Barbara Comber

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Barbara Comber is a scholar working on Education, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Comber has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Education, 50 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Barbara Comber's work include Literacy, Media, and Education (48 papers), Education Systems and Policy (42 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (22 papers). Barbara Comber is often cited by papers focused on Literacy, Media, and Education (48 papers), Education Systems and Policy (42 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (22 papers). Barbara Comber collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Barbara Comber's co-authors include Barbara Kamler, Helen Nixon, Hilary Janks, Vivian Maria Vasquez, Jo‐Anne Reid, Robert Hattam, Laura Scholes, Kathy Hall, Teresa Cremin and Luis C. Moll and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Australasian Journal of Paramedicine and Journal of Neurotrauma.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Comber

114 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Critical Literacy as a Way of Being and Doing 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150

Peers

Barbara Comber
Comparison fields: 5 of 78
  • Education 1.4k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 739
  • Sociology and Political Science 598
  • Political Science and International Relations 223
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 192
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Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Comber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Comber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Barbara Comber. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Barbara Comber. The network helps show where Barbara Comber may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Comber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara Comber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara Comber 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 Barbara Comber. Barbara Comber 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
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Sensing place: Embodiment, sensoriality, kinesis, and children behind the camera
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Education policy mediation: Principals' work with mandated literacy assessment
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2009 futureSACE School to Work Innovation Program: Literacy & Numeracy Project Final Report
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A National English Curriculum for All Australian Youth: Making It Work for Teachers and Students Everywhere
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River Literacies: Researching in Contradictory Spaces of Cross-Disciplinarity and Normativity.
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Reciprocal mentoring across generations: Sustaining professional development for English teachers
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Three little boys and their literacy trajectories
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The Harry Potter Phenomenon.
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Critiquing whole language and classroom inquiry
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Critical Literacy: Power and Pleasure with Language in the Early Years
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Books for Adolescents: Young Adult Fiction in Australia: Part 1.
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Re-viewing Books for Young Adults: Multiple Perspectives.
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Making community texts objects of study
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Children's questions and requests for help
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