H. S. Bhola

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

H. S. Bhola is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, H. S. Bhola has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Education, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in H. S. Bhola's work include Education Systems and Policy (29 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (13 papers) and Higher Education Learning Practices (8 papers). H. S. Bhola is often cited by papers focused on Education Systems and Policy (29 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (13 papers) and Higher Education Learning Practices (8 papers). H. S. Bhola collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. H. S. Bhola's co-authors include Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Pete Smith, Karen Mundy, Donald Spivey, Kazuo Kuroda and Katarina Tomaševski and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Public Opinion Quarterly and Evaluation and Program Planning.

In The Last Decade

H. S. Bhola

73 papers receiving 843 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

1987 675 citations H. S. Bhola et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. S. Bhola United States	12	446	347	252	192	144	91	1.1k
Jidlaph G. Kamoche	3	400 0.9×	508 1.5×	213 0.8×	377 2.0×	255 1.8×	5	1.4k
Ali Rattansi United Kingdom	13	303 0.7×	917 2.6×	230 0.9×	80 0.4×	75 0.5×	28	1.4k
Laura M. Ahearn United States	10	292 0.7×	467 1.3×	156 0.6×	320 1.7×	342 2.4×	11	1.5k
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o United States	19	447 1.0×	751 2.2×	276 1.1×	786 4.1×	218 1.5×	70	2.0k
Richard Kiely United Kingdom	22	823 1.8×	442 1.3×	202 0.8×	269 1.4×	107 0.7×	67	1.6k
Jean Franco United States	13	151 0.3×	656 1.9×	240 1.0×	396 2.1×	43 0.3×	105	1.5k
Francesco Cordasco United States	13	395 0.9×	351 1.0×	68 0.3×	121 0.6×	149 1.0×	88	986
Elizabeth Frazer United Kingdom	20	205 0.5×	615 1.8×	391 1.6×	128 0.7×	59 0.4×	61	1.3k
Ilana Gershon United States	15	93 0.2×	537 1.5×	152 0.6×	97 0.5×	102 0.7×	58	1.1k
Carl F. Kaestle United States	20	834 1.9×	458 1.3×	253 1.0×	98 0.5×	31 0.2×	59	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. S. Bhola

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All Works

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Bhola, H. S.. (2000). A Discourse on Impact Evaluation. Evaluation. 6(2). 161–177. 17 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1998). Program evaluation for program renewal: A study of the national literacy program in Namibia (NLPN). Studies In Educational Evaluation. 24(4). 303–330. 2 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1996). Family, Literacy, Development and Culture: Interconnections, Reconstructions.. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 29(1). 34–45. 3 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1994). Adult Literacy for Development in Ethiopia: A Review of Policy and Performance at Midpoint. 16. 192–214. 1 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1994). Women's Literacy: A Curriculum of Assertion, Resistance, and Accommodation?.. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 27. 41–50. 2 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1989). Tendances et perspectives mondiales de l'education des adultes. UNESCO eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1989). World trends and issues in adult education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 18 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1988). The Politics of Adult Literacy Promotion: An International Perspective.. The Journal of Reading. 31(7). 4 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1988). Mediating between Policy and Pedagogy: A Model of Multicultural Education.. Educational Horizons. 66(3). 3 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1988). A Policy Analysis of Adult Literacy Education in India: Across the Two National Policy Reviews of 1968 and 1986.. 4 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1987). Destined for Literacy.. Educational Horizons. 66(1). 9–12. 1 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1982). Planning Change in Education and Development: The CLER Model in the Context of a Mega Model.. 58(4). 1–35. 6 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1981). Why Literacy Can't Wait: Issues for the 1980s.. 14(1). 6–23. 8 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1980). The Elusive Goal of World Literacy.. 86–95.

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Bhola, H. S.. (1975). A Policy Analysis of Nonformal Education: The Case of Bolivia.. 42(5). 272, 303–272, 303. 1 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S., et al.. (1974). Research in Diffusion of Educational Innovations: A Report with an Agenda.. 50(3). 1 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1974). The Design of (Educational) Policy: Directing and Harnessing Social Power for Social Outcomes.. 4 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1973). Making Evaluation Operational in Functional Literacy Programs.. 1 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1971). Limitations and Possibilities of Educational Diplomacy--A Theoretical Framework.. 1 indexed citations

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Bhola, H. S.. (1965). A theory of innovation diffusion and its application to Indian education and community development. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 1 indexed citations

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