OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of CBE-Life Sciences Education is 10. 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
Developmental Trajectories of Student Self-Perception over a Yearlong Introductory Biology Sequence	116
Characterizing the Content and Mechanisms of Instructor Messages that Communicate Instructor Beliefs About Ability to Undergraduates	113
Career Pathways and Skill Preparedness among Biology PhDs: A Social Cognitive Career Theory Perspective	78
A Study Planning Exercise Associated with Decreased Distraction Levels among Introductory Biology Students	66
Could Instructor Talk Drive CURE Effectiveness? A Comparative Study of Instructor Talk in Introductory Lab Courses	57
Using a STEM Course on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility to Explore Student Reflections on their Socialization into STEM and their Observations of the Figured World of Higher Education S	46
Reflective Practices in Education: A Primer for Practitioners	45
The Influence of Instructor Behaviors and the Perceived Motivational Climate on Undergraduate Students’ Experiences in College STEM Laboratories	41
Elevating Marginalized Student Experiences of Belonging in the Life Sciences: A Qualitative Case Study Approach	37
Which Group Dynamics Matter: Social Predictors of Student Achievement in Team-Based Undergraduate Science Classrooms	37
Factors Influencing Student Motivations and Experiences in STEM Course Office Hours	35
A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Outcomes in Mentored Research	33
“No matter what your story is, there is a place for you in science”: Students’ Ability to Relate to Scientists Positively Shifts after Scientist Spotlight Assignments, Especially for First-Generation	31
A Longitudinal Study Identifying the Characteristics and Content Knowledge of Those Seeking Certification to Teach Secondary Biology in the United States	30
Factors Predicting the Extent to which STEM Students Value Cross-Disciplinary Skills: A Study across Four Institutions	29
Undergraduate STEM Students’ Perceptions of Grading Practices Reveal that Quiz Retakes Positively Impact Drivers of Self-determination	28
The Role of Faculty in Cultivating Thriving Campus STEM Ecosystems	28
What a Difference in Pressure Makes! A Framework Describing Undergraduate Students’ Reasoning about Bulk Flow Down Pressure Gradients	27
What I Wish My Instructor Knew: How Active Learning Influences the Classroom Experiences and Self-Advocacy of STEM Majors with ADHD and Specific Learning Disabilities	26
Supervised Study: Required Independent Research at a Community College Supports Persistence in Science	25
Designing Activities to Teach Higher-Order Skills: How Feedback and Constraint Affect Learning of Experimental Design	25
Empowering Disabled Voices: A Practical Guide for Methodological Shifts in Biology Education Research	24
The Impact of Postgraduate Mentors on Undergraduate Researcher Gains	24
Co-teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Lever for Pedagogical Change toward Evidence-Based Teaching?	24
Instructor Talk and Student Belonging in Introductory Biology: Not all Talk Matters and Relationships Vary by Student Identity	24

Development of the Mentoring in Undergraduate Research Survey	23
Undergraduate Biology Students’ Climate Change Communication Experiences Indicate a Need for Discipline-Based Education Research on Science Communication Education about Culturally Controversial Scien	23
Access to Online Formative Assessments in Lower-Division Undergraduate Biology Courses: Investigating Barriers to Student Engagement	23
Overcoming the Barriers to Teaching Teamwork to Undergraduates in STEM	21
Low-stakes Scientist Spotlight Assignment Demonstrates High Value and Multiple Effects for Introductory Biology Students	21
What Drives Change? Characterizing Scientific Self-Efficacy Development in Undergraduate Research Experiences	21
Cisnormative Language and Erasure of Trans* and Genderqueer Student Representation in Biology Education Research	21
Replication of an Intervention to Mitigate Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching Yields Variable Results Across a Biology Department	19
Faculty and Undergraduate Learning Assistants’ Perspectives on Supports and Barriers for Student-Centered Instructional Change in Introductory Biology	19
Emotion, Fact, and Anthropogenic Disturbances: Undergraduate Attitudes Toward Wildfire and Urbanization after a Brief Intervention	19
Mentorship for Transfer Student Success in STEM Research: Mentor Approaches and Reflections	19
Family Helps Transform the STEM Pathways of Community College Women of Color STEM Majors	18
Examining Faculty Dynamics in the Development of New Undergraduate Curricula that Transcend Disciplinary Silos	18
