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D-Index
40
Citations
9051
World Ranking
5253
National Ranking
2482

Alan J. Daly 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 Alan J. Daly sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alan J. Daly 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 Alan J. Daly sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% 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

  • 2008 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Alan J. Daly is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a focus on Education, Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Safety Research, and Information Systems and Management.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Educational Assessment and Improvement
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Online and Blended Learning

Alan J. Daly has contributed to multiple recent publications, with selected works including:

  • A capital idea: exploring the relationship between human and social capital and student achievement in schools (2020, Journal of Professional Capital and Community)
  • Diffusing science through social networks: The case of breastfeeding communication on Twitter (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Breastfeeding promotion on Twitter: A social network and content analysis approach (2020, Maternal and Child Nutrition)
  • Connections and Capacity: An Exploration of Preservice Teachers' Sense of Belonging, Social Networks, and Self-Efficacy in Three Teacher Education Programs (2020, AERA Open)
  • Exploring online social networks of school leaders in times of COVID-19 (2021, British Journal of Educational Technology)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Martin Rehm
  • Yi-Hwa Liou
  • Peter Björklund
  • Sara Moukarzel
  • Joelle Rodway

Alan J. Daly has published frequently in several academic venues, such as:

  • Journal of Professional Capital and Community
  • Frontiers in Education
  • Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
  • AERA Open
  • Teaching and Teacher Education

In 2008, they received the Hellman Fellow award.

Best Publications

  • Occupying the Principal Position: Examining Relationships Between Transformational Leadership, Social Network Position, and Schools’ Innovative Climate:

    Nienke M. Moolenaar;Alan J. Daly;Peter J. C. Sleegers

  • Teaming Up: Linking Collaboration Networks, Collective Efficacy, and Student Achievement.

    Nienke M. Moolenaar;Peter J.C. Sleegers;Alan J. Daly

  • Relationships in reform: the role of teachers' social networks

    Alan J. Daly;Nienke M. Moolenaar;Jose M. Bolivar;Peggy Burke

  • Social Network Theory and Educational Change.

    Alan J. Daly

  • A bridge between worlds: understanding network structure to understand change strategy

    Alan J. Daly;Kara S. Finnigan

  • Rigid Response in an Age of Accountability The Potential of Leadership and Trust

    Alan J. Daly

  • The Ebb and Flow of Social Network Ties Between District Leaders Under High-Stakes Accountability:

    Alan J. Daly;Kara S. Finnigan

  • A Question of Trust: Predictive Conditions for Adaptive and Technical Leadership in Educational Contexts

    Alan J. Daly;Janet Chrispeels

  • Data, Dyads, and Dynamics: Exploring Data Use and Social Networks in Educational Improvement

    Alan J. Daly

  • Strategic Framing: How Leaders Craft the Meaning of Data Use for Equity and Learning

    Vicki Park;Alan J. Daly;Alison Wishard Guerra

  • Ties with potential: social network structure and innovative climate in Dutch schools

    Nienke M. Moolenaar;Alan J. Daly;Peter J. C. Sleegers

  • Mind the Gap: Organizational Learning and Improvement in an Underperforming Urban System.

    Kara S. Finnigan;Alan J. Daly

  • Exploring the Space Between: Social Networks, Trust, and Urban School District Leaders:

    Alan J. Daly;Kara S. Finnigan

  • Aligning Mental Models of District and School Leadership Teams for Reform Coherence

    Janet H. Chrispeels;Peggy H. Burke;Peggy Johnson;Alan J. Daly

  • Systemwide Reform in Districts under Pressure: The Role of Social Networks in Defining, Acquiring, Using, and Diffusing Research Evidence.

    Kara S. Finnigan;Alan J. Daly;Jing Che

  • Toward Conceptual Clarity: A Multidimensional, Multilevel Model of Professional Learning Communities in Dutch Elementary Schools

    Peter Sleegers;Perry den Brok;Eric Verbiest;Nienke M. Moolenaar

  • Leading Under Sanction: Principals' Perceptions of Threat Rigidity, Efficacy, and Leadership in Underperforming Schools

    Alan J. Daly;Claudia Der-Martirosian;Colin Ong-Dean;Vicki Park

  • Improving trust, improving schools: findings from a social network analysis of 43 primary schools in England

    Christopher David Brown;Alan J Daly;Yi-Hwa Liou

  • The networked instructor:the quality of networks in different stages of professional development

    Sara Van Waes;Nienke M. Moolenaar;Alan J. Daly;Henderijn H.P.F. Heldens

  • Linked to innovation: Shaping an innovative climate through network intentionality and educators’ social network position

    Nienke M. Moolenaar;Nienke M. Moolenaar;Alan J. Daly;Frank Cornelissen;Yi-Hwa Liou

  • Teacher Education’s Challenge of Changing Research Relationships With Schools

    Frank Cornelissen;Frank Cornelissen;Yi-Hwa Liou;Alan J. Daly;Jacqueline van Swet

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Sleegers
Peter Sleegers University of Twente
Geert Devos
Geert Devos Ghent University
Christine Greenhow
Christine Greenhow Michigan State University
Kenneth A. Frank
Kenneth A. Frank Michigan State University
Douwe Beijaard
Douwe Beijaard Eindhoven University of Technology
Lars Bode
Lars Bode University of California, San Diego
Peter Van Petegem
Peter Van Petegem University of Antwerp
Piet Van den Bossche
Piet Van den Bossche University of Antwerp
John D. Clapp
John D. Clapp University of Southern California

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