Mark Mifsud

3.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Mark Mifsud is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Mifsud has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 14 papers in Education and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mark Mifsud's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (18 papers), Sustainability in Higher Education (13 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (7 papers). Mark Mifsud is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (18 papers), Sustainability in Higher Education (13 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (7 papers). Mark Mifsud collaborates with scholars based in Malta, United Kingdom and Germany. Mark Mifsud's co-authors include Walter Leal Filho, Luciana Brandli, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Paul Pace, Sandra Caeiro, Petra Molthan‐Hill, Lucas Veiga Ãvila, Chris Shiel, Amanda Lange Sálvia and Arminda Paço and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Scientific Reports and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Mark Mifsud

26 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack?

2019 475 citations Walter Leal Filho, Chris Shiel et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Impacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on academic staff and students at universities: a cross-sectional study

2021 151 citations Walter Leal Filho, Tony Wall et al. BMC Public Health profile →
A framework for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in university programmes

2021 137 citations Walter Leal Filho, Fernanda Frankenberger et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Mifsud Malta	17	921	699	251	196	140	27	1.7k
Marco Rieckmann Germany	24	1.8k 2.0×	1.2k 1.7×	239 1.0×	201 1.0×	248 1.8×	76	2.5k
Chris Shiel United Kingdom	18	855 0.9×	869 1.2×	238 0.9×	232 1.2×	579 4.1×	39	1.9k
Daniella Tilbury Australia	21	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.9×	394 1.6×	131 0.7×	127 0.9×	65	2.4k
Lucas Veiga Ãvila Brazil	19	1.2k 1.3×	789 1.1×	169 0.7×	300 1.5×	328 2.3×	92	2.2k
Matthias Barth Germany	26	2.4k 2.7×	1.5k 2.2×	273 1.1×	211 1.1×	229 1.6×	75	3.1k
Jasmin Godemann Germany	12	1.1k 1.2×	612 0.9×	154 0.6×	132 0.7×	208 1.5×	34	1.6k
Stephen Sterling United Kingdom	22	1.7k 1.8×	1.3k 1.9×	370 1.5×	138 0.7×	108 0.8×	41	2.4k
Ian Thomas Australia	24	1.3k 1.4×	940 1.3×	222 0.9×	165 0.8×	136 1.0×	79	1.9k
Tony Wall United Kingdom	25	461 0.5×	197 0.3×	174 0.7×	52 0.3×	85 0.6×	96	1.7k
Tarah Wright Canada	26	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	275 1.1×	558 2.8×	275 2.0×	57	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Mifsud

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Mifsud

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Filho, Walter Leal, Samara da Silva Neiva, Cláudio Ruy Portela de Vasconcelos, et al.. (2024). Exploring the imperative of education and learning for sustainable development: research gaps and pathways. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 26(8). 1729–1748. 1 indexed citations

Filho, Walter Leal, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Mark Mifsud, et al.. (2023). Governance in the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals in higher education: global trends. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(9). 20695–20718. 33 indexed citations

Filho, Walter Leal, Tony Wall, Amanda Lange Sálvia, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, & Mark Mifsud. (2023). The central role of climate action in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 20582–20582. 62 indexed citations

Filho, Walter Leal, Amanda Lange Sálvia, Ali Beynaghi, et al.. (2023). Digital transformation and sustainable development in higher education in a post-pandemic world. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 31(1). 108–123. 31 indexed citations

Filho, Walter Leal, Tony Wall, Lez Rayman‐Bacchus, et al.. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on academic staff and students at universities: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1213–1213. 151 indexed citations breakdown →

Filho, Walter Leal, Mihaela Sima, Ayyoob Sharifi, et al.. (2021). Handling climate change education at universities: an overview. Environmental Sciences Europe. 33(1). 109–109. 93 indexed citations

Filho, Walter Leal, Elizabeth Price, Tony Wall, et al.. (2021). COVID-19: the impact of a global crisis on sustainable development teaching. Environment Development and Sustainability. 23(8). 11257–11278. 58 indexed citations

Filho, Walter Leal, Tony Wall, Amanda Lange Sálvia, et al.. (2021). Trends in scientific publishing on sustainability in higher education. Journal of Cleaner Production. 296. 126569–126569. 25 indexed citations

Filho, Walter Leal, Vanessa R. Levesque, Amanda Lange Sálvia, et al.. (2020). University teaching staff and sustainable development: an assessment of competences. Sustainability Science. 16(1). 101–116. 47 indexed citations

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Filho, Walter Leal, Petra Molthan‐Hill, Mark Mifsud, et al.. (2019). Implementing Innovation on Environmental Sustainability at Universities Around the World. Sustainability. 11(14). 3807–3807. 33 indexed citations

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Filho, Walter Leal, Mark Mifsud, Petra Molthan‐Hill, et al.. (2019). Climate Change Scepticism at Universities: A Global Study. Sustainability. 11(10). 2981–2981. 23 indexed citations

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Filho, Walter Leal, Constantina Skanavis, Aristea Kounani, et al.. (2019). The role of planning in implementing sustainable development in a higher education context. Journal of Cleaner Production. 235. 678–687. 84 indexed citations

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Filho, Walter Leal, Chris Shiel, Arminda Paço, et al.. (2019). Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack?. Journal of Cleaner Production. 232. 285–294. 475 indexed citations breakdown →

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Molthan‐Hill, Petra, Nicholas Worsfold, Gustavo J. Nagy, Walter Leal Filho, & Mark Mifsud. (2019). Climate change education for universities: A conceptual framework from an international study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 226. 1092–1101. 104 indexed citations

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Pretorius, Rudi, et al.. (2016). Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 14 indexed citations

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Mifsud, Mark, et al.. (2016). A Quantitative Study of Maltese Primary School Teachers and Their Perceptions Towards Education for Sustainable Development. OAR@UM (University of Malta). 6(6). 5 indexed citations

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Mifsud, Mark. (2013). Asia Pacific EMC (APEMC) 2013 symposium in Melbourne. IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Magazine. 2(3). 79–82.

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Mifsud, Mark. (2012). Environmental Education Development in Malta: A Contextual Study of the Events That Have Shaped the Development of Environmental Education in Malta. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability. 14(1). 52–66. 8 indexed citations

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Mifsud, Mark. (2011). An Investigation on the Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior of Maltese Youth.. OAR@UM (University of Malta). 8 indexed citations

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Mifsud, Mark. (2010). Maltese Youth and the Environment: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability. 12(2). 110–129. 2 indexed citations

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