Brendan Cantwell

2.3k total citations
46 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Brendan Cantwell is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Education and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Brendan Cantwell has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 21 papers in Education and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Brendan Cantwell's work include Higher Education Governance and Development (33 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers) and Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions (10 papers). Brendan Cantwell is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Governance and Development (33 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers) and Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions (10 papers). Brendan Cantwell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Greece. Brendan Cantwell's co-authors include Barrett J. Taylor, Sheila Slaughter, Jenny J. Lee, Olivia Wood, Ilkka Kauppinen, Jelena Branković, George S. McClellan, George McClellan, Nathan Johnson and Simon Marginson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education and Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Brendan Cantwell

43 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Brendan Cantwell
Lisa Lucas United Kingdom
Brian Pusser United States
Celia Whitchurch United Kingdom
Vicki J. Rosser United States
Jack H. Schuster United States
Rajani Naidoo United Kingdom
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brendan Cantwell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brendan Cantwell 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 Brendan Cantwell. Brendan Cantwell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Byrd, W. Carson, et al.. (2024). But is it Elite? Organizational Status, Boundaries, and Crafting Elite and Flagship Universities. Review of higher education/˜The œreview of higher education. 48(2). 201–238.
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Taylor, Barrett J. & Brendan Cantwell. (2023). Conceptualizing State Re-Engagement With Public Higher Education. Educational Policy. 38(5). 1200–1228.
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Cantwell, Brendan, et al.. (2022). Intra-regional mobility of PhD students in the European Union: the outcomes of region-making policy?. ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University). 6(2). 230–251. 9 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan, Jennifer Case, & Simon Marginson. (2022). 50 years of Higher Education: a critical reflection and thoughts on an evolving agenda. Higher Education. 84(6). 1169–1181. 3 indexed citations
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Branković, Jelena & Brendan Cantwell. (2022). Making sense of change in higher education research: exploring the intersection of science and policy. Higher Education. 84(6). 1207–1226. 6 indexed citations
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Taylor, Barrett J., et al.. (2020). Partisanship, White Racial Resentment, and State Support for Higher Education. The Journal of Higher Education. 91(6). 858–887. 29 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan & Barrett J. Taylor. (2020). Political Rancor and Educational Inequality: Why Building Consensus Is Necessary to Renew American Higher Education. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 52(3). 68–72. 2 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan, et al.. (2018). International Graduate Student Labor as Mergers and Acquisitions. Journal of International Students. 8(4). 6 indexed citations
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Taylor, Barrett J. & Brendan Cantwell. (2018). Unequal Higher Education in the United States: Growing Participation and Shrinking Opportunities. Social Sciences. 7(9). 167–167. 9 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan, et al.. (2018). International Graduate Student Labor As Mergers And Acquisitions. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan & Barrett J. Taylor. (2015). Rise of the Science and Engineering Postdoctorate and the Restructuring of Academic Research. The Journal of Higher Education. 86(5). 667–696. 14 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan. (2015). Postdocs and the Internationalization of Academic Labor. International Higher Education. 17–19. 4 indexed citations
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Taylor, Barrett J. & Brendan Cantwell. (2014). Global Competition, US Research Universities, and International Doctoral Education: Growth and Consolidation of an Organizational Field. Research in Higher Education. 56(5). 411–441. 43 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan, et al.. (2012). Expanding Research Capacity at United States Universities: a Study of Academic Research and Development Investment from 1990–2005. Higher Education Quarterly. 66(3). 308–330. 4 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan. (2012). Assessing the public university. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 34(1). 152–161. 3 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan, et al.. (2012). Comparing the frequency of GP mental health diagnoses between rural and urban communities. 1 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan. (2011). Academic in-sourcing: international postdoctoral employment and new modes of academic production. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 33(2). 101–114. 44 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan, et al.. (2009). Four stories: confronting contemporary ideas about globalisation and internationalisation in higher education. Globalisation Societies and Education. 7(3). 289–306. 65 indexed citations
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Cantwell, Brendan, et al.. (2008). Caught on the Mexican–US border: the insecurity and desire of collaboration between two universities. Comparative Education. 44(3). 317–331. 9 indexed citations

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