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Online Learning Journal
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Online Learning Journal

2472-5749

Published by: Online Learning Consortium

https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 349 12 44 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 52
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 75
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.821
Impact Factor: 2.3

Top Publications

  • U.S. faculty and administrators’ experiences and approaches in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Nicole Johnson;George Veletsianos;Jeff Seaman

    (2020)
    634 Citations
  • Examining Student Perception of Readiness for Online Learning: Importance and Confidence.

    Florence Martin;Brandy Stamper;Claudia Flowers

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • The Challenges of Remote K–12 Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Grade Level

    (2022)
    68 Citations
  • A Ten-Year Review of Online Learning Research through Co-Citation Analysis

    Hyejin Park;Peter Shea

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Fostering self-directed learning in MOOCs: Motivation, learning strategies, and instruction

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Online Assessment in Higher Education: A Systematic Review

    (2023)
    45 Citations
  • Shared Metacognition in a Community of Inquiry

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Professional Development for Online Teaching: A Literature Review

    Heather Leary;Cade Dopp;Chad Turley;Matthew Cheney

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Relationships Between Carl Rogers’ Person-Centered Education and the Community of Inquiry Framework: A Preliminary Exploration

    Karen Swan;Cheng-Chia Brian Chen;Denise K. Bockmier-Sommers

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Profiles of Instructor Responses to Emergency Distance Learning.

    Teomara Rutherford;Sarah M. Karamarkovich;Di Xu;Tamara P. Tate

    (2021)
    16 Citations

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