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Researcher · Boston College · United States

Philip G. Altbach

Philip G. Altbach publishes mostly in Political Science and International Relations, Education and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Higher Education Governance and Development, Global Educational Policies and Reforms and Global Education and Multiculturalism.

World rank
#5,185
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,467
of 358,040
Works
258
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
4.7

What does Philip G. Altbach research?

Political Science and International Relations: 37.4%Education: 24.2%Sociology and Political Science: 7.5%Demography: 3.1%other fields: 27.8%37%top field
Political Science and International Relations37.4%Education24.2%Sociology and Political Science7.5%Demography3.1%other fields27.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Political Science and International Relations37% of their works
  2. 2Education24% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  4. 4Demography3% of their works
  5. 5Communication3% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems and Management3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip G. Altbach's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Academic Identity, Internationalization, Lifelong Learning, Diversity and Comparative Education.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization924 topics
  2. Higher Education783 topics
  3. Neoliberalism722 topics
  4. Academic Identity591 topic
  5. Internationalization591 topic
  6. Lifelong Learning323 topics
  7. Diversity172 topics
  8. Comparative Education131 topic
  9. Education Policy131 topic
  10. Global Citizenship Education121 topic
  11. Teacher Education121 topic
  12. Prior Learning111 topic
  13. Recognition111 topic
  14. E-Learning81 topic
  15. Education Reform81 topic
  16. Private Tutoring71 topic
  17. Shadow Education71 topic
  18. Cultural Intelligence61 topic
  19. Intercultural Competence61 topic
  20. Religious Education51 topic
  21. Schools51 topic

Where does Philip G. Altbach work?

Philip G. Altbach's main affiliation in the publication record is Boston College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Philip G. Altbach have?

Science Explorer counts 258 works and 1,213 citations for Philip G. Altbach, ranking #5,185 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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