Tamara Lucas

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Tamara Lucas is a scholar working on Education, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Tamara Lucas has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Education, 15 papers in Linguistics and Language and 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Tamara Lucas's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (15 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (11 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (11 papers). Tamara Lucas is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (15 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (11 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (11 papers). Tamara Lucas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Tamara Lucas's co-authors include Ana María Villegas, Helen M. Kress, Rosemary Henze, Rubén Donato, Ana Villegas, Kathryn Strom, Lilia I. Bartolomé, Olga A. Vásquez, Judith A. Langer and Christophe Guinet and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Molecular Ecology and American Educational Research Journal.

In The Last Decade

Tamara Lucas

39 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2008 2013 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers
    2002 1.0k citations Ana María Villegas, Tamara Lucas Journal of Teacher Education profile →
  2. Linguistically Responsive Teacher Education
    2008 393 citations Tamara Lucas, Ana María Villegas et al. Journal of Teacher Education profile →
  3. Preparing Linguistically Responsive Teachers: Laying the Foundation in Preservice Teacher Education
    2013 346 citations Tamara Lucas, Ana María Villegas profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tamara Lucas United States 18 2.4k 954 940 814 715 41 3.5k
Bill Johnston United States 25 1.4k 0.6× 370 0.4× 558 0.6× 837 1.0× 966 1.4× 83 2.9k
Tove Skutnabb‐Kangas Denmark 23 614 0.3× 452 0.5× 2.1k 2.3× 1.5k 1.8× 1.4k 1.9× 100 3.1k
Jane H. Hill United States 31 238 0.1× 655 0.7× 2.0k 2.1× 883 1.1× 2.0k 2.8× 102 4.6k
Lynn Thomas Canada 11 1.5k 0.6× 422 0.4× 127 0.1× 236 0.3× 301 0.4× 36 2.1k
Frances Christie Australia 14 447 0.2× 332 0.3× 227 0.2× 937 1.2× 606 0.8× 38 1.5k
J. Michael O’Malley United States 20 2.1k 0.9× 131 0.1× 814 0.9× 3.0k 3.7× 4.7k 6.5× 62 6.9k
Sarah Mercer Austria 32 1.6k 0.7× 336 0.4× 247 0.3× 826 1.0× 1.6k 2.3× 102 4.6k
Karen Ann Watson‐Gegeo United States 16 276 0.1× 371 0.4× 350 0.4× 366 0.4× 496 0.7× 44 1.3k
Ruth Finnegan United Kingdom 27 237 0.1× 871 0.9× 246 0.3× 561 0.7× 348 0.5× 108 2.9k
Jonathan Rosa United States 17 913 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 2.7k 2.9× 1.9k 2.3× 1.6k 2.2× 24 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tamara Lucas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tamara Lucas

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lucas, Tamara. (2021). When art mirrors planetary health. The Lancet. 398(10296). 202–202.
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Lucas, Tamara, et al.. (2018). Inservice Preparation for Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners: A Review of the Empirical Literature. The Educational Forum. 82(2). 156–173. 32 indexed citations
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Louis, Marié, Benoit Simon‐Bouhet, Amélia Viricel, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the influence of ecology, sex and kinship on the social structure of resident coastal bottlenose dolphins. Marine Biology. 165(5). 20 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara. (2010). Teacher Preparation for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms. 147 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara. (2010). Language, Schooling, and the Preparation of Teachers for Linguistic Diversity. 3–17. 14 indexed citations
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Villegas, Ana María & Tamara Lucas. (2007). The Culturally Responsive Teacher. Educational leadership. 64(6). 28–33. 146 indexed citations
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Villegas, Ana María & Tamara Lucas. (2004). Diversifying the Teacher Workforce: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 106(13). 70–104. 5 indexed citations
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Villegas, Ana María & Tamara Lucas. (2002). Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers. Journal of Teacher Education. 53(1). 20–32. 1006 indexed citations breakdown →
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Villegas, Ana María & Tamara Lucas. (2002). Educating Culturally Responsive Teachers: A Coherent Approach. SUNY Series, Teacher Preparation and Development.. 8 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara. (2000). Facilitating the Transitions of Secondary English Language Learners: Priorities for Principals. NASSP Bulletin. 84(619). 2–16. 13 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara. (1999). Promoting Secondary School Transitions for Immigrant Adolescents.. 6(4). 40–41. 6 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara & Suzanne Evans Wagner. (1999). Facilitating Secondary English Language Learners' Transition Into the Mainstream. TESOL Journal. 8(4). 6–13. 7 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara. (1997). Into, through, and beyond Secondary School: Critical Transitions for Immigrant Youths. Topics in Immigrant Education 1.. 9 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara. (1993). Secondary Schooling for Students Becoming Bilingual. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 94(6). 113–143. 7 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara, et al.. (1993). Shaping instruction to promote the success of language minority students: An analysis of four high school classes. Peabody Journal of Education. 69(1). 54–81. 18 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara & Sandra R. Schecter. (1992). Literacy education and diversity: Toward equity in the teaching of reading and writing. The Urban Review. 24(2). 85–104. 15 indexed citations
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Langer, Judith A., Lilia I. Bartolomé, Olga A. Vásquez, & Tamara Lucas. (1990). Meaning Construction in School Literacy Tasks: A Study of Bilingual Students. American Educational Research Journal. 27(3). 427–471. 68 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara, Rosemary Henze, & Rubén Donato. (1990). Promoting the Success of Latino Language-Minority Students: An Exploratory Study of Six High Schools. Harvard Educational Review. 60(3). 315–341. 210 indexed citations
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Lucas, Tamara. (1988). Personal journal writing in an ESL writing class: teaching, learning, and adapting to the genre conventions. UMI eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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