Philip G. Altbach

26.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
424 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Philip G. Altbach is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip G. Altbach has authored 424 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 111 papers in Education and 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Philip G. Altbach's work include Higher Education Governance and Development (140 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (32 papers) and Global Education and Multiculturalism (32 papers). Philip G. Altbach is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Governance and Development (140 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (32 papers) and Global Education and Multiculturalism (32 papers). Philip G. Altbach collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and India. Philip G. Altbach's co-authors include Jane Knight, Laura E. Rumbley, Líz Reisberg, Hans de Wit, Jamil Salmi, Gail P. Kelly, James J. F. Forest, Ulrich Teichler, Damtew Teferra and Maria Yudkevich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Philip G. Altbach

371 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Internationalization of Higher Education: Motivations... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2010 2020 2004 2010 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

Philip G. Altbach
Comparison fields: 5 of 161
  • Education 6.8k
  • Political Science and International Relations 6.7k
  • Communication 2.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.1k
  • Demography 972
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip G. Altbach

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 1
2 1
3 29
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The Coming “China Crisis” in Higher Education
4
5
The Road to Academic Excellence : The Making of World-Class Research Universities [El camino hacia la excelencia académica : la constitución de universidades de investigación de rango mundial]
32
6
The imperial tongue: English as the dominating academic language
48
7
Academic freedom: international challenges and African realities
2
8
Asian universities : historical perspectives and contemporary challenges
89
9 29
10
Reforming Higher Education: A Modest Proposal.
2
11
Needed: An International Perspective.
0
12
"Una nación en peligro": el debate sobre la reforma de la educación en los Estados Unidos
0
13
Centre and Periphery in Knowledge Distribution: An Asian Case-Study.
3
14
University reform : an international perspective
1
15
Whither Comparative Education
1
16
Scholarly Publishing in the Third World
8
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Publishing in Developing Countries.
2
18
Academic super markets
6
19 1
20
Commitment and Powerlessness on the American Campus: The Case of the Graduate Student.
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