Higher Education

3 papers in the last 7 days · category: Higher Education and Research · publisher: Springer Science+Business Media · ISSN 0018-1560

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Key findings#

Higher Education published 21 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30), ranking #45 of 392 journals.
Leading institutions: Peking University (2), Shandong Women’s University (1) and Seoul National University (1).
Countries: China (9), United Kingdom (2) and South Korea (1).
From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, Higher Education published 662 papers (18 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
Its most frequent keywords over that period were “higher education policy” (53), “internationalization of higher education” (33) and “COVID-19 pandemic” (30).
Its most-cited paper of the period is “Generative AI chatbots in higher education: a review of an emerging research area” (2024-08-24), with 147 citations.
Since October 2016, its most-cited paper is “COVID-19 and digital disruption in UK universities: afflictions and affordances of emergency online migration” (2020-06-03), with 951 citations.

The last 36 months#

Oct 23Sep 26

Papers by publication date, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
Oct 23–Sep 24	Oct 24–Sep 25	Oct 25–Sep 26	36 months
202	228	232	662

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
#	Keyword	Papers
1	higher education policy	53
2	internationalization of higher education	33
3	COVID-19 pandemic	30
4	China	30
5	doctoral education	30
6	doctoral students	29
7	academic careers	28
8	university students	28
9	higher education institutions	26
10	academic performance	25

Most-cited papers published Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
#	Citations	Per month	Title	Journal	Published	Authors
1	147	5.6	Generative AI chatbots in higher education: a review of an emerging research area	Higher Education	2024-08-24	Cormac McGrath, Alexandra Farazouli, Teresa Cerratto Pargman
2	142	5.2	Generative AI and higher education: a review of claims from the first months of ChatGPT	Higher Education	2024-07-15	Lasse X Jensen, Alexandra Buhl, A. V. N. L. Sharma et al.
3	126	3.6	A review of the benefits and drawbacks of high-stakes final examinations in higher education	Higher Education	2023-12-01	Sarah French, Ashton L. Dickerson, Raoul A. Mulder
4	58	2.7	Co-creation in higher education: a conceptual systematic review	Higher Education	2025-01-22	Maren Omland, Magnus Hontvedt, Fazilat Siddiq et al.
5	54	2.2	Neurodivergent (Autism and ADHD) student experiences of access and inclusion in higher education: an ecological systems theory perspective	Higher Education	2024-10-15	Luke Butcher, Stevie Lane

Most-cited since October 2016# All journals →

The journal's most-cited papers published since October 2016
#	Citations	Per month	Title	Journal	Published	Authors
1	951	12.4	COVID-19 and digital disruption in UK universities: afflictions and affordances of emergency online migration	Higher Education	2020-06-03	Richard Watermeyer, Tom Crick, Cathryn Knight et al.
2	807	7.6	Developing evaluative judgement: enabling students to make decisions about the quality of work	Higher Education	2017-12-15	Joanna Tai, Rola Ajjawi, David J. Boud et al.
3	660	9.2	Higher education and the Sustainable Development Goals	Higher Education	2020-11-06	Maia Chankseliani, Tristan McCowan
4	542	11.2	Discourses of artificial intelligence in higher education: a critical literature review	Higher Education	2022-10-23	Margaret Bearman, Juliana Ryan, Rola Ajjawi
5	533	6.4	Co-creation in learning and teaching: the case for a whole-class approach in higher education	Higher Education	2019-12-02	Catherine Bovill
6	394	5.5	Students’ motivation and engagement in higher education: the importance of attitude to online learning	Higher Education	2020-11-19	Justine Ferrer, Allison Ringer, Kerrie Saville et al.
7	384	5.0	Neurodiversity in higher education: a narrative synthesis	Higher Education	2020-06-07	Lynn Clouder, Mehmet Karakuş, Alessia Cinotti et al.
8	335	3.1	The employability skills of higher education graduates: insights into conceptual frameworks and methodological options	Higher Education	2017-10-31	Fátima Suleman
9	322	4.1	This fast car can move faster: a review of PLS-SEM application in higher education research	Higher Education	2020-04-28	Majid Ghasemy, Viraiyan Teeroovengadum, Jan-Michael Becker et al.
10	314	2.7	Japan’s English-medium instruction initiatives and the globalization of higher education	Higher Education	2017-02-22	Heath Rose, Jim McKinley

