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D-Index
47
Citations
16348
World Ranking
3279
National Ranking
557

David Gillborn 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 David Gillborn sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Gillborn 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 David Gillborn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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

Overview

David Gillborn is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and focuses their research in the broad field of Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Education, and Political Science and International Relations.

The core topics David Gillborn addresses include:

  • Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Global Education and Multiculturalism
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Gillborn's publication record shows contributions to diverse academic outlets. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Educational Research
  • Psychology of Education Review
  • Research Portal (King's College London)
  • SAGE Research Methods Foundations
  • Race Ethnicity and Education

Recent published papers by David Gillborn demonstrate the thematic focus within education, race, and policy, including:

  • "The fringe is the centre: Racism, pseudoscience and authoritarianism in the dominant English education policy network" (2022), International Journal of Educational Research
  • "Evidence for the commission on race and ethnic disparities" (2021), Research Portal (King's College London)
  • "Critical Race Theory" (2020), SAGE Research Methods Foundations
  • "Racism, psychology and higher education: A response to 'Seeking equality of educational outcomes for Black students: A personal account' by Louise Taylor" (2021), Psychology of Education Review
  • "EDITORIAL" (2021), Race Ethnicity and Education

Collaborations are evident with several co-authors, including:

  • Paul Warmington
  • Ian McGimpsey
  • Sarah Gillborn
  • Kalwant Bhopal
  • Claire Crawford

David Gillborn has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Education policy as an act of white supremacy: whiteness, critical race theory and education reform

    David Gillborn

  • Rationing Education: Policy, Practice, Reform and Equity

    David Gillborn;Deborah Youdell

  • Racism and Education: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

    David Gillborn

  • Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education

    Edward Taylor;David Gillborn;Gloria Ladson-Billings

  • Recent research on the achievements of ethnic minority pupils

    David Gillborn;C. V. Gipps;Great Britain. Office for Standards in Education

  • Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, and the Primacy of Racism: Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in Education

    David Gillborn

  • QuantCrit: education policy, ‘Big Data’ and principles for a critical race theory of statistics

    David Gillborn;Paul Warmington;Sean Demack

  • Critical Race Theory in Education

    David Gillborn;Adrienne Dixson;Gloria Ladson-Billings;Laurence Parker

  • Critical Race Theory and Education: Racism and anti-racism in educational theory and praxis

    David Gillborn

  • Race, Ethnicity and Education: Teaching and Learning in Multi-Ethnic Schools

    David Gillborn

  • Racism and antiracism in real schools

    David Gillborn

  • Educational Inequality: Mapping Race, Class and Gender. A Synthesis of Research Evidence.

    David Gillborn;Heidi Safia Mirza

  • Rethinking White Supremacy: Who Counts in ‘WhiteWorld’

    David Gillborn

  • The white working class, racism and respectability: victims, degenerates and interest-convergence

    David Gillborn

  • The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes

    Nicola Rollock;David Gillborn;Carol Vincent;Stephen J. Ball

  • The colour of numbers: surveys, statistics and deficit‐thinking about race and class

    David Gillborn

  • ‘You got a pass, so what more do you want?’: race, class and gender intersections in the educational experiences of the Black middle class

    David Gillborn;Nicola Rollock;Carol Vincent;Stephen J. Ball

  • Ethnicity and Educational Performance in the United Kingdom: Racism, Ethnicity, and Variability in Achievement

    David Gillborn

  • Being strategic, being watchful, being determined: Black middle-class parents and schooling

    Carol Vincent;Nicola Rollock;Stephen Ball;David Gillborn

  • Citizenship Education as Placebo: 'standards', institutional racism and education policy

    David Gillborn

  • The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Multicultural Education

    Gloria Ladson-Billings;David Gillborn

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol Vincent
Carol Vincent University College London
Gloria Ladson-Billings
Gloria Ladson-Billings University of Wisconsin–Madison
Pam Sammons
Pam Sammons University of Oxford
Geoff Whitty
Geoff Whitty University of Newcastle Australia
Louise Morley
Louise Morley University of Sussex
Leon P Tikly
Leon P Tikly University of Bristol

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