2026 Ference Marton: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	59	1501	1343	14	14	174	47549

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Social Sciences and Humanities

1501

1343

174

47549

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

47549

World Ranking

1501

National Ranking

Overview

Ference Marton is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research spans several fields including Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Psychology, with a focus on subfields such as Statistics and Probability, Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Applied Mathematics, and Linguistics and Language.

Their work addresses a range of main topics including:

Statistics Education and Methodologies
Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
Reading and Literacy Development
Language Development and Disorders
Multilingual Education and Policy

Recent publications by Marton include:

"What is to be learnt? Critical aspects of elementary arithmetic skills" (2021), published in Educational Studies in Mathematics
"The early language gap between first- and second-language learners: acquisition of Chinese characters among preschoolers" (2023), published in Frontiers in Psychology
"Stochastic and Deterministic Views of Statistics: A Pedagogical Perspective" (2022), published in Bridging the Gap: Empowering and Educating Today's Learners in Statistics. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics

Frequent collaborators working with Marton include Hanan Innabi, Jonas Emanuelsson, Camilla Björklund, Angelika Kullberg, and Stephanie W. Y. Chan.

Marton's publications appear in a variety of venues such as:

Educational Studies in Mathematics
Frontiers in Psychology
Bridging the Gap: Empowering and Educating Today's Learners in Statistics. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics

Best Publications

ON QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING: I—OUTCOME AND PROCESS*

Ference Marton;Roger Säljö

7717
Citations
Learning and awareness

Ference Marton;Shirley A. Booth

6940
Citations
Phenomenography — Describing conceptions of the world around us

Ference Marton

5334
Citations
Phenomenography-a research approach to investigating different understandings of reality

Ference Marton

3388
Citations
The University of Learning

John A Bowden;Ference Marton

2220
Citations
ON QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING—II OUTCOME AS A FUNCTION OF THE LEARNER'S CONCEPTION OF THE TASK

F. Marton;R. Säaljö

2184
Citations
Conceptions of learning

Ference Marton;Gloria Dall'Alba;Elizabeth Beaty

2039
Citations
Approaches to learning

John Bowden;Ference Marton

1842
Citations
Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning

Ference Marton;Amy B.M. Tsui;Pakey P.M. Chik;Po Yuk Ko

1460
Citations
The Experience of Learning

Ference Marton;Dai Hounsell;Noel James Entwistle

1068
Citations
Necessary Conditions of Learning

Ference Marton

943
Citations
On the unit of description in phenomenography

Ference Marton;Wing Yan Pong

881
Citations
On Some Necessary Conditions of Learning

Ference Marton;Ming Fai Pang

672
Citations
The space of learning

Ference Marton;Ulla Runesson;Amy B. M. Tsui

607
Citations
The University of Learning. Beyond Quality and Competence in Higher Education.

John Bowden;Ference Marton

583
Citations
Memorizing and understanding : The keys to the paradox?

F. Marton

523
Citations
Describing and Improving Learning

Ference Marton

481
Citations
Discontinuities and continuities in the experience of learning: An interview study of high-school students in Hong Kong

Ference Marton;David Watkins;Catherine Tang

428
Citations
Sameness and Difference in Transfer

Ference Marton

380
Citations
Beyond "Lesson Study": Comparing Two Ways of Facilitating the Grasp of Some Economic Concepts

Ming Fai Pang;Ference Marton

375
Citations
Qualitative Differences in Learning

Ference Marton;Shirley Booth

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gillian M. Boulton-Lewis Queensland University of Technology

Noel Entwistle University of Edinburgh

Keith Trigwell University of Sydney

Roger Säljö University of Gothenburg

Lennart Svensson Karolinska Institute

Peter J. Fensham Monash University

Michael Prosser University of Melbourne

Runqiu Huang Chengdu University of Technology

David Watkins University of Melbourne

Catherine So-kum Tang Hong Kong Shue Yan University

External Links

Wikipedia of Ference Marton Personal website of Ference Marton Google Scholar page

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