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Alberto Amaral

Alberto Amaral

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
43
Citations
6874
World Ranking
4470
National Ranking
8

Alberto Amaral publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Amaral sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Alberto Amaral D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Amaral sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alberto Amaral is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has focused research activity within the field of Social Sciences, producing 29 publications. Their work primarily engages with themes in Higher Education Governance and Development, as well as Higher Education Learning Practices.

Within Social Sciences, their subfields include Political Science and International Relations, Education, Communication, Sociology and Political Science, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The scientist's main topics of investigation encompass:

  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Higher Education Learning Practices
  • International Student and Expatriate Challenges
  • Education and Public Policy
  • Foreign Language Teaching Methods
  • Scientometrics and Bibliometrics Research
  • Social Capital and Networks

Alberto Amaral has published several papers in various academic venues, with notable recent works including:

  • Cross-Border Higher Education and Quality Assurance. Results from a Systematic Literature Review (2022), Journal of Studies in International Education
  • Inbreeding and research collaborations in Portuguese higher education (2021), Higher Education Quarterly
  • International students in Portuguese higher education: who are they and what are their choices? (2021), Studies in Higher Education
  • Graduate employment: Does the type of higher education institution matter? (2023), Bulletin of Economic Research
  • reconfiguração da gestão universitária em Portugal (2021), Universidade do Porto

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Orlanda Tavares
  • Cristina Sin
  • António M. Magalhães
  • Maria João Rosa
  • Nathan Carvalho

Their publications appear regularly in peer-reviewed journals such as:

  • Higher Education Quarterly
  • Journal of Studies in International Education
  • Studies in Higher Education
  • Bulletin of Economic Research
  • Journal of Further and Higher Education

Best Publications

  • The Higher Education Managerial Revolution

    Alberto Amaral;V. Lynn Meek;Ingvild Marheim Larsen

  • Markets in Higher Education. Rhetoric or Reality

    Pedro Teixeira;B. W. A. Jongbloed;David D. Dill;Alberto Amaral

  • Governing higher education : national perspectives on institutional governance

    Alberto Amaral;Glen A. Jones;Berit Karseth

  • The Emergent Role of External Stakeholders in European Higher Education Governance

    Alberto Amaral;António Magalhães

  • Reform and Change in Higher Education

    Åse Gornitzka;Maurice Kogan;Alberto Amaral

  • Epidemiology and the Bologna Saga

    Alberto Amaral;António M. Magalhães

  • Private Higher Education and Diversity: An Exploratory Survey

    Pedro Teixeira;Alberto Amaral

  • European Integration and the Governance of Higher Education and Research

    Alberto Amaral;Guy R. Neave;Christine Musselin;Peter A. M. Maassen

  • Changing Patterns in the Middle Management of Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Portugal

    Rui Santiago;Teresa Carvalho;Alberto Amaral;V. Lynn Meek

  • Survey on the implementation of the Bologna process in Portugal

    Amélia Veiga;Alberto Amaral

  • Democratização do acesso e do sucesso no ensino superior: uma reflexão a partir das realidades de Portugal e do Brasil

    Leandro Almeida;Claisy Maria Marinho-Araujo;Alberto Amaral;Diana Dias

  • A Self-assessment of Higher Education Institutions from the Perspective of the EFQM Excellence Model

    Maria João Rosa;Alberto Amaral

  • Reform and change in higher education : analysing policy implementation

    Åse Gornitzka;Maurice Kogan;Alberto Amaral

  • O conceito de stakeholder e o novoparadigma do ensino superior

    Alberto Amaral;António Magalhães

  • Students' Preferences and Needs in Portuguese Higher Education

    Diana Tavares;Orlanda Tavares;Elsa Justino;Alberto Amaral

  • On markets, autonomy and regulation the Janus Head revisited

    Alberto Amaral;António Magalhães

  • The Open Method of Coordination and the Implementation of the Bologna Process

    Amélia Veiga;Alberto Amaral

  • Academics’ and employers’ perceptions about responsibilities for employability and their initiatives towards its development

    Cristina Sin;Alberto Amaral

  • The Rise of Academic Managerialism in Portugal

    Alberto Amaral;António Magalhães;Rui Santiago

  • The rise and fall of the private sector in Portuguese higher education

    Alberto Amaral;Pedro Teixeira

  • Transforming Higher Education

    Alberto Amaral

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Neave
Guy Neave University of Twente
Donald F. Westerheijden
Donald F. Westerheijden University of Twente
Leandro S. Almeida
Leandro S. Almeida University of Minho
Åse Gornitzka
Åse Gornitzka University of Oslo
Maurice Kogan
Maurice Kogan Brunel University London
Ivar Bleiklie
Ivar Bleiklie University of Bergen
Bjørn Stensaker
Bjørn Stensaker University of Oslo
Peter Maassen
Peter Maassen University of Oslo
Adélio Mendes
Adélio Mendes University of Porto

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