Robert Zemsky

1.8k total citations
82 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Zemsky is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Education and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Zemsky has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Education and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Robert Zemsky's work include Higher Education Governance and Development (8 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (6 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 papers). Robert Zemsky is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Governance and Development (8 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (6 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 papers). Robert Zemsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Kenya. Robert Zemsky's co-authors include William F. Massy, James C. Hearn, Daniel B. Shapiro, Edward M. Cook, Patricia J. Gumport, Peter Cappelli, Randall W. Porter, James J. Duderstadt, Dirk Hoerder and Daniel S. Shapiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and The Journal of Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Robert Zemsky

70 papers receiving 770 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Zemsky United States 16 518 316 120 104 87 82 1.1k
Adela García-Aracil Spain 19 463 0.9× 176 0.6× 133 1.1× 198 1.9× 109 1.3× 60 1.0k
Marvin W. Peterson United States 19 580 1.1× 306 1.0× 300 2.5× 29 0.3× 50 0.6× 65 1.2k
Joan S. Stark United States 21 922 1.8× 174 0.6× 61 0.5× 40 0.4× 88 1.0× 87 1.4k
Marijk van der Wende Netherlands 21 958 1.8× 1.0k 3.3× 92 0.8× 55 0.5× 93 1.1× 67 1.7k
Nigel M. Healey United Kingdom 13 259 0.5× 340 1.1× 115 1.0× 38 0.4× 49 0.6× 47 954
Victor M. H. Borden United States 15 428 0.8× 117 0.4× 87 0.7× 54 0.5× 37 0.4× 66 1.0k
Matthias Pilz Germany 20 558 1.1× 244 0.8× 59 0.5× 213 2.0× 102 1.2× 100 1.0k
Robert E. Herriott United States 11 355 0.7× 107 0.3× 121 1.0× 68 0.7× 72 0.8× 32 1.2k
Jisun Jung Hong Kong 20 556 1.1× 381 1.2× 152 1.3× 98 0.9× 66 0.8× 76 1.5k
Karen Fox United States 10 245 0.5× 160 0.5× 312 2.6× 57 0.5× 186 2.1× 43 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Zemsky

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zemsky, Robert. (2020). The College Stress Test. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
2.
Zemsky, Robert. (2008). Tenure Wild Cards.. ACADEME University of Bohol Graduate School and Professional Studies. 94(5). 19–21. 2 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert. (2007). The Rise and Fall of the Spellings Commission. ˜The œchronicle of higher education. 53(21). 1060–3. 6 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert, et al.. (2005). Today's Colleges Must Be Market Smart and Mission Centered.. ˜The œchronicle of higher education. 51(45). 13 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert, et al.. (2001). Higher education as competitive enterprise : when markets matter. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 19 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert, et al.. (2001). Results. New Directions for Institutional Research. 2001(111). 53–72. 1 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert & Peter Cappelli. (2000). The Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers, and Wages: Measuring the Impact of Higher Education. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert & Peter Cappelli. (1998). The Changing Educational Quality of the Workforce.. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 559. 2 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert. (1997). Seminar on Post-Massification (Academic Reforms in the World : Situation and Perspective in the Massification Stage of Higher Education : Reports of the 1997 Six-Nation Higher Education Project Seminar : Keynote Address). 10. 1–20. 3 indexed citations
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Gumport, Patricia J., et al.. (1997). Trends in Higher Education from Massification to Post-Massification (Academic Reforms in the World : Situation and Perspective in the Massification Stage of Higher Education : Reports of the 1997 Six-Nation Higher Education Project Seminar : Country Reports). 10. 57–93. 11 indexed citations
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Massy, William F. & Robert Zemsky. (1996). Information Technology and Academic Productivity.. 31(1). 12–14. 16 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert, et al.. (1995). The Role of Institutional Planning in Fund-Raising.. 3(3). 22–26. 3 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert. (1993). Consumer Markets & Higher Education.. Liberal education. 79(3). 14–17. 12 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert & William F. Massy. (1990). The Rain Man Cometh.. AGB reports. 32(1). 21–23. 3 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert. (1990). Curriculum and Cost: Notes on the Utilization of Teaching Resources.. Liberal education. 73(4). 26–30. 2 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert, et al.. (1984). Perspectives on pricing. New Directions for Institutional Research. 1984(42). 7–18. 2 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert. (1980). Toward an Understanding of Collegiate Enrollments: A First Test of the Market Segment Model.. Journal of education finance. 5(4). 6 indexed citations
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Zemsky, Robert. (1980). Can Colleges Control Enrollment. Educational record. 61(1). 10–15.
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Zemsky, Robert, et al.. (1978). A Tenure Model for Resource Allocation at the University of Pennsylvania.. Planning for higher education. 7(2). 8–12. 1 indexed citations
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Rutman, Darrett B., et al.. (1972). Political History: The New and the Pseudo-New. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2(3). 305–305. 2 indexed citations

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