Peer-reviewed Publications
AL-Tkhayneh, K.M. and Ashour, S. (2024), “The green generation: a survey of environmental attitudes among university students in the United Arab Emirates”, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2024-0212 (Q1)
Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Sanaa Ashour, Haseena Shah, Samah Alameri,Amna Aldarmaki, Asma Gamil, Ruqaya Alameri & Fatima Algheilani (2024): Lived experiences of Arabic working mothers raising children with disabilities: Navigating Rehabilitation and Support Services, Disability & Society, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2024.2368564 (Q1) Lived experiences of Arabic working mothers raising children with disabilities: navigating rehabilition
Q1, 5.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Ashour, S., & Kleimann, B. (2024). Private higher education: a comparative study of Germany and the United Arab Emirates. Research Papers in Education, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2024.2318033
Q1, CiteScore 5.6 92% (2022)
Pineda, P. & Ashour, S. (2021). Student Evaluation of Teaching, Student Centeredness and Students as Clients in the Humboldtian and Emirati Tribal Traditions. Higher Education Research and Development. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07294360.2022.2156483
Q1, CiteScore 5.6 92% (108/1406); 3.656 (2021)
Ashour, S., Al-Tkhayneh, K. M., El Refae, G. A., & Kaba, A. (2022). Factors Affecting Attitudes Toward the
COVID-19 Vaccine: Empirical Evidence from the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Population and Social Studies [JPSS], 30, 764-777. https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global–literature–on–novel–coronavirus2019ncov/resource/pt/covidwho–1964994
Ashour, S. (2021). How COVID-19 is reshaping the role and modes of higher education. Open Learning:
The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02680513.2021.1930526
Q1; SJR: 0.48; CiteScore 2022: 10.0 (2023)
Ashour, S., El-Refae, G. A., Zaitoun E. A. (2021). Post-pandemic Higher Education: Perspectives from University Leaders and Educational Experts in the United Arab Emirates. Higher Education for the Future. 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1177%2F23476311211007261
Q1; SJR: 0.48; CiteScore 2022: 11.7; 81% 257/1406
Ashour, S. (2021). Access for Syrian refugees into higher education in Germany: a systematic literature review. European Journal of Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2020.1871392
Q1, 5.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus), SJR 2021; 0.576
Ashour, S. (2020). Quality Higher Education is the Foundation of Knowledge Society: Where does UAE stands? Quality in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2020.1769263
Q1; SJR 0.71; CiteScore 1.8; 64%; 448/1254
Ashour, S. (2020). The reverse gender divide in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE–08–2019–0211
Ashour, S. (2019). Analysis of the attrition phenomenon through the lens of university dropouts in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE–05–2019–
Ashour, S. (2019). How Technology has Shaped University Students’ Perceptions and Expectations around
Higher Education. Journal of Studies in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1617683
Q1; SJR 0.71; CiteScore 7.2; 96%; 51/1406
Ashour, S. (2018). Branding of Germany’s transnational education and its potential in the Arabian Gulf Region. Cogent Education, 5(1), 1463936. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2018.1463936
Ashour, S. (2017) “One or multiple paths to quality assurance of higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Quality in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2017.1407393.
Q1; SJR 0.71; CiteScore 1.8; 64%; 448/1254
Ashour, S., Ghonim, A. S., & Sabol, F. R. (2017). The quest for regional accreditation of art and design education in the Arab Countries. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 4(1), 1361639. http://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2017.1361639
Ashour, S., & Fatima, S. K. (2016). Factors favouring or impeding building a stronger higher education system in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 38(5), 576-591. http://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2016.1196925
Q1; SJR 20210.894 CiteScore (2022) 5.3 79% 282/1406
Ashour, S. (2016). Social and business entrepreneurship as career options for university students in the United Arab Emirates: The drive–preparedness gap. Cogent Education, 3(1), 1234425. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1234425
Bromfield, N. F., Ashour, S., & Rider, K. (2016). Divorce from Arranged Marriages: An Exploration of Lived Experiences. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 57(4), 280-297. http://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2016.1160482 commented on by The National
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