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D-Index
51
Citations
23441
World Ranking
2494
National Ranking
1216

Russell W. Rumberger 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 Russell W. Rumberger sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 120 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Russell W. Rumberger 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 Russell W. Rumberger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Russell W. Rumberger is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Education and Safety Research as subfields.

Their main research topics include Early Childhood Education and Development, School Choice and Performance, and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

They have collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • H. Battu
  • K.A. Bender
  • Jo Blanden
  • Steve Bradley
  • Richard Buddin

Russell W. Rumberger was recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Dropping Out of Middle School: A Multilevel Analysis of Students and Schools

    Russell W. Rumberger

  • High School Dropouts: A Review of Issues and Evidence

    Russell W. Rumberger

  • Dropping Out of High School: The Influence of Race, Sex, and Family Background

    Russell W Rumberger

  • Student Mobility and the Increased Risk of High School Dropout

    Russell W. Rumberger;Katherine A. Larson

  • Does Segregation Still Matter? The Impact of Student Composition on Academic Achievement in High School

    Russell W. Rumberger;Gregory J. Palardy

  • How Much Is too Much? The Influence of Preschool Centers on Children's Social and Cognitive Development.

    Susanna Loeb;Margaret Bridges;Daphna Bassok;Bruce Fuller

  • Why Students Drop Out of School: A Review of 25 Years of Research

    Sun Ah Lim;Russell W. Rumberger

  • The distribution of dropout and turnover rates among urban and suburban high schools.

    Russell W. Rumberger;Scott L. Thomas

  • English Learners in California Schools: Unequal resources, unequal outcomes

    Patricia Gándara;Patricia Gándara;Russell Rumberger;Julie Maxwell-Jolly;Rebecca Marie Callahan

  • Family Influences on Dropout Behavior in One California High School.

    Russell W. Rumberger;Rita Ghatak;Gary Poulos;Philip L. Ritter

  • The Impact of Surplus Schooling on Productivity and Earnings

    Russell W. Rumberger

  • Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can Be Done

    Russell W. Rumberger

  • Test Scores, Dropout Rates, and Transfer Rates as Alternative Indicators of High School Performance

    Russell W. Rumberger;Gregory J. Palardy

  • Student Engagement, Peer Social Capital, and School Dropout Among Mexican American and Non-Latino White Students:

    Robert K. Ream;Russell W. Rumberger

  • Teacher Effectiveness in First Grade: The Importance of Background Qualifications, Attitudes, and Instructional Practices for Student Learning

    Gregory J. Palardy;Russell W. Rumberger

  • The Causes and Consequences of Student Mobility.

    Russell W. Rumberger

  • Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It

    Russell W. Rumberger

  • The economic returns to college major, quality and performance: A multilevel analysis of recent graduates

    Russell W. Rumberger;Scott L. Thomas

  • Toward explaining differences in educational achievement among Mexican American language-minority students

    Russell W. Rumberger;Katherine A. Larson

  • Hierarchical linear models: Applications and data analysis methods

    Russell W. Rumberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry M. Levin
Henry M. Levin Columbia University
Patricia Gándara
Patricia Gándara University of California, Los Angeles
Bruce Fuller
Bruce Fuller University of California, Berkeley
Susanna Loeb
Susanna Loeb Brown University
Sanford M. Dornbusch
Sanford M. Dornbusch Stanford University
Philip L. Ritter
Philip L. Ritter Stanford University
Martin Carnoy
Martin Carnoy Stanford University
Margaret H. Vickers
Margaret H. Vickers Western Sydney University

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