Alex Usher

830 total citations
39 papers, 465 citations indexed

About

Alex Usher is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Usher has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 465 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Alex Usher's work include Higher Education Governance and Development (9 papers), Education Systems and Policy (9 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (4 papers). Alex Usher is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Governance and Development (9 papers), Education Systems and Policy (9 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (4 papers). Alex Usher collaborates with scholars based in India and Canada. Alex Usher's co-authors include Torben Drewes, Ross Finnie, Marguerite Clarke, Kim Steele and Janet Ilieva and has published in prestigious journals such as Canadian Public Policy, Nurse Educator and Higher Education in Europe.

In The Last Decade

Alex Usher

32 papers receiving 356 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Usher India 12 272 226 69 49 36 39 465
Leon Cremonini Netherlands 11 238 0.9× 198 0.9× 40 0.6× 33 0.7× 28 0.8× 39 473
William Zumeta United States 13 254 0.9× 202 0.9× 55 0.8× 72 1.5× 20 0.6× 42 465
Fiona Wood Australia 11 165 0.6× 190 0.8× 46 0.7× 33 0.7× 38 1.1× 19 401
Dominic Orr Germany 12 211 0.8× 143 0.6× 67 1.0× 33 0.7× 16 0.4× 25 475
Sandra Harley United Kingdom 6 134 0.5× 158 0.7× 67 1.0× 47 1.0× 39 1.1× 6 427
Jussi Kivistö Finland 14 177 0.7× 259 1.1× 40 0.6× 44 0.9× 34 0.9× 43 518
Johan J. Vossensteyn Netherlands 10 178 0.7× 154 0.7× 37 0.5× 37 0.8× 12 0.3× 53 322
Ingvild Marheim Larsen Norway 8 190 0.7× 343 1.5× 44 0.6× 24 0.5× 51 1.4× 20 518
Lynn Meek Australia 11 296 1.1× 297 1.3× 56 0.8× 17 0.3× 11 0.3× 18 548
Orlanda Tavares Portugal 17 378 1.4× 321 1.4× 69 1.0× 44 0.9× 21 0.6× 46 655

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Usher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Usher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Usher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Usher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Usher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Usher. Alex Usher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Usher, Alex. (2019). Has President Trump Scared Away All the Foreign Students? the Facts Behind Fears of a Higher-Education Revenue Recession. Education next. 19(4). 40–46. 3 indexed citations
2.
Usher, Alex, et al.. (2019). International Perspectives in Higher Education: Balancing Access, Equity, and Cost.. 4 indexed citations
3.
Usher, Alex. (2016). Funding World-Class Universities. International Higher Education. 18–20. 2 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex, et al.. (2015). Tuition Fees and Student Financial Assistance: 2010 Global Year. International Higher Education.
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Usher, Alex. (2009). University Rankings 2.0: New Frontiers in Institutional Comparisons.. Australian universities' review. 51(2). 87–90. 8 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex, et al.. (2009). On the Brink: How the Recession of 2009 Will Affect Post-Secondary Education. Canadian Higher Education Report Series.. 4 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex, et al.. (2008). Student Mobility & Credit Transfer: A National and Global Survey.. 17 indexed citations
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Finnie, Ross & Alex Usher. (2007). Room at the Top: Strategies for Increasing the Number of Graduate Students in Canada. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary. 13 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex, et al.. (2006). A World of Difference: A Global Survey of University League Tables. Canadian Education Report Series.. 57 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex. (2006). Grants for Students: What They Do, Why They Work. Canadian Education Report Series.. 5 indexed citations
11.
Usher, Alex, et al.. (2005). Global Higher Education Rankings: Affordability and Accessibility in Comparative Perspective, 2005.. 17(1). 41–4. 18 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex, et al.. (2005). The College-University Divide: Access Issues in Post-Secondary Education.. Education Canada. 45(4). 55–58.
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Finnie, Ross & Alex Usher. (2005). Measuring the Quality of Post-secondary Education: Concepts, Current Practices and a Strategic Plan. 26 indexed citations
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Finnie, Ross & Alex Usher. (2005). The Canadian Experiment in Cost-Sharing and its Effects on Access to Higher Education, 1990-2002 (Working Paper 39). QSpace (Queen's University Library). 3 indexed citations
16.
Usher, Alex. (2005). A Little Knowledge is A Dangerous Thing: How Perceptions of Costs and Benefits Affect Access to Education.. 30 indexed citations
17.
Usher, Alex. (2005). Much Ado about a Very Small Idea: Straight Talk on Income-Contingent Loans. Canadian Higher Education Report Series.. 3 indexed citations
18.
Usher, Alex. (2004). I Love You, Brad, But You Reduce My Student Loan Eligibility: The Perils of Marriage in Canadian Student Assistance Programs.. 1 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex. (2004). Who Gets What? The Distribution of Government Subsidies for Post-Secondary Education in Canada. Canadian Higher Education Report Series.. 1 indexed citations
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Usher, Alex, et al.. (2004). The More Things Change: Undergraduate Student Living Standards after 40 Years of the Canada Student Loans Program.. 2 indexed citations

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