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51
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9166
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2619
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449

Helen Gunter 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 Helen Gunter sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 345 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Helen Gunter 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 Helen Gunter 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: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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

  • 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
  • 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

Helen Gunter is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and specializes in fields related to social sciences, particularly education, sociology, and political science. Their research contributions span topics including teacher education and leadership studies, global educational policies and reforms, educator training and historical pedagogy, educational assessment and improvement, global education and multiculturalism, reflective practices in education, and the political and economic history of the UK and US.

Frequent publication venues for Helen Gunter include:

  • London Review of Education
  • Management in Education
  • FORUM
  • Journal of Educational Administration & History
  • British Journal of Educational Studies

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Helen Gunter include:

  • "Resistance, professional agency and the reform of education in England" (2020), London Review of Education
  • "A new public educative leadership?" (2020), Management in Education
  • "Researching literacy policy: Conceptualizing trends in the field" (2021), London Review of Education
  • "Policy Mortality and UK Government Education Policy for Schools in England" (2023), British Journal of Educational Studies
  • "An intellectual history of the political in the educational management, administration and leadership field" (2022), Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Helen Gunter has collaborated frequently with peers such as Stephen Rayner, Steven J. Courtney, Mark Innes, Paul Armstrong, and Jorunn Møller.

The researcher has contributed to book publications as well, with multiple works released by publishers such as Policy Press and Bristol University Press eBooks. Titles include editions of A Political Sociology of Education Policy published in 2023.

Their research primarily lies at the intersection of social sciences with a focus on education, involving 37 publications mainly categorized under social sciences. Subfields include:

  • Education
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Gender Studies

Helen Gunter has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Leaders and leadership in education

    Helen M. Gunter

  • Leadership and the reform of education

    Helen M. Gunter

  • From ‘consulting pupils’ to ‘pupils as researchers’: a situated case narrative

    Pat Thomson;Helen Gunter

  • New Public Management and the Reform of Education : European lessons for policy and practice

    Helen M. Gunter;Emiliano Grimaldi;David Hall;Roberto Serpieri

  • Inside, outside, upside down: The fluidity of academic researcher 'identity' in working with/in school

    Pat Thomson;Helen Gunter

  • Rethinking Education: The Consequences of Jurassic Management

    Helen Gunter

  • Labels and Labelling in the Field of Educational Leadership

    Helen Gunter

  • Critical approaches to leadership in education

    Helen Gunter

  • Distributed Leadership: A Study in Knowledge Production

    Helen Gunter;Dave Hall;Joanna Bragg

  • Mapping leadership studies in education: towards a typology of knowledge domains

    Peter Ribbins;Helen Gunter

  • An Intellectual History of School Leadership Practice and Research

    Helen M Gunter

  • Get off my bus! School leaders, vision work and the elimination of teachers

    Steven John Courtney;Helen M Gunter

  • Contesting the Orthodoxy of Teacher Leadership.

    Tanya Fitzgerald;Helen M. Gunter

  • The state and education policy : the academies programme

    Helen Gunter

  • Academy schools and entrepreneurialism in education

    Philip A. Woods;Glenys J. Woods;Helen Gunter

  • Leadership studies in education: towards a map of the field

    Helen Gunter;Peter Ribbins

  • The Methodology of Students-as-Researchers: Valuing and using experience and expertise to develop methods

    Pat Thomson;Helen Gunter

  • Education and poverty: A critical review of theory, policy and practice

    Carlo Raffo;D. Dyson;H.M. Gunter;D Hall

  • Consultants, consultancy and consultocracy in education policymaking in England

    Helen M. Gunter;David Hall;Colin Mills

  • Leading Schools to Promote Social Inclusion: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Analysing Research, Policy and Practice.

    Carlo Raffo;Helen Gunter

  • Education and poverty: mapping the terrain and making the links to educational policy

    Carlo Raffo;Alan Dyson;Helen Gunter;Dave Hall

  • Educational Leadership : Theorising Professional Practice in Neoliberal Times

    Steven J. Courtney;Ruth McGinity;Helen M. Gunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Chapman
Christopher Chapman University of Oxford
Pat Thomson
Pat Thomson University of Nottingham
Alan Dyson
Alan Dyson University of Manchester
Daniel Muijs
Daniel Muijs University of Southampton
Mel Ainscow
Mel Ainscow University of Manchester
Steven Jones
Steven Jones Lancaster University
Michael Howlett
Michael Howlett Simon Fraser University
Peter Farrell
Peter Farrell University of Manchester
Michael W. Apple
Michael W. Apple University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anna Vignoles
Anna Vignoles Leverhulme Trust

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