| Successful leadership in challenging US schools: Enabling principles, enabling schools SL Jacobson, L Johnson, R Ylimaki, C Giles Journal of Educational administration 43 (6), 607-618, 2005 | 272 | 2005 |
| Successful leadership in three high-poverty urban elementary schools SL Jacobson, S Brooks, C Giles, L Johnson, R Ylimaki Leadership and policy in schools 6 (4), 291-317, 2007 | 216 | 2007 |
| Making a difference in challenging, high-poverty schools: Successful principals in the USA, England, and Australia RM Ylimaki, SL Jacobson, L Drysdale School Effectiveness and School Improvement 18 (4), 361-381, 2007 | 203 | 2007 |
| School leadership practice and preparation: Comparative perspectives on organizational learning (OL), instructional leadership (IL) and culturally responsive practices (CRP) R Ylimaki, S Jacobson Journal of Educational Administration 51 (1), 6-23, 2013 | 157 | 2013 |
| Instructional leadership in challenging US schools. RM Ylimaki International Studies in Educational Administration (Commonwealth Council …, 2007 | 134 | 2007 |
| Curriculum leadership in a conservative era RM Ylimaki Educational Administration Quarterly 48 (2), 304-346, 2012 | 125 | 2012 |
| Bridging educational leadership, curriculum theory and Didaktik: Non-affirmative theory of education M Uljens, RM Ylimaki Springer Nature, 2017 | 104 | 2017 |
| Toward a new conceptualization of vision in the work of educational leaders: Cases of the visionary archetype RM Ylimaki Educational Administration Quarterly 42 (4), 620-651, 2006 | 93 | 2006 |
| US and cross-national policies, practices, and preparation: Implications for successful instructional leadership, organizational learning, and culturally responsive practices RM Ylimaki, SL Jacobson Springer Science & Business Media, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Non-affirmative theory of education as a foundation for curriculum studies, didaktik and educational leadership M Uljens, RM Ylimaki Bridging educational leadership, curriculum theory and didaktik: Non …, 2017 | 88 | 2017 |
| Critical curriculum leadership: A framework for progressive education RM Ylimaki Routledge, 2011 | 83 | 2011 |
| Leveraging the Perspectives of Rural Educators to Develop Realistic Job Previews for Rural Teacher Recruitment and Retention. H Tran, S Hardie, S Gause, P Moyi, R Ylimaki Rural Educator 41 (2), 31-46, 2020 | 81 | 2020 |
| Developing the potential for sustainable improvement in underperforming schools: Capacity building in the socio-cultural dimension JV Bennett, RM Ylimaki, TM Dugan, LA Brunderman Journal of Educational Change 15, 377-409, 2014 | 65 | 2014 |
| Towards a discursive and non-affirmative framework for curriculum studies, Didaktik and educational leadership M Uljens, R Ylimaki Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy 2015 (3), 30177, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |
| Against the odds: Successful principals in challenging US schools C Giles, SL Jacobson, L Johnson, R Ylimaki Successful principal leadership in times of change: An international …, 2007 | 52 | 2007 |
| Power and collaboration-consensus/conflict in curriculum leadership: status quo or change? RM Ylimaki, CC Brunner American Educational Research Journal 48 (6), 1258-1285, 2011 | 45 | 2011 |
| Notions of “success” in Southern Arizona schools: Principal leadership in changing demographic and border contexts RM Ylimaki, JV Bennett, J Fan, E Villasenor Leadership and Policy in Schools 11 (2), 168-193, 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| Sustaining success in an American school: A case for governance change SL Jacobson, L Johnson, R Ylimaki, C Giles Journal of Educational Administration 47 (6), 753-764, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |
| Developing Arizona turnaround leaders to build high-capacity schools in the midst of accountability pressures and changing demographics RM Ylimaki, L Brunderman, JV Bennett, T Dugan Leadership and Policy in Schools 13 (1), 28-60, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Sustaining the heart of education: Finding space for wisdom and compassion L McClain, R Ylimaki, MP Ford International Journal of Children's Spirituality 15 (4), 307-316, 2010 | 39 | 2010 |
