Alison Kington

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Alison Kington is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Kington has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Education, 12 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 4 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Alison Kington's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (23 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (15 papers) and Educational and Psychological Assessments (8 papers). Alison Kington is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (23 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (15 papers) and Educational and Psychological Assessments (8 papers). Alison Kington collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia. Alison Kington's co-authors include Christopher Day, Pam Sammons, Gordon Stobart, Q. Gu, Qing Gu, Peter Kutnick, Kenneth Leithwood, Rebecca Smees, David Hopkins and F. W. Noble and has published in prestigious journals such as Materials Science and Engineering A, Frontiers in Psychology and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Alison Kington

52 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

The personal and professional selves of teachers: stable and unstable identities

2006 646 citations Christopher Day, Alison Kington et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Kington United Kingdom	16	1.6k	346	263	259	157	56	2.1k
Katja Vähäsantanen Finland	21	1.3k 0.8×	356 1.0×	280 1.1×	232 0.9×	343 2.2×	54	1.9k
Beatrice Ávalos Chile	19	1.9k 1.2×	196 0.6×	311 1.2×	187 0.7×	95 0.6×	68	2.3k
Eugene Matusov United States	24	1.2k 0.7×	307 0.9×	417 1.6×	280 1.1×	179 1.1×	102	1.8k
Carol R. Rodgers United States	10	1.7k 1.0×	229 0.7×	260 1.0×	137 0.5×	99 0.6×	19	2.1k
Maurice Galton United Kingdom	30	2.2k 1.3×	380 1.1×	717 2.7×	219 0.8×	89 0.6×	98	2.7k
Matthew Ronfeldt United States	19	2.9k 1.8×	381 1.1×	434 1.7×	284 1.1×	75 0.5×	40	3.3k
Nadine Engels Belgium	21	1.2k 0.7×	198 0.6×	301 1.1×	280 1.1×	51 0.3×	56	1.6k
Simon Veenman Netherlands	19	2.3k 1.4×	324 0.9×	612 2.3×	355 1.4×	67 0.4×	47	2.8k
Jos Kessels Netherlands	7	1.9k 1.2×	383 1.1×	389 1.5×	132 0.5×	172 1.1×	10	2.2k
Donald McIntyre United Kingdom	20	1.6k 1.0×	385 1.1×	319 1.2×	160 0.6×	165 1.1×	38	2.0k

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Kington, Alison, et al.. (2023). Close and Conflictual: How Pupil–Teacher Relationships Can Contribute to the Alienation of Pupils from Secondary School. Education Sciences. 13(10). 1009–1009. 1 indexed citations

Maulana, Ridwan, et al.. (2023). Observing secondary school teachers’ effective teaching behavior in the Netherlands, England, and the United States using the ICALT observation instrument. Frontiers in Education. 8. 2 indexed citations

Kington, Alison, et al.. (2023). Uniting Teachers Through Critical Language Awareness: a Role for the Early Career Framework?. British Journal of Educational Studies. 72(1). 23–41. 1 indexed citations

Kington, Alison, et al.. (2021). “We Will Appreciate Each Other More After This”: Teachers' Construction of Collective and Personal Identities During Lockdown. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 703404–703404. 9 indexed citations

Kington, Alison, et al.. (2019). Collaborations: providing emotional support to senior leaders. Journal of Professional Capital and Community. 5(1). 1–14. 6 indexed citations

Sammons, Pam, et al.. (2016). Inspiring teaching: learning from exemplary practitioners. Journal of Professional Capital and Community. 1(2). 124–144. 36 indexed citations

Kington, Alison, et al.. (2014). Effective Classroom Practice. Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository). 8 indexed citations

Kington, Alison, Nick Reed, & Pam Sammons. (2013). Teachers’ constructs of effective classroom practice: variations across career phases. Research Papers in Education. 29(5). 534–556. 12 indexed citations

Kington, Alison, Peter Gates, & Pam Sammons. (2013). Development of social relationships, interactions and behaviours in early education settings. Journal of Early Childhood Research. 11(3). 292–311. 16 indexed citations

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Kington, Alison. (2012). NARRATIVES OF VARIATION IN TEACHER-PUPIL RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS A CAREER. European Journal of Education Studies. 4(2). 5 indexed citations

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Kington, Alison, et al.. (2011). Stories and Statistics: Describing a Mixed Methods Study of Effective Classroom Practice. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 5(2). 103–125. 32 indexed citations

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Day, Christopher, Pam Sammons, David Hopkins, et al.. (2009). The impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes. Final report. Digital Education Resource Archive (University College London). 108 indexed citations

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Day, Christopher & Alison Kington. (2008). Identity, well‐being and effectiveness: the emotional contexts of teaching. Pedagogy Culture and Society. 16(1). 7–23. 199 indexed citations

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Day, Christopher, Pam Sammons, David Hopkins, Kenneth Leithwood, & Alison Kington. (2008). Research into the impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes: policy and research contexts. School Leadership and Management. 28(1). 5–25. 72 indexed citations

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Sammons, Pam, et al.. (2007). Exploring the Impact of School Leadership on Pupil Outcomes: Sampling strategies.. Worcester Research and Publications (University of Worcester). 1 indexed citations

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Day, Christopher, Pam Sammons, Alison Kington, Qing Gu, & Gordon Stobart. (2006). Methodological Synergy in a National Project: The VITAE Story. Evaluation & Research in Education. 19(2). 102–125. 20 indexed citations

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Day, Christopher, Gordon Stobart, Pam Sammons, & Alison Kington. (2006). Variations in the work and lives of teachers: relative and relational effectiveness. Teachers and Teaching. 12(2). 169–192. 99 indexed citations

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Kutnick, Peter & Alison Kington. (2005). Children's friendships and learning in school: Cognitive enhancement through social interaction?. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 75(4). 521–538. 65 indexed citations

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Kington, Alison, et al.. (2002). Innovative Classroom Practices Using ICT in England. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 9 indexed citations

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Kington, Alison, et al.. (2001). ICT and Innovative Pedagogy: Examples from Case Studies in Two Schools Collected as Part of the Second Information Technology in Education Study (SITES) in England. Worcester Research and Publications (University of Worcester). 2 indexed citations

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