OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology is 3. 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
Looking back but also forward	19
Culturally safe speech-language supports for First Nations children: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8 and 10	18
Intergenerational choral singing to improve communication outcomes in Parkinson’s disease: Development of a theoretical framework and an integrated measurement tool	17
Intelligibility in Context Scale: Psychometric evidence and implications for Saudi Arabic-English-speaking preschoolers	16
Exploring clinical reasoning in child language assessment through decoloniality	15
In the thick of it: A commentary on the strength of evidence for thickened fluids	15
Phonological development in first language Laki-speaking children aged 3 to 5 years: A pilot study	15
The experiences of speech-language pathologists when collaborating with spoken language interpreters, multilingual families, and their children with hearing loss	12
Sepsis, critical illness, communication, swallowing and Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10	11
Harnessing automatic speech recognition to realise Sustainable Development Goals 3, 9, and 17 through interdisciplinary partnerships for children with communication disability	11
Designing equitable speech-language pathology services in the Maldives to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 10 and 4	11
Substrates of speech treatment-induced neuroplasticity in adults and children with motor speech disorders: A systematic scoping review of neuroimaging evidence	10
Utilisation of simulation-based learning to decrease student anxiety and increase readiness for clinical placements for speech-language pathology students	10
Acquisition of Tok Pisin phonology in the multilingual highlands of Papua New Guinea	10
Systematic review of international ethics knowledge in the speech-language pathology literature (1980–2022)	10
Protecting people with communication disability from modern slavery: Supporting Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 16	9
Retention of outer regional, remote, and very remote speech-language pathologists influenced by professional support and community connection	9
Questions of suitability: The Sustainable Development Goals	9
Does doffing the FEES Box generate a significant cloud of particles after aerosol-generating procedures? A proof-of-concept study	9
“They are dealing with people’s lives…”: Diagnostic and post-diagnostic healthcare experiences in primary progressive aphasia	9
A qualitative study of reflective practice in the workplace. Speech-language pathologists have their say	8
Participation, equality, and justice in Rwanda for people who experience communication disability: Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 16	8
Communication partner training for healthcare workers engaging with people with aphasia: Enacting Sustainable Development Goal 17 in Austria, Egypt, Greece, India and Serbia	8
Special issue: Qualitative research and innovation in speech-language pathology	8
Growing our evidence: Development, direction, and dissemination	7

Developing and sustaining a social media ecosystem in speech-language pathology: Using innovative qualitative methods to visualise and cultivate a social media garden	7
Exploring the impact of a ‘Clients-as-Tutors Program on speech-language pathology students’ and graduates understanding of client-centred practice	7
A bite closer: Using 3D food printing to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 9 and 17	7
Building diversity in the speech-language pathology workforce through a blended online Master of Speech Pathology	7
Speech and communication classification of children with cerebral palsy: Novice rater agreement and clinical utility	7
Is children’s speech development changing? Preliminary evidence from Australian English-speaking 3-year-olds	7
Chewing skills in two and three year old children: Gender and age comparisons on an adapted version of the test of mastication and swallowing (TOMASS-C)	7
Long-term evaluation of psychosocial impact and stuttering severity after intensive stuttering therapy	7
Interpretive description as a qualitative research framework in speech-language pathology: A scoping review	7
Effects of oropharyngeal exercises on the swallowing mechanism of older adults: A systematic review	6
The effect of processing semantic features on spoken word retrieval in a case series of people with aphasia	6
Safety-related outcomes for patients with a tracheostomy and the use of flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) for assessment and management of swallowing: A systematic review	6
Exploring the thoughts and feelings of novice speech-language pathology students: A qualitative investigation	6
A cost analysis of a 5-day simulation-based learning program for speech-language pathology student training	6
Using social media to share universal messages about early language and literacy development with parents and caregivers	6
Diversity in the Australian speech-language pathology workforce: Addressing Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8, and 10	6
Social-emotional development in children with at risk of developmental language disorder: Relationships with interactional behaviours and language abilities	6
Managing cyberbullying among adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: A scoping review	6
Cognitive-communication difficulties due to traumatic brain injury sustained in adults 55 years and older: A survey of speech-language pathology professional practice in Australia	6
Evolution of swallowing and feeding abilities of neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy during hospitalisation: A case series	6
“It’s not often that people want to hear me talk about my life”: Storytelling experiences of people with aphasia in an interdisciplinary songwriting project	6
Do age and language impairment affect speed of recognition for words with high and low closeness centrality within the phonological network?	5
User-centered qualitative evaluation of a fully immersive, head-mounted virtual reality application prototype to facilitate real-life transfer in voice therapy	5
Speech and swallowing intervention following oral cancer treatment: A survey of speech-language pathologists in Australia and New Zealand	5
Communicating accessible messages for food insecure communities in Northern Mozambique: Supporting Sustainable Development Goal 2	5
Virtual nourishment: Paediatric feeding disorder management with telepractice amidst COVID-19: An allied health perspective	5
Within arm’s reach: The role of proximity in speech generating device use of ambulatory children with autism	5
Community-based rehabilitation workers in Vietnam need assistance to support communication and swallowing: Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8, 10, 17	5
