John Smyth

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

John Smyth is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, John Smyth has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Education, 51 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 30 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in John Smyth's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (39 papers), Education Systems and Policy (39 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (27 papers). John Smyth is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (39 papers), Education Systems and Policy (39 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (27 papers). John Smyth collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. John Smyth's co-authors include Peter McInerney, Geoffrey Shacklock, Robert Hattam, Barry Down, Michele Lloyd, William Taylor, Joan Whitehead, David Farrugia, Terry Wrigley and Robert I. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Radiology, The Journal of Urology and Australasian Journal of Paramedicine.

In The Last Decade

John Smyth

122 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Toxic University 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 40 80 120

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Smyth 2.6k 1.2k 690 227 222 126 3.7k
Kathleen Lynch 1.6k 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 353 1.6× 69 0.3× 76 3.3k
Tony E. Adams 812 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 160 0.2× 253 1.1× 105 0.5× 58 2.7k
Miriam David 2.7k 1.0× 2.0k 1.7× 1.1k 1.5× 331 1.5× 80 0.4× 122 4.3k
Vivienne Bozalek 1.2k 0.5× 628 0.5× 234 0.3× 298 1.3× 109 0.5× 121 2.3k
Annette Braun 2.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 1.4k 2.0× 94 0.4× 200 0.9× 44 3.9k
Déborah Cohen 1.3k 0.5× 882 0.8× 447 0.6× 251 1.1× 12 0.1× 36 3.7k
Joey Sprague 616 0.2× 1.6k 1.4× 384 0.6× 455 2.0× 34 0.2× 26 3.2k
John C Hagan 1.3k 0.5× 2.2k 1.9× 453 0.7× 371 1.6× 75 0.3× 49 3.8k
Carrie Paechter 630 0.2× 780 0.7× 96 0.1× 71 0.3× 84 0.4× 68 2.0k
Alecia Y. Jackson 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 132 0.2× 150 0.7× 139 0.6× 31 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Smyth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Smyth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robinson, J., Barry Down, & John Smyth. (2018). ‘Shaking up’ neoliberal policy in schools: Looking for democratic alternatives in Jacinta’s satchel. Global Studies of Childhood. 8(4). 392–403. 3 indexed citations
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Down, Barry, et al.. (2012). Critical Voices in Teacher Education. 13 indexed citations
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Smyth, John, Lawrence Angus, Barry Down, & Peter McInerney. (2009). Activist and Socially Critical School and Community Renewal: Social Justice in Exploitative Times. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 19 indexed citations
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Gordon, Stephen P., et al.. (2008). The Iraq War, "Sound Science," and "Evidence-Based" Educational Reform: How the Bush Administration Uses Deception, Manipulation, and Subterfuge to Advance Its Chosen Ideology.. FedUni ResearchOnline (Federation University Australia). 6(2). 173–204. 6 indexed citations
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Smyth, John & Peter McInerney. (2007). Teachers in the Middle: Reclaiming the Wasteland of the Adolescent Years of Schooling. FedUni ResearchOnline (Federation University Australia). 48 indexed citations
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Smyth, John & Peter McInerney. (2007). “Living on the Edge”: A Case of School Reform Working for Disadvantaged Young Adolescents. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 109(5). 1123–1170. 6 indexed citations
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Smyth, John. (2005). An argument for new understandings and explanations of early school leaving that go beyond the conventional. London Review of Education. 3(2). 18 indexed citations
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Smyth, John. (2003). Undamaging 'damaged' teachers: an antidote to the 'Self-Managing School. FedUni ResearchOnline (Federation University Australia). 6 indexed citations
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Smyth, John. (2003). Engaging the education sector: A policy orientation to stop damaging our schools. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University). 2 indexed citations
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Smyth, John, Peter McInerney, & Robert Hattam. (2003). Tackling School Leaving at its Source: A case of reform in the middle years of schooling. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 24(2). 177–193. 41 indexed citations
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Smyth, John. (2002). 'Geographies of Exclusion' in the Policy Reform of Teachers' Work. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 23(3). 357–363. 1 indexed citations
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McInerney, Peter, Robert Hattam, Michael J. Lawson, & John Smyth. (2000). Remembering Teachers' Learning in the Context of Policy Forgetting. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 2 indexed citations
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Shacklock, Geoffrey, John Smyth, & Robert Hattam. (1998). The Effects of an Advanced Skills Teacher Classification of Teachers' Work: From Storied Accounts to Policy Insight. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 1 indexed citations
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Smyth, John, Michael J. Lawson, & Robert Hattam. (1998). Schooling for a Fair Go. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 9 indexed citations
15.
Shacklock, Geoffrey & John Smyth. (1998). Being reflexive in critical educational and social research. Routledge eBooks. 109 indexed citations
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Smyth, John. (1995). An approach to the “self-managing school” that is more just, equitable and democratic. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 2 indexed citations
17.
Smyth, John. (1995). Academic Work: The Changing Labour Process in Higher Education. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 88 indexed citations
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Smyth, John. (1994). Critical educational research for new educational times : the case of advanced skills teachers in Australia. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield).
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Smyth, John. (1989). Supervision‐as‐school reform: A critical perspective. Journal of Education Policy. 4(4). 343–361. 15 indexed citations
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Smyth, John. (1982). A Teacher Development Approach to Bridging the Practice‐Research Gap. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 14(4). 331–342. 11 indexed citations

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