Michael A. Peters

19.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
578 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Peters is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Peters has authored 578 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 130 papers in Education and 111 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Peters's work include Digital Education and Society (58 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (54 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (36 papers). Michael A. Peters is often cited by papers focused on Digital Education and Society (58 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (54 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (36 papers). Michael A. Peters collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and United States. Michael A. Peters's co-authors include Mark Olssen, Tina Besley, Daniel Araya, Petar Jandrić, Viviane Robinson, Sarah Hayes, James D. Marshall, Colín Lankshear, Nicholas C. Burbules and Marek Tesař and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Peters

531 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Neoliberalism, higher education and the knowledge economy... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2011 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Neoliberalism, higher education and the knowledge economy: from the free market to knowledge capitalism
    2005 1.3k citations Michael A. Peters et al. profile →
  2. Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology
    2011 349 citations Michael A. Peters et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael A. Peters China 43 3.9k 2.7k 2.6k 1.4k 593 578 9.1k
Gert Biesta United Kingdom 59 10.7k 2.8× 5.3k 2.0× 3.7k 1.4× 753 0.5× 1.3k 2.2× 386 15.6k
Andy Hargreaves United States 57 12.4k 3.2× 2.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 784 0.6× 432 0.7× 169 15.5k
Frank Fischer Germany 55 4.5k 1.2× 3.3k 1.2× 1.9k 0.8× 840 0.6× 179 0.3× 303 14.9k
Michael Fullan Canada 59 14.4k 3.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 322 0.5× 164 18.5k
Ronald Barnett United Kingdom 35 4.7k 1.2× 909 0.3× 1.7k 0.7× 353 0.3× 184 0.3× 132 6.9k
Reijo Savolainen Finland 34 2.6k 0.7× 2.9k 1.1× 540 0.2× 1.7k 1.2× 181 0.3× 136 10.1k
James P. Spillane United States 57 13.9k 3.6× 2.3k 0.9× 731 0.3× 581 0.4× 309 0.5× 158 17.2k
David C. Berliner United States 54 11.9k 3.1× 3.0k 1.1× 899 0.4× 380 0.3× 244 0.4× 235 16.5k
Wolff‐Michael Roth Canada 59 9.8k 2.5× 2.1k 0.8× 360 0.1× 581 0.4× 343 0.6× 548 15.7k
Steve Woolgar United Kingdom 36 1.2k 0.3× 4.2k 1.6× 707 0.3× 461 0.3× 584 1.0× 97 11.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael A. Peters

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All Works

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Jandrić, Petar, Timothy W. Luke, Sean Sturm, et al.. (2022). Collective Writing: The Continuous Struggle for Meaning-Making. Postdigital Science and Education. 5(3). 851–893. 22 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., et al.. (2022). The aesthetics of collective writing: A Chinese/Western collective essay. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 55(8). 888–896. 1 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A. & Petar Jandrić. (2021). Surreal economics, fiscal stimulus, and the financialization of public health: Politics of the covid-19 narrative. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(6). 662–667. 1 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Petar Jandrić, & Sarah Hayes. (2021). Postdigital-biodigital: An emerging configuration. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 55(1). 1–14. 32 indexed citations
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Tesař, Marek, Michael A. Peters, E. Jayne White, et al.. (2021). Infantilisations. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 1–11. 5 indexed citations
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Tesař, Marek, Michael A. Peters, E. Jayne White, et al.. (2021). Infanticides: The unspoken side of infantologies. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 1–15. 3 indexed citations
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Gibbons, Andrew, Michael A. Peters, Georgina Stewart, et al.. (2021). Infantologies II: Songs of the cradle. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 1–16. 2 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Liz Jackson, Ruyu Hung, et al.. (2021). The case for academic plagiarism education: A PESA Executive collective writing project. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(9). 1307–1323. 4 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A.. (2020). The coming pandemic era. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(6). 656–661. 3 indexed citations
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Arndt, Sonja, Rachel Buchanan, Andrew Gibbons, et al.. (2020). Collective writing: Introspective reflections on current experience. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(9). 1296–1306. 3 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Peter McLaren, & Petar Jandrić. (2020). A viral theory of post-truth. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(6). 698–706. 22 indexed citations
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Papastephanou, Marianna, Michalinos Zembylas, Torill Strand, et al.. (2020). Philosophy of education in a new key: Education for justice now. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(8). 1083–1098. 41 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Ben Green, Chunxiao Mou, et al.. (2020). US–China Rivalry and ‘Thucydides’ Trap’: Why this is a misleading account. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(10). 1501–1512. 8 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A.. (2019). The Chinese Dream, Belt and Road Initiative and the future of education: A philosophical postscript. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 54(7). 857–862. 10 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Tina Besley, & Sonja Arndt. (2019). Experimenting with academic subjectivity: collective writing, peer production and collective intelligence. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 26–40. 9 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Tina Besley, & Ana María Araújo Freire. (2015). Paulo Freire : the global legacy. Peter Lang eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., et al.. (2002). The Relationship Between Homework and Performance in an Introductory Operations Management Course. Journal of Education for Business. 77(6). 340–344. 44 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., et al.. (2002). Especies forrajeras multipropósito: opciones para productores de Centro América. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 4 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A. & James A. Marshall. (1999). Wittgenstein. Praeger eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A.. (1997). Lyotard, Education, and the Problem of Capitalism in the Postmodern Condition.. Herz. 49(5). 393–393. 3 indexed citations

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