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Lynn McAlpine

Lynn McAlpine

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
45
Citations
7910
World Ranking
3898
National Ranking
232

Lynn McAlpine 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 Lynn McAlpine sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 198 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lynn McAlpine 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 Lynn McAlpine 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: 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

Lynn McAlpine is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on education and social sciences with a particular emphasis on doctoral education, higher education, and related challenges.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

The subfields of study addressed are:

  • Education
  • General Health Professions
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their research explores several key topics, including:

  • Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Higher Education Practices and Engagement
  • Innovative Education and Learning Practices

Lynn McAlpine has contributed to a variety of publications, with frequent appearances in these journals:

  • Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
  • European Journal of Higher Education
  • Studies in Higher Education
  • Innovations in Education and Teaching International
  • Higher Education

Notable recent papers include:

  • What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda, 2020, Higher Education
  • Phd careers beyond the traditional: integrating individual and structural factors for a richer account, 2021, European Journal of Higher Education

Other relevant publications that reflect their area of expertise are:

  • What perspectives underlie 'researcher identity'? A review of two decades of empirical studies, 2020, Higher Education
  • PhD Imposter Syndrome: Exploring Antecedents, Consequences, and Implications for Doctoral Well-Being, 2020, International journal of doctoral studies
  • PhD holders entering non-academic workplaces: organisational culture shock, 2021, Studies in Higher Education

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Kelsey Inouye
  • Isabelle Skakni
  • Søren Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen
  • Montserrat Castelló
  • Andrew Gibson

Best Publications

  • Analyzing Interview Data: The Development and Evolution of a Coding System

    Cynthia Weston;Terry Gandell;Jacinthe Beauchamp;Lynn McAlpine

  • The PhD Experience: A Review of the Factors Influencing Doctoral Students’ Completion, Achievement, and Well-Being

    Anna Sverdlik;Nathan C. Hall;Lynn McAlpine;Kyle Hubbard

  • Reframing Our Approach to Doctoral Programs: An Integrative Framework for Action and Research.

    Lynn McAlpine;Judith Norton

  • Reflection: issues related to improving professors' teaching and students' learning

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  • Building a Metacognitive Model of Reflection.

    L. McAlpine;C. Weston;C. Beauchamp;C. Wiseman

  • Identity and agency: pleasures and collegiality among the challenges of the doctoral journey

    Lynn McAlpine;Cheryl Amundsen

  • Identity-Trajectory: Reframing Early Career Academic Experience.

    Lynn McAlpine;Cheryl Amundsen;Gill Turner

  • Doctoral student experience in Education:Activities and difficulties influencing identity development

    Lynn McAlpine;Marian Jazvac‐Martek;Nick Hopwood

  • ‘Learning supervision’: trial by fire

    Cheryl Amundsen;Lynn McAlpine

  • Why might you use narrative methodology? A story about narrative

    Lynn McAlpine

  • Supervising doctoral students: variation in purpose and pedagogy

    Gerlese L Akerlind;Lynn McAlpine

  • Doctoral education : research-based strategies for doctoral students, supervisors and administrators

    Lynn McAlpine;Cheryl Amundsen

  • The Dissertation as Multi-Genre: Many Readers, Many Readings

    Anthony Par;Doreen Starke-Meyerring;Lynn McAlpine

  • ‘Untold’ doctoral stories: can we move beyond cultural narratives of neglect?

    Lynn McAlpine;Julia Paulson;Allison Gonsalves;Marian Jazvac-Martek

  • Supervision--The Most Variable of Variables: Student Perspectives.

    Lynn McAlpine;Margot McKinnon

  • Navigating careers: perceptions of sciences doctoral students, post-PhD researchers and pre-tenure academics

    Lynn McAlpine;Esma Emmioğlu

  • A model for understanding formative evaluation in instructional design

    Cynthia Weston;Lynn McAlpine;Tino Bordonaro

  • Becoming an Academic

    Gerlese Akerlind;Lynn McAlpine

  • Identity-trajectories Doctoral journeys from past to present to future

    Lynn McAlpine

  • Designing Learning as Well as Teaching A Research-Based Model for Instruction that Emphasizes Learner Practice

    Lynn Mcalpine

  • Postdoctoral positions as preparation for desired careers: a narrative approach to understanding postdoctoral experience

    Shuhua Chen;Lynn McAlpine;Cheryl Amundsen

  • Tracking the Doctoral Student Experience over Time: Cultivating Agency in Diverse Spaces

    Marian Jazvac-Martek;Shuhua Chen;Lynn McAlpine;Lynn McAlpine

  • Developing Academic Identity: A Review of the Literature on Doctoral Writing and Feedback

    Kelsey Inouye;Lynn McAlpine

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan C. Hall
Nathan C. Hall McGill University
Donald M. Taylor
Donald M. Taylor McGill University
Rosemary Deem
Rosemary Deem Royal Holloway University of London

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