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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 47 3238 2978 551 504 96 27017

Derek Edwards publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Derek Edwards between 1973 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Derek Edwards published across 52 years, from 1973 to 2024, averaging 1.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 7 publications in 2013. 3 of the 100 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1973 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 7. Peak 7 publications in 2013. 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 1 publication 2018: 1 publication 2019: 0 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 1 publication
1973 2024

100 publications in total across all disciplines

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Derek Edwards: publications per year, 1973 to 2024
Year Publications
1973 1
1974 0
1975 0
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 1
1986 2
1987 3
1988 5
1989 2
1990 2
1991 2
1992 2
1993 3
1994 5
1995 6
1996 1
1997 1
1998 2
1999 6
2000 2
2001 0
2002 0
2003 4
2004 5
2005 2
2006 4
2007 4
2008 3
2009 3
2010 2
2011 2
2012 3
2013 7
2014 0
2015 3
2016 1
2017 1
2018 1
2019 0
2020 4
2021 1
2022 0
2023 2
2024 1
Total 100
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Derek Edwards 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 Derek Edwards sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 94–103 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 96 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390 96
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Derek Edwards 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 Derek Edwards sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251 47
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Derek Edwards is affiliated with Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a variety of topics primarily situated within the fields of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Psychology. The main topics addressed in their work include language, discourse, communication strategies, discourse analysis in language studies, and the intersection of language and culture. Additional areas of interest encompass diverse academic research studies, social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, and the relationship between language, metaphor, and cognition.

The subfields of study covered by Derek Edwards further specify their focus on language and linguistics, literature and literary theory, linguistics and language, cultural studies, and general health professions. This multidisciplinary engagement reflects in the publication venues where their research appears.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Qualitative Research in Psychology
  • Przegląd Socjologiczny
  • Research on Language and Social Interaction

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Derek Edwards are:

  • Psychologia dyskursowa, 2023, Przegląd Socjologiczny
  • Dyskurs, poznanie i praktyki społeczne: bogactwo językowej i interakcyjnej powierzchni, 2023, Przegląd Socjologiczny
  • Rethinking attitudes and social psychology - Issues of function, order, and combination in subject-side and object-side assessments in natural settings, 2020, Qualitative Research in Psychology
  • Establishing quality in discursive psychology: Three domains to consider, 2020, Qualitative Research in Psychology
  • How Mental Health Establishes 'Vulnerability' as the Basis for Support from a Housing Helpline: Self-Descriptions and Diagnostic Categories, 2024, Research on Language and Social Interaction

Derek Edwards has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Jerzy Stachowiak, Elizabeth Stokoe, Jonathan Potter, Alexa Hepburn, and Michelle O'Reilly. The nature of these collaborations spans various publications and topics within the general field of discourse and social psychology research.

Best Publications

  • Discursive Psychology

    Derek Edwards;Jonathan Potter

  • Discourse and cognition

    Derek Edwards

  • Ideological Dilemmas: A Social Psychology of Everyday Thinking

    Michael Billig;Susan Condor;Derek Edwards;Mike Gane

  • Common Knowledge : The Development of Understanding in the Classroom

    Derek Edwards;Neil Mercer

  • El conocimiento compartido: el desarrollo de la comprensión en el aula

    Derek Edwards;Neil Mercer

  • Death and Furniture: the rhetoric, politics and theology of bottom line arguments against relativism

    Derek Edwards;Malcolm Ashmore;Jonathan Potter

  • Extreme Case Formulations: Softeners, Investment, and Doing Nonliteral

    Derek Edwards

  • Categories are for talking: On the cognitive and discursive bases of categorization.

    Derek Edwards

  • Discourse: Noun, Verb or Social Practice?

    Jonathan Potter;Margaret Wetherell;Rosalind Gill;Derek Edwards

  • Language and causation : a discursive action model of description and attribution

    Derek Edwards;Jonathan Potter

  • Moaning, whinging and laughing: the subjective side of complaints

    Derek Edwards

  • Script Formulations An Analysis of Event Descriptions in Conversation

    Derek Edwards

  • Discursive psychology, mental states and descriptions

    Derek Edwards;Jonathan Potter

  • The Relevant Thing about Her: Social Identity Categories in Use

    Derek Edwards

  • El Análisis del discurso implica analizar: Crítica de seis atajos analíticos

    Charles Antaki;Michael Billig;Derek Edwards;Jonathan Potter

  • Two to Tango: Script Formulations, Dispositions, and Rhetorical Symmetry in Relationship Troubles Talk

    Derek Edwards

  • A Model of Discourse in Action

    Jonathan Potter;Derek Edwards;Margaret Wetherell

  • `Black this, black that': racial insults and reported speech in neighbour complaints and police interrogations

    Elizabeth Stokoe;Derek Edwards

  • Social Representations and Discursive Psychology: From Cognition to Action

    Jonathan Potter;Derek Edwards

  • Joint remembering: Constructing an account of shared experience through conversational discourse

    Derek Edwards;David Middleton

  • Emotion Discourse

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Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Potter
Jonathan Potter Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Elizabeth Stokoe
Elizabeth Stokoe Loughborough University
Neil Mercer
Neil Mercer University of Cambridge
Margaret Wetherell
Margaret Wetherell University of Auckland
Michael Billig
Michael Billig Loughborough University
Charles Antaki
Charles Antaki Loughborough University
Rosalind Gill
Rosalind Gill City, University of London
Dominic Abrams
Dominic Abrams University of Kent
Alan Radley
Alan Radley Loughborough University
Michael A. Hogg
Michael A. Hogg Claremont Graduate University

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