| The Finnish miracle of PISA: Historical and sociological remarks on teaching and teacher education H Simola Comparative education 41 (4), 455-470, 2005 | 850 | 2005 |
| Fabricating quality in education: Data and governance in Europe J Ozga, P Dahler-Larsen, C Segerholm, H Simola Routledge, 2011 | 422 | 2011 |
| National policy brokering and the construction of the European Education Space in England, Sweden, Finland and Scotland S Grek, M Lawn, B Lingard, J Ozga, R Rinne, C Segerholm, H Simola Comparative Education 45 (1), 5-21, 2009 | 320 | 2009 |
| Changes in Nordic teaching practices: From individualised teaching to the teaching of individuals I Carlgren, K Klette, S Mýrdal, K Schnack, H Simola Scandinavian journal of educational research 50 (3), 301-326, 2006 | 217 | 2006 |
| Shoots of revisionist 1 education policy or just slow readjustment? The Finnish case of educational reconstruction R Rinne, J Kivirauma, H Simola Journal of education policy 17 (6), 643-658, 2002 | 209 | 2002 |
| Abdication of the education state or just shifting responsibilities? The appearance of a new system of reason in constructing educational governance and social exclusion … H Simola, R Rinne, J Kivirauma Scandinavian journal of educational research 46 (3), 247-264, 2002 | 155 | 2002 |
| Paljon vartijat H Simola Suomalainen kansanopettaja valtiollisessa kouludiskurssissa, 137, 1860 | 148 | 1860 |
| Finnish Education Mystery H Simola Taylor & Francis, 2014 | 142 | 2014 |
| A catalog of possibilities: Foucaultian history of truth and education research H Simola, S Heikkinen, J Silvonen Foucault’s challenge: Discourse, knowledge, and power in education, 64-90, 1998 | 136 | 1998 |
| An inevitable progress? Educational restructuring in Finland, Iceland and Sweden at the turn of the millennium IA Johannesson, S Lindblad, H Simola Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 46 (3), 325-339, 2002 | 133 | 2002 |
| Dynamics in education politics H Simola, J Kauko, J Varjo, M Kalalahti, F Sahlstrom Taylor & Francis, 2017 | 130 | 2017 |
| Koulutusihmeen paradoksit H Simola Ostettua aikaa, 14, 2015 | 115 | 2015 |
| Paljon vartijat: Suomalainen kansanopettaja valtiollisessa kouludiskurssissa 1860-luvulta 1990-luvulle. HJ Simola | 112 | 1997 |
| Quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) in Finnish compulsory schooling: A national model or just unintended effects of radical decentralisation? H Simola, R Rinne, J Varjo, H Pitkänen, J Kauko Journal of Education Policy 24 (2), 163-178, 2009 | 111 | 2009 |
| The paradox of the education race: How to win the ranking game by sailing to headwind H Simola, R Rinne, J Varjo, J Kauko Testing Regimes, Accountabilities and Education Policy, 84-105, 2017 | 110 | 2017 |
| Education governance in transition: An introduction S Lindblad, IA Johannesson, H Simola Taylor & Francis Group 46 (3), 237-245, 2002 | 95 | 2002 |
| Lohkoutuva peruskoulu: Perheiden kouluvalinnat, yhteiskuntaluokat ja koulutuspolitiikka P Seppänen, M Kalalahti, R Rinne, H Simola Kasvatusalan tutkimuksia 68, 2015 | 93 | 2015 |
| Koulupolitiikka ja erinomaisuuden eetos H Simola Kasvatus 32 (3), 290-297, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |
| Valta, uusi yliopistopolitiikka ja yliopistotyö Suomessa: Managerialistinen hallintapolitiikka yliopistolaisten kokemana R Rinne, A Jauhiainen, H Simola, R Lehto, A Jauhiainen, A Laiho Suomen kasvatustieteellinen seura, 2012 | 73 | 2012 |
| Didactic closure: Professionalization and pedagogic knowledge in Finnish teacher education H Simola, O Kivinen, R Rinne Teaching and Teacher Education 13 (8), 877-891, 1997 | 73 | 1997 |
