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D-Index
41
Citations
6222
World Ranking
5103
National Ranking
2409

W. Norton Grubb 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 W. Norton Grubb sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. Norton Grubb 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 W. Norton Grubb 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: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

W. Norton Grubb was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research predominantly addressed themes within the social sciences, with a particular focus on education, management of technology and innovation, and economics and econometrics.

Their work concentrated on topics related to higher education research studies, entrepreneurship studies and influences, firm innovation and growth, and higher education and employability. These areas reflect an intersection of educational frameworks and economic development mechanisms.

Grubb published scholarly articles primarily in the Columbia Academic Commons of Columbia University. Notable recent papers included:

  • Workforce, Economic, and Community Development: The Changing Landscape of the Entrepreneurial Community College (2025) published in Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
  • Community College Innovations in Workforce Preparation: Curriculum Integration and Tech Prep (2024) published in Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)

Frequent collaborators in their research included Norena Badway, Denise Bell, Debra D. Bragg, and Maxine Lynn Russman, indicating a pattern of interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship.

Their studies intersected educational policy and workforce development, with a particular emphasis on community colleges and the integration of curriculum innovations to support workforce preparation.

Best Publications

  • Honored But Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges

    W. Norton Grubb

  • Patterns in Higher Education Development: Toward the Year 2000.

    Philip G. Altbach

  • The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling

    W. Norton Grubb;Marvin Lazerson

  • "A Job Too Big for One": Multiple Principals and Other Nontraditional Approaches to School Leadership

    W. Norton Grubb;Joseph J. Flessa

  • Learning and Earning in the Middle, Part I: National Studies of Pre-Baccalaureate Education.

    W.Norton Grubb

  • The Decline of Community College Transfer Rates: Evidence from National Longitudinal Surveys.

    W. Norton Grubb

  • The Varied Economic Returns to Postsecondary Education: New Evidence from the Class of 1972.

    W. Norton Grubb

  • Working in the Middle: Strengthening Education and Training for the Mid-Skilled Labor Force

    W. Norton Grubb

  • Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Education Gospel

    W. Norton Grubb;Marvin Lazerson

  • The returns to education in the sub-baccalaureate labor market, 1984–1990

    W. Norton Grubb

  • FROM BLACK BOX TO PANDORA'S BOX: EVALUATING REMEDIAL/ DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION

    W. Norton Grubb;David Gardner

  • Broken promises : how Americans fail their children

    W. Norton Grubb;Marvin Lazerson

  • Response to Comment

    W. Norton Grubb

  • The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes, and Equity

    W. Norton Grubb

  • Rally 'Round the Workplace: Continuities and Fallacies in Career Education

    W. Norton Grubb;Marvin Lazerson

  • Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: The Potential of Noncredit Education

    W. Norton Grubb;Norena Badway;Denise Bell

  • Workforce, Economic, and Community Development: The Changing Landscape of the Entrepreneurial Community College

    W. Norton Grubb;Norena Badway;Denise Bell;Debra Bragg

  • Education and Racism : A Primer on Issues and Dilemmas

    Zeus Leonardo;W. Norton Grubb

  • Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges: Inside and Outside of Classrooms

    W. Norton Grubb

  • The flight to the suburbs of population and employment, 1960-1970.

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  • Working in the Middle: Strengthening Education and Training for the Mid-Skilled Labor Force@@@Learning to Work: The Case for Reintegrating Job Training and Education

    Clifford Adelman;W. Norton Grubb

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale Whittington
Dale Whittington University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James S. Fishkin
James S. Fishkin Stanford University

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