OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education is 39. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The good, bad, and ugly of comment prompts: Effects on length and helpfulness of peer feedback	366
“Scarlet Cloak and the Forest Adventure”: a preliminary study of the impact of AI on commonly used writing tools	338
Risk management strategy for generative AI in computing education: how to handle the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?	322
Use of live chat in higher education to support self-regulated help seeking behaviours: a comparison of online and blended learner perspectives	223
Flipped learning in the context of postgraduate public health higher education: a qualitative study involving students and their tutors	163
Effects of using mobile instant messaging on student behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement: a quasi-experimental study	162
ePortfolio to promote networked learning: an experience in the Latin American context	159
Exploring the relationships between interaction measures and learning outcomes through social network analysis: the mediating role of social presence	153
Extending Technology Acceptance Model to higher-education students’ use of digital academic reading tools on computers	147
Video-based simulations in teacher education: the role of learner characteristics as capacities for positive learning experiences and high performance	129
Dropout prediction and decision feedback supported by multi temporal sequences of learning behavior in MOOCs	123
Are flipped classrooms less stressful and more successful? An experimental study on college students	107
Students’ voices on generative AI: perceptions, benefits, and challenges in higher education	98
A meta systematic review of artificial intelligence in higher education: a call for increased ethics, collaboration, and rigour	91
Examining students’ course trajectories using data mining and visualization approaches	88
Desirable and realistic futures of the university: a mixed-methods study with teachers in Denmark	84
From concerns to benefits: a comprehensive study of ChatGPT usage in education	84
Leveraging the Louvain algorithm for enhanced group formation and collaboration in online learning environments	83
Social anxiety in digital learning environments: an international perspective and call to action	77
Brain-based CALL in flipped higher education GE courses held through LMS: Boosting vocabulary learning and reading comprehension	77
What rationale would work? Unfolding the role of learners’ attitudes and motivation in predicting learning engagement and perceived learning outcomes in MOOCs	77
Does a pedagogical agent’s gesture frequency assist advanced foreign language users with learning declarative knowledge?	76
Network analysis of gratitude messages in the learning community	74
Reframing data ethics in research methods education: a pathway to critical data literacy	72
Attending lectures in person, hybrid or online—how do students choose, and what about the outcome?	67

First-year students AI-competence as a predictor for intended and de facto use of AI-tools for supporting learning processes in higher education	65
Are open educational resources (OER) and practices (OEP) effective in improving learning achievement? A meta-analysis and research synthesis	59
Diogene-CT: tools and methodologies for teaching and learning coding	54
Flipping an on-campus general English course: a focus on technology complexity of instruction and learners’ levels of impulsivity	53
Towards modeling of human skilling for electrical circuitry using augmented reality applications	51
Exploring predictors of instructional resilience during emergency remote teaching in higher education	50
Digital higher education: a divider or bridge builder? Leadership perspectives on edtech in a COVID-19 reality	46
A novel taxonomy of student-generated video styles	46
“Connecting concepts helps put main ideas together”: cognitive load and usability in learning biology with an AI-enriched textbook	43
A snapshot in time: the next new normal and micro-credentials	42
An examination of teachers’ strategies to foster student engagement in blended learning in higher education	42
Rethinking assessment strategies to improve authentic representations of learning: using blogs as a creative assessment alternative to develop professional skills	40
What do they TEL(L)? A systematic analysis of master programs in technology-enhanced learning	39
Enhancing data pipelines for forecasting student performance: integrating feature selection with cross-validation	39
Flipped classrooms in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings and future research recommendations	39
Impact of remote experimentation, interactivity and platform effectiveness on laboratory learning outcomes	39
Defining and measuring completion and assessment biases with respect to English language and development status: not all MOOCs are equal	39