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40
Citations
6944
World Ranking
5350
National Ranking
905

Overview

Ian Shaw is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans interdisciplinary fields including social sciences, medicine, and the arts and humanities. The body of work engages with various subfields such as archeology, sociology and political science, public administration, public health, environmental and occupational health, and nephrology.

Their scholarly output includes studies focusing on several main topics:

  • Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and Historical Studies
  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Renal function and acid-base balance
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Religion, Society, and Development

Ian Shaw has published multiple recent papers that reflect the scope of their research interests. Some notable works include:

  • "Association between social participation and cognitive function among middle- and old-aged Chinese: A fixed-effects analysis," 2020, Journal of Global Health
  • "Acid-base balance: a review of normal physiology," 2022, BJA Education
  • "Approaching the Colonial," 2022, The British Journal of Social Work
  • "International collaboration in social work research," 2023, European Social Work Research
  • "Learnings from the vaccines taskforce: an apotheosis in mission, purpose and handling risk," 2024, Journal of Medical Economics

These publications have appeared in frequent venues such as Qualitative Social Work, BJA Education, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, Journal of Diabetes Research Review & Reports, and Journal of Global Health.

Their collaborative work often involves coauthors including Gary G. Adams, Killian A. Gregory, Yongjie Zhou, Zhuo Chen, and Xiang Wu, reflecting a network of research partnerships across multiple studies.

Best Publications

  • Doing Qualitative Research in Social Work

    Ian Shaw;Sally Holland

  • Ancient Egyptian materials and technology

    Paul Thomas Nicholson;Ian Shaw

  • The Oxford history of ancient Egypt

    Ian Shaw

  • Qualitative Research in Social Work

    Ian Shaw;Nick Gould

  • The SAGE Handbook of Evaluation

    Ian Shaw;Jennifer C. Greene;Melvin M. Mark

  • Ethics and the Practice of Qualitative Research

    Ian Frank Shaw

  • An exemplary scheme? An evaluation of the integrated children's system

    Ian Shaw;Margaret Bell;Ian Sinclair;Patricia Sloper

  • Qualitative Social Work: A Room with a View

    Ian Shaw;Roy Ruckdeschel

  • Practitioner Research: Evidence or Critique?

    Ian Shaw

  • Evaluation and social work practice

    Ian Shaw;Joyce Lishman

  • Ethics in Qualitative Research and Evaluation

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  • NICE guidelines for the management of depression

    Hugh Middleton;Ian Shaw;Sally Hull;Gene Feder

  • Handbook of evaluation : policies, programs and practices

    Ian Shaw;Jennifer C. Greene;Melvin M. Mark

  • Egyptian Warfare and Weapons

    Ian Shaw

  • The British Museum dictionary of Ancient Egypt

    I. Shaw;Paul Thomas Nicholson

  • The Effectiveness of Lifestyle Adaptation for the Prevention of Prediabetes in Adults: A Systematic Review.

    George Kerrison;Richard B. Gillis;Richard B. Gillis;Shahwar I. Jiwani;Shahwar I. Jiwani;Qushmua Alzahrani;Qushmua Alzahrani

  • Do OFSTED Inspections of Secondary Schools Make a Difference to GCSE Results

    Ian Shaw;Douglas Newton;Murray Aitkin;Ross Darnell

  • Understanding Young People and Prostitution: A Foundation for Practice?

    Ian Shaw;Ian Butler

  • How Lay Are Lay Beliefs

    Ian Shaw

  • Qualitative research and outcomes in health, social work and education

    Ian Shaw

  • Keeping Social Work Honest: Evaluating as Profession and Practice

    Ian Shaw;Alison Shaw

  • The international applicability of "new" public management: Lessons from Turkey

    Süleyman Sozen;Ian Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Sloper
Patricia Sloper University of York
Kieran Walshe
Kieran Walshe University of Manchester
Jennifer C. Greene
Jennifer C. Greene University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ghose Bishwajit
Ghose Bishwajit University of Ottawa
Susan W. White
Susan W. White University of Alabama
Philip McCallion
Philip McCallion Temple University
Anne Edwards
Anne Edwards University of Oxford
Jennifer Beecham
Jennifer Beecham University of Kent

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