| A meta-analysis of distributed leadership from 2002 to 2013: Theory development, empirical evidence and future research focus M Tian, M Risku, K Collin Educational Management Administration & Leadership 44 (1), 146-164, 2016 | 467 | 2016 |
| A distributed leadership perspective on the Finnish curriculum reform 2014 M Tian, M Risku Journal of Curriculum Studies 51 (2), 229-244, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| Mapping educational leadership, administration and management research 2007–2016: Thematic strands and the changing landscape M Tian, SG Huber Journal of Educational Administration 58 (2), 129-150, 2020 | 47 | 2020 |
| Distributed leadership in Finnish and Shanghai schools M Tian Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social research, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| Mapping the international knowledge base of educational leadership, administration and management: a topographical perspective M Tian, SG Huber Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 51 (1), 4-23, 2021 | 28 | 2021 |
| Distributed leadership and teacher’self-efficacy: the case studies of three Chinese schools in Shanghai M Tian | 24 | 2011 |
| Evaluation of different Swept’Source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS‐OCTA) slabs for the detection of features of diabetic retinopathy M Tian, S Wolf, MR Munk, KB Schaal Acta ophthalmologica 98 (4), e416-e420, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| Retheorising distributed leadership through epistemic injustice M Tian, G Nutbrown Educational Management Administration & Leadership 51 (4), 774-790, 2023 | 12 | 2023 |
| Shanghai teachers’ perceptions of distributed leadership: Resources and agency M Tian, T Virtanen ECNU Review of Education 4 (4), 808-829, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Finland: Changing operational environment changing Finnish educational governance M Risku, M Tian Educational Authorities and the Schools: Organisation and Impact in 20 …, 2020 | 8 | 2020 |
| Finnish teachers' perceptions of distributed leadership M Tian Contemporary Educational Leadership 2 (2), 50-73, 2015 | 5 | 2015 |
| Teachers’ pedagogical autonomy, professional development and students’ digital skills: New evidence from Italy KK Kameshwara, N Eryilmaz, M Tian, A Sandoval-Hernandez Autonomie locali e servizi sociali 43 (2), 421-439, 2020 | 4 | 2020 |
| Exploring emotion management strategies of junior high school teachers in Shanghai, China W Li, M Tian Emotion Management and Feelings in Teaching and Educational Leadership, 45-66, 2019 | 4 | 2019 |
| Adult education as a tool for the changing world M Risku, M Tian International Scientific Conference Challenges for High Quality of Adult …, 2019 | 4 | 2019 |
| A critical friend or the sword of Damocles: Headteachers’ use of micropolitical strategies in inspection M Tian Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 17411432231222719, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Power bases and power tensions: a critical analysis of education inspection policies and practices in China M Tian Leadership and Policy in Schools 20 (1), 6-20, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
| Policy–Practice Decoupling: Education Inspection Reform in China M Tian, X Lan Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict, 56-73, 2020 | 2 | 2020 |
| Disrupted leadership in education H Youngs, A Roberts, M Tian, PA Woods Handbook on Leadership in Education, 517-535, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Introduction: leadership in education-an inherently fractured field? PA Woods, A Roberts, M Tian, H Youngs Handbook on Leadership in Education, 1-12, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts-based research methods for educational researchers M Tian Routledge, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
