Ray C. Rist

6.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
127 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ray C. Rist is a scholar working on Education, Management Science and Operations Research and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray C. Rist has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Education, 22 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ray C. Rist's work include Evaluation and Performance Assessment (22 papers), School Choice and Performance (15 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (11 papers). Ray C. Rist is often cited by papers focused on Evaluation and Performance Assessment (22 papers), School Choice and Performance (15 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (11 papers). Ray C. Rist collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Ray C. Rist's co-authors include Jody Zall Kusek, Norman Miller, Jon Wagner, Marshall E. Smith, Herbert Gintis, David J. Cohen, Christopher Jencks, Henry W. Acland, John U. Ogbu and Amy Hall and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and American Educational Research Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ray C. Rist

106 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Student Social Class and Teacher Expectations: The Self-F... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 1973 1985 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ray C. Rist United States 25 1.9k 1.4k 432 416 344 127 4.1k
William Foote Whyte United States 27 748 0.4× 1.6k 1.1× 320 0.7× 380 0.9× 315 0.9× 185 4.6k
Aage B. Sørensen United States 27 848 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 197 0.5× 180 0.4× 535 1.6× 68 3.7k
Davydd J. Greenwood United States 21 927 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 263 0.6× 541 1.3× 243 0.7× 75 4.4k
Paul Schiff Berman United States 22 1.4k 0.7× 578 0.4× 160 0.4× 251 0.6× 587 1.7× 94 3.1k
Richard F. Elmore United States 32 3.7k 2.0× 881 0.6× 128 0.3× 551 1.3× 815 2.4× 90 5.5k
Scott Davies Canada 28 2.9k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 209 0.5× 116 0.3× 537 1.6× 75 4.6k
Ann L. Cunliffe United Kingdom 30 911 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 397 0.9× 295 0.7× 259 0.8× 71 5.0k
Ann Mische United States 11 764 0.4× 2.2k 1.5× 249 0.6× 165 0.4× 618 1.8× 16 4.4k
Gary Thomas United Kingdom 26 1.7k 0.9× 852 0.6× 192 0.4× 154 0.4× 279 0.8× 77 3.3k
Jeremy J. Shapiro United States 10 803 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 157 0.4× 222 0.5× 391 1.1× 17 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ray C. Rist

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ray C. Rist

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rist, Ray C., et al.. (2016). Poverty, Inequality, and Evaluation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.
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Rist, Ray C., et al.. (2013). Development Evaluation in Times of Turbulence : Dealing with Crises that Endanger Our Future. World Bank Publications. 1 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C., et al.. (2011). Influencing Change : Building Evaluation Capacity to Strengthen Governance. World Bank Publications. 8 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C., et al.. (2009). The Road to Results: Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 74 indexed citations
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Mayne, John & Ray C. Rist. (2007). Studies Are Not Enough: The Necessary Transformation of Evaluation. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 21(3). 93–120. 23 indexed citations
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Kusek, Jody Zall & Ray C. Rist. (2004). Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System : A Handbook for Development Practitioners. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 52 indexed citations
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Furubo, Jan-Eric, et al.. (2002). International atlas of evaluation. 117 indexed citations
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Picciotto, Robert & Ray C. Rist. (1995). Evaluating Country Development Policies and Programs: New Approaches for a New Agenda.. New Directions for Evaluation. 235. 105814–105814. 14 indexed citations
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Picciotto, Robert & Ray C. Rist. (1995). Evaluation and development. Proceedings of the 1994 World Bank Conference.. World Bank eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C., et al.. (1995). Qualitative research and implementation evaluation: a path to organizational learning. International Journal of Educational Research. 2(23). 127–136. 6 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1994). The democratic imagination : dialogues on the work of Irving Louis Horowitz. 4 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1989). Management Accountability: The Signals sent by Auditing and Evaluation. Journal of Public Policy. 9(3). 355–369. 12 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1986). Finding work : cross national perspectives on employment and training. 4 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C. & Duncan Lindsey. (1980). Confronting youth unemployment in the 1980s : rhetoric versus reality. Pergamon Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1979). Migration and marginality: guestworkers in Germany and France.. Daedalus. 108(2). 95–108. 7 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1979). On the Means of Knowing: Qualitative Research in Education.. 10(4). 17–21. 22 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1978). The Invisible Children. Harvard University Press eBooks. 41 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1978). Sorting Out the Issues: The Current Status of School Desegregation.. 2 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1973). The urban school: a factory for failure : a study of education in American society. MIT Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Rist, Ray C.. (1971). Black Studies and Paraprofessionals--A Prescription for Ailing Reading Programs in Urban Black Schools.. The Journal of Reading. 3 indexed citations

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