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D-Index
48
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15218
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3059
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1484

David P. Baker 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 P. Baker sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David P. Baker 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 P. Baker sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David P. Baker is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with specific interests spanning political science and international relations, sociology and political science, education, statistics, probability and uncertainty, as well as economics and econometrics. Their scholarly work addresses several key topics including higher education governance and development, global educational policies and reforms, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, international science and diplomacy, global educational reforms and inequalities, climate change communication and perception, and higher education learning practices.

Among recent publications by or related to David P. Baker are:

  • "An evolving international research collaboration network: spatial and thematic developments in co-authored higher education research, 1998-2018" (2022), published in Scientometrics
  • "An inevitable phenomenon: Reflections on the origins and future of worldwide shadow education" (2020), published in European Journal of Education
  • "University vs. Research Institute? The Dual Pillars of German Science Production, 1950-2010" (2020), published in Minerva
  • "Policy reformer's dream or nightmare?" (2020), published in Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education
  • "A Symbiosis of Access: Proliferating STEM PhD Training in the U.S. from 1920-2010" (2020), published in Minerva

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with David P. Baker include:

  • Justin J W Powell
  • Yuan Chih Fu
  • Ismael Gavilán Muñoz
  • Marcelo Marques
  • Jennifer Dusdal

Common publication venues for their work comprise:

  • Minerva
  • Stanford University Press eBooks
  • Scientometrics
  • European Journal of Education
  • Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education

The scientist has produced book publications as well, with one notable work titled "Global Mega-Science," published by Stanford University Press eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • The family-school relation and the child's school performance.

    David L. Stevenson;David P. Baker

  • National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling

    David P Baker;Gerald K LeTendre

  • Mothers' Strategies for Children's School Achievement: Managing the Transition to High School.

    David P. Baker;David L. Stevenson

  • Shadow Education and Allocation in Formal Schooling: Transition to University in Japan

    David Lee Stevenson;David P. Baker

  • The Research University in Transition: The Emerging Global Model

    Kathryn Mohrman;Wanhua Ma;David Baker

  • Socioeconomic Status, School Quality, and National Economic Development: A Cross‐National Analysis of the “Heyneman‐Loxley Effect” on Mathematics and Science Achievement

    David P. Baker;Brian Goesling;Gerald K. LeTendre

  • Worldwide Shadow Education: Outside-School Learning, Institutional Quality of Schooling, and Cross-National Mathematics Achievement

    David P. Baker;Motoko Akiba;Gerald K. LeTendre;Alexander W. Wiseman

  • The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture

    David Baker

  • The education effect on population health: a reassessment.

    David P. Baker;Juan Leon;Emily G. Smith Greenaway;John Collins

  • Creating Gender Equality: Cross-National Gender Stratification and Mathematical Performance.

    David P. Baker;Deborah Perkins Jones

  • Slouching towards decentralization: Consequences of globalization for curricular control in national education systems

    M. Fernanda Astiz;Alexander W. Wiseman;David P. Baker

  • Job Satisfaction among America's Teachers: Effects of Workplace Conditions, Background Characteristics, and Teacher Compensation. Statistical Analysis Report.

    Marianne Perie;David P. Baker

  • Student Victimization: National and School System Effects on School Violence in 37 Nations:

    Motoko Akiba;Gerald K. LeTendre;David P. Baker;Brian Goesling

  • Rising mean IQ: Cognitive demand of mathematics education for young children, population exposure to formal schooling, and the neurobiology of the prefrontal cortex

    Clancy Blair;David Gamson;Steven Thorne;David Baker

  • The origin of universal shadow education: what the supplemental education phenomenon tells us about the postmodern institution of education

    Izumi Mori;David Baker

  • Gender and young children's expectations for performance in arithmetic.

    Doris R. Entwisle;David P. Baker

  • State Control of the Curriculum and Classroom Instruction.

    David Lee Stevenson;David P. Baker

  • Teachers’ Work: Institutional Isomorphism and Cultural Variation in the U.S., Germany, and Japan

    Gerald K. LeTendre;David P. Baker;Motoko Akiba;Brian Goesling

  • Understanding the association between maternal education and use of health services in Ghana: exploring the role of health knowledge.

    Emily Smith Greenaway;Juan Leon;David P. Baker

  • Instructional Time and National Achievement: Cross-National Evidence

    David P. Baker;Rodrigo Fabrega;Claudia Galindo;Jacob Mishook

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Clancy Blair
Clancy Blair New York University
Steven L. Thorne
Steven L. Thorne Portland State University
Paul J. Eslinger
Paul J. Eslinger Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
John Collins
John Collins University of Minnesota
Marcel Zeelenberg
Marcel Zeelenberg Tilburg University
Doris R. Entwisle
Doris R. Entwisle Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Manlove
Jennifer Manlove Child Trends
Laura M. Desimone
Laura M. Desimone University of Delaware
John W. Meyer
John W. Meyer Stanford University

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