John K. Smith

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

John K. Smith is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, John K. Smith has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Education and 6 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in John K. Smith's work include Education and Critical Thinking Development (4 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (4 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (4 papers). John K. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Education and Critical Thinking Development (4 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (4 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (4 papers). John K. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John K. Smith's co-authors include Lous Heshusius, Phil Hodkinson, Joseph Blasé and Deborah J. Gallagher and has published in prestigious journals such as Educational Researcher, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis and British Educational Research Journal.

In The Last Decade

John K. Smith

25 papers receiving 810 citations

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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.

Closing Down the Conversation: The End of the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate Among Educational Inquirers

1986 406 citations John K. Smith, Lous Heshusius Educational Researcher profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John K. Smith United States	13	387	349	179	132	100	26	1.1k
Marc D. Miller United States	6	248 0.6×	323 0.9×	73 0.4×	114 0.9×	94 0.9×	11	1.0k
Cleo H. Cherryholmes United States	14	655 1.7×	460 1.3×	57 0.3×	66 0.5×	75 0.8×	43	1.2k
Bruce L. Wilson United States	12	501 1.3×	169 0.5×	116 0.6×	124 0.9×	65 0.7×	40	961
Margaret J. Wheatley India	11	345 0.9×	188 0.5×	241 1.3×	93 0.7×	106 1.1×	35	1.3k
Elfreda A. Chatman United States	19	176 0.5×	572 1.6×	61 0.3×	167 1.3×	92 0.9×	26	1.8k
Michael Barber United States	16	728 1.9×	235 0.7×	69 0.4×	66 0.5×	59 0.6×	83	1.3k
Elizabeth Useem United States	12	933 2.4×	481 1.4×	53 0.3×	54 0.4×	103 1.0×	38	1.7k
Kenneth D. Benne United States	11	401 1.0×	171 0.5×	122 0.7×	125 0.9×	140 1.4×	45	1.2k
Alis Oancea United Kingdom	17	876 2.3×	357 1.0×	100 0.6×	119 0.9×	80 0.8×	44	1.5k
Fenwick W. English United States	22	916 2.4×	200 0.6×	72 0.4×	34 0.3×	88 0.9×	105	1.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Smith, John K.. (2009). Judging research quality: from certainty to contingency. UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa). 1(2). 91–100. 36 indexed citations

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Smith, John K. & Deborah J. Gallagher. (2008). An Essay on the Politics of Schooling and Educational Research. Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies. 8(3). 284–301. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (2003). Food, flattery, and friendship. BMJ. 326(7400). 1 indexed citations

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Smith, John K. & Phil Hodkinson. (2002). Fussing about the Nature of Educational Research: The neo‐realists versus the relativists. British Educational Research Journal. 28(2). 291–296. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1997). The Stories Educational Researchers Tell About Themselves. Educational Researcher. 26(5). 4–11. 41 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1997). The Stories Educational Researchers Tell about Themselves. Educational Researcher. 26(5). 4–4. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1992). Interpretive inquiry: A practical and moral activity. Theory Into Practice. 31(2). 100–106. 29 indexed citations

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Smith, John K. & Joseph Blasé. (1991). From Empiricism to Hermeneutics: Educational Leadership asa Practical and Moral Activity. Journal of Educational Administration. 29(1). 16 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1987). Commentary: Relativism and justifying conclusions in naturalistic evaluations. Evaluation and Program Planning. 10(4). 351–358. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, John K. & Lous Heshusius. (1986). Closing Down the Conversation: The End of the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate Among Educational Inquirers. Educational Researcher. 15(1). 4–12. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, John K. & Lous Heshusius. (1986). Closing down the Conversation: The End of the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate among Educational Inquirers. Educational Researcher. 15(1). 4–4. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1985). Social Reality as Mind-Dependent Versus Mind-Independent and the Interpretation of Test Validity.. Journal of research and development in education. 19(1). 1–9. 10 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1985). Beyond Objectivism and Relativism. 60–64. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1984). The Problem of Criteria for Judging Interpretive Inquiry. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 6(4). 379–379. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1984). The Problem of Criteria for Judging Interpretive Inquiry. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 6(4). 379–391. 78 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1983). Quantitative versus interpretive: The problem of conducting social inquiry. New Directions for Program Evaluation. 1983(19). 27–51. 35 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1983). Quantitative versus Qualitative Research: An Attempt to Clarify the Issue. Educational Researcher. 12(3). 6–6. 45 indexed citations

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Smith, John K.. (1983). Quantitative Versus Qualitative Research: An Attempt to Clarify the Issue. Educational Researcher. 12(3). 6–13. 261 indexed citations

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Smith, John K., et al.. (1981). Teacher Stress: A Descriptive Study of the Concerns. NASSP Bulletin. 65(449). 31–35. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, John K., et al.. (1980). Student and Teacher Perceptions of Fair versus Unfair Teacher Activities and the Problem of Teacher Legitimacy.. The High School journal. 64(3). 1 indexed citations

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