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Becky Francis publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Becky Francis sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 162 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Becky Francis D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Becky Francis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 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
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Becky Francis is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences, with a primary focus on education. Their work includes publications in both sociology and education, addressing topics related to school choice, performance, career development, diversity, and youth education dynamics.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • The impact of tracking by attainment on pupil self-confidence over time: demonstrating the accumulative impact of self-fulfilling prophecy, 2020, British Journal of Sociology of Education
  • The achievement gap: The impact of between-class attainment grouping on pupil attainment and educational equity over time, 2022, British Educational Research Journal
  • Reasons for not/choosing chemistry: Why advanced level chemistry students in England do/not pursue chemistry undergraduate degrees, 2022, Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • A Missing Piece of the Puzzle? Exploring Whether Science Capital and STEM Identity are Associated with STEM Study at University, 2024, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
  • Get lucky? Luck and educational mobility in working-class young people's lives from age 10-21, 2023, British Journal of Sociology of Education

Frequent co-authors of Becky Francis include:

  • Louise Archer
  • Julie Moote
  • Emma Watson
  • Morag Henderson
  • Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard

Their publications appear regularly in journals such as:

  • British Journal of Sociology of Education
  • Research Papers in Education
  • British Educational Research Journal
  • Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Becky Francis's research predominantly falls within the field of social sciences, subdivided into specific areas including education, sociology and political science, safety research, information systems and management, and modeling and simulation. Their focus spans multiple educational themes, namely:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Education Systems and Policy

Becky Francis has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Boys, Girls and Achievement: Addressing the Classroom Issues

    Becky Francis

  • Reassessing Gender and Achievement: Questioning Contemporary Key Debates

    Becky Francis;Christine Skelton

  • Understanding Minority Ethnic Achievement: Race, Gender, Class and 'Success'

    Louise Archer;Becky Francis

  • Lads, Lasses and (New) Labour: 14-16-year-old students' responses to the 'laddish behaviour and boys' underachievement' debate

    Becky Francis

  • The Gendered Subject: Students' subject preferences and discussions of gender and subject ability

    Becky Francis

  • Heroes or zeroes? The discursive positioning of ‘underachieving boys’ in English neo‐liberal education policy

    Becky Francis

  • Men Teachers and the Construction of Heterosexual Masculinity in the Classroom

    Becky Francis;Christine Skelton

  • British—Chinese pupils' and parents' constructions of the value of education

    Becky Francis;Louise Archer

  • Exploring the relative lack of impact of research on ‘ability grouping’ in England: a discourse analytic account

    Becky Francis;Louise Archer;Jeremy Hodgen;David Pepper

  • Re/theorising gender: female masculinity and male femininity in the classroom?

    Becky Francis

  • Reassessing gender and achievement

    Becky Francis;Christine Skelton

  • Is the Future Really Female? The Impact and Implications of Gender for 14-16 Year Olds' Career Choices

    Becky Francis

  • Language as capital, or language as identity? Chinese complementary school pupils' perspectives on the purposes and benefits of complementary schools

    Becky Francis;Louise Archer;Ada Mau

  • Challenging Classes? Exploring the Role of Social Class within the Identities and Achievement of British Chinese Pupils

    Louise Archer;Becky Francis

  • Power Plays: Primary School Children’s Constructions of Gender, Power and Adult Work

    Becky Francis

  • The simultaneous production of educational achievement and popularity: how do some pupils accomplish it?

    Becky Francis;Christine Skelton;Barbara Read

  • Modernist Reductionism or Post-structuralist Relativism: Can we move on? An Evaluation of the Arguments in Relation to Feminist Educational Research

    Becky Francis

  • The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Education

    Christine Skelton;Becky Francis;Lisa Smulyan

  • Investigating Gender: Contemporary Perspectives in Education

    Becky Francis;Christine Skelton

  • Towards social justice in education: contradictions and dilemmas

    Becky Francis;Martin Mills;Ruth Lupton

  • Does the gender of the teacher really matter? Seven‐ to eight‐year‐olds’ accounts of their interactions with their teachers

    Bruce Carrington;Becky Francis;Merryn Hutchings;Christine Skelton

Frequent Co-Authors

Louise Archer
Louise Archer University College London
Martin Mills
Martin Mills University College London
Jennifer DeWitt
Jennifer DeWitt University College London
Charlotte E. Rees
Charlotte E. Rees University of Newcastle Australia
Ruth Lupton
Ruth Lupton University of Manchester

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