OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physical Review Physics Education Research is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Motivation, demographics, and engagement during COVID-19 in an astrobiology massive open online course	92
Role of analogies with classical physics in introductory quantum physics teaching	43
Transforming the preparation of physics graduate teaching assistants: Curriculum development	41
Workplace climate forLGBT+physicists: A view from students a	39
Validity of Force Concept Inventory evaluated by students’ explanations and confirmation using modified item response curve	37
Gender differences in classroom experiences impacting self-efficacy in an AP Physics 1 classroom	35
Examining equity and graduation rates at two institutions using a course deficit model and the collaborative learning through active sense-making in physics curriculum	34
History of science based dialogues on sound waves: From sound atoms to phonons	33
Possible misconceptions about solid friction	32
Impactful experiences and their effect on learning assistant epistemological development	32
Improving scientific abilities through lab report revision in a high school investigative science learning environment classroom	32
Editorial: To Review Is to Be	30
Hybrid teaching: A tale of two populations	29
Context interactions and physics faculty’s professional development: Case study	28
Validation of a coupled, multiple response assessment for upper-division thermal physics	27
Other spaces for young women’s identity work in physics: Resources accessed through university-adjacent informal physics learning contexts in Sweden	26
Context affects student thinking about sources of uncertainty in classical and quantum mechanics	26
Assessing the impact of metacognitive postreflection exercises on problem-solving skillfulness	25
Students’ sense of belonging in introductory physics course for bioscience majors predicts their grade	24
Effect of an inquiry-based teaching sequence on secondary school students’ understanding of wave optics	22
Do students think that objects have a true definite position?	21
Equitable approach to introductory calculus-based physics courses focused on problem solving	21
Measuring the level of homework answer copying during COVID-19 induced remote instruction	21
Assessing student engagement with teamwork in an online, large-enrollment course-based undergraduate research experience in physics	20
Statistically equivalent models with different causal structures: An example from physics identity	18

Studying physics during the COVID-19 pandemic: Student perceptions on synchronous and asynchronous course formats and implications for the future	18
Evolution of grades and social comparison concern within an introductory physics course	18
Rethinking doctoral qualifying exams and candidacy in the physical sciences: Learning toward scientific legitimacy	18
Extending curricular analytics to analyze undergraduate physics programs	17
Measurement invariance across race and gender for the Force Concept Inventory	17
Introductory physics lab instructors’ perspectives on measurement uncertainty	17
Student attitudes toward quantum information science and technology in a high school outreach program	17
Knowledge integration in student learning of Newton’s third law: Addressing the action-reaction language and the implied causality	17
Survey of physics reasoning on uncertainty concepts in experiments: An assessment of measurement uncertainty for introductory physics labs	17
Cross-disciplinary learning index: A quantitative measure of cross-disciplinary learning about energy	16
Analyzing admissions metrics as predictors of graduate GPA and whether graduate GPA mediates Ph.D. completion	16
Designing and implementing materials on quantum computing for secondary school students: The case of teleportation	15
Inquiry-based experimental physics: Twenty years of an evidence-based, laboratory-based physics course for algebra-based physics students	15
Eye tracking in physics education research: A systematic literature review	15
Graduate program reform in one department of physics and astronomy: From tragedy to more progressive policies and an evolving culture	15
Development of a two-tier instrument on simple electric circuits	15
Conceptual framework assessment of knowledge integration in student learning of measurement uncertainty	14
Development and assessment of a course-based undergraduate research experience for online astronomy majors	14
Peer interaction facilitates co-construction of knowledge in quantum mechanics	14
Conceptual framework for understanding empathy in physics faculty	13
Challenges in sensemaking and reasoning in the context of degenerate perturbation theory in quantum mechanics	13
Learning assistants as student partners in introductory physics	13
Interactive homework to support student learning of measurement uncertainty in quantum mechanics	13
Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy: A tool for assessing mathematical reasoning in introductory physics	13
Group dynamics in inquiry-based labs: Gender inequities and the efficacy of partner agreements	13
Analysis of students’ conceptual change in learning Newton’s third law with an integrated framework of model analysis and knowledge integration	13
Examining the mismatch between the intended astronomy curriculum content, astronomical literacy, and the astronomical universe	13
Leveraging scientific modeling to engage pre-med undergraduates in physics lab courses	12
Characterizing active learning environments in physics using network analysis and classroom observations	12
Recognizing dominant cultures around assessment and educational change in physics programs	12
Sense of belonging is an important predictor of introductory physics students’ academic performance	12
Gender bias in first-year multiple-choice physics examinations	12
Investigating faculty perspectives on written qualifying exams in physics	11
Phenomenographic analysis and comparison of students’ conceptual understanding of electric and magnetic fields and the principle of superposition	11
Phenomenographic analysis of students’ conceptual understanding of electric and magnetic interactions	11
Effect of integrating physics education technology simulations on students’ conceptual understanding in physics: A review of literature	11
Increasing the effectiveness of active learning using deliberate practice: A homework transformation	11
Open-inquiry opens doors to intriguing optics experiments at home: A case study	11
Effects of emergency remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic on university physics students in Italy	11
