Malcolm Tight

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Malcolm Tight is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm Tight has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Education, 61 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Malcolm Tight's work include Higher Education Governance and Development (50 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (27 papers) and Evaluation of Teaching Practices (21 papers). Malcolm Tight is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Governance and Development (50 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (27 papers) and Evaluation of Teaching Practices (21 papers). Malcolm Tight collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Zimbabwe. Malcolm Tight's co-authors include Christina Hughes, Loraine Blaxter, Robert L. Bell, Paul H. Taylor, Liz Thomas, Kate Dodd, Tom O’Donoghue, Lesley Vidovich, Gerlese S. Åkerlind and Tom Schuller and has published in prestigious journals such as Studies in Higher Education, Higher Education and British Journal of Educational Studies.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm Tight

141 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Student retention and engagement in higher education

2019 167 citations Malcolm Tight Journal of Further and Higher Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Malcolm Tight United Kingdom	37	2.3k	1.2k	595	308	273	150	3.9k
Lee Harvey United Kingdom	31	3.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	311 0.5×	836 2.7×	205 0.8×	81	4.8k
Ronald Barnett United Kingdom	35	4.7k 2.1×	1.7k 1.4×	909 1.5×	483 1.6×	477 1.7×	132	6.9k
Mantz Yorke United Kingdom	38	5.4k 2.4×	764 0.6×	323 0.5×	612 2.0×	157 0.6×	140	6.5k
Hamish Coates Australia	31	3.6k 1.6×	672 0.5×	379 0.6×	300 1.0×	238 0.9×	184	5.0k
Richard Edwards United Kingdom	27	1.8k 0.8×	835 0.7×	1.6k 2.7×	544 1.8×	515 1.9×	73	4.6k
Bjørn Stensaker Norway	36	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	217 0.4×	579 1.9×	131 0.5×	155	3.5k
Adrianna Kezar United States	45	4.0k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	769 1.3×	860 2.8×	464 1.7×	284	6.4k
Lawrence Poston United States	6	3.0k 1.3×	586 0.5×	462 0.8×	278 0.9×	568 2.1×	37	4.8k
John C. Smart United States	39	3.7k 1.6×	876 0.7×	784 1.3×	467 1.5×	314 1.2×	140	5.6k
Steven Brint United States	28	1.3k 0.6×	896 0.7×	1.2k 2.0×	494 1.6×	233 0.9×	97	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Malcolm Tight

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Fields of papers citing papers by Malcolm Tight

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malcolm Tight

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Tight, Malcolm. (2023). Reflection: an assessment and critique of a pervasive trend in higher education. European Journal of Higher Education. 14(2). 324–342. 9 indexed citations

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Blair, Alasdair, Darrell J. R. Evans, Christina Hughes, & Malcolm Tight. (2022). International Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education. 1 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2019). Student retention and engagement in higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 44(5). 689–704. 167 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tight, Malcolm. (2016). Examining the research/teaching nexus. European Journal of Higher Education. 6(4). 293–311. 108 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2014). Theory development and application in higher education research: the case of academic drift. Journal of Educational Administration & History. 47(1). 84–99. 46 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2013). Discipline and methodology in higher education research. Higher Education Research & Development. 32(1). 136–151. 53 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2012). Higher education research 2000–2010: changing journal publication patterns. Higher Education Research & Development. 31(5). 723–740. 71 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2012). Discipline and theory in higher education research. Research Papers in Education. 29(1). 93–110. 49 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm, et al.. (2009). International handbook of higher education. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Åkerlind, Gerlese S., et al.. (2007). Autonomy in social science research : the view from United Kingdam and Australian universities. Elsevier eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2006). Higher education post-war : a novel history.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 39(1). 17–33. 1 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2006). Higher education research: a citation analysis. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 38(2). 42–59. 8 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2002). What Does It Mean To Be a Professor. Higher education review. 34(2). 15–32. 24 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (2000). Academic Work and Life: What it is to be an Academic, and How this is Changing. 36 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (1999). Writing in British Higher Education Journals 1993-98: Concerns and Omissions.. Higher education review. 31(3). 27–44. 5 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (1996). University Typologies Re-Examined.. Higher education review. 29(1). 57–77. 17 indexed citations

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Hughes, Christina & Malcolm Tight. (1995). Linking University Teaching and Research.. Higher education review. 28(1). 51–65. 20 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm, et al.. (1994). Time Management and Part-Time Study.. Adults learning. 5(5). 4 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (1992). Reclaiming Our Traditions: Part-Time Higher Education in Britain.. Higher education review. 24(2). 52–73. 4 indexed citations

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Tight, Malcolm. (1990). Educational opportunities for adults. Routledge eBooks.

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