Margaret Merga

Margaret Merga

Edith Cowan University

H-index: 35

Oceania-Australia

About Margaret Merga

Margaret Merga, With an exceptional h-index of 35 and a recent h-index of 30 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Edith Cowan University, specializes in the field of Research communication, Libraries, Literacy, Health promotion and wellbeing, Higher education.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Effect sizes of writing modality on K‐6 students’ writing and reading performance: a meta‐analysis

Why teachers of science and mathematics should value teacher librarians

How School Libraries Can Promote Health Literacy in Challenging Times

Teachers’ perceptions of the benefits and challenges of a whole-school reading for pleasure program

School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing

From PhD by Publication to Full-Time Academic: Narratives of Three Women

Libraries as an essential wellbeing resource in schools

School librarians supporting students’ reading for pleasure: A job description analysis

Margaret Merga Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

3036

Citations(since 2020)

2543

Cited By

1214

hIndex(all)

35

hIndex(since 2020)

30

i10Index(all)

79

i10Index(since 2020)

76

Email

University Profile Page

Edith Cowan University

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Margaret Merga Skills & Research Interests

Research communication

Libraries

Literacy

Health promotion and wellbeing

Higher education

Top articles of Margaret Merga

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Effect sizes of writing modality on K‐6 students’ writing and reading performance: a meta‐analysis

The Australian Educational Researcher

Anabela Abreu Malpique

Debora Valcan

Deborah Pino‐Pasternak

Susan Ledger

Margaret Kristin Merga

2023/12

Why teachers of science and mathematics should value teacher librarians

Access

Margaret Kristin Merga

2023/3

How School Libraries Can Promote Health Literacy in Challenging Times

Journal of Library Administration

Margaret Kristin Merga

2023/3

Teachers’ perceptions of the benefits and challenges of a whole-school reading for pleasure program

Educational Media International

Natalie Nussli

Kevin Oh

2016/7/2

School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing

Kay Oddone

2023/1/2

From PhD by Publication to Full-Time Academic: Narratives of Three Women

Shannon Mason

Margaret Kristin Merga

Melissa Bond

2022/9

Libraries as an essential wellbeing resource in schools

The School Librarian

Margaret K Merga

2022/7/1

School librarians supporting students’ reading for pleasure: A job description analysis

Australian Journal of Education

Margaret K Merga

Catherine Ferguson

2021/8

How can Booktok on TikTok inform readers’ advisory services for young people?

Library and Information Science Research

Margaret Kristin Merga

2021/4

The academic labour of knowledge mobilization: What scholarly publishers need to know

Learned Publishing

Margaret Kristin Merga

2021/8

Mentor and peer support for early career researchers sharing research with academia and beyond

Heliyon

Margaret K Merga

Shannon Mason

2021/2/1

Why are teacher librarians an excellent investment in contemporary schools?

Scan: The Journal for Educators

Margaret Kristin Merga

2021/3/1

Libraries as wellbeing supportive spaces in contemporary schools

Journal of Library Administration

Margaret Kristin Merga

2021/7

Most government information on COVID-19 is too hard for the average Australian to understand

The Conversation

Cath Ferguson

Margaret Kristin Merga

Stephen Winn

2021

Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on writing instruction in Australia

Issues in Educational Research

Margaret Kristin Merga

Anabela Malpique

Saiyidi Mat Roni

Debora Valcan

Susan Ledger

2021/12/16

The internationality of published higher education scholarship: How do the ‘top’ journals compare?

Journal of Informetrics

Shannon Mason

Margaret Merga

Manuel González Canché

Saiyidi Mat Roni

2021/3

Communicating research in academia and beyond: sources of self-efficacy for early career researchers

Higher Education Research & Development

Shannon Mason

Margaret Merga

2022/9/19

Revisiting collaboration within and beyond the school library: new ways of measuring effectiveness

Journal of Library Administration

Margaret K Merga

Sayidi Mat Roni

Chin Ee Loh

Anabela Malpique

2021/4/3

Unis want research shared widely. So why don’t they properly back academics to do it?

The Conversation

Margaret Kristin Merga

Shannon Mason

2021

The role of the library within school-level literacy policies and plans in Australia and the United Kingdom

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Margaret Kristin Merga

2021/6

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Co-Authors

H-index: 30
Alexandra McManus

Alexandra McManus

Curtin University

H-index: 2
Ross Williams

Ross Williams

Murdoch University

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