| The impact of leadership on student outcomes: How successful school leaders use transformational and instructional strategies to make a difference C Day, Q Gu, P Sammons Educational administration quarterly 52 (2), 221-258, 2016 | 1568 | 2016 |
| Teachers resilience: A necessary condition for effectiveness Q Gu, C Day Teaching and Teacher education 23 (8), 1302-1316, 2007 | 1523 | 2007 |
| Teachers matter: Connecting work, lives and effectiveness C Day, P Sammons, G Stobart McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2007 | 1292 | 2007 |
| The new lives of teachers C Day, Q Gu Routledge, 2010 | 1076 | 2010 |
| The impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes C Day, P Sammons, D Hopkins, A Harris, K Leithwood, Q Gu, E Brown, ... Final report, 2009 | 895* | 2009 |
| Variations in the conditions for teachers' professional learning and development: Sustaining commitment and effectiveness over a career C Day, Q Gu Oxford review of education 33 (4), 423-443, 2007 | 789 | 2007 |
| Challenges to teacher resilience: Conditions count Q Gu, C Day British educational research journal 39 (1), 22-44, 2013 | 777 | 2013 |
| Learning and growing in a ‘foreign’context: Intercultural experiences of international students Q Gu, M Schweisfurth, C Day Compare 40 (1), 7-23, 2010 | 671 | 2010 |
| Resilient teachers, resilient schools: Building and sustaining quality in testing times C Day, Q Gu Routledge, 2013 | 570 | 2013 |
| Variations in teachers’ work, lives and effectiveness C Day, G Stobart, P Sammons, A Kington, Q Gu, R Smees, T Mujtaba Final report for the VITAE Project, DfES, 2006 | 437 | 2006 |
| Exploring variations in teachers' work, lives and their effects on pupils: key findings and implications from a longitudinal mixed‐method study P Sammons, C Day, A Kington, Q Gu, G Stobart, R Smees British educational research journal 33 (5), 681-701, 2007 | 419 | 2007 |
| Exploring the impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes: Results from a study of academically improved and effective schools in England P Sammons, Q Gu, C Day, J Ko International journal of educational management 25 (1), 83-101, 2011 | 360 | 2011 |
| Veteran teachers: Commitment, resilience and quality retention C Day, Q Gu International Perspectives on Veteran Teachers, 38-54, 2013 | 345 | 2013 |
| Who adapts? Beyond cultural models of ‘the’Chinese learner Q Gu, M Schweisfurth Language, Culture and Curriculum 19 (1), 74-89, 2006 | 292 | 2006 |
| The role of relational resilience in teachers’ career-long commitment and effectiveness Q Gu Teachers and Teaching 20 (5), 502-529, 2014 | 281 | 2014 |
| Combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies in research on teachers’ lives, work, and effectiveness: From integration to synergy C Day, P Sammons, Q Gu Educational researcher 37 (6), 330-342, 2008 | 279 | 2008 |
| Changing places: A study of Chinese students in the UK Q Gu, A Maley Language and Intercultural Communication 8 (4), 224-245, 2008 | 272 | 2008 |
| Beyond the accusation of plagiarism Q Gu, J Brooks System 36 (3), 337-352, 2008 | 243 | 2008 |
| Profesores: vidas nuevas, verdades antiguas: una influencia decisiva en la vida de los alumnos C Day, Q Gu Narcea Ediciones, 2012 | 242 | 2012 |
| Transnational connections, competences and identities: Experiences of Chinese international students after their return ‘home’ Q Gu, M Schweisfurth British Educational Research Journal 41 (6), 947-970, 2015 | 228 | 2015 |
