Tony Townsend

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Tony Townsend is a scholar working on Education, Information Systems and Management and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Tony Townsend has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Education, 9 papers in Information Systems and Management and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Tony Townsend's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (15 papers), Education Systems and Policy (15 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (8 papers). Tony Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (15 papers), Education Systems and Policy (15 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (8 papers). Tony Townsend collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Tony Townsend's co-authors include Richard Bates, David Reynolds, Sam Stringfield, Jan Van Damme, Pam Sammons, Charles Teddlie, Bieke De Fraine, John MacBeath, Yin Cheong Cheng and John Pisapia and has published in prestigious journals such as Studies in Higher Education, School Effectiveness and School Improvement and Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy.

In The Last Decade

Tony Townsend

47 papers receiving 951 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tony Townsend Australia	13	918	170	139	119	101	51	1.1k
Bill Mulford Australia	17	1.2k 1.3×	213 1.3×	178 1.3×	95 0.8×	79 0.8×	54	1.3k
Jay Paredes Scribner United States	14	1.1k 1.2×	159 0.9×	170 1.2×	110 0.9×	50 0.5×	38	1.2k
Lawrence Ingvarson Australia	21	1.0k 1.1×	109 0.6×	104 0.7×	112 0.9×	88 0.9×	86	1.1k
Mel West United Kingdom	15	754 0.8×	123 0.7×	103 0.7×	126 1.1×	79 0.8×	35	921
Carolyn Riehl United States	14	1.3k 1.4×	138 0.8×	149 1.1×	192 1.6×	60 0.6×	24	1.4k
Nigel Bennett United Kingdom	14	676 0.7×	122 0.7×	115 0.8×	90 0.8×	78 0.8×	35	895
Loyiso C. Jita South Africa	10	807 0.9×	172 1.0×	138 1.0×	117 1.0×	48 0.5×	101	939
Barnett Berry United States	19	1.3k 1.4×	138 0.8×	114 0.8×	134 1.1×	48 0.5×	78	1.5k
Sharon D. Kruse United States	17	1.2k 1.3×	279 1.6×	238 1.7×	151 1.3×	58 0.6×	52	1.5k
Linda Lambert United States	13	1.4k 1.5×	145 0.9×	215 1.5×	91 0.8×	49 0.5×	26	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tony Townsend

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Townsend, Tony. (2024). Transforming Educational Leadership: A Historical Context. Education Sciences. 14(8). 890–890.

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Townsend, Tony, et al.. (2020). Leading reading improvements through professional learning. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 25(4). 548–566. 1 indexed citations

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Dempster, Neil, et al.. (2017). Leadership and Literacy. 9 indexed citations

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Pisapia, John, et al.. (2016). Strategic change in the academy: controlling and/or enabling strategies. Journal of Change Management. 17(4). 321–343. 5 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony, John MacBeath, & İra Bogotch. (2015). Critical and alternative perspectives on educational effectiveness and improvement research. 412–439. 2 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony, et al.. (2013). School leadership challenges under no child left behind: lessons from UCEA's project "Voices from the Field – Phase 3". eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 2 indexed citations

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Hamza, Neveen, et al.. (2013). Use of CFD Simulation in Urban Design for Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Hot and Dry Climates: A Review. 2 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony, et al.. (2013). Voices From the Field: What Have We Learned About Instructional Leadership?. Leadership and Policy in Schools. 12(1). 12–40. 16 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony, et al.. (2013). Fostering interdisciplinary research in universities: a case study of leadership, alignment and support. Studies in Higher Education. 40(4). 658–675. 39 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony. (2012). The publication game: acceptable and not-acceptable in the British REF exercise. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 15(4). 421–435. 5 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony, et al.. (2011). International Handbook of Leadership for Learning. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 89 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony. (2010). Educating school leaders to think and act both locally and globally. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 13(3). 335–348. 7 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony. (2009). Third Millennium Leaders: Thinking and Acting Both Locally and Globally. Leadership and Policy in Schools. 8(4). 355–379. 10 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony. (2001). The Background to This Set of Papers on the Impact of Two Decades of School Effectiveness Research. School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 12(1). 3–5. 3 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony & Yin Cheong Cheng. (2000). Educational change and development in the Asia-Pacific region: Challenges for the future. 58 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony, Paul B. S. Clarke, Mel Ainscow, & Improvement. (1999). Third Millennium Schools: A World of Difference in Effectiveness and Improvement. 12 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony. (1994). Community Involvement: The Hidden Factor in Devolution. International Journal of Educational Management. 8(4). 24–29. 4 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony. (1994). Goals for Effective Schools: The View from the Field. School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 5(2). 127–148. 17 indexed citations

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Blake, Peter G., et al.. (1994). Principles and Guidelines for Informed Choice and Consent: for all Health Care Providers and Planners. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 2(1). 3–6. 2 indexed citations

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Townsend, Tony. (1991). School Effectiveness: A View from the School.. 1 indexed citations

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