Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

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Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
Publications
327
Citations
4 533
h-index
38
Publications
145
Citations
2 926
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (275 publications)
Canada (8 publications)
Germany (3 publications)
USA (91 publications)
Canada (3 publications)

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Citing journals

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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
357 citations, 7.88%
Research in Higher Education
199 citations, 4.39%
Journal of Higher Education
189 citations, 4.17%
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
89 citations, 1.96%
Innovative Higher Education
81 citations, 1.79%
Community College Review
73 citations, 1.61%
Higher Education
72 citations, 1.59%
Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
70 citations, 1.54%
AERA Open
58 citations, 1.28%
Studies in Higher Education
57 citations, 1.26%
American Educational Research Journal
56 citations, 1.24%
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
51 citations, 1.13%
New Directions for Community Colleges
49 citations, 1.08%
Innovative Digital Practices and Globalization in Higher Education
46 citations, 1.01%
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice
44 citations, 0.97%
Educational Policy
43 citations, 0.95%
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
43 citations, 0.95%
New Directions for Higher Education
38 citations, 0.84%
Higher Education Dynamics
34 citations, 0.75%
Frontiers in Education
32 citations, 0.71%
Higher Education Policy
32 citations, 0.71%
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
30 citations, 0.66%
Educational Researcher
26 citations, 0.57%
Higher Education Research and Development
26 citations, 0.57%
SSRN Electronic Journal
26 citations, 0.57%
New Directions for Student Services
25 citations, 0.55%
Higher Education Quarterly
23 citations, 0.51%
Review of Educational Research
22 citations, 0.49%
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
20 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Latinos and Education
20 citations, 0.44%
Frontiers in Psychology
18 citations, 0.4%
Qualitative Inquiry
17 citations, 0.38%
American Behavioral Scientist
17 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
16 citations, 0.35%
Marketing the Green School
16 citations, 0.35%
New Directions for Institutional Research
16 citations, 0.35%
European Journal of Higher Education
15 citations, 0.33%
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
15 citations, 0.33%
Race Ethnicity and Education
13 citations, 0.29%
CBE Life Sciences Education
13 citations, 0.29%
Tertiary Education and Management
13 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Further and Higher Education
12 citations, 0.26%
Journal of American College Health
12 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Engineering Education
12 citations, 0.26%
Peabody Journal of Education
11 citations, 0.24%
Teaching in Higher Education
11 citations, 0.24%
PLoS ONE
10 citations, 0.22%
Change The Magazine of Higher Learning
10 citations, 0.22%
Knowledge Studies in Higher Education
10 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
9 citations, 0.2%
Minerva
9 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
9 citations, 0.2%
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
9 citations, 0.2%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
9 citations, 0.2%
Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
8 citations, 0.18%
Educational Forum
8 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education
8 citations, 0.18%
Accountability in Research
8 citations, 0.18%
SAGE Open
8 citations, 0.18%
Urban Education
8 citations, 0.18%
Christian Higher Education
8 citations, 0.18%
Journal of College and Character
8 citations, 0.18%
ASHE Higher Education Report
8 citations, 0.18%
Cogent Education
7 citations, 0.15%
Asia Pacific Education Review
7 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
7 citations, 0.15%
Policy Futures in Education
7 citations, 0.15%
Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education
7 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
7 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of STEM Education
7 citations, 0.15%
Innovations in Education and Teaching International
7 citations, 0.15%
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods
6 citations, 0.13%
Asia Pacific Journal of Education
6 citations, 0.13%
Education Sciences
6 citations, 0.13%
Rural Sociology
6 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Geoscience Education
6 citations, 0.13%
Sustainability
6 citations, 0.13%
British Journal of Educational Psychology
6 citations, 0.13%
The Urban Review
6 citations, 0.13%
Journal of First-generation Student Success
6 citations, 0.13%
About Campus Enriching the Student Learning Experience
6 citations, 0.13%
Methodological Approaches in Integrated Geography
6 citations, 0.13%
Equity and Excellence in Education
5 citations, 0.11%
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
5 citations, 0.11%
Social Psychology of Education
5 citations, 0.11%
Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
5 citations, 0.11%
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
5 citations, 0.11%
Compare
5 citations, 0.11%
International Journal for Academic Development
5 citations, 0.11%
BMC Medical Education
5 citations, 0.11%
International Journal of Educational Management
5 citations, 0.11%
Education Economics
5 citations, 0.11%
Scientometrics
5 citations, 0.11%
Education and Information Technologies
5 citations, 0.11%
Journal of College Reading and Learning
5 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Continuing Higher Education
5 citations, 0.11%
Science Education
5 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Black Studies
5 citations, 0.11%
Learning Organization
5 citations, 0.11%
American Journal of Distance Education
5 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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Springer Nature
1149 citations, 25.35%
Taylor & Francis
1055 citations, 23.27%
SAGE
649 citations, 14.32%
Wiley
363 citations, 8.01%
IGI Global
147 citations, 3.24%
Emerald
133 citations, 2.93%
American Educational Research Association
122 citations, 2.69%
Elsevier
69 citations, 1.52%
Frontiers Media S.A.