Contributing factors to the improvement of conceptual understanding in a computer-based intervention in Newtonian dynamics	11
Analysis of visual-based physics questions of the senior high school entrance examination in China	11
How instructors can view knowledge to implement culturally relevant pedagogy	10
Metacognition and epistemic cognition in physics are related to physics identity through the mediation of physics self-efficacy	10
Examining the relation of high school preparation and college achievement to conceptual understanding	10
Intuition in quantum mechanics: Student perspectives and expectations	10
Pedagogical moves related to analogy that support a unified understanding of eigentheory concepts in a quantum mechanics class	10
Algebra and other relevant physics skills: The effectiveness of mastery practice on skills accuracy and exam grade in introductory physics	10
Analyzing interviews on computational thinking for introductory physics students: Toward a generalized assessment	10
Effects of male-dominated physics culture on undergraduate women	10
Attributing equity gaps to course structure in introductory physics	9

Eye-movement study of high- and low-prior-knowledge students’ scientific argumentations with multiple representations	9
Can ChatGPT support prospective teachers in physics task development?	9
Effectiveness of science outreach labs with and without connection to classroom learning: Affective and cognitive outcomes	9
Visual representation of optical content in China’s and Singapore’s junior secondary physics textbooks	9
Exploring and supporting student reasoning in physics by leveraging dual-process theories of reasoning and decision making	9
Implementation of the photovoice methodology in a project-based upper-division physics course	9
Limiting case analysis in an electricity and magnetism course	8
Race-evasive frames in physics and physics education: Results from an interview study	8
Comparing introductory undergraduate physics learning and behavior before and after the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Problem solving in basic physics: Effective self-explanations based on four elements with support from retrieval practice	8
Exploring gender differences in the Force Concept Inventory using a random effects meta-analysis of international studies	8
Motivations for using the item response theory nominal response model to rank responses to multiple-choice items	8
Teaching strategies predict instructors’ perceptions of their effectiveness in engaging students in introductory physics for life sciences courses	8
Impact of perceived recognition by physics instructors on women’s self-efficacy and interest	8
Teaching and learning special relativity theory in secondary and lower undergraduate education: A literature review	8
Defining and assessing understandings of evidence with the assessment rubric for physics inquiry: Towards integration of argumentation and inquiry	8
Implementation and goals of quantum optics experiments in undergraduate instructional labs	8
Physicality, modeling, and agency in a computational physics class	8
Identifying students’ mental models of the apparent motion of the Sun and stars	7
Investigating student ability to follow reasoning chains: The role of conceptual understanding	7
Teacher learning about the integration of energy and equity: A case study	7
Exploring techniques to improve machine learning’s identification of at-risk students in physics classes	7
Comparison of men and women’s motivation of choosing physics teaching or nonteaching trajectory	7
Taking on a manager role can support women’s physics lab identity development	7
New perspectives on student reasoning about measurement uncertainty: More or better data	7
Development of a global landscape of undergraduate physics laboratory courses	7
Evaluating the impact of a classroom simulator training on graduate teaching assistants’ instructional practices and undergraduate student learning	7
Participation, performance, and outcomes in an undergraduate physics degree: Perspectives on gender and socioeconomic factors	7
Instructor perspectives on the emergency transition to remote instruction of physics labs	7
Collaborative physics teachers: Enhancing the use of the laboratory through action research in a community of learners	7
Self-efficacy changes and gender effects on self-efficacy in a large-scale robotic telescope focused curriculum	7
Evaluation of a new teaching-learning sequence on the particulate nature of matter using crystal structures	7
Characterizing social behavior patterns in teaching assistant interactions with students	6
Applying a mathematical sense-making framework to student work and its potential for curriculum design	6
Impact of informal physics programs on university student development: Creating a physicist	6
Implementation of an investigative science learning environment based laboratory course taught by novice instructors	6
Investigating students’ self-identified and reflected appraisal of femininity, masculinity, and androgyny in introductory physics courses	6
Mathematical structures in quantum physics education for high school students: Unveiling the power of Dirac notation for conceptual and problem-solving proficiency	6
Inventory for the assessment of representational competence of vector fields	6
Editorial: Call for Papers for Focused Collection of Physical Review Physics Education Research : Investigating and Improving Quantum Education through Research	6
Validity of the physics affective characteristics scale for Flemish pharmacy and biology majors	6
Evidence for validity and reliability of a research-based assessment instrument on measurement uncertainty	6
Validated diagnostic test for introductory physics course placement	6
Validation of two test anxiety scales for physics undergraduate courses through confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis	6
Importance of accounting for student identities and intersectionality for creating equitable and inclusive physics learning environments	6
Students’ difficulties with the Dirac delta function in quantum mechanics	6
Replicating analyses of item response curves using data from the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation	6
Using sequential synthesis problems to investigate novice teachers’ conceptions of hydrodynamics	6
Learning enhancing emotions predict student retention: Multilevel emotions of Finnish university physics students in and outside learning situations	6
Departmental case study of physics doctoral students’ perspectives of written qualifying exams	6
Vector representations and unit vector representations of fields: Problems of understanding and possible teaching strategies	6