizing research evidence on self-regulated learning and academic achievement in online and blended learning environments: A scoping review18
Editorial Board18
The effects of affective pedagogical agent in multimedia learning environments: A meta-analysis18
Editorial Board18
Keep the hands in mind: A meta-analysis of correlations between fine motor skills and reading, writing, mathematics, and cognitive development in children and adolescents18
Conceptualizing mentoring in higher education: A systematic literature review18
Effective master's thesis supervision – A summative framework for research and practice17
A systematic review on how educators teach AI in K-12 education17
Evaluating methodological quality of meta-analyses: A case study of meta-analyses on associations between parental involvement and students’ learning outcomes17
How do pedagogical approaches affect the impact of chatbots on learning performance? A meta-analysis and research synthesis17
Editorial Board16
The impact of Covid-19 on student achievement: Evidence from a recent meta-analysis16
A reliability generalization meta-analysis of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model in the educational research15
A systematic review of bilingual education teachers’ competences15
Relationships between risk factors, protective factors and achievement outcomes in academic resilience research: A meta-analytic review15
New section “Discourses and Rejoinders” in the Journal Educational Research Review14
Computer-assisted word reading intervention effects throughout the primary grades: A meta-analysis14
Editorial Board13
A meta-synthesis of co-teaching students with and without disabilities12
Measuring those who have their minds set: An item-level meta-analysis of the implicit theories of intelligence scale in education12
Improving primary to secondary school transitions: A systematic review of school-based interventions to prepare and support student social-emotional and educational outcomes12
Beyond inquiry or direct instruction: Pressing issues for designing impactful science learning opportunities12
The relationship between teacher talk and students’ academic achievement: A meta-analysis11
How valid, really? A meta-analysis of the validity evidence of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) self-report assessments11
Teacher noticing: A systematic literature review of conceptualizations, research designs, and findings on learning to notice11
Theoretical foundations and approaches in research on educational escape rooms: A systematic review11
Sense of belonging in undergraduate computing students: A scoping review11
Characteristics of interprofessional collaboration between educational psychological services and schools: A scoping review11
Does interest fit between student and study program lead to better outcomes? A meta-analysis of vocational interest congruence as predictor for academic success10
Editorial Board10
Supportive school strategies for sexually and gender diverse students: A meta-analysis of the associations with bullying-victimization experiences and feelings of school safety10
A systematic review of the role of dialogic leadership: Characterization and impacts9
Editorial Board9
The extent and change of attitudes towards students with disabilities: A meta-analysis of results measured with the Chedoke-McMaster attitudes towards children with handicaps scale9
Features of digital media which influence social interactions between adults and children aged 2–7 years during joint media engagement: A multi-level meta-analysis9
A systematic literature review of online discussions in critical thinking interventions: Exploring dialectical E-discussions9
The role of linguistic features in science and math comprehension and performance: A systematic review and desiderata for future research9
Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: A systematic review of educators' interactional strategies that promote rich conversations with children aged 2–5 years8
Supervising graduation projects in higher professional education – A literature review8
Let's talk evidence – The case for combining inquiry-based and direct instruction8
Review of research on design thinking in K-12 education8
Teaching for paradigm shifts: Supporting the drivers of radical creativity in management education8
Sources of mathematics and science self-efficacy in primary and secondary education: A systematic literature review8
Effectiveness of L1 and pictures in multimedia conditions on learning second-language vocabulary: A meta-analysis8
The definition and measurement of sense of belonging in higher education: A systematic literature review with a special focus on students’ ethnicity and generation status in higher education8
Does combining real and virtual experiments improve learning achievement in physics? Evidence from a meta-analysis (2001–2021)8
Using learning progress monitoring to promote academic performance? A meta-analysis of the effectiveness8
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