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D-Index
45
Citations
6796
World Ranking
3944
National Ranking
14

Emer Smyth 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 Emer Smyth sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 259 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Emer Smyth 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 Emer Smyth sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Emer Smyth is affiliated with the Economic and Social Research Institute in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on the social sciences, with a significant emphasis on education.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

Within this broad domain, Smyth has contributed to various subfields, notably:

  • Education
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main topics of Smyth's work span several areas concerning education and social policy, such as:

  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Religious Education and Schools
  • Career Development and Diversity

Among the frequently used publication venues for Smyth's research are:

  • International Journal of Comparative Sociology
  • Oxford Review of Education
  • Irish Studies in International Affairs
  • Educational Review
  • Young

Notable recent papers by Smyth include:

  • "Impacts of the COVID-19 Control Measures on Widening Educational Inequalities," 2021, Young
  • "Secondary school subjects and gendered STEM enrollment in higher education in Germany, Ireland, and Scotland," 2020, International Journal of Comparative Sociology
  • "We Respect Them, and They Respect Us": The Value of Interpersonal Relationships in Enhancing Student Engagement," 2021, Education Sciences
  • The Effect of Pandemic-Related Economic Disruption on Young Adolescents in Ireland," 2022, Children
  • "Understanding differences in children's reading ability by social origin and gender: The role of parental reading and pre- and primary school exposure in Ireland," 2022, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Frequent collaborators in Smyth's work include:

  • Merike Darmody
  • Helen Russell
  • Cristina Iannelli
  • Adriana Duta
  • Joanne Banks

Best Publications

  • Do subjective indicators measure welfare? Evidence from 33 European societies

    Tony Fahey;Emer Smyth

  • Do Schools Differ? Academic and Personal Development among Pupils in the Second-Level Sector

    Emer Smyth

  • Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students

    Emer Smyth;Merike Darmody;Frances McGinnity;Delma Byrne

  • Primary school principals ' job satisfaction and occupational stress

    Merike Darmody;Emer Smyth

  • ‘Your whole life depends on it’: academic stress and high-stakes testing in Ireland

    Joanne Banks;Emer Smyth

  • Buying your way into college? Private tuition and the transition to higher education in Ireland

    Emer Smyth

  • Gender differentiation and early labour market integration across Europe

    Emer Smyth

  • Co-Education and Gender Equality

    Damian F. Hannan;Emer Smyth;John Mccullagh;Richard O'leary

  • ‘There was never really any question of anything else': young people's agency, institutional habitus and the transition to higher education

    Emer Smyth;Joanne Banks

  • The economic returns to field of study and competencies among higher education graduates in Ireland

    Elish Kelly;Philip J. O’Connell;Emer Smyth

  • Leaving School in Ireland: A Longitudinal Study of Post-School Transitions

    Selina McCoy;Emer Smyth;Merike Darmody

  • Field of Study and Gender Segregation in European Labour Markets

    Emer Smyth;Stephanie Steinmetz

  • Mapping gender and social background differences in education and youth transitions across Europe

    Cristina Iannelli;Emer Smyth

  • Investing in education: combating educational disadvantage.

    Emer Smyth;Selina McCoy

  • Moving Up: The Experiences of First-Year Students in Post-Primary Education

    Emer Smyth;Selina McCoy;Merike Darmody

  • No way back? The dynamics of early school leaving.

    Delma Byrne;Emer Smyth

  • From Leaving Certificate to Leaving School: A Longitudinal Study of Sixth Year Students

    Emer Smyth;Joanne Banks;Emma Calvert

  • Growing up in Ireland. National longitudinal study of children: the lives of 9-year-olds. .

    James Williams;Sheila Greene;Erika Doyle;Elaine Harris

  • Single-sex Education: What Does Research Tell Us?

    Emer Smyth

  • Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stress among Primary School Teachers and School Principals in Ireland

    Merike Darmody;Emer Smyth

  • Higher Education Expansion and Differentiation in the Republic of Ireland.

    Selina McCoy;Emer Smyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Selina McCoy
Selina McCoy Economic and Social Research Institute
Seamus McGuinness
Seamus McGuinness Economic and Social Research Institute
Jimmy R. Williams
Jimmy R. Williams Biogen (United States)
Walter Müller
Walter Müller University of Mannheim
Sheila Riddell
Sheila Riddell University of Edinburgh
Philip R. Lane
Philip R. Lane European Central Bank
Arthur van Soest
Arthur van Soest Tilburg University
Richard Layte
Richard Layte Trinity College Dublin
Stephen M. Smith
Stephen M. Smith University of Oxford
Jaap Dronkers
Jaap Dronkers Maastricht University

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