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
325
Citations
4 162
h-index
36
Publications
143
Citations
2 585
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (275 publications)
Canada (8 publications)
Germany (3 publications)
USA (109 publications)
Canada (3 publications)

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Citing journals

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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
319 citations, 7.66%
Research in Higher Education
189 citations, 4.54%
Journal of Higher Education
173 citations, 4.16%
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
84 citations, 2.02%
Community College Review
73 citations, 1.75%
Innovative Higher Education
71 citations, 1.71%
Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
69 citations, 1.66%
Higher Education
67 citations, 1.61%
Studies in Higher Education
57 citations, 1.37%
American Educational Research Journal
56 citations, 1.35%
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
47 citations, 1.13%
AERA Open
47 citations, 1.13%
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice
43 citations, 1.03%
New Directions for Community Colleges
43 citations, 1.03%
Innovative Digital Practices and Globalization in Higher Education
43 citations, 1.03%
Educational Policy
42 citations, 1.01%
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
38 citations, 0.91%
Higher Education Dynamics
34 citations, 0.82%
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
31 citations, 0.74%
Higher Education Policy
31 citations, 0.74%
New Directions for Higher Education
27 citations, 0.65%
Frontiers in Education
26 citations, 0.62%
Higher Education Research and Development
26 citations, 0.62%
SSRN Electronic Journal
26 citations, 0.62%
Educational Researcher
25 citations, 0.6%
Review of Educational Research
22 citations, 0.53%
Higher Education Quarterly
22 citations, 0.53%
New Directions for Student Services
22 citations, 0.53%
Frontiers in Psychology
18 citations, 0.43%
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
18 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Latinos and Education
18 citations, 0.43%
American Behavioral Scientist
17 citations, 0.41%
Qualitative Inquiry
16 citations, 0.38%
Marketing the Green School
16 citations, 0.38%
European Journal of Higher Education
14 citations, 0.34%
CBE Life Sciences Education
13 citations, 0.31%
Tertiary Education and Management
13 citations, 0.31%
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
13 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Further and Higher Education
12 citations, 0.29%
Peabody Journal of Education
11 citations, 0.26%
Teaching in Higher Education
11 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Engineering Education
11 citations, 0.26%
New Directions for Institutional Research
11 citations, 0.26%
Race Ethnicity and Education
10 citations, 0.24%
Journal of American College Health
10 citations, 0.24%
PLoS ONE
10 citations, 0.24%
Knowledge Studies in Higher Education
10 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
9 citations, 0.22%
Minerva
9 citations, 0.22%
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
9 citations, 0.22%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
9 citations, 0.22%
Educational Forum
8 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education
8 citations, 0.19%
Accountability in Research
8 citations, 0.19%
SAGE Open
8 citations, 0.19%
Christian Higher Education
8 citations, 0.19%
Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
7 citations, 0.17%
Asia Pacific Education Review
7 citations, 0.17%
Policy Futures in Education
7 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
7 citations, 0.17%
Urban Education
7 citations, 0.17%
Change The Magazine of Higher Learning
7 citations, 0.17%
Journal of College and Character
7 citations, 0.17%
ASHE Higher Education Report
7 citations, 0.17%
Rural Sociology
6 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
6 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Geoscience Education
6 citations, 0.14%
College Teaching
6 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
6 citations, 0.14%
Sustainability
6 citations, 0.14%
British Journal of Educational Psychology
6 citations, 0.14%
Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education
6 citations, 0.14%
The Urban Review
6 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of STEM Education
6 citations, 0.14%
Methodological Approaches in Integrated Geography
6 citations, 0.14%
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
5 citations, 0.12%
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods
5 citations, 0.12%
Social Psychology of Education
5 citations, 0.12%
Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
5 citations, 0.12%
Cogent Education
5 citations, 0.12%
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
5 citations, 0.12%
Asia Pacific Journal of Education
5 citations, 0.12%
Education Sciences
5 citations, 0.12%
Compare
5 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Educational Management
5 citations, 0.12%
Scientometrics
5 citations, 0.12%
Education and Information Technologies
5 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Continuing Higher Education
5 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Black Studies
5 citations, 0.12%
European Journal of Engineering Education
5 citations, 0.12%
New Directions for Teaching and Learning
5 citations, 0.12%
Learning Organization
5 citations, 0.12%
American Journal of Distance Education
5 citations, 0.12%
Innovations in Education and Teaching International
5 citations, 0.12%
Journal of First-generation Student Success
5 citations, 0.12%
About Campus Enriching the Student Learning Experience
5 citations, 0.12%
Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development
5 citations, 0.12%
Industry and Higher Education
4 citations, 0.1%
Equity and Excellence in Education
4 citations, 0.1%
Globalisation, Societies and Education
4 citations, 0.1%
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Springer Nature
1046 citations, 25.13%
Taylor & Francis
976 citations, 23.45%
SAGE
633 citations, 15.21%
Wiley
313 citations, 7.52%
IGI Global
124 citations, 2.98%
Emerald
118 citations, 2.84%
American Educational Research Association
93 citations, 2.23%
Elsevier
65 citations, 1.56%
Frontiers Media S.A.
56 citations, 1.35%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
49 citations, 1.18%
Oxford University Press
33 citations, 0.79%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
27 citations, 0.65%
MDPI
21 citations, 0.5%
Cambridge University Press
19 citations, 0.46%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
16 citations, 0.38%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
13 citations, 0.31%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
8 citations, 0.19%
Begell House
8 citations, 0.19%
National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Inc.
