Sally Thomas
Impact in
- Human Factors and Ergonomics top 0.5%
- 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
Papers in
- Education 82
- Education Systems and Policy 31
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies 23
- School Choice and Performance 22
- Parental Involvement in Education 13
- Higher Education Learning Practices 6
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- Educational Assessment and Improvement 30
- 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)Kathryn McPherson (1 shared paper)Barbara K. Butland (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)Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesMexico
In The Last Decade
Sally Thomas
140 papers receiving 4.4k citations
Sally Thomas's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
- Human Factors and Ergonomics 294
- Education 3.4k
- Information Systems and Management 767
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 774
- Safety Research 301
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 153 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 | 1620 |
| 2 | Foresight. Tackling obesities: future choices. Project report. Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 691 |
| 3 | Creating and Sustaining Effective Professional Learning Communities | 2005 | 391 |
| 4 | Forging Links: Effective Schools and Effective Departments | 1997 | 236 |
| 5 | 1993 | 145 | |
| 6 | The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data | 2015 | 142 |
| 7 | 2008 | 121 | |
| 8 | 1996 | 102 | |
| 9 | 2013 | 92 | |
| 10 | 1997 | 77 | |
| 11 | Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring: A Systematic Approach | 2003 | 77 |
| 12 | 2001 | 73 | |
| 13 | 1997 | 72 | |
| 14 | 1997 | 71 | |
| 15 | 2001 | 58 | |
| 16 | 2007 | 55 | |
| 17 | Assessing School Effectiveness: Developing Measures to put School Performance in Context | 1994 | 55 |
| 18 | 1994 | 52 | |
| 19 | 1995 | 51 | |
| 20 | 2006 | 42 |
About Sally Thomas
Sally Thomas is a scholar working on Education, Information Systems and Management, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 153 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Education Systems and Policy (31 papers), Educational Assessment and Improvement (30 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (23 papers), School Choice and Performance (22 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (13 papers), Educational and Psychological Assessments (9 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (6 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human Factors and Ergonomics (294 citations), Education (3.4k citations), Information Systems and Management (767 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (774 citations) and Safety Research (301 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, Kathryn McPherson, Barbara K. Butland, Susan A. Jebb 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 Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education.
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