Liz Thomas

3.8k citations
65 papers · 2.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

Impact in

  • Education top 0.5%
    • Higher Education Research Studies
    • Higher Education Practises and Engagement
    • Higher Education and Employability
    • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
    • Education Systems and Policy
    • Higher Education Learning Practices
    • Online and Blended Learning

Papers in

    • Higher Education Research Studies 29
    • Higher Education Practises and Engagement 17
    • Higher Education Learning Practices 14
    • Education Systems and Policy 13
    • Higher Education and Employability 10
    • Evaluation of Teaching Practices 6
    • Higher Education Governance and Development 6
    • Global Educational Policies and Reforms 4

Liz Thomas

61 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Liz Thomas's Hit Papers

Student retention in higher education: the role of institutional habitus 2002 · 643 citations
6430+8+16Years since publication200400600

Peers

Liz Thomas
Comparison fields: 5 of 100
  • Education 1.8k
  • Research and Theory 28
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics 53
  • Computer Science Applications 101
  • Safety Research 151
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Liz Thomas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Student retention in higher education: the role of institutional habitus
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2002643
2 2003206
3 2008194
4
Review of Widening Participation Research: Addressing the Barriers to Participation in Higher Education
2006185
5
First Generation Entry into Higher Education: An International Study
200793
6 200589
7 201778
8
Improving Student Retention in Higher Education: The Role of Teaching and Learning
200761
9
First Generation Entry into Higher Education
200653
10 200152
11 200250
12 201343
13 201142
14
Personal tutoring in higher education
200641
15 201134
16
'Know your epidemic, know your response'
200932
17 201231
18 201425
19 200624
20
From the Margins to the Mainstream: Embedding Widening Participation in Higher Education.
200522

About Liz Thomas

Liz Thomas is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Management Science and Operations Research, having authored 65 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Higher Education Research Studies (29 papers), Higher Education Practises and Engagement (17 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (14 papers), Education Systems and Policy (13 papers), Higher Education and Employability (10 papers), Evaluation of Teaching Practices (6 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (6 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Education (1.8k citations), Research and Theory (28 citations), Human Factors and Ergonomics (53 citations), Computer Science Applications (101 citations) and Safety Research (151 citations). Liz Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Mantz Yorke, Margaret Heagney, Glenda Crosling, Jocey Quinn, Robert G. Jones, Kim Slack, Helen May, Nick Adnett, Stephen Gorard and Emma Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Tertiary Education and Management, Student Success, Journal of Education Policy, Higher Education Quarterly and Teaching in Higher Education.

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