2026 Richard L. Allington: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	45	3854	3554	1833	1659	158	9188

Richard L. Allington 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 Richard L. Allington sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard L. Allington 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 Richard L. Allington sits on this spectrum.

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

Richard L. Allington is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within the Arts and Humanities as well as Psychology. The focus includes subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, History, Statistics and Probability, Information Systems, and Classics.

The main topics of Allington's work cover a range of areas including:

Reading and Literacy Development
Medieval History and Crusades
Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Educational Methods and Media Use
Byzantine Studies and History
Medieval Literature and History
Archaeology and Historical Studies

Among the recent papers published by Allington are:

"Reading Volume and Reading Achievement: A Review of Recent Research," 2021, Reading Research Quarterly
"Andrew Breeze, British Battles 494-937: Mount Badon to Brunanburh. New York: Anthem Press, 2020, 140p.," 2020, Mediaevistik
"New Saladins: Spiritual Crusading and the Typology of Crusading Enemies," 2021, Al-Masāq
"The Ruins of Jerusalem: Psalm LXXVIII, the Crusades and Church Reform," 2022, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
"Alberto Ferreiro, Epistolae Plenae: The Correspondence of the Bishops of Hispania with the Bishops of Rome (Third through Seventh Centuries). Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2020, 336p.," 2021, Mediaevistik

Frequent coauthors include:

Anne McGill-Franzen
Rachael Gabriel

Publication venues where Allington has been frequently featured include:

Mediaevistik
Reading Research Quarterly
Al-Masāq
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Phi Delta Kappan

Allington's interdisciplinary work reflects a combination of educational psychology and historical research, particularly with respect to medieval studies and literacy development.

Best Publications

What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs

Richard L. Allington

867
Citations
A Study of Effective First-Grade Literacy Instruction

Michael Pressley;Ruth Wharton-McDonald;Richard Allington;Cathy Collins Block

523
Citations
The reading instruction provided readers of differing reading abilities.

Richard L. Allington

429
Citations
Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write

Patricia M Cunningham;Richard L I. Allington

411
Citations
Fluency: The neglected reading goal.

Richard L. Allington

400
Citations
What I've Learned about Effective Reading Instruction: From a Decade of Studying Exemplary Elementary Classroom Teachers

Richard L. Allington

316
Citations
Big Brother and the National Reading Curriculum: How Ideology Trumped Evidence

Richard L. Allington

315
Citations
Addressing Summer Reading Setback Among Economically Disadvantaged Elementary Students

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305
Citations
Teacher interruption behaviors during primary-grade oral reading.

Richard L. Allington

304
Citations
Every Child, Every Day

Richard L. Allington;Rachael E. Gabriel

286
Citations
Schools That Work: Where All Children Read and Write

Richard L. Allington;Patricia M. Cunningham

283
Citations
Reading to Learn: Lessons from Exemplary Fourth-Grade Classrooms

Richard L. Allington;Peter H. Johnston

229
Citations
If They Don't Read Much, How They Ever Gonna Get Good?.

Richard L. Allington

224
Citations
School Response to Reading Failure: Instruction for Chapter 1 and Special Education Students in Grades Two, Four, and Eight

Richard L. Allington;Anne McGill-Franzen

220
Citations
No quick fix : rethinking literacy programs in America's elementary schools

Richard L. Allington;Sean A. Walmsley

204
Citations
Content Coverage and Contextual Reading in Reading Groups

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202
Citations
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It

Kelly Gallagher;Richard L. Allington

198
Citations
The Congruence of Classroom and Remedial Reading Instruction

Peter Johnston;Richard Allington;Peter Afflerbach

191
Citations
The Politics of Literacy Teaching: How “Research” Shaped Educational Policy

Richard L. Allington;Haley Woodside-Jiron

172
Citations
You Can't Learn Much from Books You Can't Read

Richard L. Allington

168
Citations
Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write. Second Edition.

Patricia M. Cunningham;Richard L. Allington

83
Citations
Schools That Work: Where All Children Read and Write. Second Edition.

Richard L. Allington;Patricia M. Cunningham

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Pressley Michigan State University

Lesley Mandel Morrow Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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