2026 Miriam David: 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	32	7197	6685	1142	1063	183	9287

Miriam David 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 Miriam David sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 183 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Miriam David 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 Miriam David sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Miriam David is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on various topics within the social sciences, particularly intersecting fields such as political science, education, finance, demography, and gender studies.

Their recent publications cover a range of subjects and include the following papers:

Hannah Arendt on educational thinking and practice in dark times: Education for a world in crisis, 2021, British Journal of Sociology of Education
New Institutionalism in Higher Education, 2020, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education
Changing Global Gender Involvement in Higher Education Participation, 2021, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education
Spaces of care, edited by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Perveez Mody and Brian Sloan, Oxford and NY, Hart Publishing for Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, 2020, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
A Jewish Sisterly Tribute to Nira, 2020, Feminist Review

The main topics of their work include:

Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy
Healthcare innovation and challenges
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
Elder Abuse and Neglect
Gender Diversity and Inequality
Mentoring and Academic Development
Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Miriam David are:

Heinz-Dieter Meyer
Justin J W Powell
Marilyn J. Amey
Bentina Alawari Mathias
Rosalind Edwards

They have published regularly in venues such as:

British Journal of Sociology of Education
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education
Feminist Review

Their research contributions span five publications in social sciences with subfields including political science and international relations, education, finance, demography, and gender studies. The topics covered show an engagement with interdisciplinary themes combining social theory, policy analysis, and gender issues.

Best Publications

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
Closing the Gender Gap Post-War Education and Social Change

Madeleine Arnot;Miriam David;Gaby Weiner

886
Citations
Making a Difference?: Institutional Habituses and Higher Education Choice:

Diane Reay;Miriam David;Stephen Ball

697
Citations
'Ethnic choosing': Minority ethnic students, social class and higher education choice

Stephen J. Ball;Diane Reay;Miriam David

440
Citations
‘It's Taking Me a Long Time but I'll Get There in the End’: Mature students on access courses and higher education choice

Diane Reay;Stephen Ball;Miriam David

372
Citations
Children and School-based Research: ‘informed consent’ or ‘educated consent’?

Miriam David;Rosalind Edwards;P. A. M. Alldred

365
Citations
Children, their world, their education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review

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348
Citations
Closing the Gender Gap: Postwar Education and Social Change

Madeleine Arnot;Miriam E. David;Gaby Weiner

301
Citations
Gender Issues in Parental Involvement in Student Choices of Higher Education

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

186
Citations
Variations in Vivas: Quality and equality in British PhD assessments

Louise Morley;Diana Leonard;Miriam David

162
Citations
Parental Involvement in Education in and out of School

Anne West;Philip Noden;Ann Edge;Miriam David

146
Citations
Parents, Gender and Education Reform

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143
Citations
Mother's Intuition: Choosing Secondary Schools

Miriam E. David;Anne West;Jane Ribbens

142
Citations
Women and Gender Equality in Higher Education

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127
Citations
Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education

Miriam David;Ann-Marie Bathmaker;Gill Crozier;Pauline Davis

125
Citations
Choice Within Constraints: Mothers and schooling

Miriam David;Jackie Davies;Rosalind Edwards;Diane Reay Kay Standing

108
Citations
Mothers and Education: Inside Out?

Miriam David;Rosalind Edwards;Mary Hughes;Jane Ribbens

102
Citations
Troubling identities: Reflections on Judith Butler's philosophy for the sociology of education

Miriam David;Amanda Coffey;Paul Connolly;Anoop Nayak

66
Citations
Feminism, Gender and Universities: Politics, passion and pedagogies

Miriam E. David

64
Citations
Choices and destinations at transfer to secondary schools in London

Philip Noden;Anne West;Miriam David;Ann Edge

64
Citations
The State, the Family and Education

Unknown

26
Citations
Closing the Gender Gap: Postwar Education and Social Change

Sanjiv Gupta;Madeleine Arnot;Miriam David;Gaby Weiner

17
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane Reay University of Cambridge

Louise Morley University of Sussex

Anne West London School of Economics and Political Science

Madeleine Arnot University of Cambridge

Carol Vincent University College London

Alison Fuller University College London

Anna Vignoles Leverhulme Trust

Rosalind Edwards University of Southampton

Gill Crozier University of Roehampton

John Evans Loughborough University

External Links

Personal website of Miriam David

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