Mahmut Polatcan

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 659 citations indexed

About

Mahmut Polatcan is a scholar working on Education, Philosophy and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mahmut Polatcan has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 659 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Education, 28 papers in Philosophy and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mahmut Polatcan's work include Education Practices and Challenges (28 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (21 papers) and Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (13 papers). Mahmut Polatcan is often cited by papers focused on Education Practices and Challenges (28 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (21 papers) and Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (13 papers). Mahmut Polatcan collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and Oman. Mahmut Polatcan's co-authors include Ali̇ Çağatay Kılınç, Ramazan Cansoy, Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş, Hanifi Parlar, Emre Er, Osman Titrek, Nedim Özdemir, Waheed Hammad, Ferudun Sezgin and Pınar Özkan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Educational Administration Quarterly and Journal of Curriculum Studies.

In The Last Decade

Mahmut Polatcan

48 papers receiving 556 citations

Hit Papers

The Moderation Role of Transformational Leadership in the... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2022 20 40 60
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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.

  1. The Moderation Role of Transformational Leadership in the Effect of Instructional Leadership on Teacher Professional Learning and Instructional Practice: An Integrated Leadership Perspective
    2021 70 citations Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş, Ali̇ Çağatay Kılınç et al. Educational Administration Quarterly profile →
  2. How transformational leadership influences teachers’ commitment and innovative practices: Understanding the moderating role of trust in principal
    2022 70 citations Ali̇ Çağatay Kılınç, Mahmut Polatcan et al. Educational Management Administration & Leadership profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mahmut Polatcan Türkiye 15 472 125 106 94 76 55 659
Ramazan Cansoy Türkiye 15 554 1.2× 170 1.4× 141 1.3× 93 1.0× 85 1.1× 58 762
Hanifi Parlar Türkiye 12 342 0.7× 89 0.7× 108 1.0× 60 0.6× 52 0.7× 51 496
Emine Gümüş Türkiye 10 419 0.9× 81 0.6× 50 0.5× 44 0.5× 44 0.6× 22 569
Niyazi Özer Türkiye 12 318 0.7× 138 1.1× 81 0.8× 45 0.5× 56 0.7× 61 439
Kadir Beycioğlu Türkiye 12 354 0.8× 138 1.1× 71 0.7× 40 0.4× 37 0.5× 50 488
Aydın Balyer Türkiye 12 347 0.7× 113 0.9× 57 0.5× 46 0.5× 66 0.9× 56 512
Frederick C. Lunenburg United States 8 399 0.8× 52 0.4× 86 0.8× 80 0.9× 44 0.6× 22 581
Dianne F. Olivier United States 7 468 1.0× 42 0.3× 92 0.9× 35 0.4× 36 0.5× 12 583
Joseph Murphy United States 10 1.0k 2.2× 78 0.6× 61 0.6× 59 0.6× 49 0.6× 17 1.1k
Yusuf Cerit Türkiye 11 340 0.7× 206 1.6× 92 0.9× 154 1.6× 25 0.3× 34 541

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mahmut Polatcan

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

All Works

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Bellibaş, Mehmet Şükrü, Mahmut Polatcan, & Izhak Berkovich. (2025). Principal–Teacher Relationship Profiles Moderating the Effects of Transformational Leadership on Teacher Innovation and Resistance to Change. Educational Administration Quarterly. 62(2). 312–359.
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Kılınç, Ali̇ Çağatay, et al.. (2023). Linking transformational leadership to teacher commitment and alienation: Do motivational climate profiles moderate?. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 53(3). 536–560. 3 indexed citations
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Sezgin, Ferudun, et al.. (2023). A cultural lens to school leadership effects on teacher instructional practices: The mediation of teacher collective efficacy and the moderation of uncertainty avoidance. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 53(3). 515–535. 17 indexed citations
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Özdemir, Nedim, et al.. (2023). Exploring Teachers’ Instructional Practice Profiles: Do Distributed Leadership and Teacher Collaboration Make a Difference?. Educational Administration Quarterly. 59(2). 255–305. 23 indexed citations
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Polatcan, Mahmut, et al.. (2023). Leading teacher instructional practices in Türkiye: do inner school conditions matter?. Journal of Educational Administration. 61(4). 341–361. 5 indexed citations
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Polatcan, Mahmut. (2023). The Influence of Leadership Self-efficacy on College Students' Leadership Practice: The Mediating Role of Motivation to Lead. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(2). 138–166. 3 indexed citations
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Bellibaş, Mehmet Şükrü, et al.. (2022). Principal leadership typologies and their relationship with teacher self-efficacy and commitment: A latent profile mediation analysis. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 52(6). 1497–1518. 8 indexed citations
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Kılınç, Ali̇ Çağatay, et al.. (2022). Principal job satisfaction, distributed leadership, teacher-student relationships, and student achievement in Turkey: a multilevel mediated-effect model. Irish Educational Studies. 43(2). 281–299. 16 indexed citations
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Kılınç, Ali̇ Çağatay, et al.. (2022). How transformational leadership influences teachers’ commitment and innovative practices: Understanding the moderating role of trust in principal. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 52(2). 455–474. 70 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kılınç, Ali̇ Çağatay, Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş, & Mahmut Polatcan. (2020). Learning-centred leadership and change in teacher practice in Turkey: exploring the mediating effects of collaboration. Educational Studies. 48(6). 790–808. 18 indexed citations
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Kılınç, Ali̇ Çağatay, et al.. (2020). Teacher Self-Efficacy and Individual Academic Optimism as Predictors of Teacher Professional Learning: A Structural Equation Modeling. TED EĞİTİM VE BİLİM. 46(205). 373–394. 10 indexed citations
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Bellibaş, Mehmet Şükrü, Mahmut Polatcan, & Ali̇ Çağatay Kılınç. (2020). Linking instructional leadership to teacher practices: The mediating effect of shared practice and agency in learning effectiveness. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 50(5). 812–831. 57 indexed citations
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Polatcan, Mahmut. (2020). The Adaptation of Professional Learning Activities Scale to Turkish: The Validity and Reliability Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(2). 281–390. 7 indexed citations
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Polatcan, Mahmut & Ramazan Cansoy. (2019). EXAMINING STUDIES ON THE FACTORS PREDICTING TEACHERS' JOB SATISFACTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 116–134. 16 indexed citations
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Polatcan, Mahmut, et al.. (2019). Social Capital Wealth as a Predictor of Innovative Climate in Schools. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 183–194. 6 indexed citations
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Polatcan, Mahmut, et al.. (2016). Diversity Management and Respect for Diversity at Schools. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 12(1). 51–63. 3 indexed citations
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Polatcan, Mahmut & Osman Titrek. (2014). The Relationship between Leadership Behaviors of School Principals and their Organizational Cynicism Attitudes. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 141. 1291–1303. 30 indexed citations

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