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Table 6 Top ten most globally cited OFPD documents

From: A bibliometric analysis of online faculty professional development in higher education

First author

PY

Title

Total citations

TC per year

Dede, C. J

2009

A Research Agenda for Online Teacher Professional Development

262

20.15

Shea, P

2009

Community of inquiry as a theoretical framework to foster “epistemic engagement” and “cognitive presence” in online education

238

18.30

Rienties, B

2013

The effects of online professional development on higher education teachers' beliefs and intentions towards learning facilitation and technology

136

15.11

Tseng,F–C

2014

A study of social participation and knowledge sharing in the teachers' online professional community of practice

105

13.13

King, K. P

2002

Identifying success in online teacher education and professional development

90

4.50

Bawane, J

2009

Prioritization of online instructor roles: implications for competency‐based teacher education programs

71

5.46

Sims, R

2002

Enhancing Quality in Online Learning: Scaffolding Planning and Design Through Proactive Evaluation

68

3.40

Shea, P

2005

Increasing Access to Higher Education: A study of the diffusion of online teaching among 913 college faculty

60

3.53

Gautreau, C

2011

Motivational Factors Affecting the Integration of a Learning Management System by Faculty

52

4.72

Hou, H-T

2009

Using blogs as a professional development tool for teachers: analysis of interaction behavioral patterns

52

4.00

  1. TC, total citations; PY, publication year