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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 31 7533 6998 536 516 157 4168

Catherine Manathunga publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Catherine Manathunga between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Catherine Manathunga published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 5.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2023. 9 of the 179 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2023. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 5 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 4 publications
1994 2025

179 publications in total across all disciplines

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Catherine Manathunga: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 0
1998 1
1999 3
2000 1
2001 2
2002 3
2003 6
2004 1
2005 4
2006 4
2007 9
2008 9
2009 8
2010 7
2011 6
2012 10
2013 6
2014 5
2015 1
2016 5
2017 9
2018 10
2019 12
2020 10
2021 10
2022 9
2023 17
2024 5
2025 4
Total 179
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Catherine Manathunga 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 Catherine Manathunga sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 154–163 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411 157
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Catherine Manathunga 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 Catherine Manathunga sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 31 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210 31
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Catherine Manathunga is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Their research primarily covers the field of Social Sciences, with a substantial focus on Education. Within this domain, subfields addressed include Education, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Global and Planetary Change, and Geography, Planning and Development.

The main topics explored in their work are:

  • Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Service-Learning and Community Engagement
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Participatory Visual Research Methods
  • Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Global Education and Multiculturalism

Recent publications authored or co-authored include:

  • "Community engagement is ... : revisiting Boyer's model of scholarship" (2020), published in Higher Education Research & Development
  • "Indigenous Knowledge Systems in South Africa and Australia: transforming doctoral education" (2023), published in Curriculum Perspectives
  • "Decolonising higher education: creating space for Southern knowledge systems" (2020), published in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South
  • "The timescapes of teaching in Higher Education" (2020), published in Teaching in Higher Education
  • "Teachers' Pedagogical Practices and Students' Learning Experiences in an Ethiopian University Setting" (2020), published in Asian Journal of University Education

The frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
  • Higher Education Research & Development
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South
  • The Australian Educational Researcher
  • Teaching in Higher Education

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Jing Qi
  • Maria Raciti
  • Kathryn Gilbey
  • Shelley Davidow
  • Sue Stanton

Best Publications

  • Supervision as Mentoring: The Role of Power and Boundary Crossing.

    Catherine Manathunga

  • The development of research supervision: “Turning the light on a private space”

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Early warning signs in postgraduate research education: a different approach to ensuring timely completions

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Challenging the dual assumption of the ‘always/already’ autonomous student and effective supervisor

    Catherine Manathunga;Justine Goozée

  • Imagining an interdisciplinary doctoral pedagogy

    Catherine Manathunga;Paul Lant;George Mellick

  • Clutch-Starting Stalled Research Students

    Kathy Ahern;Catherine Manathunga

  • Going Global with Assessment: What to do when the dominant culture's literacy drives assessment

    Dolly MacKinnon;Catherine Manathunga

  • Doing Educational Development Ambivalently: Applying post‐colonial metaphors to educational development?

    Catherine Manathunga

  • "Unhomely" Academic Developer Identities: More Post-Colonial Explorations.

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Graduate attribute development and employment outcomes: tracking PhD graduates

    Catherine Manathunga;Rachael Pitt;Christa Critchley

  • Doctoral supervision in a cross-cultural context: issues affecting supervisors and candidates

    Theresa Winchester-Seeto;Judi Homewood;Jane Thogersen;Christa Jacenyik-Trawoger

  • Intercultural Postgraduate Supervision: Reimagining time, place and knowledge

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Supervisors watching supervisors: The deconstructive possibilities and tensions of team supervision

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Intercultural Postgraduate Supervision: Ethnographic Journeys of Identity and Power

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Research as an intercultural ‘contact zone’

    Catherine Manathunga

  • ‘Timescapes’ in doctoral education: the politics of temporal equity in higher education

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Developing professional researchers: research students’ graduate attributes

    Catherine Manathunga;Paul Lant;George Mellick

  • Why history? Why now? Multiple accounts of the emergence of academic development

    Barbara Grant;Alison Lee;Sue Clegg;Catherine Manathunga

  • African international doctoral students in New Zealand: Englishes, doctoral writing and intercultural supervision

    Stephanie Doyle;Catherine Manathunga;Gerard Prinsen;Rachel Tallon

  • Intercultural doctoral supervision: The centrality of place, time and other forms of knowledge:

    Catherine Manathunga

  • Making sense of quality teaching and learning in higher education in Ethiopia: Unfolding existing realities for future promises

    Tefera Tadesse;Catherine E Manathunga;Robyn M Gillies

Frequent Co-Authors

Robyn M. Gillies
Robyn M. Gillies University of Queensland
Paul Lant
Paul Lant University of Queensland
David Boud
David Boud Deakin University
Christine A. Beveridge
Christine A. Beveridge University of Queensland
Allyson Holbrook
Allyson Holbrook University of Newcastle Australia
Sue Clegg
Sue Clegg Leeds Beckett University
Raewyn Connell
Raewyn Connell University of Sydney

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