David Grant publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David Grant between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David Grant published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 3.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2021. 2 of the 127 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

2 4 6 8 10

1987 2025

127 publications in total across all disciplines

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David Grant: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year	Publications
1987	1
1988	0
1989	0
1990	0
1991	0
1992	0
1993	1
1994	0
1995	1
1996	3
1997	1
1998	3
1999	6
2000	7
2001	4
2002	6
2003	3
2004	5
2005	8
2006	6
2007	0
2008	5
2009	4
2010	6
2011	8
2012	9
2013	6
2014	6
2015	3
2016	2
2017	3
2018	0
2019	1
2020	1
2021	11
2022	3
2023	2
2024	1
2025	1
Total	127

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David Grant 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 David Grant sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 117 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474	117
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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David Grant 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 David Grant sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300	43
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

David Grant is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia. Their research work covers several interconnected fields primarily within the social sciences and psychology, with a strong emphasis on education and mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Their scholarly output includes publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, addressing topics such as instructional leadership, teacher effectiveness, and metaphorical explorations related to societal changes during COVID-19. Key recent papers by David Grant include:

Categories, Crossroads, Control, Connectedness, Continuity, and Change: A Metaphorical Exploration of COVID-19, 2020, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Reimagining Instructional Leadership: Integrated Leadership Functions Predicting Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Morale, 2022, Leadership and Policy in Schools
Responsible Leadership: How Teachers Perceive Principal Practices, Teacher Effectiveness, and Teacher Morale, 2021, Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting
Nineteenth-Century American Newspapers, 2020, American Literature

Collaboration has been an integral aspect of Grant's work, frequently co-authoring with scholars including Claude Messan Setodji, Julia H. Kaufman, Melissa Kay Diliberti, Gerald Hunter, and Christopher J. Young. These partnerships have contributed to a diverse array of research outputs.

The scholar has contributed to several publication venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These include:

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Leadership and Policy in Schools
Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting
American Literature
SSRN Electronic Journal

David Grant's main fields of study involve Social Sciences and Psychology, with specific subfields focusing on Education, Clinical Psychology, Information Systems and Management, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Their research topics commonly address:

COVID-19 and Mental Health
School Choice and Performance
Parental Involvement in Education
Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Educational Assessment and Improvement
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Grant has also contributed to numerous technical and survey reports published as eBooks by RAND Corporation, covering educational surveys and technical documentation from 2019 through 2024. These include detailed documentation of American Educator Panels and various survey results related to K-12 schools, reflecting an ongoing engagement with data-driven educational research.

Best Publications

Discourse and Collaboration: The Role of Conversations and Collective Identity

Cynthia Hardy;Thomas B. Lawrence;David Grant

1143
Citations
The Social Construction of Leadership: A Sailing Guide

Gail T. Fairhurst;David Grant

743
Citations
The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse

D Grant;C Hardy;C Oswick;LL Putnam

736
Citations
Discourse and Organization

David Grant;Tom Keenoy;Cliff Oswick

538
Citations
METAPHOR AND ANALOGICAL REASONING IN ORGANIZATION THEORY: BEYOND ORTHODOXY

Cliff Oswick;Tom Keenoy;David Grant

476
Citations
Metaphor and organizations

David Grant;Cliff Oswick

394
Citations
Organizational Discourse and New Organization Development Practices

Robert J. Marshak;David Grant

385
Citations
Introduction: Organizational Discourse: Exploring the Field

David Grant;Cynthia Hardy;Cliff Oswick;Linda Putnam

368
Citations
“Hippies on the third floor”: Climate Change, Narrative Identity and the Micro-Politics of Corporate Environmentalism

Christopher Wright;Daniel Nyberg;David Grant

335
Citations
Introduction: Struggles with Organizational Discourse

David Grant;Cynthia Hardy

283
Citations
Introduction: Organizational Discourse: Of Diversity, Dichotomy and Multi-disciplinarity

David Grant;Tom Keenoy;Cliff Oswick

264
Citations
Organizational Discourse: Key Contributions and Challenges

David Grant;Tom Keenoy;Cliff Oswick

258
Citations
Organizational Discourses: Text and Context:

Tom Keenoy;Cliff Oswick;David Grant

250
Citations
A Dialogic Analysis of Organizational Learning

Cliff Oswick;Peter Anthony;Tom Keenoy;Iain L. Mangham

238
Citations
The Rhetoric of Institutional Change

Andrew D. Brown;Susan Ainsworth;David Grant

213
Citations
Discourse, Organizations and Organizing: Concepts, Objects and Subjects

Cliff Oswick;Tom W Keenoy;David Grant

205
Citations
Toward a Discourse-Centered Understanding of Organizational Change:

David Grant;Robert J. Marshak

205
Citations
Guest editorial: discourse and organizational change

David Grant;Grant Michelson;Cliff Oswick;Nick Wailes

188
Citations
Doing Authenticity: The Gendered Construction of Authentic Leadership

Helena Liu;Leanne Cutcher;David Grant

183
Citations
Barriers to effective HRM

Bob Kane;John Crawford;David Grant

171
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cliff Oswick City, University of London

Cynthia Hardy University of Melbourne

Linda L. Putnam University of California, Santa Barbara

Rick Iedema King's College London

Christopher Wright University of Sydney

Thomas B. Lawrence University of Oxford

Claire E. Wakefield University of New South Wales

Michael Barrett University of Cambridge

Gail T. Fairhurst University of Cincinnati

Sue Newell University of Warwick

External Links

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