65 citations, 1.43%
Oxford University Press
63 citations, 1.39%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
53 citations, 1.17%
American Psychological Association (APA)
41 citations, 0.9%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
27 citations, 0.6%
MDPI
24 citations, 0.53%
Cambridge University Press
20 citations, 0.44%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
16 citations, 0.35%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
15 citations, 0.33%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
8 citations, 0.18%
Begell House
8 citations, 0.18%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
8 citations, 0.18%
National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Inc.
8 citations, 0.18%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
8 citations, 0.18%
Walter de Gruyter
6 citations, 0.13%
Human Kinetics
6 citations, 0.13%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
6 citations, 0.13%
MIT Press
5 citations, 0.11%
American Society for Microbiology
4 citations, 0.09%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
4 citations, 0.09%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
4 citations, 0.09%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
3 citations, 0.07%
Brill
3 citations, 0.07%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 citations, 0.07%
Mary Ann Liebert
3 citations, 0.07%
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
3 citations, 0.07%
IOP Publishing
3 citations, 0.07%
American Economic Association
3 citations, 0.07%
Annual Reviews
3 citations, 0.07%
SciELO
3 citations, 0.07%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.07%
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
3 citations, 0.07%
Modestum Ltd
3 citations, 0.07%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
3 citations, 0.07%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.04%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
2 citations, 0.04%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
2 citations, 0.04%
Academy of Management
2 citations, 0.04%
School of Education, University of Louisiana at Monroe
2 citations, 0.04%
Eurasian Society of Educational Research
2 citations, 0.04%
Vilnius University Press
2 citations, 0.04%
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE)
2 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2 citations, 0.04%
University of Oklahoma Libraries
2 citations, 0.04%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
Duke University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
National Association of Biology Teachers
1 citation, 0.02%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
American Accounting Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Springer Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Ural Federal University
1 citation, 0.02%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
1 citation, 0.02%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.02%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
1 citation, 0.02%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
1 citation, 0.02%
Association for the Development of Science, Engineering and Education
1 citation, 0.02%
Society for Neuroscience
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
1 citation, 0.02%
Society for Sociological Science
1 citation, 0.02%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
1 citation, 0.02%
Stata Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Society for Nutrition
1 citation, 0.02%
UCL Institute of Education
1 citation, 0.02%
Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University
1 citation, 0.02%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.02%
Howard University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
1 citation, 0.02%
Moscow Polytechnic University
1 citation, 0.02%
Slovenian Psychologists' Association
1 citation, 0.02%
BMJ
1 citation, 0.02%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
1 citation, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.02%
Samara National Research University
1 citation, 0.02%
CLOCKSS Archive
1 citation, 0.02%
CMV Verlag
1 citation, 0.02%
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
1 citation, 0.02%
Virtus Interpress
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Michigan Library
1 citation, 0.02%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
1 citation, 0.02%
CABI Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
1 citation, 0.02%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
1 citation, 0.02%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.02%
Harvard Education Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.02%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.02%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.02%
Dialectical Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Michigan
30 publications, 9.17%
University of Southern California
19 publications, 5.81%
University of California, Los Angeles
17 publications, 5.2%
Pennsylvania State University
14 publications, 4.28%
University of Georgia
14 publications, 4.28%
Florida State University
12 publications, 3.67%
University of Maryland, College Park
12 publications, 3.67%
Michigan State University
11 publications, 3.36%
Indiana University Bloomington
10 publications, 3.06%
University of California, San Diego
8 publications, 2.45%
University of California, Riverside
8 publications, 2.45%
Stanford University
7 publications, 2.14%
University of Arizona
7 publications, 2.14%
Vanderbilt University
7 publications, 2.14%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7 publications, 2.14%
University of Iowa
7 publications, 2.14%
University of South Carolina
7 publications, 2.14%
Columbia University
6 publications, 1.83%
University of Kentucky
6 publications, 1.83%
George Mason University
5 publications, 1.53%
University of Denver
5 publications, 1.53%
University of Texas at San Antonio
5 publications, 1.53%
Texas A&M University
5 publications, 1.53%
Binghamton University
5 publications, 1.53%
University of Connecticut
5 publications, 1.53%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
5 publications, 1.53%
Iowa State University
4 publications, 1.22%
West Virginia University
4 publications, 1.22%
Ohio State University
4 publications, 1.22%
Southern Methodist University
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4 publications, 1.22%
Simon Fraser University
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Alabama
4 publications, 1.22%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
4 publications, 1.22%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.92%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 0.92%
