Kate O’Connor

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 893 citations indexed

About

Kate O’Connor is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate O’Connor has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 893 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Kate O’Connor's work include Global Educational Policies and Reforms (10 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (7 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (6 papers). Kate O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Global Educational Policies and Reforms (10 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (7 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (6 papers). Kate O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Netherlands. Kate O’Connor's co-authors include Glenn C. Savage, Lyn Yates, Ken Zeichner, Cherry Collins, Jessica Gerrard, Julie McLeod, Peter Woelert, Victoria Millar, P.J. White and Philip Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Teaching and Teacher Education, Studies in Higher Education and Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Kate O’Connor

23 papers receiving 807 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

“You choose to care”: Teachers, emotions and professional identity

2007 449 citations Kate O’Connor Teaching and Teacher Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kate O’Connor Australia	10	615	253	159	124	71	25	893
Päivi Hökkä Finland	18	966 1.6×	287 1.1×	125 0.8×	159 1.3×	164 2.3×	37	1.4k
Roland Tormey Switzerland	18	576 0.9×	124 0.5×	79 0.5×	193 1.6×	91 1.3×	71	882
Lea Hubbard United States	17	1.1k 1.8×	311 1.2×	80 0.5×	53 0.4×	120 1.7×	37	1.5k
Nitza Davidovitch Israel	15	391 0.6×	130 0.5×	73 0.5×	133 1.1×	67 0.9×	170	854
Leonie Rowan Australia	17	691 1.1×	216 0.9×	72 0.5×	60 0.5×	132 1.9×	72	980
Patrick Slattery United States	12	799 1.3×	493 1.9×	173 1.1×	76 0.6×	60 0.8×	51	1.3k
Hannu L. T. Heikkinen Finland	19	873 1.4×	188 0.7×	54 0.3×	178 1.4×	128 1.8×	63	1.1k
Kate Miller United Kingdom	12	546 0.9×	183 0.7×	122 0.8×	55 0.4×	77 1.1×	29	828
M. Carolyn Clark United States	16	566 0.9×	149 0.6×	91 0.6×	93 0.8×	79 1.1×	39	922
Karen Gravett United Kingdom	16	614 1.0×	114 0.5×	75 0.5×	72 0.6×	54 0.8×	48	893

Countries citing papers authored by Kate O’Connor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kate O’Connor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kate O’Connor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kate O’Connor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kate O’Connor 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 Kate O’Connor. Kate O’Connor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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O’Connor, Kate, et al.. (2025). Knowledge-rich curriculum: towards definitional clarity in the context of reform in Australia and England. Education 3-13. 53(7). 1190–1203.

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O’Connor, Kate, et al.. (2024). Equity, curriculum form and state differences in Australian senior secondary education. The Australian Educational Researcher. 52(2). 1041–1063. 3 indexed citations

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White, P.J., et al.. (2023). Co-design with Integrated Care Teams: Establishing Information Needs. International Journal of Integrated Care. 23(4). 7–7. 6 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Kate. (2023). Why curriculum inquiry? Thoughts on the purposes of the field. Curriculum Perspectives. 43(1). 89–91. 2 indexed citations

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McLeod, Julie, et al.. (2023). Temporality, Space and Place in Education and Youth Research. 1 indexed citations

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Duffy, Michael, Kate O’Connor, David Milne, et al.. (2022). Isolated Atrial Neutrophilic Myocarditis: A Rare Cause of Death and Potential "Blind Spot" for Postmortem Computed Tomography and Postmortem Examination.. PubMed. 43(1). 73–75. 1 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Kate. (2022). Unbundling the University Curriculum. 4 indexed citations

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McLeod, Julie & Kate O’Connor. (2020). Ethics, archives and data sharing in qualitative research. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 53(5). 523–535. 9 indexed citations

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Savage, Glenn C. & Kate O’Connor. (2018). What’s the problem with ‘policy alignment’? The complexities of national reform in Australia’s federal system. Journal of Education Policy. 34(6). 812–835. 22 indexed citations

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Gerrard, Jessica, Glenn C. Savage, & Kate O’Connor. (2017). Searching for the public: school funding and shifting meanings of ‘the public’ in Australian education. Journal of Education Policy. 32(4). 503–519. 37 indexed citations

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Yates, Lyn, Peter Woelert, Victoria Millar, & Kate O’Connor. (2016). Knowledge at the Crossroads?. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 8 indexed citations

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Savage, Glenn C., Kate O’Connor, & Jory Brass. (2014). Common Core State Standards: Implications for Curriculum, Equality and Policy. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. 11(1). 18–20. 2 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Kate. (2014). MOOCs, institutional policy and change dynamics in higher education. Higher Education. 68(5). 623–635. 50 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Kate. (2013). The Virtues of Openness: Education, science and scholarship in the digital age. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 46(10). 1190–1193. 29 indexed citations

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Yates, Lyn, Cherry Collins, & Kate O’Connor. (2011). Australia's Curriculum Dilemmas: State Cultures and the Big Issues. 62 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Kate & Ken Zeichner. (2011). Preparing US teachers for critical global education. Globalisation Societies and Education. 9(3-4). 521–536. 53 indexed citations

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Yates, Lyn, et al.. (2011). Australian curriculum making. 8 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Kate & Lyn Yates. (2010). Classifying curriculum scholarship in Australia: A review of postgraduate theses 1975–2005. The Australian Educational Researcher. 37(1). 125–143. 5 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Kate. (2007). “You choose to care”: Teachers, emotions and professional identity. Teaching and Teacher Education. 24(1). 117–126. 449 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Connor, Kate. (2007). Reflection, interpretation and scholarly roletaking: affirming the self in educational research. Reflective Practice. 8(2). 255–268. 3 indexed citations

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