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42
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William A. Firestone 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 William A. Firestone sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 143 publications — 38th percentile

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

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

William A. Firestone 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 William A. Firestone sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

William A. Firestone is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Decision Sciences and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Information Systems and Management, Education, General Health Professions, Management Science and Operations Research, and Computer Science Applications.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Educational Assessment and Improvement
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
  • Higher Education Practices and Engagement
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Frequent coauthors of Firestone include:

  • Andrew S. Leland
  • Jill Alexa Perry
  • Morgaen L. Donaldson
  • Robin Tamarelli McKeon
  • Karen Seashore Louis

Publication venues where Firestone has contributed include:

  • Journal of Educational Change
  • Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
  • Journal of Research on Leadership Education
  • Impacting Education Journal on Transforming Professional Practice
  • Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting

Their recent papers encompass a range of topics within education and leadership, including:

  • "Rethinking teacher evaluation using human, social, and material capital," 2021, Journal of Educational Change
  • "Examining cohort models in the education doctorate," 2020, Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
  • "Learning to Use Research Evidence: The Case of the Education Doctorate," 2023, Journal of Research on Leadership Education
  • "Strategies for Promoting Evidence Use Through the Education Doctorate," 2021, Impacting Education Journal on Transforming Professional Practice
  • "Teaching Evidence Use to Educational Leaders: The Ed.D.'s Contribution," 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting

William A. Firestone has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association since 2010.

Best Publications

  • Meaning in Method: The Rhetoric of Quantitative and Qualitative Research

    William A. Firestone

  • Multisite Qualitative Policy Research: Optimizing Description and Generalizability

    Robert E. Herriott;William A. Firestone

  • Alternative Arguments for Generalizing From Data as Applied to Qualitative Research

    William A. Firestone

  • Teacher Commitment, Working Conditions, and Differential Incentive Policies

    William A. Firestone;James R. Pennell

  • Using Bureaucratic and Cultural Linkages to Improve Instruction: The Principal's Contribution.

    William A. Firestone;Bruce L. Wilson

  • Who's in Charge Here? Sources of Leadership for Change in Eight Schools

    Marjorie F. Heller;William A. Firestone

  • Performance-Based Assessment and Instructional Change: The Effects of Testing in Maine and Maryland.

    William A. Firestone;David Mayrowetz;Janet Fairman

  • Building Commitment in Urban High Schools

    William A. Firestone;Sheila Rosenblum

  • Change and effectiveness in schools : a cultural perspective

    Gretchen Rossman;H. D Corbett;W. A Firestone

  • Districts, Teacher Leaders, and Distributed Leadership: Changing Instructional Practice

    William A. Firestone;M. Cecilia Martinez

  • Resistance to Planned Change and the Sacred in School Cultures

    H. Dickson Corbett;William A. Firestone;Gretchen B. Rossman

  • Teacher Evaluation Policy and Conflicting Theories of Motivation

    William A. Firestone

  • Schools as cultures

    Karen R. Seashore;W. Firestone

  • School context and school change : implications for effective planning

    H. Dickson Corbett;Judith A. Dawson;William A. Firestone

  • Educational Policy as an Ecology of Games

    William A. Firestone

  • Prescriptions for Effective Elementary Schools Don't Fit Secondary Schools.

    William A. Firestone;Robert E. Herriott

  • Using Reform: Conceptualizing District Initiative:

    William A. Firestone

  • A new agenda for research in educational leadership

    William A. Firestone;Carolyn Riehl

  • Two Images of Schools as Organizations: A Refinement and Elaboration:

    Robert E. Herriott;William A. Firestone

  • Leading Coherent Professional Development: A Comparison of Three Districts

    William A. Firestone;Melinda M. Mangin;M. Cecilia Martinez;Terrie Polovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Johnson
Susan M. Johnson University of Ottawa
Michael W. Kirst
Michael W. Kirst Stanford University
Wayne K. Hoy
Wayne K. Hoy The Ohio State University

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