OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Educational Management Administration & Leadership is 21. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Female school principals in Arab communities	73
Enhancing changed teacher practice in culturally diverse schools through transformational and social justice leadership: A cross-level moderated mediation model	67
The best of times, the worst of times: Continuities in school leaders' work in uncertain times	40
Culturally responsive leadership practices in secondary schools that lead to positive academic achievement for Māori and Pacific students	37
Pressure management: Factors influencing the turnover intentions of school middle leaders in Scotland	31
Too tired to lead?: How stress, mental health conditions, and sleep quality shape principals’ self-efficacy and leave intentions	31
Not all stressors are equal: Using ecological theory to examine systems that predict stress and mental health in principals	29
Examining teacher leadership perceptions: A comparison between the United States and Qatar	28
A systematic review of research on the relationship between school leadership and student achievement: An updated framework and future direction	26
Should I stay or should I go? Quantitative analysis of school leaders’ intentions to transfer or exit through the lens of the job demands–resources model	25
Meso-level education governance: The rise and fall of regional improvement collaboratives in Scotland	25
Only for school heroes? A qualitative study of Argentine school principals under structural constraints	24
Teacher leadership in the Arab states: A systematic review	23
Principled principals: A mixed-methods study on the role of principal leadership in implementing a primary reading intervention in Ghana	23
Generativity and Nigrescence: The identity of a Black school principal pursuing social justice	23
Caring leadership practices in Chilean educational communities: Perceptions of school principals and teachers	23
Teachers’ professional learning: Do instructional leadership and teacher leadership make a difference in Turkiye?	22
The mediating role of adaptive expertise in the relationship between transformational leadership and teacher collaborative professionalism in Tanzanian schools	22
Principal instructional leadership and teacher collaboration: A longitudinal study of the influence on pupil achievement	22
School leaders’ crisis management responsibilities in the shadows of safety: A content analysis of educational leadership standards across the United States	22
Promoting teacher knowledge sharing in China: The fostering roles of authentic leadership, reciprocity norms, and organizational trust	21