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title: "Higher Education: 21 recent papers (last 30 days)"
description: "Higher Education published 21 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30), ranking #45 of 392 journals."
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# Higher Education

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

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

## 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

*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](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 30 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01288-w) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01265-3) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01148-z) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2023-12-01 | Sarah French, Ashton L. Dickerson, Raoul A. Mulder |
| 4 | 58 | 2.7 | [Co-creation in higher education: a conceptual systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01364-1) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01319-6) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2024-10-15 | Luke Butcher, Stevie Lane |

## Most-cited since October 2016

*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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00561-y) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0220-3) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2017-12-15 | Joanna Tai, Rola Ajjawi, David J. Boud et al. |
| 3 | 660 | 9.2 | [Higher education and the Sustainable Development Goals](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00652-w) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2020-11-06 | Maia Chankseliani, Tristan McCowan |
| 4 | 542 | 11.2 | [Discourses of artificial intelligence in higher education: a critical literature review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00937-2) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00453-w) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2019-12-02 | Catherine Bovill |
| 6 | 394 | 5.5 | [Students’ motivation and engagement in higher education: the importance of attitude to online learning](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00657-5) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2020-11-19 | Justine Ferrer, Allison Ringer, Kerrie Saville et al. |
| 7 | 384 | 5.0 | [Neurodiversity in higher education: a narrative synthesis](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00513-6) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0207-0) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00534-1) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0125-1) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01803-1) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01802-2) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | Cora Lingling Xu | Durham University |
| 2026-10-24 | [Beyond “one size fits all”: graduate satisfaction across academic fields](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01782-3) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01805-z) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01801-3) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01798-9) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01796-x) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01762-7) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01800-4) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01795-y) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01797-w) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01784-1) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01792-1) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01788-x) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | Xinzi Ow Yong, Yusuf İkbal Oldac | Education University of Hong Kong |
| 2026-10-12 | [Hierarchical power dynamics in authorship conflicts: Evidence from German academia](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01790-3) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01791-2) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01794-z) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01789-w) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | Heng Li | Sichuan International Studies University |
| 2026-10-10 | [Beyond the buzz: analyzing (re)politicization in higher education](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01787-y) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01783-2) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01766-3) | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | Marcus Warnby, Jasmine Bylund | University of Gothenburg |

## Cite this page

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

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