| 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 | 125 | 2006 |
| Neoliberalism and early childhood M Sims Cogent Education 4 (1), 1365411, 2017 | 89 | 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 | 85 | 2015 |
| 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 | 66 | 2005 |
| 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 | 53 | 2018 |
| The performance of compliance in early childhood: Neoliberalism and nice ladies M Sims, M Waniganayake Global Studies of Childhood 5 (3), 333-345, 2015 | 49 | 2015 |
| 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 | 44 | 2015 |
| 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 | 42 | 2010 |
| 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 | 41 | 2016 |
| Is the Care–Education Dichotomy Behind Us?: Should It Be? M Sims Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 39 (4), 4-11, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |
| Diversity: Beyond the nuclear family S Saggers, M Sims Family: Changing families, changing times, 66-87, 2005 | 41 | 2005 |
| Indigenous early learning and care T Hutchins, K Martin, S Saggers, M Sims Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY), 2007 | 38 | 2007 |
| Program planning for infants and toddlers: An ecological approach T Hutchins, M Sims Prentice Hall, 1999 | 38 | 1999 |
| 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 | 37 | 2013 |
| Designing family support programs: Building children, family and community resilience M Sims Common Ground Publishing, 2002 | 37 | 2002 |
| Early childhood and education services for Indigenous children prior to starting school M Sims Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australian Institute of …, 2011 | 35 | 2011 |
| 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 | 34 | 2010 |
| Migration and parenting: A pilot study MR Sims, AK Omaji Journal of Family Studies 5 (1), 84-96, 1999 | 34 | 1999 |
| Program planning for infants and toddlers. In search of relationships M Sims, T Hutchins Pademelon Press, 2011 | 31 | 2011 |
| 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 | 30 | 2019 |