San Diego State University
3 publications, 0.92%
Loyola University Chicago
3 publications, 0.92%
Boston College
3 publications, 0.92%
Baylor University
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Pennsylvania
3 publications, 0.92%
Florida International University
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Florida
3 publications, 0.92%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 publications, 0.92%
Miami University
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Utah
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Missouri
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Massachusetts Boston
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Nevada, Reno
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Virginia
3 publications, 0.92%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.61%
Auburn University
2 publications, 0.61%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.61%
Oregon State University
2 publications, 0.61%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.61%
Northern Arizona University
2 publications, 0.61%
Northern Illinois University
2 publications, 0.61%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.61%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.61%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Texas at Dallas
2 publications, 0.61%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 0.61%
Grand Valley State University
2 publications, 0.61%
University of British Columbia
2 publications, 0.61%
Kansas State University
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Texas at El Paso
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Manitoba
2 publications, 0.61%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2 publications, 0.61%
Indiana University School of Medicine
2 publications, 0.61%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 0.61%
Utah State University
2 publications, 0.61%
Old Dominion University
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Oklahoma
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Kansas
2 publications, 0.61%
University at Albany, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.61%
University of Twente
1 publication, 0.31%
Western Sydney University
1 publication, 0.31%
Aarhus University
1 publication, 0.31%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.31%
Technical University of Dortmund
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.31%
Murdoch University
1 publication, 0.31%
Education University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.31%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.31%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.31%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.31%
New York University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.31%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.31%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.31%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1 publication, 0.31%
Spring Arbor University
1 publication, 0.31%
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
1 publication, 0.31%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.31%
Vienna University of Economics and Business
1 publication, 0.31%
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University of Michigan
10 publications, 6.9%
Florida State University
8 publications, 5.52%
University of California, Los Angeles
8 publications, 5.52%
University of California, San Diego
8 publications, 5.52%
Michigan State University
7 publications, 4.83%
University of Southern California
5 publications, 3.45%
University of Maryland, College Park
5 publications, 3.45%
University of South Carolina
5 publications, 3.45%
Ohio State University
4 publications, 2.76%
Vanderbilt University
4 publications, 2.76%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 2.76%
University of Denver
4 publications, 2.76%
Texas A&M University
4 publications, 2.76%
Binghamton University
4 publications, 2.76%
University of Connecticut
4 publications, 2.76%
Simon Fraser University
3 publications, 2.07%
Miami University
3 publications, 2.07%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 1.38%
Iowa State University
2 publications, 1.38%
Stanford University
2 publications, 1.38%
Boston University
2 publications, 1.38%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 1.38%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 1.38%
George Mason University
2 publications, 1.38%
Oregon State University
2 publications, 1.38%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 1.38%
West Virginia University
2 publications, 1.38%
Northern Arizona University
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 1.38%
Northern Illinois University
2 publications, 1.38%
San Diego State University
2 publications, 1.38%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 1.38%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 1.38%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Texas at Dallas
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 1.38%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Texas at El Paso
2 publications, 1.38%
Florida International University
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Florida
2 publications, 1.38%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 1.38%
Indiana University School of Medicine
2 publications, 1.38%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 1.38%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 1.38%
Utah State University
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Utah
2 publications, 1.38%
Old Dominion University
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Nevada, Reno
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 1.38%
University of Kansas
2 publications, 1.38%
University at Albany, State University of New York
2 publications, 1.38%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.69%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 0.69%
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USA, 275, 84.1%
USA
275 publications, 84.1%
Canada, 8, 2.45%
Canada
8 publications, 2.45%
Germany, 3, 0.92%
Germany
3 publications, 0.92%
Australia, 3, 0.92%
Australia
3 publications, 0.92%
China, 1, 0.31%
China
1 publication, 0.31%
Austria, 1, 0.31%
Austria
1 publication, 0.31%
Denmark, 1, 0.31%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.31%
Netherlands, 1, 0.31%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.31%
Norway, 1, 0.31%
Norway
1 publication, 0.31%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 91, 62.76%
USA
91 publications, 62.76%
Canada, 3, 2.07%
Canada
3 publications, 2.07%
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