2026 Ulrich Teichler: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	62	1275	1128	39	30	430	13985

Research.com Recognitions

1992 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ulrich Teichler is affiliated with the University of Kassel in Germany and specializes primarily in the social sciences. Their research spans diverse subfields including political science and international relations, education, sociology and political science, communication, and literature and literary theory.

The scholar has contributed extensively to topics such as higher education governance and development, sociology and education studies, higher education learning practices, international student and expatriate challenges, higher education and employability, global educational policies and reforms, and the evaluation of teaching practices.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Futao Huang, Timo Aarrevaara, Jung H. Shin, Loet Leydesdorff, and Simon Marginson.

Some of the recurring publication venues for their work are:

peDOCS
Contemporary Japan
Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia
Journal of Adult Learning Knowledge and Innovation
Education and lifelong development research.

Notable recent papers by Ulrich Teichler include:

"Family-run universities in Japan: Sources of inbuilt resilience in the face of demographic pressure, 1992-2030" (2021), published in Contemporary Japan
"Are Academics Driven by Managerialism? Governance and the Changing Role of Academics on the Way Towards a Knowledge Society" (2021), published in Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia
"Theoretical underpinnings of the university ranking discourse" (2023), published in Journal of Adult Learning Knowledge and Innovation
"Der studentische Protest der 1960er Jahre und die Entstehung der Hochschulforschung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (2020), published in peDOCS
"Übergang vom Studium zum Beruf und betriebliche Einstellungspraxis" (2021), published in peDOCS

Ulrich Teichler has authored several books published mainly by Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature, and Verlag Barbara Budrich. Titles include "Higher Education and Job Employability" (2022), "Reconfiguring National, Institutional and Human Strategies for the 21st Century" (2022), "Teaching and Research in the Knowledge-Based Society" (2022), and "Higher Education Research - What Else?" (2022).

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Ulrich Teichler was awarded membership in the Academia Europaea in 1992.

Best Publications

The changing debate on internationalisation of higher education

Ulrich Teichler

922
Citations
Internationalization and Exchanges in a Globalized University

Philip G. Altbach;Ulrich Teichler

686
Citations
Research on Internationalisation in Higher Education

Barbara M. Kehm;Ulrich Teichler

499
Citations
Massification and Diversity of Higher Education Systems: Interplay of Complex Dimensions

Sarah Guri-Rosenblit;Helena Šebková;Ulrich Teichler

377
Citations
The Changing Academic Profession

Ulrich Teichler;Akira Arimoto;William K. Cummings

361
Citations
University rankings : theoretical basis, methodology and impacts on global higher education

Jung Cheol Shin;Robert K. Toutkoushian;Ulrich Teichler

313
Citations
Internationalisation of higher education: European experiences

U. Teichler

267
Citations
Comparative higher education: potentials and limits

Ulrich Teichler

257
Citations
Higher education and graduate employment in Europe : results from graduate surveys from twelve countries

Harald Schomburg;Ulrich Teichler

248
Citations
The future of higher education and of higher education research

John Brennan;Ulrich Teichler

245
Citations
Diversification? Trends and explanations of the shape and size of higher education

Ulrich Teichler

239
Citations
Internationalisation Trends in Higher Education and the Changing Role of International Student Mobility

Ulrich Teichler

223
Citations
The Changing Academic Profession: Major Findings of a Comparative Survey

Ulrich Teichler;章有本;William K. Cummings

221
Citations
Internationalisation as a challenge for higher education in Europe

Ulrich Teichler

214
Citations
A victim of their own success? Employment and working conditions of academic staff in comparative perspective

Jürgen Enders;Ulrich Teichler

213
Citations
Academic Mobility and Migration: What We Know and What We Do Not Know

Ulrich Teichler

193
Citations
The Professional Value of Temporary Study in Another European Country: Employment and Work of Former ERASMUS Students.

Ulrich Teichler;Kerstin Janson

189
Citations
Changing Patterns of the Higher Education System: The Experience of Three Decades

Ulrich Teichler

185
Citations
The Changing Role of Student Mobility

Baiba Rivza;Ulrich Teichler

180
Citations
Higher education and the world of work: conceptual frameworks, comparative perspectives, empirical findings

Ulrich Teichler

178
Citations
Impacts of study abroad programmes on students and graduates

Susan Opper;Ulrich Teichler;Jerry S. Carlson

165
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Enders University of Bath

Erik De Corte KU Leuven

John Goddard Newcastle University

Philip G. Altbach Boston College

External Links

Personal website of Ulrich Teichler

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