Sally Thomas
Impact in
- Education top 0.1%
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- School Choice and Performance
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion
- Education Systems and Policy
- Human Factors and Ergonomics top 0.5%
Papers in
- Education 69
- Education Systems and Policy 29
- School Choice and Performance 21
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies 17
- Parental Involvement in Education 12
- Student Assessment and Feedback 5
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- Educational Assessment and Improvement 25
- Co-authors
- Louise Stoll (11 shared papers)Agnes McMahon (5 shared papers)Ray Bolam (8 shared papers)Mike Wallace (4 shared papers)Peter Mortimore (24 shared papers)Pam Sammons (25 shared papers)Barbara K. Butland (1 shared paper)Susan A. Jebb (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice (10 papers)School Effectiveness and School Improvement (5 papers)Oxford Review of Education (4 papers)British Educational Research Journal (4 papers)Improving Schools (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesMexico
In The Last Decade
Sally Thomas
122 papers receiving 3.9k citations
Sally Thomas's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 154
- Education 3.0k
- Human Factors and Ergonomics 237
- Information Systems and Management 662
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 663
- Pharmacy 204
Countries citing papers authored by Sally Thomas
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Fields of papers citing papers by Sally Thomas
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Sally Thomas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 136 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professional Learning Communities: A Review of the Literature Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 1365 |
| 2 | Foresight. Tackling obesities: future choices. Project report. Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 655 |
| 3 | Creating and Sustaining Effective Professional Learning Communities | 2005 | 334 |
| 4 | Forging Links: Effective Schools and Effective Departments | 1997 | 219 |
| 5 | 1993 | 139 | |
| 6 | The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data | 2015 | 134 |
| 7 | 2008 | 107 | |
| 8 | 1996 | 93 | |
| 9 | 2013 | 81 | |
| 10 | 1997 | 71 | |
| 11 | 2001 | 66 | |
| 12 | 1997 | 65 | |
| 13 | Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring: A Systematic Approach | 2003 | 64 |
| 14 | 1997 | 64 | |
| 15 | 2001 | 55 | |
| 16 | Assessing School Effectiveness: Developing Measures to put School Performance in Context | 1994 | 53 |
| 17 | 2007 | 48 | |
| 18 | 1994 | 47 | |
| 19 | 1995 | 44 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 38 |
About Sally Thomas
Sally Thomas is a scholar working on Education, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 136 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Education Systems and Policy (29 papers), Educational Assessment and Improvement (25 papers), School Choice and Performance (21 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (17 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (12 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (5 papers), Educational and Psychological Assessments (5 papers) and Student Assessment and Feedback (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Education (3.0k citations), Human Factors and Ergonomics (237 citations), Information Systems and Management (662 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (663 citations) and Pharmacy (204 citations). Sally Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Louise Stoll, Agnes McMahon, Ray Bolam, Mike Wallace, Peter Mortimore, Pam Sammons, Barbara K. Butland, Susan A. Jebb, Kathryn McPherson and P Kopelman. Their work appears in journals such as Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Oxford Review of Education, British Educational Research Journal and Improving Schools.
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