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2026

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D-Index
75
Citations
30158
World Ranking
529
National Ranking
91

Pam Sammons 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 Pam Sammons sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 452 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pam Sammons 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 Pam Sammons sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

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

Overview

Pam Sammons is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a significant concentration within education. The subfields of study that define their work include education, sociology and political science, developmental and educational psychology, clinical psychology, and social psychology.

The main topics covered in Pam Sammons' research consist of:

  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
  • Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Diverse Education Studies and Reforms

Their recent papers showcase a range of educational topics, illustrating the scope and depth of their interests. These include:

  • The home learning environment and its role in shaping children's educational development (2020) published in School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • A Multilevel Person-Centered Examination of Teachers' Workplace Demands and Resources: Links With Work-Related Well-Being (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • An international perspective on teacher self-efficacy: Personal, structural and environmental factors (2020) published in Teaching and Teacher Education
  • Developing 21st century skills in early childhood: the contribution of process quality to self-regulation and pro-social behaviour (2020) published in Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft
  • Conceptualizing and exploring the quality of teaching using generic frameworks: A way forward (2021) published in Studies In Educational Evaluation

The venues where Pam Sammons frequently publishes are notable academic journals in the field of education. These include:

  • Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Review of Education
  • Teachers and Teaching

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Pam Sammons' work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Lars-Erik Malmberg
  • Κathy Sylva
  • Maria Evangelou
  • Sina Fackler
  • James Hall

Best Publications

  • Key Characteristics of Effective Schools: a Review of School Effectiveness Research

    Pam Sammons

  • The personal and professional selves of teachers: stable and unstable identities

    Christopher Day;Alison Kington;Gordon Stobart;Pam Sammons

  • School Matters: The Junior Years

    Peter Mortimore;Pam Sammons;Louise Stoll;D Lewis

  • The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes: How Successful School Leaders Use Transformational and Instructional Strategies to Make a Difference

    Christopher Day;Qing Gu;Pam Sammons

  • Successful School Leadership: What It Is and How It Influences Pupil Learning

    Kenneth Leithwood;Christopher Day;Pamela Sammons;Alma Harris

  • Teachers Matter: Connecting Work, Lives And Effectiveness

    C. Day;P. Sammons;G. Stobart;Alison Kington

  • Effects of the Home Learning Environment and Preschool Center Experience upon Literacy and Numeracy Development in Early Primary School

    Edward C. Melhuish;Mai B. Phan;Kathy Sylva;Pam Sammons

  • Early childhood matters: evidence from the effective pre-school and primary education project

    Kathy Sylva;Edward C. Melhuish;Pam Sammons;Iram Siraj-Blatchford

  • The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Findings from Pre-school to end of Key Stage1

    Kathy Sylva;Edward Melhuish;Pam Sammons;Iram Siraj-Blatchford

  • Educational effectiveness research (EER): a state-of-the-art review

    David Reynolds;Pam Sammons;Bieke De Fraine;Jan Van Damme

  • Forging Links: Effective Schools and Effective Departments

    Pam Sammons;Sally Thomas;Peter Mortimore

  • Distributed leadership and organizational change: Reviewing the evidence

    Alma Harris;Kenneth Leithwood;Christopher Day;Pam Sammons

  • Capturing Quality in Early Childhood through Environmental Rating Scales

    Kathy Sylva;Iram Siraj-Blatchford;Brenda Taggart;Pam Sammons

  • Committed for life? Variations in teachers’ work, lives and effectiveness

    Christopher Day;Pam Sammons;Qing Gu;Alison Kington

  • Variations in Teachers’ Work, Lives and Effectiveness

    C. Day;G. Stobart;P. Sammons;Alison Kington

  • Exploring variations in teachers' work, lives and their effects on pupils: key findings and implications from a longitudinal mixed‐method study

    Pam Sammons;Christopher Day;Alison Kington;Qing Gu

  • The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) project

    Kathy Sylva;Edward Melhuish;Pam Sammons;Iram Siraj-Blatchford

  • The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Final Report: A Longitudinal Study Funded by the DfES 1997-2004

    Kathy Sylva;Edward Melhuish;Pam Sammons;Iram Siraj-Blatchford

  • Preschool Influences on Mathematics Achievement

    Edward C. Melhuish;Kathy Sylva;Pam Sammons;Iram Siraj-Blatchford

  • The impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes. Final report

    C. Day;P. Sammons;D. Hopkins;A. Harris

  • The dynamics of educational effectiveness: a contribution to policy, practice and theory in contemporary schools

    Pam Sammons

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathy Sylva
Kathy Sylva University of Oxford
Edward Melhuish
Edward Melhuish University of Oxford
Iram Siraj
Iram Siraj University of Oxford
Brenda Taggart
Brenda Taggart University College London
Daniel Muijs
Daniel Muijs University of Southampton
Louise Stoll
Louise Stoll University College London
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Christopher Chapman
Christopher Chapman University of Oxford
Alma Harris
Alma Harris Cardiff Metropolitan University
Kenneth Leithwood
Kenneth Leithwood University of Toronto

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