Ada B. Simmons

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ada B. Simmons is a scholar working on Education, Law and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ada B. Simmons has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Education, 3 papers in Law and 3 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ada B. Simmons's work include Education Discipline and Inequality (8 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (8 papers) and School Choice and Performance (5 papers). Ada B. Simmons is often cited by papers focused on Education Discipline and Inequality (8 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (8 papers) and School Choice and Performance (5 papers). Ada B. Simmons collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ada B. Simmons's co-authors include Russell J. Skiba, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, Choong-Geun Chung, Edward P. St. John, M. Karega Rausch, Glenda Droogsma Musoba, Deborah Olsen, Shouping Hu, John M. Braxton and Tony Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education, Research in Higher Education and Exceptional Children.

In The Last Decade

Ada B. Simmons

25 papers receiving 922 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Achieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges

2008 349 citations Russell J. Skiba, Ada B. Simmons et al. Exceptional Children profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ada B. Simmons United States	14	1.0k	282	236	230	180	26	1.2k
Margaret J. McLaughlin United States	18	803 0.8×	353 1.3×	350 1.5×	270 1.2×	55 0.3×	58	1.1k
Choong-Geun Chung United States	9	1.6k 1.6×	265 0.9×	346 1.5×	446 1.9×	516 2.9×	15	1.8k
Gerardo Echeita Sarrionandía Spain	20	1.2k 1.1×	140 0.5×	85 0.4×	129 0.6×	93 0.5×	138	1.4k
Nicholas M. Michelli United States	5	1.1k 1.0×	229 0.8×	310 1.3×	164 0.7×	420 2.3×	15	1.4k
Terry Pickeral United States	5	1.0k 1.0×	236 0.8×	327 1.4×	170 0.7×	440 2.4×	13	1.3k
Thomas M. Skrtic United States	17	1.1k 1.0×	496 1.8×	315 1.3×	258 1.1×	36 0.2×	41	1.4k
Phil Bayliss United Kingdom	9	822 0.8×	325 1.2×	238 1.0×	185 0.8×	63 0.3×	18	1.1k
Mirna Nel South Africa	11	782 0.8×	284 1.0×	153 0.6×	171 0.7×	80 0.4×	26	1.0k
Shlomo Romi Israel	15	764 0.7×	188 0.7×	208 0.9×	163 0.7×	347 1.9×	52	1.1k
Derrick Armstrong Australia	19	739 0.7×	344 1.2×	306 1.3×	98 0.4×	84 0.5×	41	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ada B. Simmons

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Skiba, Russell J., et al.. (2008). Achieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges. Exceptional Children. 74(3). 264–288. 349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Skiba, Russell J., et al.. (2006). The Context of Minority Disproportionality: Practitioner Perspectives on Special Education Referral. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 108(7). 1424–1459. 77 indexed citations

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Skiba, Russell J., et al.. (2006). The Context of Minority Disproportionality: Practitioner Perspectives on Special Education Referral. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 108(7). 1424–1459. 4 indexed citations

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Skiba, Russell J., et al.. (2005). Unproven Links. The Journal of Special Education. 39(3). 130–144. 163 indexed citations

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John, Edward P. St., et al.. (2004). Meeting the Access Challenge: An Examination of Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program. Research in Higher Education. 45(8). 829–871. 36 indexed citations

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Plucker, Jonathan A., et al.. (2004). Trend Analysis of Indiana K-12 Library Services Since the School Library Printed Materials Grant..

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John, Edward P. St., et al.. (2004). What Difference Does a Major Make? The Influence of College Major Field on Persistence by African American and White Students. Research in Higher Education. 45(3). 209–232. 62 indexed citations

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John, Edward P. St., et al.. (2004). Expanding College Access: The Impact of State Finance Strategies. Research Report.. 8 indexed citations

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Skiba, Russell J., et al.. (2004). Beyond Guns, Drugs and Gangs. Journal of School Violence. 3(2-3). 149–171. 63 indexed citations

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Simmons, Ada B., et al.. (2004). Expanding College Access: The Impact of State Finance Strategies. Issue Lab (Candid). 24 indexed citations

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Skiba, Russell J., et al.. (2003). The Psychology of Disproportionality: Minority Placement in Context. Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners. 6(1). 27–40. 7 indexed citations

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Skiba, Russell J., et al.. (2003). The Psychology of Disproportionality: Minority Placement in Context. Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners. 6(1). 27–40. 2 indexed citations

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John, Edward P. St., Glenda Droogsma Musoba, & Ada B. Simmons. (2003). Keeping the Promise: The Impact of Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars Program. Review of higher education/The review of higher education. 27(1). 103–123. 29 indexed citations

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John, Edward P. St., Ada B. Simmons, & Glenda Droogsma Musoba. (2002). Merit-Aware Admissions in Public Universities.. Thought & action. 17(2). 35–46. 8 indexed citations

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Musoba, Glenda Droogsma, Ada B. Simmons, Choong-Geun Chung, & Edward P. St. John. (2002). Meeting the Access Challenge: Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program. 19 indexed citations

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John, Edward P. St., Glenda Droogsma Musoba, Ada B. Simmons, & Choong-Geun Chung. (2002). Meeting the Access Challenge: Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program. New Agenda Series [TM].. 6 indexed citations

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John, Edward P. St., Ada B. Simmons, Robert Michael, et al.. (2000). Indiana's Early Literacy Intervention Grant Program Impact Study for 1999-2000.. 2 indexed citations

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John, Edward P. St., Shouping Hu, Ada B. Simmons, & Glenda Droogsma Musoba. (1999). Aptitude versus Merit: What Matters in Persistence? Policy Research Report.. 3 indexed citations

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Stage, Frances K., Patricia A. Muller, Jillian Kinzie, & Ada B. Simmons. (1998). Creating Learning Centered Classrooms. What Does Learning Theory Have To Say? ERIC Digest.. 20 indexed citations

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Olsen, Deborah & Ada B. Simmons. (1996). The research versus teaching debate: Untangling the relationships. New Directions for Institutional Research. 1996(90). 31–39. 20 indexed citations

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