Richard Higgins

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Richard Higgins is a scholar working on Education, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Higgins has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Education, 1 paper in Health and 1 paper in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Richard Higgins's work include Higher Education Learning Practices (2 papers), Evaluation of Teaching Practices (2 papers) and Student Assessment and Feedback (2 papers). Richard Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Learning Practices (2 papers), Evaluation of Teaching Practices (2 papers) and Student Assessment and Feedback (2 papers). Richard Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Richard Higgins's co-authors include Alan Skelton, P. Hartley and Robert Wayne Gregory and has published in prestigious journals such as Medical Education, Sex Roles and Studies in Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Richard Higgins

6 papers receiving 788 citations

Hit Papers

The Conscientious Consumer: Reconsidering the role of ass... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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. The Conscientious Consumer: Reconsidering the role of assessment feedback in student learning
    2002 602 citations Richard Higgins, P. Hartley et al. Studies in Higher Education profile →

Peers

Richard Higgins
Jill Millar United Kingdom
Jann E. Freed United States
Val Klenowski Australia
Y. Malini Reddy India
Peter S. Hlebowitsh United States
Joseph J. Pedulla United States
Lenore Adie Australia
Kelvin Tan Singapore
Janine van der Rijt Netherlands
Rui Cheng United States
Jill Millar United Kingdom
Richard Higgins
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Countries citing papers authored by Richard Higgins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Higgins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Higgins

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

All Works

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Higgins, Richard, P. Hartley, & Alan Skelton. (2002). The Conscientious Consumer: Reconsidering the role of assessment feedback in student learning. Studies in Higher Education. 27(1). 53–64. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Higgins, Richard, P. Hartley, & Alan Skelton. (2001). Getting the Message Across: The problem of communicating assessment feedback. Teaching in Higher Education. 6(2). 269–274. 371 indexed citations
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Higgins, Richard, et al.. (1987). Strategic credibility can make a difference. Business Horizons. 30(3). 13–18. 9 indexed citations
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Higgins, Richard, et al.. (1981). Job-Stress Worker-Strain Relationship Moderated by Off-the-Job Experience. Psychological Reports. 48(3). 963–970. 9 indexed citations
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Higgins, Richard, et al.. (1980). Sex and least preferred co-worker score effects in leadership behavior. Sex Roles. 6(1). 139–152. 8 indexed citations

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