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D-Index
45
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8148
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3892
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1852

Martin R. West 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 Martin R. West sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin R. West 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 Martin R. West 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

Martin R. West is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, with a particular focus on education. Their research spans multiple subfields including education, cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, political science and international relations, and demography.

The key topics addressed in their work include:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Parental Involvement in Education

Martin R. West's publication record features papers in a variety of academic venues, with a concentration in the following journals and repositories:

  • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  • Brown Digital Repository
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Total Quality Management & Business Excellence

Significant published papers include:

  • "Mindfulness training preserves sustained attention and resting state anticorrelation between default-mode network and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: A randomized controlled trial," 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Neuroplasticity associated with changes in conversational turn-taking following a family-based intervention," 2021, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • "Trends in Student Social-Emotional Learning: Evidence From the First Large-Scale Panel Student Survey," 2020, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  • "Customer incivility and customer problem-solving behaviour in frontline employees: testing a moderated mediation model," 2020, Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
  • "Status, Growth, and Perceptions of School Quality," 2021, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers who have contributed to multiple publications together. Notable coauthors include:

  • Paul E. Peterson
  • Ethan Scherer
  • John D. E. Gabrieli
  • Michael Henderson
  • Clemens Bauer

The body of work reflects a blend of empirical and policy-oriented research focusing on education systems and developmental outcomes. Their scholarship incorporates interdisciplinary approaches, especially combining social sciences with cognitive neuroscience perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Beyond the 30-Million-Word Gap: Children’s Conversational Exposure Is Associated With Language-Related Brain Function:

    Rachel R. Romeo;Rachel R. Romeo;Julia A. Leonard;Julia A. Leonard;Sydney T. Robinson;Sydney T. Robinson;Martin R. West

  • Class-size effects in school systems around the world: Evidence from between-grade variation in TIMSS

    Ludger Wößmann;Martin R. West

  • Promise and Paradox: Measuring Students' Non-Cognitive Skills and the Impact of Schooling.

    Martin R. West;Matthew A. Kraft;Amy S. Finn;Rebecca E. Martin

  • Self‐interest, Social Beliefs, and Attitudes to Redistribution. Re‐addressing the Issue of Cross‐national Variation

    Katerina Linos;Martin West

  • No Child Left Behind?: The Politics and Practice of School Accountability

    Paul E. Peterson;Martin R West

  • THE NON-COGNITIVE RETURNS TO CLASS SIZE

    Thomas S. Dee;Martin Raymond West

  • Language exposure relates to structural neural connectivity in childhood

    Rachel R Romeo;Rachel R Romeo;Rachel R Romeo;Joshua R. Segaran;Julia Anne Leonard;Sydney T. Robinson

  • The Efficacy of Choice Threats Within School Accountability Systems: Results from Legislatively Induced Experiments

    Martin R. West;Paul E. Peterson

  • "Every catholic child in a catholic school": Historical resistance to state schooling, contemporary private competition and student achievement across countries

    Martin R. West;Ludger Woessmann

  • Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments

    Alberto Abadie;Matthew M. Chingos;Martin R. West

  • Neuroanatomical Correlates of the Income-Achievement Gap

    Allyson P. Mackey;Amy S. Finn;Julia A. Leonard;Drew S. Jacoby-Senghor

  • Cognitive Skills, Student Achievement Tests, and Schools

    Amy S. Finn;Matthew A. Kraft;Martin R. West;Julia A. Leonard;Julia A. Leonard

  • School Accountability, Autonomy and Choice Around the World

    Ludger Woessmann;Elke Luedemann;Gabriela Schuetz;Martin R. West

  • The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School

    Guido Schwerdt;Martin Raymond West

  • The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida

    Guido Schwerdt;Martin R. West;Marcus A. Winters

  • Growing Pains: The School Consolidation Movement and Student Outcomes

    Christopher R. Berry;Martin R. West

  • School Accountability, Autonomy, Choice, and the Level of Student Achievement: International Evidence from PISA 2003

    Ludger Wöbmann;Elke Lüdemann;Gabriela Schütz;Martin R. West

  • Development and implementation of student social-emotional surveys in the CORE Districts

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  • Functional brain organization of working memory in adolescents varies in relation to family income and academic achievement

    Amy S. Finn;Jennifer E. Minas;Julia A. Leonard;Allyson P. Mackey

  • Does an Urban Teacher Residency Increase Student Achievement? Early Evidence from Boston.

    John P. Papay;Martin R. West;Jon B. Fullerton;Thomas J. Kane

  • School Accountability, Autonomy, Choice, and the Equity of Student Achievement: International Evidence from PISA 2003. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 14.

    Gabriela Schutz;Martin R. West;Ludger Wobmann

  • Class-Size Effects in School Systems Around the World: Evidence from Between-Grade Variation in TIMSS

    Ludger Woessmann;Martin R. West

  • The Efficacy of Choice Threats within School Accountability Systems: Results from Legislatively Induced Experiments. PEPG 05-01.

    Martin R. West;Paul E. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Peterson
Paul E. Peterson Harvard University
Ludger Woessmann
Ludger Woessmann Ifo Institute for Economic Research
William G. Howell
William G. Howell Johns Hopkins University
David E. Campbell
David E. Campbell University of Notre Dame
Thomas J. Kane
Thomas J. Kane Harvard University
Thomas S. Dee
Thomas S. Dee Stanford University
Susanna Loeb
Susanna Loeb Brown University
Meredith L. Rowe
Meredith L. Rowe Harvard University
Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli
Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli Northeastern University

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