Table 6.
Influential publications according to citations and their key findings
| Author/Year | Journal | TC | Research questions | Key findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma and Nickerson (2006) | ACM Computing Surveys | 517 | A literature review of hands-on, simulated, and remote laboratories and their role in science education | (i) detailed review of virtual labs in education, (ii) hands-on, simulated, and remote labs are essential for education, (iii) technology is commonly used in all types of labs |
| de Jong et al. (2013) | Science | 372 | To discuss the importance of physical and virtual labs in higher education | (i) discussed past Literature on utilization of physical and digital labs in student education. (ii) Recommend that virtual labs are essential for the development of higher education |
| Gomes and Bogosyan (2009) | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | 307 | The role of remote laboratories in engineering student education | (i) overview of the role of remote laboratories in engineering, (ii) examples of remote laboratories are presented |
| Potkonjak et al. (2016) | Computers & Education | 294 | A literature view of virtual labs in science, technology, and engineering | (i) overview of the past Literature on the topic. (ii) presented future research directions and discussed the essentials of virtual labs in higher education |
| Harward et al. (2008) | Proceedings of the IEEE | 291 | The overview of the MIT iLab project developed a software toolkit for virtual labs through the internet | (i) overview of iLab and their developed software kits for utilizing the |
| Aktan et al. (1996) | IEEE Transactions on Education | 229 | The discussion and analysis of distance learning application to virtual laboratories in the engineering discipline | (i) overview of the application of distance learning tools through the internet to experiments of engineering students is presented in this study. (ii) overview of detailed past literature is provided |
| Weiler & McDonnell (2004) | Journal of Hydrology | 220 | The objective is to conceptualize the process of hillslope hydrology through virtual labs | (i) presents an overview of virtual labs and experimentation in conceptualizing hillslope hydrology |
| Heradio et al. (2016) | Computers & Education | 205 | A bibliometric review of virtual and remote labs | (i) improve the discussion about virtual lab literature through bibliometric analysis |
TC indicates Total Citations