Table 1 Top 10 most-cited articles published in 2020–2021 for IF year 2022

Research and trends in STEM education: a systematic review of journal publications (2020–03-10)

Y. Li, et al. (USA)

45 (23)

Fostering computational thinking through educational robotics: a model for creative computational problem solving (2020–08-03)

M. Chevalier et al. (Switzerland)

25

Change theory and theory of change: what’s the difference anyway? (2020–01-17)

D. L. Reinholz et al. (USA)

22

Increasing high school teachers’ self-efficacy for integrated STEM instruction through a collaborative community of practice (2020–04-16)

T. R. Kelley, et al. (USA)

20 (12)

Reviewing assessment of student learning in interdisciplinary STEM education (2020–06-09)

X. Gao, et al. (China)

18 (13)

Factors influencing participation of underrepresented students in STEM fields: matched mentors and mindsets (2020–04-21)

K. Kricorian, et al. (USA)

18 (13)

Growing a growth mindset: characterizing how and why undergraduate students’ mindset change (2020–07-08)

L. B. Limeri et al. (USA)

17

STEAM in education: a bibliometric analysis of performance and co-words in Web of Science (2021–06-25)

J.A. Marin-Marin et al. (Spain)

17

Using design thinking to cultivate the next generation of female STEAM thinkers (2021–03-22)

R. Kijima et al. (Canada)

16

A scoping review of literature assessing the impact of the learning assistant model (2021–02-25)

A. P. Barrasso et al. (USA)

15