Diane Reay publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Diane Reay between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Diane Reay published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2004. 6 of the 214 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10

1990 2025

214 publications in total across all disciplines

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Diane Reay: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year	Publications
1990	2
1991	1
1992	0
1993	0
1994	0
1995	4
1996	3
1997	3
1998	10
1999	5
2000	8
2001	7
2002	10
2003	8
2004	14
2005	8
2006	11
2007	6
2008	14
2009	8
2010	4
2011	14
2012	3
2013	8
2014	3
2015	5
2016	11
2017	5
2018	8
2019	1
2020	7
2021	2
2022	5
2023	10
2024	3
2025	3
Total	214

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Diane Reay 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 Diane Reay sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 196 publications — 63rd percentile

63% 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
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	196
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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Diane Reay 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 Diane Reay sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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
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	78
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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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

Overview

Diane Reay is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a focus on education, sociology, and political science. Their research spans various topics including global education and multiculturalism, educational policies, educator training, religious education, and social dynamics.

Reay's recent papers include:

The working classes and higher education: Meritocratic fallacies of upward mobility in the United Kingdom (2021, European Journal of Education)
'The still-moving position' of the 'working-class' feminist academic: dealing with disloyalty, dislocation and discomfort (2020, Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education)
The Perils and Penalties of Meritocracy: Sanctioning Inequalities and Legitimating Prejudice (2020, The Political Quarterly)
English Education in the Time of Coronavirus (2020, FORUM)
Sociology of education: a personal reflection on politics, power and pragmatism (2020, British Journal of Sociology of Education)

Their frequently cited publication venues reflect a specialization in education and sociological studies. These include:

FORUM
Subjectivity
European Journal of Education
Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
The Political Quarterly

Co-authors working frequently with Reay are:

Annabel Wilson
Kirsty Morrin
Jessie Abrahams

Reay's main fields of study are social sciences broadly, with specific focus areas in:

Education
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Gender Studies
Music

Key topics of their research include:

Global Education and Multiculturalism
Global Educational Policies and Reforms
Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
Religious Education and Schools
Social and Cultural Dynamics
Higher Education Research Studies
Higher Education Governance and Development

Diane Reay has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

‘It's all becoming a habitus’: beyond the habitual use of habitus in educational research

Diane Reay

2030
Citations
‘Strangers in Paradise’?: Working-class Students in Elite Universities

Diane Reay;Gill Crozier;John Clayton

1166
Citations
Class Work: Mothers' Involvement In Their Children's Primary Schooling

Diane Reay

1155
Citations
"Fitting In" or "Standing Out": Working-Class Students in UK Higher Education.

Diane Reay;Gill Crozier;John Clayton

1123
Citations
Choices of Degree or Degrees of Choice? Class, `Race' and the Higher Education Choice Process

Diane Reay;Jacqueline Davies;Miriam David;Stephen J Ball

1074
Citations
Degrees of choice : class, race, gender and higher education

Diane Reay;Miriam E. David;Stephen J. Ball

1041
Citations
'Classification' and 'Judgement': Social Class and the 'Cognitive Structures' of Choice of Higher Education

Stephen J. Ball;Jackie Davies;Miriam David;Diane Reay

886
Citations
Finding or losing yourself?: working-class relationships to education

Diane Reay

837
Citations
Gendering Bourdieu's concepts of capitals? Emotional capital, women and social class

Diane Reay

788
Citations
Beyond consciousness? The psychic landscape of social class

Diane Reay

747
Citations
’Always knowing’ and ‘never being sure’: familial and institutional habituses and higher education choice

Diane Reay

738
Citations
A useful extension of Bourdieu’s conceptual framework?: emotional capital as a way of understanding mothers’ involvement in their children’s education?

Diane Reay

700
Citations
Making a Difference?: Institutional Habituses and Higher Education Choice:

Diane Reay;Miriam David;Stephen Ball

697
Citations
THE ZOMBIE STALKING ENGLISH SCHOOLS: SOCIAL CLASS AND EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY

Diane Reay

697
Citations
'Spice Girls', 'Nice Girls', 'Girlies', and 'Tomboys': Gender discourses, girls' cultures and femininities in the primary classroom

Diane Reay

618
Citations
’I’ ll be a nothing’: structure, agency and the construction of identity through assessment

Diane Reay;Dylan Wiliam

589
Citations
Rethinking Social Class: Qualitative Perspectives on Class and Gender

Diane Reay

553
Citations
Degrees of Choice: social class, race and gender in higher education

Diane Reay;Miriam David;Stephen Ball

549
Citations
White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling

Diane Reay;Gill Crozier;David James

530
Citations
`A Darker Shade of Pale?' Whiteness, the Middle Classes and Multi-Ethnic Inner City Schooling:

Diane Reay;Sumi Hollingworth;Katya Williams;Gill Crozier

489
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gill Crozier University of Roehampton

Anna Vignoles Leverhulme Trust

Frank J. Kelly Imperial College London

David A. Leon London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Simon Burgess University of Bristol

Peter Brocklehurst University of Birmingham

Hilary Graham University of York

Madeleine Arnot University of Cambridge

Carol Vincent University College London

Alison Fuller University College London

External Links

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