Papers, newest first.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-27	Anchoring the unanchorable: the survival turn of the developmental state in an era of demographic contraction and the instrumentalization of South Korea’s Regional Universities	Higher Education	Li Mingfeng	Seoul National University; Shandong Women’s University
2026-10-26	Paying with time: English, time inheritance, and the case for temporal linguistic justice in higher education	Higher Education	Cora Lingling Xu	Durham University
2026-10-24	Beyond “one size fits all”: graduate satisfaction across academic fields	Higher Education	Josep Llach, Martí Casadesús Fa	Universitat de Girona; UPF Barcelona School of Management
2026-10-23	University entry as city transition: origin–destination differentials and first-year adaptation in China	Higher Education	Wenxin Chen, Fang Fang, Jie Zhang	Xiamen University; Shenyang Normal University
2026-10-22	Publication productivity or academic standing? differential career returns to explicit and implicit doctoral capital	Higher Education	Yuan Yao, Hui Guo	Hubei University of Technology; Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2026-10-21	From architecture to action: developing and validating the shared student success model (SSSM) for higher education institutions	Higher Education	Apoorva Bhan, Sarabjeet Singh, Ankur Kumar Gupta	Chitkara University
2026-10-21	Who gains from moving? mobility direction and research performance of academics at China’s elite universities	Higher Education	Pei Chen, Yifang Ma, Fan Jiang	Northeast Normal University; Southern University of Science and Technology; South China Normal University
2026-10-20	Privileged yet precarious postdoctoral becoming: A new materialist duo-ethnography of Chinese PhD returnees	Higher Education	Boya Yuan, Lei Lu, Dave Yan	University of Auckland; Beijing Normal University; Peking University; …
2026-10-19	Supporting first-generation students’ access, transition, and success in higher education: a systematic review	Higher Education	Steve Springer Laryea	Kumasi Technical University
2026-10-16	From cultural exchange to institutional strategy: reconceptualizing South–South higher education partnerships through the case of Tanzania–China academic collaboration	Higher Education	HAMISI MSHAMU LIKOKO, Rukia Ally Himu, Minxiang Wu	Zhejiang Normal University; Muslim University of Morogoro
2026-10-15	Feedback as a credibility encounter: epistemic injustice and the foreclosure of subjectification	Higher Education	Tony Myers	Zayed University
2026-10-14	The development of cultural awareness model in art and design under the new liberal arts: an interdisciplinary integration perspective	Higher Education	梁骁, Che Aleha Ladin, Mohammad Ismath Ramzy	University of Malaya
2026-10-14	Everyday geopolitical governance: perspectives of faculty and chinese doctoral students in U.S. higher education	Higher Education	Futao Huang	Hiroshima University; Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University
2026-10-14	What counts as international research collaboration? The gap between conceptualisation and operationalisation in higher education research evaluation	Higher Education	Xinzi Ow Yong, Yusuf İkbal Oldac	Education University of Hong Kong
2026-10-12	Hierarchical power dynamics in authorship conflicts: Evidence from German academia	Higher Education	Sabine Lauer	TU Dortmund University
2026-10-12	When elite mentorship meets academic inbreeding: research strategies among China’s young scientists fund awardees in physics	Higher Education	Feng Li, Yun Yue, 卢超	East China Normal University; Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Hohai University
2026-10-12	How academic and social integration shape doctoral students’ psychological well-being	Higher Education	Wenqin Shen, Jiayi Lyu, Wenjuan Gao et al.	Peking University; Beihang University
2026-10-10	Fair treatment, fearless reporting: the link between procedural fairness and whistleblowing in research misconduct	Higher Education	Heng Li	Sichuan International Studies University
2026-10-10	Beyond the buzz: analyzing (re)politicization in higher education	Higher Education	Yishai Fraenkel, Annette Bamberger	Bar-Ilan University; University College London
2026-10-09	College Graduation in Students with and without Disability: Links with Stress and Coping Trajectories during COVID-19	Higher Education	Simon Larose, Catherine Beaulieu, Christelle Aziz et al.	Université Laval; Cégep de Saint-Laurent; Douglas Mental Health University Institute; …
2026-10-09	Partial English-medium instruction as a participation condition: appraisal, coping, and transition in higher education	Higher Education	Marcus Warnby, Jasmine Bylund	University of Gothenburg

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Higher Education. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 30, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education

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