“Your Family is Always With You”: Perceptions of Parental Relationships Among Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults Pursuing STEM Careers	18
How Do Instructors Explain The Mechanism by which ATP Drives Unfavorable Processes?	18
A Multi-institutional Cluster Analysis to Identify Groups of Courses with Exemplary Opportunity Gaps for Undergraduate Students in the Biological Sciences	17
Student Motivations and Barriers toward Online and In-Person Office Hours in STEM Courses	17
Putting the Pieces Together: Student Thinking about Transformations of Energy and Matter	17
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices	17
Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belonging	16
The Fourth Credit Hour: How do we Teach in Biology Discussion Sections?	16
Breaking Stereotypes: How Undergraduates’ Life Experiences of Scientists Shape their Scopes of Possibility	16
An Instructor’s Guide to Including Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom	15
Recent Research in Science Teaching and Learning	15
Inclusive Research Environments for Deaf and Hard of Hearing English Speakers	14
Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education	14
Impacts of Learning Assistants on Student Belonging and Confidence Vary Across Science Disciplines and Course Contexts	14
Puerto Rican Students Rising in STEM: Findings from a Multicampus Collaborative CURE Program to Promote Student Success	14
Resource Use in Introductory Biology: Evaluating Latent Patterns, Demographic Covariates, and Effects on Final Course Grade	14
Demographics Matter: Non-white and White Life Science Graduate Students Perceive and Use Resources Differently	14
Learning Introductory Biology: Students’ Concept-Building Approaches Predict Transfer on Biology Exams	13
What Makes a Good Match? Predictors of Quality Mentorship Among Doctoral Students	13
What College Biology Students Know about How Vaccines Work	13
Highlighting Counterstereotypical Scientists in Undergraduate Life Science Courses	13
Insights from What Kids Can Do	13
Metacognition and Self-Efficacy in Action: How First-Year Students Monitor and Use Self-Coaching to Move Past Metacognitive Discomfort During Problem Solving	13
Relationships between Prediction Accuracy, Metacognitive Reflection, and Performance in Introductory Genetics Students	12
Experience with Scientific Teaching in Face-to-Face Settings Promoted Usage of Evidence-Based Practices during Emergency Remote Teaching	12
Teaching Evaluation Readiness Assessment (TERA): Development of a Tool to Measure Faculty Readiness for Advancing Departmental Teaching Evaluation Practices	12
Evaluating a National Biomedical Training Program Using QuantCrit: Revealing Disparities in Research Self-efficacy for Women of Color Undergraduates	12
“It's because of me – I made myself get here”: First-Generation College Students in STEM Motivations for, and Experiences with, Academic Advising	12
What's in a Prompt? Assignment Prompt Cues Influence Data Analysis, Critique, and Inclusion of Follow-up Experiments	11
“Oh, that makes sense”: Social Metacognition in Small-Group Problem Solving	11
Student Perspectives of Success and Failure in Biology Lecture: Multifaceted Definitions and Misalignments	11
Enhancing Research Dissemination, Science Identity, and Research Self-Efficacy among Underrepresented Biomedical Science Majors: The Impact of Undergraduate Research Experiences	11
Self-Efficacy is a Stronger Predictor of Final Grade Than Motivation in an Introductory Biology Course: A Structural Equation Analysis	11
Research Anxiety Predicts Undergraduates’ Intentions to Pursue Scientific Research Careers	10
Studying with Friends in Introductory Biology Is Associated with Low Impact Study Strategies and No Improvement of Exam Scores	10
The Sense of Belonging Quotient: Relating Sense of Belonging to Predictors of Scientific Civic Engagement and Science Identity in Civically Engaged Curricula	10
Can we Mitigate the Impacts of Test Anxiety Through Reappraisal Interventions? A Replication Study in Science Courses Across Multiple Institution Types in the United States	10

An Undergraduate Health Care Experience Course Increases Confidence and Improves Student Understanding of Health Care Careers	10
The Experiences of Students with Concealable Muslim Identities During Peer Interactions in Undergraduate Biology Courses	10
Metacognitive Exam Preparation Assignments in an Introductory Biology Course Improve Exam Scores for Lower ACT Students Compared with Assignments that Focus on Terms	10
Peer-Modeled Mindsets: An Approach to Customizing Life Sciences Studying Interventions	10
Evidence for the Efficacy of Conflict-reducing Practices in Undergraduate Evolution Education in a Randomized Controlled Study	10