| Primary school principals' job satisfaction and occupational stress M Darmody, E Smyth International Journal of Educational Management 30 (1), 115-128, 2016 | 289 | 2016 |
| Do subjective indicators measure welfare?: Evidence from 33 European societies T Fahey, E Smyth European Societies 6 (1), 5-27, 2004 | 271 | 2004 |
| Cross-national research on school to work transitions: An analytical framework DF Hannan, D Raffe, E Smyth 1996 Workshop of the network on transitions in youth. La Ciotat: Cereq, 1996 | 271 | 1996 |
| Do schools differ?: Academic and personal development among pupils in the second-level sector E Smyth Oak Tree Press (Ireland), 1999 | 264 | 1999 |
| Growing up in Ireland national longitudinal study of children. The lives of 9 year olds J Williams, S Greene, E Doyle, E Harris, R Layte, S McCoy, C McCrory, ... The Stationery Office, 2009 | 242* | 2009 |
| ‘Your whole life depends on it’: Academic stress and high-stakes testing in Ireland J Banks, E Smyth Journal of youth studies 18 (5), 598-616, 2015 | 239 | 2015 |
| Buying your way into college? Private tuition and the transition to higher education in Ireland E Smyth Oxford review of education 35 (1), 1-22, 2009 | 225 | 2009 |
| Adapting to diversity: Irish schools and newcomer students E Smyth, M Darmody, F McGinnity, D Byrne ESRI, 2009 | 222 | 2009 |
| Gender differentiation and early labour market integration across Europe E Smyth European Societies 7 (3), 451-479, 2005 | 209 | 2005 |
| ‘There was never really any question of anything else': young people's agency, institutional habitus and the transition to higher education E Smyth, J Banks British Journal of Sociology of Education 33 (2), 263-281, 2012 | 199 | 2012 |
| Co-education and gender equality DF Hannan, E Smyth, J McCullagh, R O'leary, D McMahon | 186 | 1997 |
| Field of study and gender segregation in European labour markets E Smyth, S Steinmetz International Journal of Comparative Sociology 49 (4-5), 257-281, 2008 | 185 | 2008 |
| Leaving school in Ireland: A longitudinal study of post-school transitions S McCoy, E Smyth, D Watson, M Darmody ESRI research series 36, 2015-07, 2014 | 176 | 2014 |
| Investing in education: Combating educational disadvantage E Smyth, S McCoy ESRI, 2009 | 171 | 2009 |
| No way back? The dynamics of early school leaving D Byrne, E Smyth Liffey Press, 2010 | 167 | 2010 |
| The economic returns to field of study and competencies among higher education graduates in Ireland E Kelly, PJ O’Connell, E Smyth Economics of Education Review 29 (4), 650-657, 2010 | 166 | 2010 |
| From Leaving Certificate to leaving school: A longitudinal study of sixth year students E Smyth, J Banks, E Calvert Liffey Press, 2011 | 163 | 2011 |
| Moving up: The experiences of first-year students in post-primary education E Smyth, S McCoy, M Darmody Liffey Press, 2004 | 161 | 2004 |
| Mapping gender and social background differences in education and youth transitions across Europe C Iannelli, E Smyth Journal of Youth Studies 11 (2), 213-232, 2008 | 149 | 2008 |
| Job satisfaction and occupational stress among primary school teachers and school principals in Ireland M Darmody, E Smyth Maynooth Business Campus: Ireland Teaching Council, 1-47, 2011 | 145 | 2011 |