| Children’s cortisol levels and quality of child care provision M Sims, A Guilfoyle, TS Parry Child: care, health and development 32 (4), 453-466, 2006 | 137 | 2006 |
| Neoliberalism and early childhood M Sims Cogent Education 4 (1), 1365411, 2017 | 134 | 2017 |
| Conceptions of early childhood leadership: Driving new professionalism? M Sims, R Forrest, A Semann, C Slattery International Journal of Leadership in Education 18 (2), 149-166, 2015 | 113 | 2015 |
| Educational leadership: An evolving role in Australian early childhood settings M Sims, M Waniganayake, DF Hadley Educational Management Administration & Leadership 46 (6), 960-979, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| What children's cortisol levels tell us about quality in childcare centres M Sims, A Guilfoyle, T Parry Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 30 (2), 29-39, 2005 | 68 | 2005 |
| The performance of compliance in early childhood: Neoliberalism and nice ladies M Sims, M Waniganayake Global Studies of Childhood 5 (3), 333-345, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| Pedagogical work, stress regulation and work-related well-being among early childhood professionals in integrated special day-care groups MA Nislin, NK Sajaniemi, M Sims, E Suhonen, EF Maldonado Montero, ... European Journal of Special Needs Education 31 (1), 27-43, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| Diversity: Beyond the nuclear family S Saggers, M Sims Family: Changing families, changing times, 66-87, 2005 | 52 | 2005 |
| The Role of Staff in Quality Improvement in Early Childhood. M Sims, M Waniganayake Journal of Education and Training Studies 3 (5), 187-194, 2015 | 51 | 2015 |
| Is the Care–Education Dichotomy Behind Us?: Should It Be? M Sims Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 39 (4), 4-11, 2014 | 51 | 2014 |
| Culturally strong childcare programs for Indigenous children, families and communities A Guilfoyle, S Saggers, M Sims, T Hutchins Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 35 (3), 68-76, 2010 | 48 | 2010 |
| Occupational well-being and stress among early childhood professionals: the use of an innovative strategy to measure stress reactivity in the workplace M Nislin, N Sajaniemi, M Sims, E Suhonen, EF Maldonado, S Hyttinen, ... Open review of educational research 3 (1), 1-17, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| The experiences of grandparents who have limited or no contact with their grandchildren M Sims, M Rofail Journal of Aging Studies 27 (4), 377-386, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| Work demands and resources, stress regulation and quality of pedagogical work among professionals in Finnish early childhood education settings M Nislin, N Sajaniemi, E Suhonen, M Sims, R Hotulainen, S Hyttinen, ... Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| Indigenous early learning and care T Hutchins Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, 2008 | 42 | 2008 |
| Designing family support programs: Building children, family and community resilience M Sims Common Ground Publishing, 2002 | 40 | 2002 |
| Bullshit towers: Neoliberalism and managerialism in universities in Australia M Sims Peter Lang, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
| Neoliberalism and new public management in an Australian university: The invisibility of our take-over M Sims Australian Universities' Review, The 61 (1), 22-30, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Promoting children's social and emotional wellbeing in childcare centres within low socioeconomic areas: strategies, facilitators and challenges E Davis, N Priest, B Davies, M Sims, L Harrison, H Herrman, E Waters, ... Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 35 (3), 77-86, 2010 | 39 | 2010 |
| Migration and parenting: A pilot study MR Sims, AK Omaji Journal of Family Studies 5 (1), 84-96, 1999 | 38 | 1999 |
