Vikki Boliver

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Vikki Boliver is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Vikki Boliver has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Education, 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Vikki Boliver's work include Higher Education Research Studies (20 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (18 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (9 papers). Vikki Boliver is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Research Studies (20 papers), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (18 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (9 papers). Vikki Boliver collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany. Vikki Boliver's co-authors include Tak Wing Chan, Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui, Adam Swift, Pallavi Banerjee, Jason Arday, María Pampaka, Laurence Lessard-Phillips, Tiago Moreira and Anna Zimdars and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology and Studies in Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Vikki Boliver

42 papers receiving 1.2k 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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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vikki Boliver United Kingdom 16 712 694 391 118 105 44 1.3k
Moris Triventi Italy 23 714 1.0× 696 1.0× 230 0.6× 120 1.0× 328 3.1× 68 1.4k
Lindsey Macmillan United Kingdom 17 431 0.6× 833 1.2× 203 0.5× 118 1.0× 264 2.5× 48 1.2k
Jo Blanden United Kingdom 16 447 0.6× 973 1.4× 230 0.6× 127 1.1× 289 2.8× 44 1.4k
Sin Yi Cheung United Kingdom 16 491 0.7× 975 1.4× 224 0.6× 125 1.1× 233 2.2× 35 1.5k
Samuel R. Lucas United States 17 1.3k 1.8× 1.5k 2.1× 373 1.0× 290 2.5× 276 2.6× 36 2.2k
Hans Peter Blossfeld Germany 16 471 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 394 1.0× 315 2.7× 229 2.2× 28 1.5k
Meir Yaish Israel 19 374 0.5× 987 1.4× 199 0.5× 174 1.5× 280 2.7× 42 1.5k
Kwame Akyeampong United Kingdom 21 894 1.3× 246 0.4× 224 0.6× 79 0.7× 77 0.7× 65 1.5k
Idès Nicaise Belgium 17 456 0.6× 326 0.5× 176 0.5× 100 0.8× 153 1.5× 142 880
Lesley Andres Canada 16 387 0.5× 373 0.5× 146 0.4× 64 0.5× 53 0.5× 43 772

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vikki Boliver

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vikki Boliver

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vikki Boliver. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vikki Boliver 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 Vikki Boliver. Vikki Boliver 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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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2025). Students’ Perceptions of Racial Diversity and Inclusion in UK Universities. Social Sciences. 14(2). 84–84.
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2023). The private higher education provider landscape in the UK. Studies in Higher Education. 48(9). 1346–1360. 2 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2023). Does grammar school attendance increase the likelihood of attending a prestigious UK university?. British Educational Research Journal. 50(1). 348–366. 2 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, Stephen Gorard, & Nadia Siddiqui. (2022). Who counts as socioeconomically disadvantaged for the purposes of widening access to higher education?. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 43(3). 349–374. 15 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2022). Competing conceptions of fair admission and their implications for supporting students to fulfil their potential at university. Perspectives Policy and Practice in Higher Education. 27(1). 8–15. 5 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki & Steffen Schindler. (2021). Introduction to “Mechanisms of educational stratification”. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 76. 100641–100641. 1 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2020). Selective secondary education and progression to higher education. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, Stephen Gorard, & Nadia Siddiqui. (2019). Using contextual data to widen access to higher education. Perspectives Policy and Practice in Higher Education. 25(1). 7–13. 18 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2019). Private Higher Education in the United Kingdom. International Higher Education (Boston College). 18–20. 1 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2018). Organisational Identity as a Barrier to Widening Access in Scottish Universities. Social Sciences. 7(9). 151–151. 14 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2018). Performance-based university funding and the drive towards ‘institutional meritocracy’ in Italy. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 40(2). 145–158. 19 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2017). Admissions in Context; The use of contextual information by leading universities. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 11 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki, et al.. (2017). Mapping and evaluating the use of contextual data in undergraduate admissions in Scotland.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 2 indexed citations
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Gorard, Stephen, Vikki Boliver, Nadia Siddiqui, & Pallavi Banerjee. (2017). Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE?. Research Papers in Education. 34(1). 99–129. 36 indexed citations
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Gorard, Stephen, Nadia Siddiqui, & Vikki Boliver. (2017). An Analysis of School-Based Contextual Indicators for Possible Use in Widening Participation. Higher Education Studies. 7(2). 79–79. 11 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki. (2015). Lies, damned lies, and statistics on widening access to Russell Group universities.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 13 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki. (2015). Are there distinctive clusters of higher and lower status universities in the UK?. Oxford Review of Education. 41(5). 608–627. 135 indexed citations
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Chan, Tak Wing & Vikki Boliver. (2013). Social Mobility Over Three Generations in Finland: A Critique. European Sociological Review. 30(1). 13–17. 11 indexed citations
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Boliver, Vikki & Adam Swift. (2011). Do comprehensive schools reduce social mobility?1. British Journal of Sociology. 62(1). 89–110. 47 indexed citations

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