Bob Adamson

3.0k total citations
79 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Bob Adamson is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bob Adamson has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Linguistics and Language, 26 papers in Education and 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Bob Adamson's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (25 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (19 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (15 papers). Bob Adamson is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (25 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (19 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (15 papers). Bob Adamson collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United Kingdom. Bob Adamson's co-authors include Paul Morris, Mark Bray, Anwei Feng, Shaghayegh Shayesteh, Reza Pishghadam, Elizabeth Anne Walker, Rita Berry, Mark Mason, Tammy Kwan and Chris Davison and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Teaching and Teacher Education and Business Horizons.

In The Last Decade

Bob Adamson

70 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bob Adamson Hong Kong	20	586	398	395	391	296	79	1.3k
Mingyue Gu Hong Kong	23	521 0.9×	710 1.8×	669 1.7×	674 1.7×	310 1.0×	98	1.6k
Orhan Ağırdağ Belgium	20	922 1.6×	267 0.7×	244 0.6×	469 1.2×	509 1.7×	81	1.6k
M. Obaidul Hamid Australia	24	614 1.0×	1.0k 2.6×	744 1.9×	781 2.0×	199 0.7×	111	1.9k
Helen Nixon Australia	14	940 1.6×	625 1.6×	252 0.6×	194 0.5×	410 1.4×	42	1.5k
Fred Dervin Finland	20	892 1.5×	443 1.1×	416 1.1×	304 0.8×	402 1.4×	162	1.5k
Yasuko Kanno United States	16	721 1.2×	778 2.0×	790 2.0×	847 2.2×	275 0.9×	33	1.6k
Adam Lefstein Israel	21	1.1k 1.8×	174 0.4×	262 0.7×	146 0.4×	226 0.8×	62	1.4k
A. Lin Goodwin United States	21	1.9k 3.3×	200 0.5×	150 0.4×	213 0.5×	837 2.8×	71	2.3k
David Dwyer United States	7	663 1.1×	690 1.7×	241 0.6×	359 0.9×	329 1.1×	32	1.4k
Terrence G. Wiley United States	16	391 0.7×	554 1.4×	426 1.1×	774 2.0×	184 0.6×	43	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Bob Adamson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bob Adamson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Ping & Bob Adamson. (2025). Language attitudes of ethnic minority secondary school students in Urumqi, China. 27(2). 146–159.

Adamson, Bob. (2018). Education and Society in Post-Mao China. Comparative Education. 54(3). 431–432. 7 indexed citations

Bond, Trevor G., et al.. (2015). Identifying Core Competencies of Infection Control Nurse Specialists in Hong Kong. Clinical Nurse Specialist. 30(1). E1–E9. 10 indexed citations

Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2015). Student Voices in School-based Assessment. The Australian journal of teacher education. 40(40). 17 indexed citations

Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2015). How effective is workplace English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) training? Case studies of corporate programs in the Chinese context. 11(1). 151–184. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Xianhan, Bob Adamson, & John Chi‐Kin Lee. (2014). The move to quality assurance in Chinese higher education: Tensions between policy and practices. London Review of Education. 12(3). 2 indexed citations

Adamson, Bob, Jon Nixon, & Feng Su. (2013). The Reorientation of Higher Education: Challenging the East-West Dichotomy. Hope's Institutional Research Archive (Liverpool Hope University). 22 indexed citations

Adamson, Bob. (2013). Appropriating higher education from neo-liberalism. 15(1). 1–12. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Anwei, et al.. (2013). Classroom observation protocol. 3 indexed citations

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Ko, Po Yuk & Bob Adamson. (2011). Pedagogy and human dignity – the Special Rank Teacher in China since 1978. History of Education. 40(3). 371–389. 2 indexed citations

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Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2010). Making Different Sense of Reform: School Leaders' Perspectives on the New Senior Secondary Curriculum in Hong Kong.. Planning and changing. 41(1). 110–127. 3 indexed citations

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Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2010). Language policies for Hong Kong schools since 1997. London Review of Education. 8(2). 21 indexed citations

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Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2010). Validity and reliability of the proposed core competency for infection control nurses of hospitals in Hong Kong. American Journal of Infection Control. 39(3). e11–e13. 4 indexed citations

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Bray, Mark, Bob Adamson, & Mark Mason. (2010). Différents modèles, différentes priorités, différentes visions. 335–350.

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Adamson, Bob & Anwei Feng. (2008). A comparison of trilingual education policies for ethnic minorities in China. Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 39(3). 321–333. 41 indexed citations

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Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2007). Implementing language policy: Lessons from primary school English. 166–181. 7 indexed citations

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Adamson, Bob & Chris Davison. (2003). Innovation in English Language Teaching in Hong Kong: One Step Forward, Two Steps Sideways?. Health Physics. 28(6). 677–84. 4 indexed citations

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Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2003). The Pedagogy of a Secondary School Teacher of English in the People's Republic of China: Challenging the Stereotypes. Faculty of Education. 1 indexed citations

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Adamson, Bob, et al.. (2000). Changing the Curriculum: The Impact of Reform on Primary Schooling in Hong Kong. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 35 indexed citations

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Lee, John Chi‐Kin, et al.. (1995). Curriculum orientation and perceptions of English language instruction in pre-service teachers. 191–197. 4 indexed citations

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