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2026

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D-Index
86
Citations
38314
World Ranking
253
National Ranking
46

Alma Harris 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 Alma Harris sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 331 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alma Harris 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 Alma Harris sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Alma Harris is affiliated with Cardiff Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the field of social sciences with a focus on education, including developmental and educational psychology, information systems and management, general health professions, and social psychology. The main topics in their work cover teacher education and leadership studies, collaborative teaching and inclusion, educational and psychological assessments, educational assessment and improvement, education systems and policy, educational practices and policies, and early childhood education and development.

The research output includes a number of recent papers published primarily in the journal School Leadership and Management. Notable works include:

  • COVID 19 - school leadership in disruptive times, 2020, School Leadership and Management
  • COVID-19 - school leadership in crisis?, 2020, Journal of Professional Capital and Community
  • Distributed leadership: taking a retrospective and contemporary view of the evidence base, 2022, School Leadership and Management
  • Leading during a pandemic - what the evidence tells us, 2022, School Leadership and Management

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Michelle Jones, Cecilia María Azorín Abellán, Nashwa Ismail, Angella Cooze, and Jeremy Griffiths.

Alma Harris has contributed extensively to the journal School Leadership and Management with 21 publications. Other venues featuring their work are Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education, Journal of Professional Capital and Community, International Journal of Leadership in Education, and Oxford Review of Education.

The scholar has published books with different publishers, including:

  • System Recall: Leading for Equity and Excellence in Education, Corwin eBooks, 2020
  • Leading and Transforming Education Systems, Springer Nature, 2020

Awards received by Alma Harris include election as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Seven strong claims about successful school leadership

    Kenneth Leithwood;Alma Harris;David Hopkins

  • Seven strong claims about successful school leadership revisited

    Kenneth Leithwood;Alma Harris;David Hopkins

  • Distributed Leadership and School Improvement: Leading or Misleading?.

    Alma Harris

  • Teacher leadership as distributed leadership: heresy, fantasy or possibility?

    Alma Harris

  • Successful School Leadership: What It Is and How It Influences Pupil Learning

    Kenneth Leithwood;Christopher Day;Pamela Sammons;Alma Harris

  • Improving Schools Through Teacher Leadership

    Alma Harris;Daniel Muijs

  • Distributed leadership through the looking glass

    Alma Harris;James Spillane

  • Do parents know they matter? Engaging all parents in learning

    Alma Harris;Janet Goodall

  • Distributed Leadership According to the Evidence

    Alma Harris

  • Improving Schools in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Areas ? A Review of Research Evidence

    Daniel Muijs;Alma Harris;Christopher Chapman;Louise Stoll

  • Building leadership capacity for school improvement

    Alma Harris;Linda Lambert

  • Teacher Leadership: improvement through empowerment? An overview of research.

    Daniel Muijs;Alma Harris

  • School Improvement: What's In It For Schools?

    Alma Harris

  • COVID 19 – school leadership in disruptive times

    Alma Harris;Michelle Jones

  • Effective Leadership in Schools Facing Challenging Contexts.

    Alma Harris

  • Distributed Leadership: What We Know

    Alma Harris

  • Teacher led school improvement: Teacher leadership in the UK

    Daniel Muijs;Alma Harris

  • Distributed School Leadership: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

    Alma Harris

  • Professional learning communities and system improvement

    Alma Harris;Michelle Jones

  • Distributed leadership and organizational change: Reviewing the evidence

    Alma Harris;Kenneth Leithwood;Christopher Day;Pam Sammons

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Muijs
Daniel Muijs University of Southampton
Christopher Chapman
Christopher Chapman University of Oxford
Louise Stoll
Louise Stoll University College London
Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves Boston College
Pam Sammons
Pam Sammons University of Oxford
Kenneth Leithwood
Kenneth Leithwood University of Toronto
Geoff Lindsay
Geoff Lindsay University of Warwick
Jacky Lumby
Jacky Lumby University of Southampton
Philip Hallinger
Philip Hallinger Mahidol University
Sam Stringfield
Sam Stringfield University of Cincinnati

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