| Troubling contexts: Toward a generative theory of rurality as education research RJ Balfour, C Mitchell, R Moletsane Journal of rural and community development 3 (3), 2008 | 232 | 2008 |
| Language rights in education in South Africa D Mkhize, R Balfour South African Journal of Higher Education 31 (6), 133-150, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
| Students’ access to digital literacy at a South African university: Privilege and marginalisation L Kajee, R Balfour Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 29 (2), 187-196, 2011 | 84 | 2011 |
| Students’ access to digital literacy at a South African university: Privilege and marginalisation L Kajee, R Balfour Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 29 (2), 187-196, 2011 | 84 | 2011 |
| University language policies, internationalism, multilingualism, and language development in South Africa and the UK RJ Balfour Cambridge Journal of Education 37 (1), 35-49, 2007 | 77 | 2007 |
| Rurality and rural education: Discourses underpinning rurality and rural education research in South African postgraduate education research 1994-2004 T Nkambule, RJ Balfour, G Pillay, R Moletsane South African Journal of Higher Education 25 (2), 341-357, 2011 | 76 | 2011 |
| Language learning and teaching in South African primary schools R Wildsmith-Cromarty, RJ Balfour Language Teaching 52 (3), 296-317, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| Rurality research and rural education: Exploratory and explanatory power RJ Balfour Perspectives in Education 30 (1), 9-18, 2012 | 59 | 2012 |
| Progress and challenges for language policy implementation at the University of KwaZulu-Natal N Ndimande-Hlongwa, RJ Balfour, N Mkhize, C Engelbrecht Language Learning Journal 38 (3), 347-357, 2010 | 52 | 2010 |
| Rural education and rural realities: The politics and possibilities of rural research in Southern Africa RJ Balfour, N De Lange, M Khau Perspectives in Education 30 (1), I-IX, 2012 | 43 | 2012 |
| Naming the Father: re‐examining the role of English as a medium of instruction in South African education RJ Balfour Changing English 6 (1), 103-113, 1999 | 29 | 1999 |
| Unpacking the predominance of case study methodology in South African postgraduate educational research, 1995-2004 P Rule, B Davey, RJ Balfour South African Journal of Higher Education 25 (2), 301-321, 2011 | 28 | 2011 |
| Education in a New South Africa RJ Balfour Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| The nature of experimental and quasi-experimental research in postgraduate education research in South Africa: 1995-2004 B Goba, RJ Balfour, T Nkambule South African Journal of Higher Education 25 (2), 269-286, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| Post-colonial twilight: English as a failed Lingua Franca R Balfour The English Academy Review 19 (1), 20-32, 2002 | 22 | 2002 |
| Mother-tongue education or bilingual education for South Africa: theories, pedagogies and sustainability RJ Balfour Journal for Language Teaching= Ijenali Yekufundzisa Lulwimi= Tydskrif vir …, 2007 | 21 | 2007 |
| Blended learning, and open and distance learning: implications for best practice in higher education: leading article RJ Balfour, JL Van der Walt, EJ Spamer, AC Tshivhase Progressio 37 (1), 1-18, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| Post–graduate supervision pratices in South African universities in the era of democracy and educational change 1994–2004 RJ Balfour, G Pillay Unisa, 2011 | 19* | 2011 |
| Post-graduate supervision practices in South African universities in the era of democracy and educational change 1994-2004 G Pillay, RJ Balfour South African Journal of Higher Education 25 (2), 358-372, 2011 | 19 | 2011 |
| Every voice counts: Towards a new agenda for schools in rural communities in the age of AIDS N de Lange, C Mitchell, R Moletsane, R Balfour, V Wedekind, D Pillay, ... Education as Change 14 (S1), S45-S55, 2010 | 19 | 2010 |
