2026 William A. Firestone: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	42	4581	4234	2180	1978	143	15148

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

4581

4234

2180

1978

143

15148

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

15148

World Ranking

4581

National Ranking

2180

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

2013
Citations
Multisite Qualitative Policy Research: Optimizing Description and Generalizability

Robert E. Herriott;William A. Firestone

1871
Citations
Alternative Arguments for Generalizing From Data as Applied to Qualitative Research

William A. Firestone

1806
Citations
Teacher Commitment, Working Conditions, and Differential Incentive Policies

William A. Firestone;James R. Pennell

1219
Citations
Using Bureaucratic and Cultural Linkages to Improve Instruction: The Principal's Contribution.

William A. Firestone;Bruce L. Wilson

555
Citations
Who's in Charge Here? Sources of Leadership for Change in Eight Schools

Marjorie F. Heller;William A. Firestone

532
Citations
Performance-Based Assessment and Instructional Change: The Effects of Testing in Maine and Maryland.

William A. Firestone;David Mayrowetz;Janet Fairman

523
Citations
Building Commitment in Urban High Schools

William A. Firestone;Sheila Rosenblum

494
Citations
Change and effectiveness in schools : a cultural perspective

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

475
Citations
Districts, Teacher Leaders, and Distributed Leadership: Changing Instructional Practice

William A. Firestone;M. Cecilia Martinez

319
Citations
Resistance to Planned Change and the Sacred in School Cultures

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

308
Citations
Teacher Evaluation Policy and Conflicting Theories of Motivation

William A. Firestone

301
Citations
Schools as cultures

Karen R. Seashore;W. Firestone

282
Citations
School context and school change : implications for effective planning

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

274
Citations
Educational Policy as an Ecology of Games

William A. Firestone

268
Citations
Prescriptions for Effective Elementary Schools Don't Fit Secondary Schools.

William A. Firestone;Robert E. Herriott

267
Citations
Using Reform: Conceptualizing District Initiative:

William A. Firestone

267
Citations
A new agenda for research in educational leadership

William A. Firestone;Carolyn Riehl

252
Citations
Two Images of Schools as Organizations: A Refinement and Elaboration:

Robert E. Herriott;William A. Firestone

222
Citations
Leading Coherent Professional Development: A Comparison of Three Districts

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

214
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Johnson University of Ottawa

Megan Tschannen-Moran William & Mary

Michael W. Kirst Stanford University

Wayne K. Hoy The Ohio State University

External Links

Personal website of William A. Firestone Google Scholar page

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