Mimi Engel

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Mimi Engel is a scholar working on Education, Statistics and Probability and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mimi Engel has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Education, 7 papers in Statistics and Probability and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mimi Engel's work include School Choice and Performance (16 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (10 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (10 papers). Mimi Engel is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (16 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (10 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (10 papers). Mimi Engel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Mimi Engel's co-authors include Amy Claessens, Greg J. Duncan, Kathryn Duckworth, Chantelle Dowsett, Katherine Magnuson, Aletha C. Huston, Linda S. Pagani, Leon Feinstein, Pamela Kato Klebanov and Holly R. Sexton and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Psychological Science and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Mimi Engel

32 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

School readiness and later achievement.

2007 3.8k citations Greg J. Duncan, Chantelle Dowsett et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
Early Predictors of High School Mathematics Achievement

2012 533 citations Robert S. Siegler, Greg J. Duncan et al. Psychological Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mimi Engel United States	17	4.6k	2.2k	1.9k	918	526	34	5.8k
Amy Claessens United States	20	4.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	531 1.0×	37	5.8k
Kathryn Duckworth United Kingdom	18	3.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	840 0.9×	509 1.0×	38	5.2k
Chantelle Dowsett United States	11	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	938 1.0×	397 0.8×	16	4.4k
Holly R. Sexton United States	11	3.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	386 0.7×	14	4.4k
Anna‐Maija Poikkeus Finland	48	3.6k 0.8×	942 0.4×	3.5k 1.8×	902 1.0×	521 1.0×	176	6.2k
Marja‐Kristiina Lerkkanen Finland	47	4.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	676 1.3×	226	6.4k
Yaacov Petscher United States	41	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	4.0k 2.1×	333 0.4×	477 0.9×	184	5.3k
Donald L. Compton United States	46	3.6k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	5.9k 3.1×	644 0.7×	462 0.9×	127	7.5k
Minna Torppa Finland	40	1.9k 0.4×	898 0.4×	2.7k 1.4×	316 0.3×	221 0.4×	107	3.9k
Eric Dearing United States	36	2.8k 0.6×	409 0.2×	631 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	248 0.5×	87	4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mimi Engel

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Engel, Mimi, et al.. (2025). Understanding Mathematics Instruction in Kindergarten. The Elementary School Journal. 125(3). 518–547.

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Engel, Mimi, et al.. (2024). The Alignment of P–3 Math Instruction. AERA Open. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Jacob, Robin, et al.. (2023). Variation in Mathematics Content Coverage, Instructional Grouping, and Representational Strategies. The Elementary School Journal. 124(2). 270–296. 1 indexed citations

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Engel, Mimi, et al.. (2021). Kindergarten in a Large Urban District. Educational Researcher. 50(6). 401–415. 12 indexed citations

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Bassok, Daphna & Mimi Engel. (2019). Early Childhood Education at Scale: Lessons From Research for Policy and Practice. AERA Open. 5(1). 14 indexed citations

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Engel, Mimi, Marisa Cannata, & F. Chris Curran. (2017). Principal influence in teacher hiring: documenting decentralization over time. Journal of Educational Administration. 56(3). 277–296. 12 indexed citations

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Engel, Mimi & F. Chris Curran. (2016). Toward understanding principals’ hiring practices. Journal of Educational Administration. 54(2). 173–190. 16 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., Greg J. Duncan, Meichu Chen, et al.. (2015). The Role of Mediators in the Development of Longitudinal Mathematics Achievement Associations. Child Development. 86(6). 1892–1907. 41 indexed citations

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Duncan, Greg J., Mimi Engel, Amy Claessens, & Chantelle Dowsett. (2014). Replication and robustness in developmental research.. Developmental Psychology. 50(11). 2417–2425. 166 indexed citations

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Claessens, Amy & Mimi Engel. (2013). How Important is Where you Start? Early Mathematics Knowledge and Later School Success. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 115(6). 1–29. 255 indexed citations

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Claessens, Amy, Mimi Engel, & F. Chris Curran. (2013). Academic Content, Student Learning, and the Persistence of Preschool Effects. American Educational Research Journal. 51(2). 403–434. 111 indexed citations

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Siegler, Robert S., Greg J. Duncan, Pamela Davis‐Kean, et al.. (2012). Early Predictors of High School Mathematics Achievement. Psychological Science. 23(7). 691–697. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cannata, Marisa & Mimi Engel. (2012). Does Charter Status Determine Preferences? Comparing the Hiring Preferences of Charter and Traditional Public School Principals. Education Finance and Policy. 7(4). 455–488. 22 indexed citations

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Engel, Mimi. (2012). Problematic Preferences? A Mixed Method Examination of Principals’ Preferences for Teacher Characteristics in Chicago. Educational Administration Quarterly. 49(1). 52–91. 37 indexed citations

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Engel, Mimi & Brian Jacob. (2011). New Evidence on Teacher Labor Supply. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

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Engel, Mimi & Brian Jacob. (2011). New Evidence on Teacher Labor Supply. NBER Working Paper No. 16802.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2 indexed citations

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Engel, Mimi. (2009). Time-Out on Timing: The Relationship between the Timing of Teacher Hires and Teacher Quality. Working Paper 2009-04.. 2 indexed citations

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Duncan, Greg J., Chantelle Dowsett, Amy Claessens, et al.. (2007). School readiness and later achievement.. Developmental Psychology. 43(6). 1428–1446. 3751 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duncan, Greg J., Amy Claessens, & Mimi Engel. (2005). The Contributions of Hard Skills and Socio-emotional Behavior to School Readiness (WP-05-01). 8 indexed citations

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Roderick, Melissa, Mimi Engel, & Jenny Nagaoka. (2003). Ending Social Promotion: Results from Summer Bridge. Charting Reform in Chicago Series.. 1 indexed citations

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