Speech feature profiles in Swedish 5-year-olds with speech sound disorder related to suspected childhood apraxia of speech or cleft palate	5
Family-centred practice in speech-language pathology practice with children and young people in out-of-home care in Australia: A scoping review	5
Learning graphic symbols in two languages: Effects of monolingual teaching	5
Innovation through participatory design: Collaborative qualitative methods in the development of speech-language pathology technology	5
“One of the biggest grey areas”: A focus group study exploring dosage of swallowing exercises from speech-language pathologist perspectives	5
Telehealth assessment of autism in preschoolers using the TELE-ASD-PEDS: A pilot clinical investigation	5
A systematic review of behavioural therapies for improving swallow and cough function in Parkinson’s disease	5
Semantic impairment in aphasia: A problem of control?	5
Interprofessional delivery of Read It Again – KindergartenQ!: Classroom, educator, and child outcomes of an Australian pilot study	4
Evaluating the dose–response relationship of the number of sessions of “It Takes Two to Talk®” in young children with language delay	4
Are single-word picture naming assessments a valid measure of word retrieval in connected speech?	4
Speech pathologists’ perspectives when managing adults following traumatic brain injury in community-based rehabilitation settings: A qualitative investigation	4
The PraxiFala Battery: A diagnostic accuracy study	4
Self-advocacy with retailers by people with complex communication needs	4
Correction	4
Exploring the outcomes of a reflective teaching strategy with students: A feasibility study	4
The influence of classroom context on AAC device use for nonspeaking school-aged autistic children	4
Adaptation and validation of the Greek version of the Speech Pathology-Specific Questionnaire for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis (SMS)	4
Teachers’ perspectives on the role and scope of practice of speech-language pathologists working to support literacy in the early years of school	4
Screening for unmet social needs in paediatric speech-language pathology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals	4
Conversational speech of school-age children after syllable-timed speech treatment for stuttering	4
The Sustainable Development Goals: A framework for addressing participation of persons with complex communication needs in South Africa	4

Structured observation and informant report assessments in intellectual disability: Reflections of qualified and student speech-language pathologists	4
Representation of the ICF in research of speech intelligibility: A systematic review of literature describing deaf and hard-of-hearing children	4
Elizabeth Usher memorial lecture. Models, mind maps, and metacognition: How theory is the true hero	4
The application of qualitative approaches in a post-colonial context in speech-language pathology: A call for transformation	4
Understanding the perspectives of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs: How qualitative research can inform practice	3
Prevention of, and response to, sexual and gender-based violence, for refugees who experience communication disability: Evidence from Rwanda	3
Therapeutic relationships in speech-language pathology: A scoping review of empirical studies	3
Current practices of Malaysian speech-language pathologists working with dysarthria	3
Examining core vocabulary with language development for early symbolic communicators	3
Word definition skills in elementary school children – The contribution of bilingualism, cognitive factors, and social factors	3
Clinical application of usage-based phonology: Treatment of cleft palate speech using usage-based electropalatography	3
Effect of intensive water resistance phonation therapy for people with presbyphonia: A pilot study	3
“I still have issues with pronunciation of words”: A mixed methods investigation of the psychosocial and speech effects of Childhood Apraxia of Speech in adults	3
Distinctions and blurred boundaries between qualitative approaches and public and patient involvement (PPI) in research	3
Public awareness and knowledge about speech-language pathology and communication impairments in Aotearoa New Zealand	3
Phonemic and pitch variability in bilingual preschoolers: A comparison of Jamaican Creole and English	3
Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Aging Voice Index	3
A systematic scoping review of the literacy skills of children with childhood apraxia of speech: Recommendations for best practice and further research	3
Speech-language pathologists’ treatment goals for preschool language disorders: An ICF analysis	3
Exploring Tasmanian speech-language pathologists’ perspectives on grammar intervention priorities and protocols for children with developmental language disorder: Preliminary findings from a participa	3
Beyond borders: Innovative ways of thinking and working in speech-language pathology	3
Dysphagia management: Does structured training improve the validity and reliability of cervical auscultation?	3
The experiences of speech pathology referral and communicative participation in adults with cerebellar ataxia	3
Economic evaluation of the Happy Talk pilot effectiveness trial: A targeted selective speech, language and communication intervention for children from areas of social disadvantage	3
Being practically, professionally and personally prepared: Supporting people with intellectual disability and dysphagia to eat and drink outside the home	3
Self-reported longitudinal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults with acquired communication disorders	3
The current practices of Australian speech-language pathologists in providing communication services to children with autism spectrum disorder	3
Assessing adherence and exploring barriers to provision of prescribed texture modifications for dysphagia in a residential aged care facility in rural Australia	3
Influences of motor speech impairments on the presentation of dysphagia in progressive supranuclear palsy	3
Psychosocial care of people with aphasia: Practices of speech-language pathologists in South Africa	3
Effect of clear speech on acoustic measures of dysprosody in Parkinson disease for different reading tasks	3
The role of speech-language pathologists in frailty: An Australian qualitative study of perceptions, practices, and opportunities	3
Clinician perspectives on the development of a web portal for remote monitoring of mHealth facilitated dysphagia home exercise: A qualitative study	3
Self-Awareness and therapeutic alliance in speech-language treatment of traumatic brain injury	3
The who, why, when, where, what and how of using outcome measures in dysarthria: A qualitative exploration of speech-language pathologists’ perspectives	3