Richard Bowe

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Bowe is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Bowe has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Education, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Richard Bowe's work include School Choice and Performance (4 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (3 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 papers). Richard Bowe is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (4 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (3 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 papers). Richard Bowe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Richard Bowe's co-authors include Stephen J. Ball, Sharon Gewirtz, Geoffrey G. Wilson, Anne Gold, Anne Gold and Hosein Shapouri and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Educational Studies, The Sociological Review and British Journal of Sociology of Education.

In The Last Decade

Richard Bowe

17 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Markets, choice, and equity in education 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Markets, choice, and equity in education
    1995 912 citations Sharon Gewirtz, Stephen J. Ball et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Bowe United Kingdom 11 1.8k 896 695 209 111 17 2.3k
Sally Power United Kingdom 24 1.8k 1.0× 955 1.1× 893 1.3× 190 0.9× 125 1.1× 130 2.5k
Amy Stuart Wells United States 23 2.3k 1.3× 1.5k 1.7× 391 0.6× 178 0.9× 99 0.9× 52 3.0k
Roger Dale United Kingdom 20 1.6k 0.9× 839 0.9× 1.6k 2.3× 295 1.4× 81 0.7× 69 2.3k
Sandra Taylor Australia 20 1.3k 0.7× 778 0.9× 691 1.0× 97 0.5× 74 0.7× 83 2.0k
Joel Spring United States 24 1.4k 0.8× 851 0.9× 508 0.7× 163 0.8× 57 0.5× 95 2.2k
Lisbeth Lundahl Sweden 17 1.1k 0.6× 611 0.7× 719 1.0× 134 0.6× 89 0.8× 81 1.5k
Diane Ravitch United States 24 1.8k 1.0× 881 1.0× 339 0.5× 84 0.4× 240 2.2× 140 2.5k
Pauline Lipman United States 24 2.3k 1.3× 1.5k 1.6× 541 0.8× 88 0.4× 175 1.6× 48 2.9k
Jenny Ozga United Kingdom 27 1.8k 1.0× 819 0.9× 1.5k 2.2× 211 1.0× 416 3.7× 85 2.7k
Peter W. Cookson United States 18 1.1k 0.6× 666 0.7× 247 0.4× 120 0.6× 49 0.4× 65 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Bowe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Bowe

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Bowe, Richard, Stephen J. Ball, & Anne Gold. (2017). The policy process and the processes of policy. 6–23. 1 indexed citations
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Bowe, Richard, Stephen J. Ball, & Anne Gold. (2017). Reforming Education and Changing Schools. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 20 indexed citations
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Bowe, Richard & Stephen J. Ball. (1998). El currículum nacional y su puesta en práctica : el papel de los departamentos de materias o asignaturas. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 6 indexed citations
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Ball, Stephen J., Richard Bowe, & Sharon Gewirtz. (1996). School choice, social class and distinction: the realization of social advantage in education. Journal of Education Policy. 11(1). 89–112. 285 indexed citations
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Ball, Stephen J., Richard Bowe, & Sharon Gewirtz. (1995). Circuits of Schooling: A Sociological Exploration of Parental Choice of School in Social Class Contexts. The Sociological Review. 43(1). 52–78. 327 indexed citations
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Gewirtz, Sharon, Stephen J. Ball, & Richard Bowe. (1995). Markets, choice, and equity in education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 912 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bowe, Richard, Sharon Gewirtz, & Stephen J. Ball. (1994). Captured by the Discourse? Issues and concerns in researching ‘parental choice‘. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 15(1). 63–78. 92 indexed citations
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Bowe, Richard, Stephen J. Ball, & Sharon Gewirtz. (1994). 'Parental Choice', Consumption and Social Theory: The Operation of Micro-Markets in Education. British Journal of Educational Studies. 42(1). 38–38. 48 indexed citations
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Gewirtz, Sharon, Stephen J. Ball, & Richard Bowe. (1994). Parents, privilege and the education market‐place. Research Papers in Education. 9(1). 3–29. 51 indexed citations
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Bowe, Richard, Stephen J. Ball, & Sharon Gewirtz. (1994). ‘Parental choice’, consumption and social theory: The operation of micro‐markets in education. British Journal of Educational Studies. 42(1). 38–52. 47 indexed citations
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Gewirtz, Sharon, Stephen J. Ball, & Richard Bowe. (1993). Values and Ethics in the Education Market Place: the case of Northwark Park[1]. International Studies in Sociology of Education. 3(2). 233–254. 33 indexed citations
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Ball, Stephen J. & Richard Bowe. (1992). Education, markets and professionalism: Some reflections on recent policy developments in England and Wales. Melbourne Studies in Education. 33(1). 56–62. 4 indexed citations
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Ball, Stephen J. & Richard Bowe. (1992). Subject departments and the ‘implementation’ of National Curriculum policy: an overview of the issues. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 24(2). 97–115. 226 indexed citations
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Wilson, Geoffrey G., Richard Bowe, Stephen J. Ball, & Anne Gold. (1992). Reforming Education and Changing Schools. British Journal of Educational Studies. 40(4). 429–429. 214 indexed citations
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Shapouri, Hosein, et al.. (1990). Costs of producing US livestock, 1972-87.. 1 indexed citations
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Bowe, Richard. (1989). The Reopening of the GCSE ‘Settlement’: recent developments in the politics of school examinations. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 10(4). 403–415. 6 indexed citations
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Bowe, Richard. (1987). EXTENDED REVIEW. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 8(3). 343–348. 1 indexed citations

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