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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 70 763 665 7 6 905 22471

Michael A. Peters publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael A. Peters between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael A. Peters published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 18.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 100 publications in 2020. 34 of the 1,035 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 100. Peak 100 publications in 2020. 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 23 publications 2004: 30 publications 2005: 27 publications 2006: 23 publications 2007: 39 publications 2008: 34 publications 2009: 35 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 26 publications 2012: 58 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 54 publications 2015: 49 publications 2016: 30 publications 2017: 44 publications 2018: 36 publications 2019: 61 publications 2020: 100 publications 2021: 81 publications 2022: 62 publications 2023: 40 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 22 publications
1971 2025

1,035 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael A. Peters: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year Publications
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 1
1986 2
1987 0
1988 2
1989 2
1990 3
1991 2
1992 2
1993 2
1994 5
1995 7
1996 5
1997 6
1998 5
1999 6
2000 11
2001 12
2002 20
2003 23
2004 30
2005 27
2006 23
2007 39
2008 34
2009 35
2010 25
2011 26
2012 58
2013 27
2014 54
2015 49
2016 30
2017 44
2018 36
2019 61
2020 100
2021 81
2022 62
2023 40
2024 12
2025 22
Total 1,035
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Michael A. Peters 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 Michael A. Peters 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, 570+ 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: 905 publications — 100th percentile

100% 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
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+ 100 905
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Michael A. Peters 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 Michael A. Peters 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, 70 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: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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
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 70
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Michael A. Peters is affiliated with the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the Social Sciences, with a notable focus on several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems, Education, Political Science and International Relations, and Philosophy.

The main topics of Michael A. Peters' work cover a range of areas: Digital Education and Society, Higher Education Practices and Engagement, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Global Educational Policies and Reforms, Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations, Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, and Global Education and Multiculturalism.

Key recent publications by Michael A. Peters include the following:

  • Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19 (2020), Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • China's Internationalized Higher Education During Covid-19: Collective Student Autoethnography (2020), Postdigital Science and Education
  • AI and the future of humanity: ChatGPT-4, philosophy and education - Critical responses (2023), Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • Viral modernity? Epidemics, infodemics, and the 'bioinformational' paradigm (2020), Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • Postdigital-biodigital: An emerging configuration (2021), Educational Philosophy and Theory

Michael A. Peters frequently collaborates with several researchers. Regular co-authors include Petar Jandrić, Marek Tesař, Tina Besley, Ben Green, and Liz Jackson.

The scientist has contributed extensively to publications, with prominent venues including Educational Philosophy and Theory, where they have published 99 papers; Beijing International Review of Education with 26 publications; Postdigital Science and Education with 14; Revista Internacional de Pesquisa em Educação Matemática with 3; and ACCESS Contemporary Issues in Education with 2.

Michael A. Peters has authored books published by different publishers. At Springer Nature, they published three titles: Knowledge Socialism (2020), World Class Universities (2020), and Moral Education and the Ethics of Self-Cultivation (2021). Additionally, Springer International Publishing released Bioinformational Philosophy and Postdigital Knowledge Ecologies (2022), and Frontiers Media published Realizing Livelihood and Environmental Benefits of Forages in Tropical Crop-Tree-Livestock Systems (2022).

In recognition of their professional achievements, Michael A. Peters was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Neoliberalism, higher education and the knowledge economy: from the free market to knowledge capitalism

    Mark Olssen;Michael A. Peters

  • Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology

    Michael A. Peters;Daniel Araya

  • Education, Enterprise Culture and the Entrepreneurial Self: A Foucauldian Perspective

    Michael Peters

  • The Origins and Status of Action Research

    Michael Peters;Viviane Robinson

  • Poststructuralism, Marxism, and Neoliberalism: Between Theory and Politics

    Michael A. Peters

  • Poststructuralism and educational research

    Michael Peters;Nicholas C. Burbules

  • Subjectivity and Truth: Foucault, Education, and the Culture of Self

    Tina Besley;Michael Peters

  • National education policy constructions of the 'knowledge economy': towards a critique

    Michael Peters

  • Technological unemployment : Educating for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

    Michael A. Peters

  • Building Knowledge Cultures: Education and Development in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism

    Michael A. Peters;A.C. Besley

  • Education in a post-truth world

    Michael A. Peters

  • Individualism And Community: Education And Social Policy In The Postmodern Condition

    Michael Peters;James Marshall

  • Education and the Postmodern Condition

    Michael Peters

  • Cognitive Capitalism, Education and Digital Labor.

    Michael A. Peters;Ergin Bulut

  • China’s Internationalized Higher Education During Covid-19: Collective Student Autoethnography

    Michael A. Peters;Hejia Wang;Moses Oladele Ogunniran;Yingying Huang

  • Poststructuralism, Politics and Education

    Michael Peters

  • Virtues of Openness: Education, Science, and Scholarship in the Digital Age

    Michael A. Peters;Peter Roberts

  • Information, knowledge and learning: Some issues facing epistemology and education in a digital age

    Colin Lankshear;Michael Peters;Michele Knobel

  • Neoliberalism and After?: Education, Social Policy, and the Crisis of Western Capitalism

    Michael A. Peters

  • Governmentality studies in education

    MA Peters;AC Besley;Meh Olssen;S Maurer

  • Heidegger, Education, and Modernity

    Michael A. Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert Biesta
Gert Biesta National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Nicholas C. Burbules
Nicholas C. Burbules University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter McLaren
Peter McLaren Chapman University
Colin Lankshear
Colin Lankshear James Cook University
Fazal Rizvi
Fazal Rizvi University of Melbourne
Arjen E. J. Wals
Arjen E. J. Wals Wageningen University & Research
Ronald Barnett
Ronald Barnett University College London
Allen J. Scott
Allen J. Scott University of California, Los Angeles
Michael W. Apple
Michael W. Apple University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bill Cope
Bill Cope University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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