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Social Sciences and Humanities
UK
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 66 Citations 61,831 351 World Ranking 565 National Ranking 98

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2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Epistemology

Martyn Hammersley mainly focuses on Epistemology, Ethnography, Educational research, Qualitative research and Social science. His work on Realism as part of general Epistemology research is frequently linked to Case study research, bridging the gap between disciplines. The study incorporates disciplines such as Mythology and Pedagogy in addition to Ethnography.

He works mostly in the field of Educational research, limiting it down to topics relating to Engineering ethics and, in certain cases, Task, Harmony and Knowledge management, as a part of the same area of interest. His studies deal with areas such as Neglect and Politics as well as Social science. The concepts of his Research design study are interwoven with issues in Active listening, Index, Focused ethnography, Insider and Field.

His most cited work include:

  • Ethnography: Principles and Practice (7559 citations)
  • Ethnography and participant observation. (1171 citations)
  • What's Wrong With Ethnography? (952 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Epistemology, Social science, Ethnography, Educational research and Qualitative research. Martyn Hammersley works mostly in the field of Epistemology, limiting it down to topics relating to Social research and, in certain cases, Objectivity. His research integrates issues of Research ethics and Politics in his study of Social science.

His Ethnography study is concerned with the field of Anthropology as a whole. Educational research is a subfield of Pedagogy that Martyn Hammersley tackles. Many of his studies on Qualitative research apply to Criticism as well.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Epistemology (34.18%)
  • Social science (19.49%)
  • Ethnography (16.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Epistemology (34.18%)
  • Ethnography (16.67%)
  • Ethnomethodology (4.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Epistemology, Ethnography, Ethnomethodology, Anthropology and Social science. The various areas that Martyn Hammersley examines in his Epistemology study include Cultural studies and Criticism. His research in Ethnography intersects with topics in Media studies, Critical theory, Participant observation and Visual arts.

His study in Participant observation is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Task, Field and Educational research. His research on Ethnomethodology also deals with topics like

  • Political radicalism which intersects with area such as Conversation analysis, Strengths and weaknesses, Phenomenology and Conversation,
  • Psychoanalysis which is related to area like Social psychology,
  • Character that connect with fields like Relation,
  • Focus that connect with fields like Reflexivity and Rigour. His Social science research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Autonomy and Environmental ethics.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Deconstructing the qualitative-quantitative divide 1 (184 citations)
  • What is ethnography? Can it survive? Should it? (59 citations)
  • Childhood Studies: A sustainable paradigm? (44 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Epistemology

Martyn Hammersley mostly deals with Ethnomethodology, Epistemology, Constructionism, Psychoanalysis and Ethnography. He has included themes like Mainstream, Political radicalism, Positivism and Focus in his Ethnomethodology study. Martyn Hammersley interconnects Paean, Childhood studies, Social constructionism and Environmental ethics in the investigation of issues within Constructionism.

His research integrates issues of Social psychology and Naturalism in his study of Psychoanalysis. His Ethnography study deals with the bigger picture of Anthropology. His work on Field and Participant observation as part of general Social science study is frequently linked to Term, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.

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Best Publications

Ethnography: Principles and Practice

Martyn Hammersley;Paul Atkinson.
(1983)

13041 Citations

What's Wrong With Ethnography?: Methodological Explorations

Martyn Hammersley.
(1992)

5627 Citations

Ethnography and participant observation.

Paul Atkinson;Martyn Hammersley.
(1994)

3822 Citations

Reading ethnographic research

Martyn Hammersley.
(1991)

2294 Citations

Case Study Method: Key Issues, Key Texts

Roger Gomm;Martyn Hammersley;Peter Foster.
(2000)

1765 Citations

What's Wrong With Ethnography?

Martyn Hammersley.
(1991)

1754 Citations

The politics of social research

Martyn Hammersley.
(1995)

892 Citations

Ethnography: problems and prospects

Martyn Hammersley.
Ethnography and Education (2006)

815 Citations

The relationship between qualitative and quantitative research: paradigm loyalty versus methodological eclecticism

Martyn Hammersley.
(2002)

750 Citations

Taking Sides in Social Research: Essays on Partisanship and Bias

Martyn Hammersley.
(1999)

656 Citations

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