James Tooley

1.9k total citations
105 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

James Tooley is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, James Tooley has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Education, 30 papers in Safety Research and 25 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in James Tooley's work include School Choice and Performance (33 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (30 papers) and Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (25 papers). James Tooley is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (33 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (30 papers) and Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (25 papers). James Tooley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. James Tooley's co-authors include Pauline Dixon, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Sugata Mitra, Ian Schagen, Yong Bao, John Merrifield, Fay Smith, Frank Hardman, Barrie Craven and Paul W. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Educational Studies, International Journal of Educational Research and British Journal of Sociology of Education.

In The Last Decade

James Tooley

92 papers receiving 938 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Tooley United Kingdom 19 840 495 366 327 239 105 1.2k
Steven J. Klees United States 15 496 0.6× 133 0.3× 127 0.3× 360 1.1× 260 1.1× 52 858
Leanna Stiefel United States 22 1.0k 1.2× 136 0.3× 79 0.2× 135 0.4× 420 1.8× 117 1.4k
Alejandra Mizala Chile 15 742 0.9× 216 0.4× 58 0.2× 138 0.4× 166 0.7× 55 1.0k
Jane Hannaway United States 22 1.1k 1.3× 101 0.2× 84 0.2× 158 0.5× 245 1.0× 55 1.4k
Krista Jenkins United States 11 358 0.4× 238 0.5× 53 0.1× 277 0.8× 622 2.6× 15 1.1k
Marvin A. Titus United States 13 1.2k 1.5× 166 0.3× 157 0.4× 190 0.6× 392 1.6× 24 1.5k
Huriya Jabbar United States 18 822 1.0× 63 0.1× 72 0.2× 195 0.6× 323 1.4× 52 1.1k
Aimee Chin United States 12 272 0.3× 148 0.3× 195 0.5× 73 0.2× 862 3.6× 23 1.3k
Simon Wiederhold Germany 15 330 0.4× 83 0.2× 108 0.3× 86 0.3× 272 1.1× 53 913
Eugenia Froedge Toma United States 19 616 0.7× 59 0.1× 85 0.2× 160 0.5× 189 0.8× 46 948

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tooley, James. (2024). An experiment in market‐led higher education: The case of the Buckingham ‘licence’. Economic Affairs. 44(1). 160–168.
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Tooley, James. (2023). A life in low-cost private education. International Journal of Educational Development. 103. 102908–102908. 2 indexed citations
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Tooley, James, et al.. (2020). Private schools for the poor as a disruptive educational innovation. An interview with Professor James Tooley.. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching. 3(2). 3 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (2018). A chain of low-cost private schools for England. 34(2). 13. 1 indexed citations
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Tooley, James, et al.. (2015). The Role and Impact of Private Schools in Developing Countries: A response to the DFID-commissioned "Rigorous Literature Review". 16 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (2013). Challenging educational injustice: ‘Grassroots’ privatisation in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Oxford Review of Education. 39(4). 446–463. 21 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (2012). Big Questions and ??Poor Economics??: Banerjee and Duflo on Schooling in Developing Countries. Econ journal watch. 9(3). 170–185. 2 indexed citations
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Dixon, Pauline & James Tooley. (2012). A Case Study of Private Schools in Kibera. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 40(6). 690–706. 23 indexed citations
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Tooley, James, et al.. (2009). The relative quality and cost-effectiveness of private and public schools for low-income families: a case study in a developing country. School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 21(2). 117–144. 32 indexed citations
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Schagen, Ian, et al.. (2007). Analysis of International Data on the Impact of Private Schooling--Hyderabad, India.. 3 indexed citations
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Tooley, James & Pauline Dixon. (2006). De facto’ privatisation of education and the poor: implications of a study from sub‐Saharan Africa and India. Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 36(4). 443–462. 99 indexed citations
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Smith, Fay, Frank Hardman, & James Tooley. (2005). Classroom interaction in private schools serving low-income families in Hyderabad, India. International education journal. 6(5). 607–618. 12 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (2005). 'Aluta Continua' (the Struggle Continues): Rejoinder to Watkins. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (2005). Private Schools for the Poor: Education Where No One Expects It. Education next. 5(4). 22–32. 15 indexed citations
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Tooley, James & Pauline Dixon. (2005). Private Education is Good for the Poor - a study of private schools serving the poor in low-income countries. 61 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (2004). PRIVATE EDUCATION AND ‘EDUCATION FOR ALL’. Economic Affairs. 24(4). 4–7. 2 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sugata, et al.. (2003). Improving English Pronunciation: An Automated Instructional Approach. Information Technologies and International Development. 1(1). 75–84. 45 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (1999). The Global Education Industry: Lessons from Private Education in Developing Countries. IEA Studies in Education.. 50. 1200–1200. 2 indexed citations
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Tooley, James. (1995). Disestablishing the School: De-Bunking Justifications for State Intervention in Education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations

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