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D-Index
44
Citations
10375
World Ranking
4068
National Ranking
1939

William H. Schmidt 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 H. Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 187 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William H. Schmidt 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 H. Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

William H. Schmidt is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the social sciences, with a significant focus on education. Within this broad field, they have published extensively on education, statistics and probability, experimental and cognitive psychology, electrical and electronic engineering, and control and systems engineering.

The scientist's work covers various topics including school choice and performance, education, achievement and giftedness, parental involvement in education, global educational policies and reforms, mathematics education and teaching techniques, education and critical thinking development, and lightning and electromagnetic phenomena.

William H. Schmidt has contributed to multiple recent publications, among them:

  • "Does boarding benefit the mathematics achievement of primary and middle school students? Evidence from China" (2020), Asia Pacific Journal of Education
  • "The role of opportunity to learn in ethnic inequality in mathematics" (2021), Journal of Curriculum Studies
  • "Dynamic Loading Effect on Fault Current and Arc Flash for a Coordinated Substation" (2021), IEEE Access
  • "Relationship Between Opportunity to Learn, Mathematics Self-Efficacy, and Math Performance: Evidence from PISA 2012 in 63 Countries and Economies" (2024), International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
  • "When practice meets policy in mathematics education" (2022), OECD education working papers

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Curriculum Studies
  • ZDM
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

William H. Schmidt has collaborated with several co-authors over their career. Frequent collaborators include Richard T. Houang, Siwen Guo, Ali Azam, Kellie Elford, and Chris Knudstrup.

In recognition of their academic contributions, Schmidt was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2008.

Best Publications

  • A Vision for Mathematics

    William H. Schmidt

  • Why Schools Matter: A Cross-National Comparison of Curriculum and Learning. The Jossey-Bass Education Series.

    William H. Schmidt;Curtis C. McKnight;Richard T. Houang;HsingChi Wang

  • A splintered vision : an investigation of U.S. science and mathematics education

    William H. Schmidt;Curtis C. McKnight;Senta A. Raizen

  • Curriculum coherence: an examination of US mathematics and science content standards from an international perspective

    William H. Schmidt;Hsing Chi Wang;Curtis C. McKnight

  • Why Schools Matter: A Cross-National Comparison of Curriculum and Learning

    William H. Schmidt

  • Facing the Consequences: Using TIMSS for a Closer Look at U.S. Mathematics and Science Education

    Leland S. Cogan;Curtis C. McKnight;William H. Schmidt

  • The Role of Schooling in Perpetuating Educational Inequality An International Perspective

    William H. Schmidt;Nathan A. Burroughs;Pablo Zoido;Richard T. Houang

  • Characterizing pedagogical flow : an investigation of mathematics and science teaching in six countries

    William H. Schmidt

  • According to the Book

    Gilbert A. Valverde;Leonard J. Bianchi;Richard G. Wolfe;William H. Schmidt

  • General Pedagogical Knowledge of Future Middle School Teachers: On the Complex Ecology of Teacher Education in the United States, Germany, and Taiwan:

    Johannes König;Sigrid Blömeke;Lynn Paine;William H. Schmidt

  • A Coherent Curriculum: The Case of Mathematics.

    William Schmidt;Richard Houang;Leland Cogan

  • Studies of a Class of Covariance Structure Models

    David E. Wiley;William H. Schmidt;William J. Bramble

  • Many Visions, Many Aims

    William H. Schmidt;Curtis C. Mcknight;Gilbert A. Valverde;Richard T. Houang

  • Curricular Coherence and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

    William H. Schmidt;Richard T. Houang

  • The Role of Opportunity to Learn in Teacher Preparation: An International Context:

    William H. Schmidt;Leland Cogan;Richard Houang

  • Instructional Leadership at the District Level: A Closer Look at Autonomy and Control

    Robert E. Floden;Andrew C. Porter;Linda E. Alford;Donald J. Freeman

  • International Perspectives on Teacher Knowledge, Beliefs and Opportunities to Learn

    Sigrid Blömeke;Feng-Jui Hsieh;Gabriele Kaiser;William H. Schmidt

  • Who Takes What Math and in Which Track? Using TIMSS to Characterize U.S. Students’ Eighth-Grade Mathematics Learning Opportunities

    Leland S. Cogan;William H. Schmidt;David E. Wiley

  • A Review of the Literature on Teacher Effectiveness and Student Outcomes

    Nathan Burroughs;Jacqueline Gardner;Youngjun Lee;Siwen Guo

  • Curriculum coherence and national control of education: issue or non‐issue?

    William H. Schmidt;Richard S. Prawat

  • International Perspectives on Teacher Knowledge, Beliefs and Opportunities to Learn: TEDS-M Results

    Sigrid Blömeke;Feng-Jui Hsieh;Gabriele Kaiser;William H. Schmidt

  • Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology@@@Readings in Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences@@@Mathematics in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

    William Schmidt;Gene V. Glass;Julian C. Stanley;Emil F. Heermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Floden
Robert E. Floden Michigan State University
Sigrid Blömeke
Sigrid Blömeke University of Oslo
Andrew C. Porter
Andrew C. Porter University of Pennsylvania
Gabriele Kaiser
Gabriele Kaiser Universität Hamburg
Johannes König
Johannes König University of Cologne
Martin Carnoy
Martin Carnoy Stanford University
Chandra Muller
Chandra Muller The University of Texas at Austin
Kaye Stacey
Kaye Stacey University of Melbourne
Julian C. Stanley
Julian C. Stanley Johns Hopkins University
David L. Griscom
David L. Griscom United States Naval Research Laboratory

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