2026 Adam Gamoran: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	55	1971	1783	944	842	131	19419

Adam Gamoran publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Gamoran sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Adam Gamoran D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Gamoran sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2014 - Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, American Educational Research Association
2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Adam Gamoran is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their work primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on education, decision sciences, and related subfields such as information systems and management, sociology and political science, management science and operations research, and finance.

Their research topics include:

School Choice and Performance
Parental Involvement in Education
Early Childhood Education and Development
Educational Assessment and Improvement
Evaluation and Performance Assessment
Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice

Among recent published papers are:

Social Capital and Student Achievement: An Intervention-Based Test of Theory (2021, Sociology of Education)
Advancing Institutional Change to Encourage Faculty Participation in Research-Practice Partnerships (2022, Educational Policy)
Sociology's Role in Responding to Inequality: Introduction to the Special Collection (2021, Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World)
The Development and Sustainability of School-Based Parent Networks in Low-Income Latinx Communities: A Mixed-Methods Investigation (2020, American Educational Research Journal)
In high school math, more instructional time helps, but the tracking dilemma remains (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent coauthors in their works include:

Hannah Miller
Jeremy E. Fiel
Jessa Lewis Valentine
David Enrique Rangel
Megan Shoji

Gamoran's publications are frequently found in academic journals such as:

Sociology of Education
Educational Policy
Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
American Educational Research Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their career has been recognized with several honors, including the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award by the American Educational Research Association in 2014, designation as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014, and Fellowship of the American Educational Research Association in 2008.

Best Publications

Discussion-Based Approaches to Developing Understanding: Classroom Instruction and Student Performance in Middle and High School English

Arthur N. Applebee;Judith A. Langer;Martin Nystrand;Adam Gamoran

1493
Citations
Opening dialogue : understanding the dynamics of language and learning in the English classroom

Lisa H. MacNeilley;Martin Nystrand;Adam Gamoran;Robert Kachur

1415
Citations
Secondary School Tracking and Educational Inequality: Compensation, Reinforcement, or Neutrality?

Adam Gamoran;Robert D. Mare

1215
Citations
Questions in Time: Investigating the Structure and Dynamics of Unfolding Classroom Discourse

Martin Nystrand;Lawrence L. Wu;Adam Gamoran;Susie Zeiser

1071
Citations
The Stratification of High School Learning Opportunities.

Adam Gamoran

1043
Citations
Instructional Discourse, Student Engagement, and Literature Achievement.

Martin Nystrand;Adam Gamoran

1029
Citations
Authentic Pedagogy and Student Performance.

Fred M. Newmann;Helen M. Marks;Adam Gamoran

1025
Citations
The Effects of Stratification in Secondary Schools: Synthesis of Survey and Ethnographic Research:

Adam Gamoran;Mark Berends

678
Citations
Class Size and Student Achievement

Ronald G. Ehrenberg;Dominic J. Brewer;Adam Gamoran;J. Douglas Willms

669
Citations
The Variable Effects of High School Tracking.

Adam Gamoran

638
Citations
American Schooling and Educational Inequality: A Forecast for the 21st Century.

Adam Gamoran

577
Citations
An Organizational Analysis of the Effects of Ability Grouping

Adam Gamoran;Martin Nystrand;Mark Berends;Paul C. LePore

536
Citations
Upgrading High School Mathematics Instruction: Improving Learning Opportunities for Low-Achieving, Low-Income Youth:

Adam Gamoran;Andrew C. Porter;John Smithson;Paula A. White

501
Citations
Student Achievement in Public Magnet, Public Comprehensive, and Private City High Schools:

Adam Gamoran

488
Citations
Instructional and Institutional Effects of Ability Grouping.

Adam Gamoran

444
Citations
Algebra for Everyone? Benefits of College-Preparatory Mathematics for Students With Diverse Abilities in Early Secondary School

Adam Gamoran;Eileen C. Hannigan

435
Citations
Synthesis of Research / Is Ability Grouping Equitable?

Adam Gamoran

431
Citations
The Organizational Context of Teaching and Learning

Adam Gamoran;Walter G. Secada;Cora B. Marrett

409
Citations
The Production of Achievement Inequality in High School English

William J. Carbonaro;Adam Gamoran

252
Citations
Methodological Advances in Cross-National Surveys of Educational Achievement

Andrew C. Porter;Adam Gamoran

196
Citations
Equality of Educational Opportunity A 40 Year Retrospective

Adam Gamoran;Daniel A. Long

179
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Nystrand University of Wisconsin–Madison

Geoffrey D. Borman Arizona State University

Andrew C. Porter University of Pennsylvania

J. Douglas Willms University of New Brunswick

Dominic J. Brewer University of Southern California

Ronald G. Ehrenberg Cornell University

Robert D. Mare University of California, Los Angeles

Lindsay Paterson University of Edinburgh

Mark Berends University of Notre Dame

Judith A. Langer Stanford University

External Links

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