8 citations, 0.19%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
8 citations, 0.19%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
6 citations, 0.14%
Human Kinetics
6 citations, 0.14%
Walter de Gruyter
5 citations, 0.12%
MIT Press
5 citations, 0.12%
Brill
4 citations, 0.1%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
4 citations, 0.1%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
4 citations, 0.1%
American Society for Microbiology
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%
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%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
2 citations, 0.05%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.05%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
2 citations, 0.05%
Academy of Management
2 citations, 0.05%
School of Education, University of Louisiana at Monroe
2 citations, 0.05%
American Economic Association
2 citations, 0.05%
Eurasian Society of Educational Research
2 citations, 0.05%
Vilnius University Press
2 citations, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
2 citations, 0.05%
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE)
2 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.05%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2 citations, 0.05%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
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%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1 citation, 0.02%
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%
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%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
1 citation, 0.02%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.02%
Harvard Education Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.02%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.02%
Dialectical Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Academy Publication
1 citation, 0.02%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Equinox Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
SLACK
1 citation, 0.02%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Turan University
1 citation, 0.02%
Saint-Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
1 citation, 0.02%
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli Universitesi SBE Dergisi
1 citation, 0.02%
The Japan Society for Educational Sociology
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Michigan
30 publications, 9.23%
University of Southern California
19 publications, 5.85%
University of California, Los Angeles
17 publications, 5.23%
Pennsylvania State University
14 publications, 4.31%
University of Georgia
14 publications, 4.31%
Florida State University
12 publications, 3.69%
University of Maryland, College Park
12 publications, 3.69%
Michigan State University
11 publications, 3.38%
Indiana University Bloomington
10 publications, 3.08%
University of California, San Diego
8 publications, 2.46%
University of California, Riverside
8 publications, 2.46%
Stanford University
7 publications, 2.15%
University of Arizona
7 publications, 2.15%
Vanderbilt University
7 publications, 2.15%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7 publications, 2.15%
University of Iowa
7 publications, 2.15%
University of South Carolina
7 publications, 2.15%
Columbia University
6 publications, 1.85%
University of Kentucky
6 publications, 1.85%
George Mason University
5 publications, 1.54%
University of Denver
5 publications, 1.54%
University of Texas at San Antonio
5 publications, 1.54%
Texas A&M University
5 publications, 1.54%
University of Connecticut
5 publications, 1.54%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
5 publications, 1.54%
Iowa State University
4 publications, 1.23%
West Virginia University
4 publications, 1.23%
Ohio State University
4 publications, 1.23%
Southern Methodist University
4 publications, 1.23%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 1.23%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4 publications, 1.23%
Simon Fraser University
4 publications, 1.23%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 1.23%
University of Alabama
4 publications, 1.23%
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%
Binghamton University
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, 0.62%
Auburn University
2 publications, 0.62%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.62%
Oregon State University
2 publications, 0.62%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.62%
Northern Arizona University
2 publications, 0.62%
Northern Illinois University
2 publications, 0.62%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.62%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.62%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Texas at Dallas
2 publications, 0.62%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 0.62%
Grand Valley State University
2 publications, 0.62%
University of British Columbia
2 publications, 0.62%
Kansas State University
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Manitoba
2 publications, 0.62%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2 publications, 0.62%
Indiana University School of Medicine
2 publications, 0.62%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 0.62%
Utah State University
2 publications, 0.62%
Old Dominion University
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Oklahoma
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Kansas
2 publications, 0.62%
University at Albany, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.62%
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%
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 publication, 0.31%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.31%
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University of Michigan
12 publications, 8.39%
Florida State University
9 publications, 6.29%
University of California, Los Angeles
9 publications, 6.29%
University of Southern California
8 publications, 5.59%
University of California, San Diego
8 publications, 5.59%
Michigan State University
7 publications, 4.9%
University of Maryland, College Park
6 publications, 4.2%
University of South Carolina
6 publications, 4.2%
Ohio State University
4 publications, 2.8%
Vanderbilt University
4 publications, 2.8%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 2.8%
University of Denver
4 publications, 2.8%
Texas A&M University
4 publications, 2.8%
University of Connecticut
4 publications, 2.8%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 2.1%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 2.1%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 2.1%
Simon Fraser University
3 publications, 2.1%
Miami University
3 publications, 2.1%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 1.4%
Iowa State University
2 publications, 1.4%
Stanford University
2 publications, 1.4%
Boston University
2 publications, 1.4%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 1.4%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 1.4%
George Mason University
2 publications, 1.4%
Oregon State University
2 publications, 1.4%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 1.4%
West Virginia University
2 publications, 1.4%
Northern Arizona University
2 publications, 1.4%
Northern Illinois University
2 publications, 1.4%
San Diego State University
2 publications, 1.4%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 1.4%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Texas at Dallas
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 1.4%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 1.4%
Florida International University
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Florida
2 publications, 1.4%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 1.4%
Indiana University School of Medicine
2 publications, 1.4%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 1.4%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 1.4%
Utah State University
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Utah
2 publications, 1.4%
Old Dominion University
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2 publications, 1.4%
Binghamton University
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Nevada, Reno
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 1.4%
University of Kansas
2 publications, 1.4%
University at Albany, State University of New York
2 publications, 1.4%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.7%
Auburn University
1 publication, 0.7%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.7%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.7%
Grand Valley State University
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.7%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.7%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Texas at San Antonio
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.7%
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USA, 275, 84.62%
USA
275 publications, 84.62%
Canada, 8, 2.46%
Canada
8 publications, 2.46%
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, 109, 76.22%
USA
109 publications, 76.22%
Canada, 3, 2.1%
Canada
3 publications, 2.1%
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