William Ayers

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

William Ayers is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, William Ayers has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Education, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in William Ayers's work include Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (12 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (9 papers) and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (5 papers). William Ayers is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (12 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (9 papers) and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (5 papers). William Ayers collaborates with scholars based in United States and Vietnam. William Ayers's co-authors include Sankey V. Williams, José J. Escarce, John M. Eisenberg, Bernard J. Gersh, Kevin A. Schulman, Jon Kerner, William G. Harless, Jesse A. Berlin, William H. Schubert and Therese Quinn and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Academic Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William Ayers

62 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Ayers United States 17 822 786 549 360 317 76 2.6k
Leslie R. M. Hausmann United States 31 634 0.8× 983 1.3× 1.1k 2.0× 339 0.9× 655 2.1× 134 3.9k
Noreen C. Facione United States 28 867 1.1× 402 0.5× 601 1.1× 114 0.3× 523 1.6× 42 3.4k
Brian D. Smedley United States 19 456 0.6× 866 1.1× 616 1.1× 165 0.5× 317 1.0× 60 2.3k
Karl Atkin United Kingdom 35 332 0.4× 893 1.1× 1.6k 3.0× 262 0.7× 776 2.4× 205 4.3k
Gary L. Albrecht United States 26 196 0.2× 772 1.0× 1.1k 2.1× 283 0.8× 406 1.3× 66 3.9k
Margaret McMillan Australia 27 253 0.3× 289 0.4× 830 1.5× 324 0.9× 604 1.9× 119 2.7k
Tina Koch Australia 35 379 0.5× 859 1.1× 1.5k 2.8× 110 0.3× 684 2.2× 85 4.5k
Gerald R. Elsworth Australia 28 439 0.5× 390 0.5× 2.6k 4.7× 214 0.6× 353 1.1× 64 4.1k
Young Ik Cho United States 25 167 0.2× 589 0.7× 1.2k 2.2× 145 0.4× 310 1.0× 66 3.0k
Ruth Enid Zambrana United States 32 513 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 2.1× 139 0.4× 549 1.7× 95 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Ayers

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All Works

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Gándara, Patricia, Hillary Parkhouse, William Ayers, et al.. (2019). Am I Patriotic? Learning and Teaching the Complexities of Patriotism Here and Now. 2018(40).
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Ayers, William. (2006). Military Recruiters Are Using and Abusing Our Kids.. Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review. 71(9). 14–21.
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Ayers, William. (2006). Toward a Fuller Humanity: The Author Responds. Phi Delta Kappan. 88(3). 237. 2 indexed citations
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Stovall, David & William Ayers. (2005). The School a Community Built.. Educational leadership. 62(6). 34–37. 6 indexed citations
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Ayers, William, et al.. (2004). Embers of Hope: In Search of a Meaningful Critical Pedagogy.. Teacher education quarterly (Claremont, Calif.). 31(1). 123–130. 16 indexed citations
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Ayers, William, et al.. (2001). Zero tolerance : resisting the drive for punishment : a handbook for parents, students, educators, and citizens. 8 indexed citations
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Gary, Nancy E., Charles Boelen, Barbara Gastel, & William Ayers. (1999). Improving the Social Responsiveness of Medical Schools: Proceedings of the 1998 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates/World Health Organization Invitational Conference.. Academic Medicine. 74(8). 5 indexed citations
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Greene, Maxine, et al.. (1998). A light in dark times : Maxine Greene and the unfinished conversation. Teachers College Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations
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Ayers, William, et al.. (1998). Children at Risk/Children of Promise: Youth and the Modern Predicament.. Democracy education. 12(2). 1 indexed citations
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Ayers, William. (1997). I Walk with Delinquents.. Educational leadership. 55(2). 48–51. 1 indexed citations
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Ayers, William. (1996). Democracy and Urban Schooling for Justice and Care.. 2(1). 85–92. 4 indexed citations
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Ayers, William, et al.. (1995). Diverse Learners in a Multicultural World.. Social studies and the young learner. 7(4). 4–6. 1 indexed citations
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Ayers, William. (1994). Can City Schools Be Saved. Educational leadership. 51(8). 60–63. 4 indexed citations
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Ayers, William & William H. Schubert. (1992). Do the Right Thing: Ethical Issues and Problems in the Conduct of Qualitative Research in the Classroom.. 6(2). 19–24. 1 indexed citations
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Ayers, William & William H. Schubert. (1992). Teacher lore : learning from our own experience. Longman eBooks. 99 indexed citations
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Ayers, William. (1991). "Perestroika" in Chicago's Schools.. Educational leadership. 48(8). 69–71. 4 indexed citations
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Ayers, William. (1989). The good preschool teacher : six teachers reflect on their lives. Teachers College Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations
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Ayers, William & William H. Schubert. (1989). The Normative and the Possible: Values in the Curriculum. The Educational Forum. 53(4). 355–364. 1 indexed citations
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Ayers, William. (1989). Childhood at Risk.. Educational leadership. 46(8). 70–72. 3 indexed citations
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Ayers, William. (1988). Problems and possibilities of radical reform: A teacher educator reflects on making change. Peabody Journal of Education. 65(2). 35–50. 1 indexed citations

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