OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Educational Administration is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Guest editorial: Organizing schools for the future: innovative conceptualizations of schools as organizations	67
Illustrating the power and complexity of a National Longitudinal Superintendent Database through an exploration of cross-state mobility	42
Dilemmas in district–university partnerships: examining network improvement communities as levers for systems change	20
Navigating educational leadership in crisis: organisational responses of Nigerian school leaders during wartime	20
Translating team-member exchange relationships to school outcomes: the mediating role of leader-member exchange	20
“This is not going to be a quick fix”: a grounded theory study of superintendents leading school integration through redistricting	18
Race, gender and the leadership of Black women superintendents	18
A case study of successful leadership by an elementary school principal in Japan	17
Unveiling the associations between principal self-efficacy, openness to change and transformational leadership: the mediating role of well-being	15
Transformational leadership and job satisfaction in vocational high schools in Türkiye: a multilevel mediation model of teacher professional learning and self-efficacy	15
How principals communicate expectations for raising academic performance and closing the achievement gap: evidence from Florida	15
Emotional well-being of school principals: exploring enhancement and risk factors	14
There and back again: analyzing the characteristics of demoted principals	13
Superintendents’ strategic leadership for just and equitable systemic change	12
Context, leadership and school success: Australian suburban, rural and remote cases from the ISSPP	12
Hybrid leadership in wartime: adaptive, transactional and transformational practices of Ukrainian school principals	11
Leading schools through wartime in Palestine	11
Interweaving resilience: leadership of continuous improvement partnerships and Mary Parker Follett's theory of relational process	10
Understanding self-fulfillment: principals’ perspectives in special education for complex disabilities	10
Teachers of English learners: perceived motivators to becoming principals of high-needs schools	10
Reflections on a decade of a school–university partnership: graduates’ perceptions of long-term program influence	9
Amplifying women's voices in educational leadership: a third space approach	9
Peer mentoring for professional socialisation – shaping novice principals’ leadership identity?	9
Superintendent voices: the impact of gender and race while seeking and serving in the superintendency	9
Mentor principals as key facilitators in aspiring leaders’ residency programs: the role of school–university partnerships in effective principal preparation	9

Wartime school leadership and security challenges in minority schools: lessons from Uganda	9
Boosting novice teachers’ retention intention: international evidence on the role of mentoring via job satisfaction and organizational commitment	8
Transformational leadership for deeper learning: shaping innovative school practices for enhanced learning	8
“Connecting the dots”: a social network study of inter-organizational partnerships for designing equity-centered principal preparation programs	8
Resilience and purpose as predictors of Portuguese school leaders' work well-being	8
Distributed leadership and inclusive education for underserved groups: examining the mediating role of teacher autonomy	8
Reframing crisis and crisis management: examining three urban superintendents’ COVID-19 experiences	7
A narrative review of the research on school leaders’ emotional labor: a typology inspired by Habermas’s cognitive interests	7
Publisher’s Note	7
Struggling toward symmetry: leadership for restorative justice and deeper learning at an urban charter school	7
Agents of change? How district leaders shape absorptive capacity within research–practice partnerships	7
Co-designing a Children’s Cabinet: a school district–university partnership for youth well-being post-pandemic	7
From confidence to impact: how school leaders’ self-efficacy moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational learning in K-12 schools	6
Enacting and sustaining resilience in school leadership: lessons from New Jersey principals during overlapping crises	6
Superintendent resilience: a qualitative exploration of resilience leadership skills	6
Developing and sustaining school partnerships in a networked improvement community: the TAMAM project	6
Guest editorial: The complex social ecology of educational leadership: reframing research on successful school principalship	6
Successful school leadership in Scotland: a journey to sustainable improvement	6
Using social media to create real time online networks of school leaders	6
Understanding the relationship between teacher leadership and teacher well-being: the mediating roles of trust in leaders and teacher efficacy	5
Guest editorial: Leading for deeper learning: moving from niche to norm	5
Teacher distrust in the school principal: a mental state distinct from trust	5
Leading during long-term crises: an analysis of perceived effectiveness leadership in K-12 schools	5
Leadership coaching relationships: a qualitative examination of underlying factors	5
United States superintendents’ experiences with professional networks and other social supports in politically contentious times	5
Transformative leadership conversation: a conceptualization and empirical test of its function	5
Deeper professional learning: how leaders design for teachers to share their deeper learning practices	5
School leadership during the COVID-19 crisis: a scoping review of empirical research	5