David Hursh

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Hursh is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Hursh has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Education, 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Hursh's work include Global Educational Policies and Reforms (19 papers), Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (10 papers) and School Choice and Performance (7 papers). David Hursh is often cited by papers focused on Global Educational Policies and Reforms (19 papers), Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (10 papers) and School Choice and Performance (7 papers). David Hursh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. David Hursh's co-authors include Joseph A. Henderson, David Greenwood, Pauline Lipman, Andrew Wall, Camille A. Martina, Steven Lewis, Fred Inglis, Dina G. Markowitz, Kalervo Ν. Gulson and Keita Takayama and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Educational Research Journal and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

David Hursh

41 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Assessing No Child Left Behind and the Rise of Neoliberal... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Assessing No Child Left Behind and the Rise of Neoliberal Education Policies
    2007 380 citations David Hursh American Educational Research Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Hursh United States 14 952 537 394 147 104 42 1.3k
Marie Brennan Australia 19 987 1.0× 649 1.2× 397 1.0× 33 0.2× 33 0.3× 55 1.5k
Aaron Benavot United States 20 912 1.0× 619 1.2× 561 1.4× 88 0.6× 42 0.4× 55 1.5k
Jan Masschelein Belgium 21 988 1.0× 636 1.2× 534 1.4× 64 0.4× 21 0.2× 152 1.8k
Jeremy Rappleye Japan 22 794 0.8× 434 0.8× 628 1.6× 95 0.6× 25 0.2× 58 1.2k
Iveta Silova United States 21 757 0.8× 457 0.9× 605 1.5× 85 0.6× 24 0.2× 73 1.3k
Moaçir Gadotti Brazil 15 736 0.8× 361 0.7× 130 0.3× 277 1.9× 71 0.7× 103 1.1k
Gustavo E. Fischman United States 18 582 0.6× 344 0.6× 211 0.5× 16 0.1× 64 0.6× 89 1.0k
Richard Bowe United Kingdom 11 1.8k 1.9× 896 1.7× 695 1.8× 26 0.2× 111 1.1× 17 2.3k
Sarah Amsler United Kingdom 17 392 0.4× 356 0.7× 315 0.8× 73 0.5× 19 0.2× 45 880
John Saltmarsh United States 18 763 0.8× 251 0.5× 118 0.3× 33 0.2× 26 0.3× 54 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David Hursh

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Hursh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Hursh

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

All Works

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Keddie, Amanda, Jill Blackmore, Ruth Boyask, et al.. (2022). What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education?. The Australian Educational Researcher. 50(5). 1571–1597. 6 indexed citations
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Rowe, Emma, Christopher Lubienski, Andrew Skourdoumbis, Jessica Gerrard, & David Hursh. (2019). Templates, typologies and typifications: neoliberalism as keyword. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 40(2). 150–161. 13 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2019). Neoliberalism and the Control of Teachers, Students, and Learning. Open Collections. 7. 9 indexed citations
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Takayama, Keita, Steven Lewis, Kalervo Ν. Gulson, & David Hursh. (2016). Putting 'Fast Policy' in dialogue with the policy borrowing and lending scholarship in comparative education. 1–25. 7 indexed citations
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Takayama, Keita, Steven Lewis, Kalervo Ν. Gulson, & David Hursh. (2016). Fast policy: experimental statecraft at the thresholds of neoliberalism. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 38(2). 292–316. 8 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2015). The End of Public Schools. 26 indexed citations
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Wall, Andrew, et al.. (2014). Assessment for Whom: Repositioning Higher Education Assessment as an Ethical and Value-Focused Social Practice.. 9. 5–17. 22 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2014). Sue Noffke, action research, and democracy. Educational Action Research. 22(4). 466–468. 3 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2011). A Review of “Analyzing Education Policy During Neoliberal Times”. Educational Studies. 47(2). 198–207. 2 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2011). Explaining Obama: The Continuation of Free Market Politics in Education and the Economy. 4(1). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Hursh, David & Joseph A. Henderson. (2011). Contesting global neoliberalism and creating alternative futures. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 32(2). 171–185. 100 indexed citations
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Martina, Camille A., David Hursh, & Dina G. Markowitz. (2009). Contradictions in educational policy: implementing integrated problem‐based environmental health curriculum in a high stakes environment. Environmental Education Research. 15(3). 279–297. 12 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2008). High-Stakes Testing and the Decline of Teaching and Learning: The Real Crisis in Education. Critical Education Policy and Politics #1.. 48 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2008). High-Stakes Testing and the Decline of Teaching and Learning. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks.
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Hursh, David. (2007). Assessing No Child Left Behind and the Rise of Neoliberal Education Policies. American Educational Research Journal. 44(3). 493–518. 380 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hursh, David. (2007). Introduction. Policy Futures in Education. 5(2). 115–118. 3 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2003). Imagining the Future: Growing Up Working Class; Teaching in the University.. Educational foundations. 17(3). 55–68. 1 indexed citations
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Hursh, David. (2001). Social Studies within the Neo-Liberal State. Theory & Research in Social Education. 29(2). 349–356. 9 indexed citations
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Hursh, David, et al.. (1996). From Miriam's living room to the Genesee valley collaborative: Working together for reform. Theory Into Practice. 35(3). 179–186. 2 indexed citations

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