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2026

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D-Index
84
Citations
35915
World Ranking
284
National Ranking
52

Simon Marginson 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 Simon Marginson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 464 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Marginson 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 Simon Marginson sits on this spectrum.

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: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Simon Marginson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily within the social sciences, with a special focus on political science and international relations, education, sociology and political science, management of technology and innovation, and general health professions.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics including:

  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Higher Education Learning Practices
  • University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Global Education and Multiculturalism
  • International Science and Diplomacy
  • Critical Realism in Sociology

Simon Marginson has authored several papers published in notable venues. Recent papers include:

  • What drives global science? The four competing narratives (2021), Studies in Higher Education
  • Individual and collective outcomes of higher education: a comparison of Anglo-American and Chinese approaches (2021), Globalisation Societies and Education
  • 'All things are in flux': China in global science (2021), Higher Education
  • Global science and national comparisons: beyond bibliometrics and scientometrics (2021), Comparative Education
  • What is global higher education? (2022), Oxford Review of Education

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Lili Yang
  • Michael J. Shattock
  • Anikó Horváth
  • Xin Xu
  • Vassiliki Papatsiba

Simon Marginson has published extensively in several key academic journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Higher Education
  • Globalisation Societies and Education
  • International Journal of Educational Development
  • Studies in Higher Education
  • Oxford Review of Education

Books published by Simon Marginson include titles released through Springer International Publishing and Bloomsbury Publishing plc, such as:

  • Higher Education and Job Employability (2022)
  • Reconfiguring National, Institutional and Human Strategies for the 21st Century (2022)
  • Universities and Regions (2023)
  • Brexit, EU Students and UK Higher Education (2025)

Simon Marginson has been recognized by professional organizations, including:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2014)
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • The Enterprise University: Power, Governance and Reinvention in Australia

    Simon Marginson;Mark Considine

  • Dynamics of National and Global Competition in Higher Education

    Simon William Marginson

  • Beyond national states, markets, and systems of higher education: A glonacal agency heuristic

    Simon W Marginson;Gary Rhoades

  • Globalisation and Higher Education

    Simon Marginson;Marijk van der Wende

  • Markets in education

    Simon Marginson

  • Loneliness and International Students: An Australian Study

    Erlenawati Sawir;Simon Marginson;Ana Deumert;Chris Nyland

  • To Rank or to be Ranked: The Impact of Global Rankings in Higher Education

    Simon Marginson;Marijk van der Wende

  • Education and public policy in Australia

    Simon Marginson

  • The worldwide trend to high participation higher education: dynamics of social stratification in inclusive systems

    Simon Marginson

  • Higher Education in East Asia and Singapore: Rise of the Confucian Model.

    Simon Marginson

  • Higher Education and Public Good

    Simon Marginson

  • The Public/Private Divide in Higher Education: A Global Revision.

    Simon Marginson

  • STEM: country comparisons: international comparisons of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Final report.

    Simon Marginson;Russell Tytler;Brigid Freeman;Kelly Roberts

  • Student Self-Formation in International Education:

    Simon Marginson

  • Global field and global imagining: Bourdieu and worldwide higher education

    Simon Marginson

  • Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen since 1960

    Simon Marginson

  • Competition and markets in higher education: a 'glonacal' analysis

    Simon William Marginson

  • Rethinking Academic Work in the Global Era

    Simon Marginson

  • Higher Education and Public Good: Higher Education and Public Good

    Simon Marginson

  • After globalization: emerging politics of education

    Simon Marginson

  • To Rank Or To Be Ranked: The Impact of Global Rankings in Higher Education

    S. Marginson;M. van der Wende

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell Tytler
Russell Tytler Deakin University
Mark Considine
Mark Considine University of Melbourne
Marcia Devlin
Marcia Devlin Federation University Australia
Michael A. Peters
Michael A. Peters University of Waikato
Arusha Cooray
Arusha Cooray University of New South Wales
Charles van Marrewijk
Charles van Marrewijk Utrecht University
John Quiggin
John Quiggin University of Queensland
Ka Ho Mok
Ka Ho Mok Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Jill Blackmore
Jill Blackmore Deakin University
Louise Morley
Louise Morley University of Sussex

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