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Wendy Patton publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendy Patton sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 255 publications — 82nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Wendy Patton D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendy Patton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wendy Patton is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with significant contributions to Education, Safety Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Organizational Learning and Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Human Resource and Talent Management

Patton's publication record includes papers published mostly in the Australian Journal of Career Development and the Journal of Educational Administration & History. Notable papers include:

  • "The many faces of leadership: leading people and change in Australian higher education," 2020, Journal of Educational Administration & History
  • "The Systems Theory Framework of career development: News of difference and a journey towards acceptance," 2022, Australian Journal of Career Development
  • "The history of the career development field in Australia: The representation of the Australian Journal of Career Development in Australia's ongoing international leadership," 2022, Australian Journal of Career Development
  • "Australian Journal of Career Development: Introduction to 30-year special issue," 2022, Australian Journal of Career Development
  • "Reflections of the editors Introduction by Wendy Patton," 2022, Australian Journal of Career Development

Frequent collaborators include Mary McMahon, with whom Patton has co-authored multiple works.

The primary venues for Patton's research outputs are:

  • Australian Journal of Career Development
  • Journal of Educational Administration & History

The research reflects expertise in areas bridging education policy and leadership, career development including diversity aspects, and leadership within higher education and organizational contexts. This body of work interprets developments and theoretical frameworks relevant to career development and organizational learning in the Australian context.

Best Publications

  • Career Development and Systems Theory

    Wendy A. Patton;Mary L. McMahon

  • Multidimensional Properties of the Lot-R: Effects of Optimism and Pessimism on Career and Well-Being Related Variables in Adolescents:

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Dee Bartrum

  • Career development and systems theory: A new relationship.

    Wendy Patton;Mary McMahon

  • Gender Differences for Optimism, Self-esteem, Expectations and Goals in Predicting Career Planning and Exploration in Adolescents

    Wendy Patton;Dee Bartrum;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Developmental Issues in Career Maturity and Career Decision Status

    Wendy Patton;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Predicting two components of career maturity in school-based adolescents

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton

  • Causal Relationship between Career Indecision and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Analysis

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Lee-Ann Prideaux

  • Internal and External Barriers, Cognitive Style, and the Career Development Variables of Focus and Indecision

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Dee Bartrum

  • The Systems Theory Framework of Career Development and Counseling: Connecting Theory and Practice

    Wendy Patton;Mary McMahon

  • Antecedents and consequences of career decisional states in adolescence

    Peter Alexander Creed;Lee-Ann Prideaux;Wendy Patton

  • Predicting change over time in career planning and career exploration for high school students.

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Lee-Ann Prideaux

  • Leaving high school: the influence and consequences for psychological well-being and career-related confidence

    Peter Alexander Creed;Juanita Muller;Wendy Patton

  • The relationship between career variables and occupational aspirations and expectations for Australian high school adolescents

    Wendy Patton;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Determinants of Burnout Among Public Hospital Nurses

    Rebecca Spooner-Lane;Wendy Patton

  • Narrative career counselling: Theory and exemplars of practice

    Peter McIlveen;Wendy Patton

  • Cross-Cultural Equivalence of the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form: An Australian and South African Comparison

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Mark B. Watson

  • Using Qualitative Assessment in Career Counselling

    Mary L. McMahon;Wendy A. Patton

  • Career counselling: Constructivist approaches

    Mary L. McMahon;Wendy A. Patton

  • Perspectives on Donald Super's Construct of Career Maturity

    Wendy A. Patton;Jan Lokan

  • Developing Qualitative Career Assessment Processes.

    Mary McMahon;Wendy Patton;Mark Watson

  • Theories of Career Development

    Wendy Patton;Mary McMahon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary McMahon
Mary McMahon University of Queensland
Peter Alexander Creed
Peter Alexander Creed Griffith University
Peter McIlveen
Peter McIlveen University of Southern Queensland
Paul C. Burnett
Paul C. Burnett Queensland University of Technology
Patricia Noller
Patricia Noller University of Queensland
Nancy Arthur
Nancy Arthur University of Calgary
Barbara Comber
Barbara Comber University of South Australia

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