Barry McGaw

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Barry McGaw is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry McGaw has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Barry McGaw's work include Education Systems and Policy (8 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (4 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 papers). Barry McGaw is often cited by papers focused on Education Systems and Policy (8 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (4 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 papers). Barry McGaw collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Barry McGaw's co-authors include Esther Care, Patrick R. Griffin, Eva L. Baker, Penelope L. Peterson, Karl G. Jöreskog, Gene V. Glass, Paul Haggarty, James L. Wardrop, Richard C. Anderson and Peter Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Biochemistry, Journal of Educational Psychology and Journal of Theoretical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Barry McGaw

36 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2010 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
    2011 661 citations Barry McGaw et al. profile →
  2. International encyclopedia of education
    2010 496 citations Penelope L. Peterson, Eva L. Baker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barry McGaw Australia 16 916 441 194 168 164 41 1.8k
Walter Wager United States 7 869 0.9× 603 1.4× 141 0.7× 112 0.7× 141 0.9× 34 1.4k
Marcy P. Driscoll United States 15 1.1k 1.2× 637 1.4× 141 0.7× 122 0.7× 199 1.2× 48 1.7k
Hoi K. Suen United States 23 1.0k 1.1× 788 1.8× 230 1.2× 178 1.1× 174 1.1× 75 2.5k
Walter Dick United States 15 1.3k 1.4× 667 1.5× 157 0.8× 129 0.8× 308 1.9× 52 2.2k
Jeanne Ellis Ormrod United States 17 1.0k 1.1× 443 1.0× 160 0.8× 163 1.0× 204 1.2× 50 1.7k
Gary T. Moore United States 18 940 1.0× 518 1.2× 404 2.1× 220 1.3× 108 0.7× 57 2.5k
John R. Staver United States 19 1.3k 1.4× 586 1.3× 179 0.9× 198 1.2× 98 0.6× 52 2.0k
Donald J. Cunningham United States 15 863 0.9× 652 1.5× 173 0.9× 156 0.9× 134 0.8× 60 1.7k
Norbert M. Seel Germany 17 550 0.6× 489 1.1× 130 0.7× 192 1.1× 137 0.8× 43 1.4k
Marilla D. Svinicki United States 22 1.4k 1.5× 514 1.2× 112 0.6× 144 0.9× 89 0.5× 83 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Barry McGaw

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barry McGaw

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barry McGaw

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barry McGaw. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barry McGaw based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Barry McGaw. Barry McGaw is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McGaw, Barry, William Louden, & Claire Wyatt‐Smith. (2020). NAPLAN Review: final report. 7 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry. (2014). Cross-curriculum priorities are options, not orders. 34(2). 18. 8 indexed citations
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Peterson, Penelope L., Eva L. Baker, & Barry McGaw. (2010). International encyclopedia of education. 496 indexed citations breakdown →
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McGaw, Barry. (2008). Education and Social Connectedness. Debatte Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. 2. 2 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry. (2004). Quality education is the sky the limit. 1 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry, et al.. (2004). Examination standards : report of the independent committee to Qca. Digital Education Resource Archive (University College London). 4 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry. (1997). Shaping Their Future: Recommendations for reform of the Higher School Certificate. 24 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry. (1993). Making Schools More Effective. 26 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry. (1992). Making Schools More Effective: Report of the Australian Effective Schools Project.. Analytical Biochemistry. 237(1). 129–34. 8 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry. (1992). Testing in education. Australian Psychologist. 27(1). 1–11. 3 indexed citations
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Haggarty, Paul, et al.. (1988). Measurement of fractionated water loss and CO2production using triply labelled water. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 134(3). 291–308. 23 indexed citations
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Haggarty, Paul & Barry McGaw. (1988). Non-restrictive methods for measuring energy expenditure. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 47(3). 365–374. 19 indexed citations
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James, W. P. T., Paul Haggarty, & Barry McGaw. (1988). Recent progress in studies on energy expenditure: are the new methods providing answers to the old questions?. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 47(3). 195–208. 8 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry & Gene V. Glass. (1980). Choice of the Metric for Effect Size in Meta-analysis. American Educational Research Journal. 17(3). 325–337. 93 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry, et al.. (1976). Delphi in Education: Review and Assessment. Australian Journal of Education. 20(1). 59–76. 15 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry, et al.. (1976). Innovation and Research in Education. Australian Journal of Education. 20(2). 231–236.
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Rosenshine, Barak & Barry McGaw. (1972). Issues in Assessing Teacher Accountability in Public Education.. Phi Delta Kappan. 1 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry, et al.. (1972). Classroom Observation Schemes: Where are the Errors?. American Educational Research Journal. 9(1). 13–27. 54 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry & Karl G. Jöreskog. (1971). FACTORIAL INVARIANCE OF ABILITY MEASURES IN GROUPS DIFFERING IN INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 24(2). 154–168. 100 indexed citations
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McGaw, Barry & Karl G. Jöreskog. (1970). FACTORIAL INVARIANCE OF ABILITY MEASURES IN GROUPS DIFFERING IN INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS1. ETS Research Bulletin Series. 1970(2). 10 indexed citations

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