Leonel Lim

532 total citations
18 papers, 313 citations indexed

About

Leonel Lim is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonel Lim has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 313 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Education and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Leonel Lim's work include Global Education and Multiculturalism (12 papers), Socioeconomic Development in Asia (12 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (8 papers). Leonel Lim is often cited by papers focused on Global Education and Multiculturalism (12 papers), Socioeconomic Development in Asia (12 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (8 papers). Leonel Lim collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and Australia. Leonel Lim's co-authors include Michael W. Apple, Eisuke Saito and Tang T. Heng and has published in prestigious journals such as Teaching and Teacher Education, Journal of Education Policy and Journal of Curriculum Studies.

In The Last Decade

Leonel Lim

18 papers receiving 280 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonel Lim Singapore 11 215 174 103 49 16 18 313
Mark Evans Canada 5 343 1.6× 176 1.0× 101 1.0× 76 1.6× 8 0.5× 8 386
Marina Muniz Rossa Nunes Brazil 5 427 2.0× 225 1.3× 135 1.3× 53 1.1× 27 1.7× 12 501
Kristan A. Morrison United States 6 315 1.5× 157 0.9× 34 0.3× 10 0.2× 8 0.5× 11 358
Hillary Parkhouse United States 9 303 1.4× 143 0.8× 35 0.3× 26 0.5× 12 0.8× 31 342
Elba Siqueira de Sá Barretto Brazil 10 259 1.2× 104 0.6× 95 0.9× 35 0.7× 8 0.5× 36 304
Nesta Devine New Zealand 8 110 0.5× 81 0.5× 37 0.4× 11 0.2× 23 1.4× 47 206
Belmira Oliveira Bueno Brazil 9 168 0.8× 72 0.4× 33 0.3× 44 0.9× 11 0.7× 36 238
Lydiah Nganga United States 10 232 1.1× 114 0.7× 30 0.3× 31 0.6× 6 0.4× 31 280
Harriet Zilliacus Finland 10 247 1.1× 115 0.7× 43 0.4× 15 0.3× 9 0.6× 19 313
José Carlos Libâneo Brazil 8 266 1.2× 156 0.9× 62 0.6× 14 0.3× 12 0.8× 28 301

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leonel Lim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonel Lim

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Heng, Tang T. & Leonel Lim. (2021). Diversity, difference, equity: how student differences are socially constructed in Singapore. Cambridge Journal of Education. 51(6). 693–712. 5 indexed citations
2.
Lim, Leonel, et al.. (2020). Seeing families as policy actors: exploring higher-order thinking reforms in Singapore through low-income families’ perspectives. Journal of Education Policy. 37(2). 205–225. 7 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel & Michael W. Apple. (2018). The politics of curriculum reforms in Asia: Inter-referencing discourses of power, culture and knowledge. Curriculum Inquiry. 48(2). 139–148. 19 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel, et al.. (2018). Culturally relevant pedagogy: Developing principles of description and analysis. Teaching and Teacher Education. 77. 43–52. 29 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel, et al.. (2018). Culture, pedagogy and equity in a meritocratic education system: Teachers’ work and the politics of culture in Singapore. Curriculum Inquiry. 48(2). 184–202. 5 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel, et al.. (2018). Meritocracy, policy and pedagogy: culture and the politics of recognition and redistribution in Singapore. Critical Studies in Education. 61(3). 279–295. 16 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2017). Regulating the unthinkable: Bernstein’s pedagogic device and the paradox of control. International Studies in Sociology of Education. 26(4). 353–374. 5 indexed citations
8.
Lim, Leonel. (2016). Globalization, the strong state and education policy: the politics of policy in Asia. Journal of Education Policy. 31(6). 711–726. 37 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel & Michael W. Apple. (2015). Elite rationalities and curricular form: “Meritorious” class reproduction in the elite thinking curriculum in Singapore. Curriculum Inquiry. 45(5). 472–490. 13 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2015). Knowledge, Control and Critical Thinking in Singapore. 9 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2015). Analysing meritocratic (in)equality in Singapore: ideology, curriculum and reproduction. Critical Studies in Education. 57(2). 160–174. 10 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2014). Critical thinking and the anti-liberal state: the politics of pedagogic recontextualization in Singapore. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 35(5). 692–704. 21 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2014). Critical thinking, social education and the curriculum: foregrounding a social and relational epistemology. The Curriculum Journal. 26(1). 4–23. 31 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2012). Ideology, rationality and reproduction in education: a critical discourse analysis. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 35(1). 61–76. 20 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2012). Ideology, class and rationality: a critique of Cambridge International Examinations’Thinking Skillscurriculum. Cambridge Journal of Education. 42(4). 481–495. 6 indexed citations
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Lim, Leonel. (2012). Meritocracy, elitism, and egalitarianism: a preliminary and provisional assessment of Singapore's primary education review. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 33(1). 1–14. 38 indexed citations

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