Hamish Coates

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
184 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Hamish Coates is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hamish Coates has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Education, 37 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Hamish Coates's work include Education Systems and Policy (37 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (34 papers) and Higher Education Learning Practices (30 papers). Hamish Coates is often cited by papers focused on Education Systems and Policy (37 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (34 papers) and Higher Education Learning Practices (30 papers). Hamish Coates collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Hamish Coates's co-authors include Kerri‐Lee Krause, Richard James, Gabrielle Baldwin, Leo Goedegebuure, Daniel Edwards, Mollie Dollinger, Jason M. Lodge, Geoff Scott, Craig McInnis and Michelle Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Psychosomatic Medicine and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Hamish Coates

168 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Students’ engagement in first‐year university

2008 727 citations Hamish Coates et al. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education profile →
The value of student engagement for higher education quality assurance

2005 406 citations Hamish Coates profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hamish Coates Australia	31	3.6k	672	615	503	424	184	5.0k
Mantz Yorke United Kingdom	38	5.4k 1.5×	764 1.1×	265 0.4×	364 0.7×	379 0.9×	140	6.5k
Keith Trigwell Australia	40	8.0k 2.2×	605 0.9×	524 0.9×	1.5k 3.0×	841 2.0×	66	9.4k
Stephen Brookfield United States	34	4.8k 1.3×	443 0.7×	180 0.3×	897 1.8×	539 1.3×	130	6.9k
Tara Fenwick Canada	42	2.5k 0.7×	563 0.8×	217 0.4×	337 0.7×	318 0.8×	157	5.5k
Ray Land United Kingdom	18	2.6k 0.7×	252 0.4×	302 0.5×	607 1.2×	170 0.4×	47	4.0k
Michael Prosser Australia	47	8.6k 2.4×	617 0.9×	519 0.8×	1.8k 3.5×	758 1.8×	102	10.0k
Zelda F. Gamson United States	19	3.2k 0.9×	339 0.5×	376 0.6×	589 1.2×	442 1.0×	59	4.3k
Arthur W. Chickering United States	20	5.3k 1.5×	513 0.8×	422 0.7×	1.0k 2.1×	1.2k 2.8×	82	7.4k
Alberto F. Cabrera United States	36	5.0k 1.4×	580 0.9×	197 0.3×	250 0.5×	1.1k 2.7×	91	6.0k
Bart Rienties United Kingdom	45	3.6k 1.0×	359 0.5×	2.5k 4.0×	1.3k 2.5×	511 1.2×	198	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hamish Coates

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Guo, Fei, et al.. (2025). Whether and When Could Generative AI Improve College Student Learning Engagement?. Behavioral Sciences. 15(8). 1011–1011.

Coates, Hamish, et al.. (2024). International education hubs: A comparative study of China's Greater Bay Area and established hubs. Higher Education Quarterly. 78(4).

Hao, Jie, et al.. (2023). Articulating prototypical entrepreneurs in China: Implicit entrepreneurship theory. 1.

Coates, Hamish, et al.. (2023). Undergraduate research and students’ learning outcomes: digging into different disciplinary contexts. Higher Education Research & Development. 43(2). 332–348. 1 indexed citations

Hazelkorn, Ellen, William Locke, Hamish Coates, & Hans de Wit. (2022). Unprecedented challenges to higher education systems and academic collaboration. 6(2). 125–127. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Fei, et al.. (2022). Contributions to the field of student engagement and success. Higher Education Research & Development. 41(1). 62–74. 7 indexed citations

Ross, Pauline M., Elliot Scanes, Philip Poronnik, Hamish Coates, & William Locke. (2022). Understanding STEM academics’ responses and resilience to educational reform of academic roles in higher education. International Journal of STEM Education. 9(1). 11–11. 23 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2020). Ensuring the Sustainability of University Learning: Case Study of a Leading Chinese University. Sustainability. 12(17). 6929–6929. 14 indexed citations

Coates, Hamish, et al.. (2019). Measuring International Higher Education Productivity: Lessons from nine countries in Asia. 16. 69–84. 1 indexed citations

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Dollinger, Mollie, et al.. (2016). New Directions for Quality Assurance: Transparent Outcomes for Industry Collaboration, Research Training and Student Success. 10(1). 31–51. 4 indexed citations

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Mahat, Marian & Hamish Coates. (2016). Strategic positioning of medical schools: An Australian perspective. Medical Teacher. 38(11). 1166–1171. 2 indexed citations

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Coates, Hamish. (2015). Higher Education Learning Outcomes Assessment. Peter Lang D eBooks. 24 indexed citations

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Coates, Hamish & Alexander C. McCormick. (2014). Engaging university students : international insights from system-wide studies. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 29 indexed citations

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Coates, Hamish. (2014). Students' early departure intentions and the mitigating role of support. Australian universities' review. 56(2). 20–29. 17 indexed citations

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Coates, Hamish, et al.. (2010). Engaging international students in Australian tertiary education : linking leadership with learning. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

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Goedegebuure, Leo, et al.. (2009). Diversity in Australian higher education: an empirical analysis. Australian universities' review. 51(2). 49–61. 6 indexed citations

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Scott, Geoff, Hamish Coates, & Michelle Anderson. (2008). Learning leaders in times of change: Academic leadership capabilities for Australian higher education. ACEReSearch (Australian Council for Educational Research). 141 indexed citations

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Coates, Hamish. (2007). A model of online and general campus‐based student engagement. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 32(2). 121–141. 300 indexed citations

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White, Victoria, Dallas R. English, Hamish Coates, et al.. (2007). Is Cancer Risk Associated With Anger Control and Negative Affect? Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. 69(7). 667–674. 23 indexed citations

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Coates, Hamish. (2005). Leveraging LMSs to Enhance Campus-Based Student Engagement. The EDUCAUSE quarterly/EDUCAUSE quarterly. 28(1). 66–68. 19 indexed citations

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