2026 Francisco O. Ramirez: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	40	5168	4795	2434	2217	96	17732

Overview

Francisco O. Ramirez is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in the social sciences, contributing extensively to the fields of political science and international relations, education, gender studies, sociology and political science, and communication. Their research primarily addresses topics related to higher education governance and development, global educational policies and reforms, global education and multiculturalism, gender diversity and inequality, international student and expatriate challenges, higher education research studies, and social and cultural dynamics.

Ramirez's recent publications include works examining various aspects of higher education and social dynamics. These papers are:

"The Societal Consequences of Higher Education" (2020), published in Sociology of Education
"Women's participation and challenges to the liberal script: A global perspective" (2021), published in International Sociology
"Legitimacy, stratification, and internationalization in global higher education: the case of the International Association of Universities" (2020), published in Tertiary Education and Management
"Reputation management by Chinese universities: Primary profile and comparative features" (2020), published in Public Administration
"To STEM or not to STEM: A cross-national analysis of gender and tertiary graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math, 1998-2018" (2024), published in International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Their work has been featured in journals such as Sociology of Education, International Sociology, Tertiary Education and Management, Public Administration, and the International Journal of Comparative Sociology.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Ramirez's research, with frequent co-authors including Christine Min Wotipka, Seung-Ah Lee, Evan Schofer, S. Gabriela Gavrila, and John W. Meyer.

Overall, Francisco O. Ramirez's contributions cover a broad range of social science disciplines with an emphasis on higher education systems, global educational developments, and gender issues within academic and societal contexts.

Best Publications

World society and the nation-state

John W. Meyer;John Boli;George M. Thomas;Francisco O. Ramirez

7028
Citations
The Political Construction of Mass Schooling: European Origins and Worldwide Institutionalization

Francisco O. Ramirez;John Boli

1171
Citations
Explaining the Origins and Expansion of Mass Education

John Boli;Francisco O. Ramirez;John W. Meyer

894
Citations
Institutional Structure: Constituting State, Society and the Individual

Kenneth Dauber;George M. Thomas;John W. Meyer;Francisco O. Ramirez

877
Citations
The changing logic of political citizenship : Cross-national acquisition of women's suffrage rights, 1890 to 1990

Francisco O. Ramirez;Yasemin Soysal;Suzanne Shanahan

845
Citations
The World Institutionalization of Education

John Meyer;Francisco Ramirez

643
Citations
Higher Education as an Institution

John Meyer;Francisco Ramirez;David John Frank;Evan Schofer

538
Citations
Human Rights in Social Science Textbooks: Cross- national Analyses, 1970-2008

John W. Meyer;Patricia Bromley;Francisco O. Ramirez

318
Citations
Development and Education

Colette Chabbott;Francisco O. Ramirez

288
Citations
National Incorporation of Global Human Rights: Worldwide Expansion of National Human Rights Institutions, 1966–2004

Jeong-Woo Koo;Francisco O. Ramirez

275
Citations
Slowly But Surely? The Global Expansion of Women's Participation in Science and Engineering Fields of Study, 1972-92.

Francisco O. Ramirez;Christine Min Wotipka

240
Citations
The formalization of the university: rules, roots, and routes

Francisco O. Ramirez;Tom Christensen

226
Citations
Student Achievement and National Economic Growth.

Francisco O. Ramirez;Xiaowei Luo;Evan Schofer;John W. Meyer

222
Citations
The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy: World society and human rights: an event history analysis of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Christine Min Wotipka;Francisco O. Ramirez

213
Citations
Comparative Education: The Social Construction of the Modern World System.

Francisco O. Ramirez;John W. Meyer

205
Citations
The Worldwide Rise of Human Rights Education

Francisco O. Ramírez;David Suárez;John W. Meyer

201
Citations
The effects of science on national economic development, 1970 to 1990

Evan Schofer;Francisco O. Ramirez;John W. Meyer

169
Citations
What Counts as History: A Cross-National and Longitudinal Study of University Curricula.

David John Frank;Suk-Ying Wong;John W. Meyer;Francisco O. Ramirez

162
Citations
The Societal Consequences of Higher Education

Evan Schofer;Francisco O. Ramirez;John W. Meyer

158
Citations
Conditional Decoupling: Assessing the Impact of National Human Rights Institutions, 1981 to 2004

Wade M. Cole;Francisco O. Ramirez

147
Citations
Accounting for Excellence: Transforming Universities into Organizational Actors

Francisco O. Ramirez

129
Citations
Institutional structure : constituting state, society, and the individual

John W Meyer;Francisco O Ramirez;George M Thomas

36
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Meyer Stanford University

Neil J. Smelser University of California, Berkeley

External Links

Personal website of Francisco O. Ramirez Google Scholar page

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