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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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75
Citations
23805
World Ranking
542
National Ranking
93

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Ann Oakley is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, and History.

Their academic work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Data Analysis and Archiving
  • Medical Education and Admissions
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

They have published frequently in the following venues:

  • Policy Press eBooks
  • Educational Measurement Issues and Practice
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Among their recent publications are:

  • "From Mandated to Test-Optional College Admissions Testing: Where Do We Go from Here?" (2024) in Educational Measurement Issues and Practice
  • "Front Matter" (2021) in Policy Press eBooks
  • "Index" (2021) in Policy Press eBooks
  • "Cockburn [née Ellis], Cynthia Kay (1934-2019), sociologist, peace campaigner, and feminist" (2023) in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • "Index" (2024) in Policy Press eBooks

Their book publications include multiple editions of Forgotten Wives (2021), published by Policy Press and Bristol University Press eBooks.

Frequent co-authors in their research work include:

  • Kyndra Middleton
  • Comfort H. Omonkhodion
  • Ernest Yaw Amoateng
  • Lucy O. Okam
  • Daniela Cardoza

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Process evaluation in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions.

    Ann Oakley;Vicki Strange;Chris Bonell;Elizabeth Allen

  • The Sociology of Housework

    Ann Oakley

  • Sex, Gender and Society

    Ann Oakley

  • Interviewing women: a contradiction in terms

    Ann Oakley

  • Young people and healthy eating: a systematic review of research on barriers and facilitators

    Jonathan Shepherd;Angela Harden;Rebecca Rees;Ginny Brunton

  • Integrating qualitative research with trials in systematic reviews

    James Thomas;Angela Harden;Ann Oakley;Sandy Oliver

  • Women Confined: Towards a Sociology of Childbirth

    Ann Oakley

  • The Captured Womb: A History of the Medical Care of Pregnant Women

    Ann Oakley

  • Experiments in Knowing: Gender and method in the social sciences

    Ann Oakley

  • Becoming a mother

    Ann Oakley

  • A multidimensional conceptual framework for analysing public involvement in health services research.

    Sandy R. Oliver;Rebecca W. Rees;Lorna Clarke‐Jones;Ruairidh Milne

  • Gender, Methodology and People's Ways of Knowing: Some Problems with Feminism and the Paradigm Debate in Social Science:

    Ann Oakley

  • The Social Support and Family Health Study: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of two alternative forms of postnatal support for mothers living in disadvantaged inner-city areas

    Meg Wiggins;Ann Oakley;I Roberts;Helen Turner

  • Involving consumers in research and development agenda setting for the NHS: developing an evidence-based approach

    S Oliver;L Clarke-Jones;R Rees;R Milne

  • Applying systematic review methods to studies of people’s views: an example from public health research

    Angela Harden;Jo Garcia;Sandy Oliver;Rebecca Rees

  • Young people, health, and family life

    Julia Brannen;Kahtryn Dodd;Ann Oakley;Pamela Storey

  • Teenage pregnancy and social disadvantage: systematic review integrating controlled trials and qualitative studies

    Angela Harden;Ginny Brunton;Adam Fletcher;Ann Oakley

  • Social support and pregnancy outcome.

    Ann Oakley;Lynda Rajan;Adrian Grant

  • Sexual health education interventions for young people: a methodological review

    A Oakley;D Fullerton;J Holland;S Arnold

  • Behavioural interventions for HIV/AIDS prevention

    Ann Oakley;Deirdre Fullerton;Janet Holland

  • The Rights and Wrongs of Women

    Juliet Mitchell;Ann Oakley

  • Systematic reviews of effectiveness

    Sandy Oliver;Greet Peersman;Ann Oakley

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Harden
Angela Harden City, University of London
Sandy Oliver
Sandy Oliver University College London
James Thomas
James Thomas University College London
Chris Bonell
Chris Bonell London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University
Adam Fletcher
Adam Fletcher Cardiff University
Janet Holland
Janet Holland London South Bank University
Kevin A. Fenton
Kevin A. Fenton Public Health England
Amanda Sowden
Amanda Sowden University of York
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University

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