Bruce Macfarlane

4.4k total citations
109 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Bruce Macfarlane is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Macfarlane has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Education, 36 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 14 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Bruce Macfarlane's work include Higher Education Governance and Development (32 papers), Evaluation of Teaching Practices (31 papers) and Higher Education Practises and Engagement (21 papers). Bruce Macfarlane is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Governance and Development (32 papers), Evaluation of Teaching Practices (31 papers) and Higher Education Practises and Engagement (21 papers). Bruce Macfarlane collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and China. Bruce Macfarlane's co-authors include Jingjing Zhang, Michael Tomlinson, Ming Cheng, Lesley Gourlay, Roger Ottewill, Laurie Lomas, Gwyneth Hughes, Roy Y. Chan, Barbara Grant and Laura J. Spence and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Business Ethics and Studies in Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Macfarlane

105 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce Macfarlane United Kingdom 26 1.4k 698 368 288 287 109 2.6k
Derek Bok United States 23 1.5k 1.1× 694 1.0× 711 1.9× 181 0.6× 270 0.9× 67 3.2k
Svein Kyvik Norway 30 661 0.5× 708 1.0× 419 1.1× 199 0.7× 134 0.5× 82 2.5k
Richard Watermeyer United Kingdom 23 797 0.6× 424 0.6× 364 1.0× 183 0.6× 100 0.3× 70 2.1k
Angela Brew Australia 29 2.7k 2.0× 539 0.8× 265 0.7× 160 0.6× 129 0.4× 64 3.6k
Hugo Horta Hong Kong 32 898 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 350 1.0× 207 0.7× 86 0.3× 123 2.9k
John M. Braxton United States 34 3.1k 2.3× 463 0.7× 496 1.3× 134 0.5× 223 0.8× 160 4.1k
Estela Mara Bensimon United States 25 1.6k 1.2× 493 0.7× 453 1.2× 292 1.0× 78 0.3× 68 2.3k
Edward P. St. John United States 30 3.0k 2.2× 698 1.0× 486 1.3× 138 0.5× 62 0.2× 134 3.8k
Eric L. Dey United States 24 1.8k 1.3× 438 0.6× 899 2.4× 152 0.5× 81 0.3× 41 2.9k
John C. Weidman United States 14 2.1k 1.5× 361 0.5× 384 1.0× 116 0.4× 88 0.3× 54 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Macfarlane

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Macfarlane

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Macfarlane

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Macfarlane. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Macfarlane 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 Bruce Macfarlane. Bruce Macfarlane 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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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2024). The ideology of crisis in higher education. Higher Education Quarterly. 78(4). 5 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce, Richard Bolden, & Richard Watermeyer. (2024). Three perspectives on leadership in higher education: traditionalist, reformist, pragmatist. Higher Education. 88(4). 1381–1402. 8 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2022). The academic sabbatical as a symbol of change in higher education: from rest and recuperation to hyper-performativity. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 45(3). 335–348. 3 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce & Martin G. Erikson. (2020). The right to teach at university: a Humboldtian perspective. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 53(11). 1136–1147. 3 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2019). Reclaiming democratic values in the future university. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1(3). 97–113. 3 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce, et al.. (2017). Legitimation, professionalisation and accountability in higher education studies: an intergenerational story. Studies in Higher Education. 44(3). 459–469. 10 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2016). The performative turn in the assessment of student learning: a rights perspective. Teaching in Higher Education. 21(7). 839–853. 32 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2016). Freedom to learn: the threat to student academic freedom and how it can be reclaimed. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2016). Collegiality and performativity in a competitive academic culture. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 48(2). 31–50. 20 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2014). Student performativity in higher education: converting learning as a private space into a public performance. Higher Education Research & Development. 34(2). 338–350. 89 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2014). Truly ?higher? study demands critical thinking, not faking it. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce, et al.. (2012). Academic integrity: a review of the literature. Studies in Higher Education. 39(2). 339–358. 182 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2012). Intellectual Leadership in Higher Education: Renewing the Role of the University Professor. Research into Higher Education.. 2 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2012). Be here now, or else: lamentable effects of student 'presenteeism'. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2012). I'm an academic and I want to be proud of it. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce & Roy Y. Chan. (2012). The last judgement: exploring intellectual leadership in higher education through academic obituaries. Studies in Higher Education. 39(2). 294–306. 26 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (2003). The scholarship of academic development. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 35(3). 111–113. 118 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce & Roger Ottewill. (2001). Traditions and tensions. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3–15. 1 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (1996). Reflections on business ethics. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 4(4). 171–174. 3 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Bruce. (1992). The ‘Thatcherite’ Generation and University Degree Results. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 16(2). 60–70. 19 indexed citations

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