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Leonidas Kyriakides

Leonidas Kyriakides

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Cyprus
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
51
Citations
11817
World Ranking
2555
National Ranking
3

Leonidas Kyriakides publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 257 publications — 80th percentile

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

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Leonidas Kyriakides 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 Leonidas Kyriakides sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Cyprus Leader Award

Overview

Leonidas Kyriakides is affiliated with the University of Cyprus in Cyprus. Their research spans across the social sciences and psychology, with a focus on education and its intersections with developmental and social psychology.

The main fields of study for Kyriakides include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

The subfields of study are more specific to education and psychological perspectives:

  • Education
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Kyriakides's work covers a range of topics primarily related to educational practices and assessments:

  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Educational Assessment and Improvement
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kyriakides include:

  • Evi Charalambous
  • Charalambos Y. Charalambous
  • Panayiotis Antoniou
  • Demos Michael
  • Ioannis Ioannou

Most published work appears in these key academic venues:

  • Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • Education Sciences
  • Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
  • European Journal of Teacher Education

Recent papers by Kyriakides include:

  • "Developing teacher assessment skills: The impact of the dynamic approach to teacher professional development," 2021, Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • "Conceptualizing and exploring the quality of teaching using generic frameworks: A way forward," 2021, Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • "Working more collaboratively to better understand teaching and its quality: Challenges faced and possible solutions," 2021, Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • "Mediating effects of motivation and socioeconomic status on reading achievement: a secondary analysis of PISA 2018," 2023, Large-scale Assessments in Education
  • "Toward a More Comprehensive Picture of Physical Education Teaching Quality: Combining Generic and Content-Specific Practices," 2020, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Kyriakides has contributed to books published by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, including the title "Quality and Equity in Education: Revisiting Theory and Research on Educational Effectiveness and Improvement" in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The Dynamics of Educational Effectiveness: A Contribution to Policy, Practice and Theory in Contemporary Schools

    Bert P.M. Creemers;Leonidas Kyriakides

  • State of the art – teacher effectiveness and professional learning

    Daniel R. Muijs;Leonidas Kyriakides;Greetje van der Werf;Bert Creemers

  • Teacher behaviour and student outcomes : Suggestions for research on teacher training and professional development

    L. Kyriakides;B. P. M. Creemers;P. Antoniou

  • An analysis of the Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire using the Rasch measurement model.

    Leonidas Kyriakides;Chrystalla Kaloyirou;Graeme Lindsay

  • Critical analysis of the current approaches to modelling educational effectiveness: The importance of establishing a dynamic model

    B. P. M. Creemers;L. Kyriakides

  • What matters for student learning outcomes: A meta-analysis of studies exploring factors of effective teaching

    Leonidas Kyriakides;Christiana Christoforou;Charalambos Y. Charalambous

  • Methodological Advances in Educational Effectiveness Research

    Bert P.M. Creemers;Leonidas Kyriakides;Pam Sammons

  • The influence of school leadership styles and culture on students' achievement in Cyprus primary schools

    Andreas Kythreotis;Petros Pashiardis;Leonidas Kyriakides

  • Differential Teacher Effectiveness: Towards a model for research and teacher appraisal

    R. J. Campbell;L. Kyriakides;R. D. Muijs;W. Robinson

  • Using a multidimensional approach to measure the impact of classroom-level factors upon student achievement: a study testing the validity of the dynamic model

    Leonidas Kyriakides;Bert P. M. Creemers

  • Teacher Professional Development for Improving Quality of Teaching

    Bert P. M. Creemers;Leonidas Kyriakides;Panayiotis Antoniou

  • International encyclopedia of education (3rd ed.)

    L. Kyriakides;Bert Creemers;C. Teddlie;D. Muijs

  • A Dynamic Integrated Approach to Teacher Professional Development: Impact and Sustainability of the Effects on Improving Teacher Behaviour and Student Outcomes.

    Panayiotis Antoniou;Leonidas Kyriakides

  • The power of Interactive Groups: how diversity of adults volunteering in classroom groups can promote inclusion and success for children of vulnerable minority ethnic populations

    Rosa Valls;Leonidas Kyriakides

  • Tracing the development of preservice teachers’ efficacy beliefs in teaching mathematics during fieldwork

    Charalambos Y. Charalambous;George N. Philippou;Leonidas Kyriakides

  • A synthesis of studies searching for school factors: implications for theory and research

    Leonidas Kyriakides;Bert Creemers;Panayiotis Antoniou;Demetris Demetriou

  • The Significance of the Classroom Effect in Primary Schools: An Application of Creemers' Comprehensive Model of Educational Effectiveness

    Leonidas Kyriakides;R. J. Campbell;Athanasios Gagatsis

  • Improving Quality in Education: Dynamic Approaches to School Improvement

    Bert P. M. Creemers;Leonidas Kyriakides

  • Generating Criteria for Measuring Teacher Effectiveness Through a Self-Evaluation Approach: A Complementary Way of Measuring Teacher Effectiveness

    L. Kyriakides;R.J. Campbell;E. Christofidou

  • Extending the Comprehensive Model of Educational Effectiveness by an Empirical Investigation

    Leonidas Kyriakides

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert P.M. Creemers
Bert P.M. Creemers University of Groningen
Daniel Muijs
Daniel Muijs University of Southampton
Charles Teddlie
Charles Teddlie Louisiana State University
Pam Sammons
Pam Sammons University of Oxford
Andreas Demetriou
Andreas Demetriou University of Cyprus
Helen Timperley
Helen Timperley University of Auckland
Sam Stringfield
Sam Stringfield University of Cincinnati
George Spanoudis
George Spanoudis University of Cyprus
Benjamin Nagengast
Benjamin Nagengast University of Tübingen
Herbert W. Marsh
Herbert W. Marsh Australian Catholic University

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