Alan Smithers
Impact in
- Human Factors and Ergonomics top 5%
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Education top 5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Education Systems and Policy
- Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Higher Education and Employability
- Science Education and Pedagogy
Papers in
- Education 25
- Education Systems and Policy 8
- Higher Education Learning Practices 3
- Reflective Practices in Education 3
- Higher Education Research Studies 3
- Teacher Professional Development and Motivation 3
- Online and Blended Learning 2
- Co-authors
- Pamela Robinson (5 shared papers)John Collings (5 shared papers)Dennis Child (3 shared papers)Tom Kitwood (1 shared paper)P.J. Robinson (1 shared paper)Susan Hill (1 shared paper)J. F. SUTCLIFFE (5 shared papers)Noël Entwistle (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- British Journal of Educational Psychology (5 papers)Nature (4 papers)Educational Review (3 papers)Educational Research (3 papers)British Journal of Educational Studies (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomSloveniaMexico
In The Last Decade
Alan Smithers
61 papers receiving 488 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 92
- Human Factors and Ergonomics 42
- Education 371
- Social Psychology 107
- General Psychology 7
- Gender Studies 49
Countries citing papers authored by Alan Smithers
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Smithers
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Co-authors
The 13 scholars most cited alongside Alan Smithers, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Factors affecting teachers' decisions to leave the profession | 2003 | 109 |
| 2 | All our futures: Britain’s education revolution: a dispatches report on education | 1993 | 57 |
| 3 | Further education reformed | 2000 | 40 |
| 4 | 1999 | 38 | |
| 5 | ENGLAND'S EDUCATION what can be learned by comparing countries? | 2004 | 25 |
| 6 | 1975 | 21 | |
| 7 | 1978 | 21 | |
| 8 | 1978 | 19 | |
| 9 | The growth of mixed A levels | 1988 | 19 |
| 10 | 1973 | 17 | |
| 11 | COPING WITH TEACHER SHORTAGES | 2000 | 17 |
| 12 | 1975 | 16 | |
| 13 | 1973 | 16 | |
| 14 | 1984 | 15 | |
| 15 | Sandwich courses, an integrated education? | 1976 | 15 |
| 16 | 1986 | 14 | |
| 17 | 1989 | 14 | |
| 18 | 1982 | 11 | |
| 19 | 1971 | 11 | |
| 20 | 1983 | 10 |
About Alan Smithers
Alan Smithers is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Clinical Psychology, having authored 65 papers that have together received 639 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Education Systems and Policy (8 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (3 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (3 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (3 papers), Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (3 papers), Potato Plant Research (3 papers), Mathematics Education and Programs (2 papers) and Online and Blended Learning (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human Factors and Ergonomics (42 citations), Education (371 citations), Social Psychology (107 citations), General Psychology (7 citations) and Gender Studies (49 citations). Alan Smithers has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovenia and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Pamela Robinson, John Collings, Dennis Child, Tom Kitwood, P.J. Robinson, Susan Hill, J. F. SUTCLIFFE, Noël Entwistle, John Nisbet and David Hellawell. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal of Educational Psychology, Nature, Educational Review, Educational Research and British Journal of Educational Studies.
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