| Interviewing elites: Methodological issues confronting a novice X Liu International Journal of Qualitative Methods 17 (1), 1609406918770323, 2018 | 113 | 2018 |
| Ideological and political education in Chinese Universities: structures and practices XuLiu, ZhaoXiantong, H Starkey Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021 | 54 | 2021 |
| The governance in the development of public universities in China X Liu Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 39 (3), 266-281, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| The development of private universities in socialist China X Liu Higher Education Policy 33 (1), 1-19, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Insider-outsider: Methodological reflections on collaborative intercultural research XLD Burnett Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 9 (314), 2022 | 19 | 2022 |
| Institutional governance in the development of Chinese private universities X Liu Higher Education 79 (2), 275-290, 2020 | 17* | 2020 |
| For the Sustainable Development of Universities: Exploring the External Factors Impacting Returned Early Career Academic’s Research Performance in China Xiantong Zhao, Hongbiao Yin, Chenyang Fang, Xu Liu Sustainability, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| The Challenges and Opportunities for Chinese Overseas Postgraduates in English Speaking Universities. X Liu Higher Education Studies 5 (3), 45-57, 2015 | 15 | 2015 |
| One country with two systems: The characteristics and development of higher education in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area IMN X Xie, X Liu Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10 (1), 2023 | 14 | 2023 |
| Institutional governance of Chinese private universities: The role of the communist party committee X Liu Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 42 (1), 85-101, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| How government policy is implemented in the private university: A case study from China X Liu Frontiers of Education in China 13 (3), 426-447, 2018 | 10 | 2018 |
| How does family cultural capital influence the individuals’ development? —case study about left‑behind children in China J Xiao, X Liu Asia Pacific Education Review, 12, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Sustaining Faculty Development through Visiting Scholar Programmes: A Transformative Learning Perspective XL Xiantong Zhao Sustainability 14 (525), 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| For-Profit or Not-for-Profit: What Has Affected the Implementation of the Policy for Private Universities in China? XL etc. Higher Education Policy, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| The development of independent colleges and their separation from their parent public universities in China XL etc. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
| From University to School--Experiences of Teaching Practice in Three Countries. Z Dan, X Liu International Education Studies 14 (8), 1-13, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| Urban higher education development with Chinese characteristics–The case of Shenzhen YF XuLiu International Journal of Chinese Education, 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
| Golden Goose: The Story of a Peasant Family in Western China X Liu, D Burnett Springer, 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| The development and governance of private universities in China X Liu | 1 | 2023 |
| Academic Visits as TransformativeLearning Opportunities: The Caseof Chinese Visiting Academics XL Xiantong Zhao Sage Open 12 (4), 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
Hugh StarkeyProfessor of Citizenship and Human Rights Education, UCL Institute of Education, LondonVerified email at ioe.ac.uk
