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D-Index
60
Citations
28514
World Ranking
1408
National Ranking
666

Ronald H. Heck 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 Ronald H. Heck sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 151 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald H. Heck 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 Ronald H. Heck sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ronald H. Heck is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as Reproductive Health and Contraception, Parental Involvement in Education, Soil and Land Suitability Analysis, School Choice and Performance, Educational Assessment and Improvement, and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Recent publications by Ronald H. Heck illustrate a range of interests within these topics. Some of their notable papers include:

  • School leadership and school organization: investigating their effects on school improvement in reading and math, 2020, Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft
  • Incorporating student mobility in studying academic growth in math: comparing several alternative multilevel formulations, 2022, School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Other recent papers coauthored by frequent collaborators include:

  • Measuring the immeasurable: A structural equation modeling approach to assessing soil health, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Just-word beliefs and community-level abortion stigma: An exploratory survey, 2023, Contraception
  • Measuring the Unmeasurable: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Assessing Soil Health, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Ronald H. Heck regularly collaborates with several researchers, including Paris N. Stowers, Bliss Kaneshiro, Tingting Reid, Katalin Csiszár, and Tai McClellan Maaz. These collaborations span multiple publications and fields.

The scientist publishes frequently in journals such as Contraception, The Science of The Total Environment, Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Reassessing the Principal's Role in School Effectiveness: A Review of Empirical Research, 1980-1995

    Philip Hallinger;Ronald H. Heck

  • Exploring the Principal's Contribution to School Effectiveness: 1980‐1995∗

    Philip Hallinger;Ronald H. Heck

  • An introduction to multilevel modeling techniques : MLM and SEM approaches using Mplus

    Ronald H. Heck;Scott Loring Thomas

  • Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling with IBM SPSS

    Ronald H. Heck;Scott L. Thomas;Lynn N. Tabata

  • Collaborative leadership and school improvement: understanding the impact on school capacity and student learning

    Philip Hallinger;Ronald H. Heck

  • Instructional Leadership and School Achievement:Validation of a Causal Model

    Ronald H. Heck;Terry J. Larsen;George A. Marcoulides

  • Evaluating the Impact of Multicultural Counseling Training

    Michael D'andrea;Judy Daniels;Ronald Heck

  • Organizational Culture and Performance: Proposing and Testing a Model

    George A. Marcoulides;Ronald H. Heck

  • Assessing the Contribution of Distributed Leadership to School Improvement and Growth in Math Achievement

    Ronald H. Heck;Philip Hallinger

  • An introduction to multilevel modeling techniques

    Ronald H. Heck

  • The Study of Educational Leadership and Management: Where Does the Field Stand Today?.

    Ronald H. Heck;Philip Hallinger

  • Leadership for Learning: Does Collaborative Leadership Make a Difference in School Improvement?

    Philip 賀靈傑 Hallinger;Ronald H. Heck

  • ANALYSIS OF LARGE-SCALE SECONDARY DATA IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH: Potential Perils Associated with Complex Sampling Designs

    Scott L. Thomas;Ronald H. Heck

  • Principals' Instructional Leadership and School Performance: Implications for Policy Development.

    Ronald H. Heck

  • The Principal’s Role in School Effectiveness: An Assessment of Methodological Progress, 1980–1995

    Philip Hallinger;Philip Hallinger;Philip Hallinger;Ronald H. Heck;Ronald H. Heck;Ronald H. Heck

  • What Do You Call People With Visions? The Role of Vision, Mission and Goals in School Leadership and Improvement

    Philip Hallinger;Ronald H. Heck

  • Collaborative leadership and school improvement : understanding the impact on school capacity and student learning

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  • Multilevel Modeling of Categorical Outcomes Using IBM SPSS

    Ronald H. Heck;Scott Thomas;Lynn Naomi Tabata

  • Teacher evaluation and school improvement: An analysis of the evidence

    Philip Hallinger;Ronald H. Heck;Joseph Murphy

  • Examining the Impact of School Quality on School Outcomes and Improvement: A Value-Added Approach

    Ronald H. Heck

  • Studying Educational and Social Policy: Theoretical Concepts and Research Methods

    Ronald H. Heck

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Hallinger
Philip Hallinger Mahidol University
George A. Marcoulides
George A. Marcoulides University of California, Santa Barbara
Elaine Hatfield
Elaine Hatfield University of Hawaii at Manoa
Allan Luke
Allan Luke Queensland University of Technology
Joseph Murphy
Joseph Murphy Vanderbilt University
Carl A. Grant
Carl A. Grant University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves Boston College
Larry Cuban
Larry Cuban Stanford University
Wayne K. Hoy
Wayne K. Hoy The Ohio State University

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