Scott Davies

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Scott Davies is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Davies has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Education, 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Scott Davies's work include School Choice and Performance (15 papers), Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (12 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (11 papers). Scott Davies is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (15 papers), Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (12 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (11 papers). Scott Davies collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Scott Davies's co-authors include Michael Fullan, Neil Guppy, Janice Aurini, Julian Tanner, David B. Tindall, David Zarifa, John F. Witte, Bill O’Grady, Floyd M. Hammack and Linda Quirke and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Scott Davies

69 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott Davies Canada	28	2.9k	1.5k	537	496	268	75	4.6k
Richard Arum United States	22	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	431 0.8×	136 0.3×	257 1.0×	64	3.1k
Richard F. Elmore United States	32	3.7k 1.3×	881 0.6×	815 1.5×	185 0.4×	362 1.4×	90	5.5k
Steven G. Rivkin United States	31	6.6k 2.3×	1.5k 1.1×	304 0.6×	394 0.8×	259 1.0×	67	7.7k
John C. Smart United States	39	3.7k 1.3×	784 0.5×	876 1.6×	237 0.5×	180 0.7×	140	5.6k
David W. Chapman United States	26	1.8k 0.6×	564 0.4×	396 0.7×	184 0.4×	97 0.4×	120	3.2k
Adam Gamoran United States	38	5.6k 1.9×	1.7k 1.2×	373 0.7×	391 0.8×	1.0k 3.8×	118	7.0k
Ray C. Rist United States	25	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	344 0.6×	111 0.2×	212 0.8×	127	4.1k
Peter Mortimore United Kingdom	26	4.5k 1.5×	713 0.5×	601 1.1×	172 0.3×	608 2.3×	88	5.6k
Brian Jacob United States	35	3.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	251 0.5×	295 0.6×	113 0.4×	123	5.9k
Richard Edwards United Kingdom	27	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	835 1.6×	124 0.3×	152 0.6×	73	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Davies

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Davies

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Davies

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All Works

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Davies, Scott, et al.. (2017). The Three Generations of Cultural Capital Research: A Narrative Review. Review of Educational Research. 88(3). 331–365. 140 indexed citations

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Bedoya, Gabriel, et al.. (2016). Estructura molecular y poblacional del ganado criollo Colombiano (GCC). Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias. 14(2). 109–120. 6 indexed citations

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Milian, Roger Pizarro, Scott Davies, & David Zarifa. (2016). Barriers to Differentiation: Applying Organizational Studies to Ontario Higher Education. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 46(1). 19–37. 30 indexed citations

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Aurini, Janice, Scott Davies, & Julian Dierkes. (2013). Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education. MADOC (University of Mannheim). 55 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott & David Zarifa. (2011). The stratification of universities: Structural inequality in Canada and the United States. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 30(2). 143–158. 108 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott & Neil Guppy. (2006). The Schooled Society: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 54 indexed citations

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Aurini, Janice & Scott Davies. (2005). Choice without markets: homeschooling in the context of private education. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 26(4). 461–474. 77 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott & Floyd M. Hammack. (2005). The Channeling of Student Competition in Higher Education: Comparing Canada and the U.S.. The Journal of Higher Education. 76(1). 89–106. 21 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott. (2004). School Choice by Default? Understanding the Demand for Private Tutoring in Canada. American Journal of Education. 110(3). 233–255. 122 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott & Janice Aurini. (2003). Homeschooling and Canadian Educational Politics: Rights, Pluralism and Pedagogical Individualism. Evaluation & Research in Education. 17(2-3). 63–73. 25 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott, Janice Aurini, & Linda Quirke. (2002). New Markets for Private Education in Canada.. Education Canada. 42(3). 36–38. 15 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott & John F. Witte. (2002). The Market Approach to Education: An Analysis of America's First Voucher Program. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(6). 781–781. 156 indexed citations

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Tanner, Julian, Scott Davies, & Bill O’Grady. (1999). Whatever Happened to Yesterday's Rebels? Longitudinal Effects of Youth Delinquency on Education and Employment. NALL Working Paper.. 17(3). 68–70. 2 indexed citations

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Levitt, Cyril, Scott Davies, & Neil McLaughlin. (1999). Mistaken identities : the second wave of controversy over "political correctness". P. Lang eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott. (1999). Subcultural explanations and interpretations of school deviance. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 4(2). 191–202. 15 indexed citations

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Tanner, Julian, Scott Davies, & Bill O’Grady. (1999). Whatever happened to yesterday’s rebels?. TSpace (University of Toronto). 23 indexed citations

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Guppy, Neil & Scott Davies. (1998). Education in Canada : recent trends and future challenges. 28 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott & Neil Guppy. (1997). Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities in Higher Education. Social Forces. 75(4). 1417–1417. 141 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott & Neil Guppy. (1997). Globalization and Educational Reforms in Anglo-American Democracies. Comparative Education Review. 41(4). 435–459. 90 indexed citations

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Davies, Scott, Clayton Mosher, & Bill O’Grady. (1996). Educating Women: Gender Inequalities among Canadian University Graduates*. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 33(2). 125–142. 18 indexed citations

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