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Walter G. Ecton

Social Sciences · University of Michigan

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2019
Higher Education Research StudiesEducation Systems and PolicyDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesHigher Education and EmployabilityLabor market dynamics and wage inequality

Publications

24

Citations

148

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

8

Publishing since 2019

In context
Among 282 early career Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 148cohort median 112
Publications / year (recent): 3.0cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 75% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 16 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
17182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 5 publications5212022: 5 publications5222023: 5 publications523242025: 3 publications252026: 2 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators2018: 0 collaborators2019: 0 collaborators2020: 0 collaborators2021: 0 collaborators2022: 0 collaborators2023: 0 collaborators2024: 0 collaborators2025: 1 collaborator1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis×2
  • AERA Open×2
  • Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting×2
  • Higher education×2
  • Journal of School Choice×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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