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Michael Fullan

Michael Fullan

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
85
Citations
66257
World Ranking
264
National Ranking
17

Michael Fullan 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 Michael Fullan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 229 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Fullan 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 Michael Fullan 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: 85 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Michael Fullan is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, particularly within education. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Education, Sociology and Political Science, Health Informatics, Computer Science Applications, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their published work covers a variety of themes such as education, sociology, vocational training, artificial intelligence in healthcare and education, online learning and analytics, AI in service interactions, higher education practices and engagement, higher education and employability, and innovative education and learning practices.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael Fullan demonstrate active engagement with contemporary issues in education and leadership. These include:

  • Artificial intelligence and school leadership: challenges, opportunities and implications (2023), published in School Leadership and Management
  • Learning and the pandemic: What's next? (2020), published in Prospects
  • The nature of leadership is changing (2020), published in European Journal of Education

Other notable recent papers in related collaborative research projects include:

  • Professional capital after the pandemic: revisiting and revising classic understandings of teachers' work (2020), published in Journal of Professional Capital and Community
  • Leading new, deeper forms of collaborative cultures: Questions and pathways (2022), published in Journal of Educational Change

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Lyn Sharratt
  • Cecilia María Azorín Abellán
  • Andy Hargreaves
  • Alma Harris
  • Michelle Jones

Michael Fullan's work has been published in several well-known academic venues, such as:

  • Journal of Professional Capital and Community
  • School Leadership and Management
  • Journal of Educational Change
  • Prospects
  • European Journal of Education

Regarding book publications, they have multiple titles to their name distributed primarily through Corwin eBooks, including:

  • The Devil Is in the Details: System Solutions for Equity, Excellence, and Student Well-Being (2020)
  • Spirit Work and the Science of Collaboration (2022)
  • Putting FACES on the Data: What Great Leaders and Teachers Do! (2023)
  • The Taking Action Guide for the Governance Core: School Boards, Superintendents, and Schools Working Together (2021)

In addition, a book published via PU Québec eBooks is:

  • S'engager dans l'apprentissage en profondeur (2021)

Another book published through hep Verlag eBooks is:

  • Leadership for Learning - gemeinsam Schulen lernwirksam gestalten (2023)

Michael Fullan has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association since 2008.

Best Publications

  • The New Meaning of Educational Change

    Michael Fullan

  • Leading in a Culture of Change

    Michael Fullan

  • Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform

    Michael Fullan

  • What's Worth Fighting for in Your School? Revised Edition.

    Michael Fullan;Andy Hargreaves

  • Getting Reform Right: What Works and What Doesn't.

    Michael G. Fullan;Matthew B. Miles

  • The meaning of educational change

    Michael Fullan

  • Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School

    Andy Hargreaves;Michael Fullan

  • Change forces : the sequel

    Michael G. Fullan

  • Understanding Teacher Development

    Andy Hargreaves;Michael G. Fullan

  • What's Worth Fighting for Out There?

    Andy Hargreaves;Michael Fullan

  • The Moral Imperative of School Leadership

    Michael Fullan

  • What's worth fighting for?: Working together for your school

    Michael G. Fullan;Andy Hargreaves

  • What's Worth Fighting for in Your School?

    Andy Hargreaves;Michael Fullan

  • Teacher Development And Educational Change

    Michael Fullan;Andy Hargreaves

  • The Change Leader.

    Michael Fullan

  • Research on Curriculum and Instruction Implementation

    Michael Fullan;Alan Pomfret

  • Leadership & Sustainability: System Thinkers in Action

    Michael Fullan

  • International Handbook of Educational Change

    Andy Hargreaves;Ann Lieberman;Michael Fullan;David Hopkins

  • Change Forces With A Vengeance

    Michael Fullan

  • Why Teachers Must Become Change Agents

    Michael G. Fullan

  • What's worth fighting for in your school : working together for improvement

    Michael Fullan;Andy Hargreaves

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves Boston College
Kenneth Leithwood
Kenneth Leithwood University of Toronto
Ann Lieberman
Ann Lieberman Stanford University
Christopher Chapman
Christopher Chapman University of Oxford
Louise Stoll
Louise Stoll University College London
Doris Jantzi
Doris Jantzi University of Toronto
Peter McLaren
Peter McLaren Chapman University
James P. Spillane
James P. Spillane Northwestern University

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