| Conceptualising ‘quality work’in higher education M Elken, B Stensaker Quality in higher education 24 (3), 189-202, 2018 | 169 | 2018 |
| The relationship between research and education: typologies and indicators. A literature review M Elken, S Wollscheid NIFU, 2016 | 109* | 2016 |
| Quality in Norwegian Higher Education: A review of research on aspects affecting student learning C Damşa, T de Lange, M Elken, R Esterhazy, T Fossland, N Frølich, ... NIFU, 2015 | 106* | 2015 |
| Academic career structures in Europe: perspectives from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Austria and the UK N Frølich, K Wendt, I Reymert, SM Tellmann, M Elken, S Kyvik, A Vabø, ... Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education NIFU …, 2018 | 87* | 2018 |
| Global rankings in the Nordic region: challenging the identity of research-intensive universities? M Elken, E Hovdhaugen, B Stensaker Higher Education 72 (6), 781-795, 2016 | 83 | 2016 |
| The painters behind the profile: the rise and functioning of communication departments in universities M Elken, B Stensaker, I Dedze Higher Education 76, 1109-1122, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| European integration and the transformation of higher education M Elken, Å Gornitzka, P Maassen, M Vukasovic Oslo: University of Oslo 57, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
| Multi-level, multi-actor and multi-issue dimensions of governance of the European Higher Education Area, and beyond M Vukasovic, J Jungblut, MH Chou, M Elken, P Ravinet European higher education area: The impact of past and future policies, 321-334, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Dynamics of voluntary policy coordination: actors and networks in the Bologna Process M Elken, M Vukasovic The Europe of knowledge, comparing dynamics of integration in higher …, 2014 | 37* | 2014 |
| Standardization of (higher) education in Europe–policy coordination 2.0? M Elken Policy and Society 36 (1), 127-142, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Developing policy instruments for education in the EU: The European qualifications framework for lifelong learning M Elken International Journal of Lifelong Education 34 (6), 710-726, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| Still the main show in town? Assessing political saliency of the Bologna Process across time and space M Vukasovic, J Jungblut, M Elken Studies in Higher Education 42 (8), 1421-1436, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
| The looseness of loose coupling: The use and misuse of “loose coupling” in higher education research M Elken, M Vukasovic Theory and method in higher education research, 53-71, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
| New EU instruments for education: Vertical, horizontal and internal tensions in the European Qualifications Framework M Elken Journal of Contemporary European Research 11 (1), 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| Professional higher education institutions as organizational actors M Elken, T Røsdal Tertiary Education and Management 23, 376-387, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| Marketing in higher education M Elken The International Encyclopedia of Higher Education Systems and Institutions …, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Policies for quality in higher education–coordination and consistency in EU-policymaking 2000–2010 M Elken, B Stensaker European Journal of Higher Education 1 (4), 297-314, 2011 | 23 | 2011 |
| Researching ‘quality work’in higher education M Elken, B Stensaker Quality work in higher education: Organisational and pedagogical dimensions …, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
| ‘EU-on-demand’: developing national qualifications frameworks in a multi-level context M Elken European Educational Research Journal 15 (6), 628-643, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| Pulling the plug in a bathtub: The big consequences of a small change in Norwegian higher education H de Boer, J File, J Huisman, M Seeber, M Vukasovic, DF Westerheijden, ... Policy analysis of structural reforms in higher education: Processes and …, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
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