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45
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3783
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648

Nigel Parton 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 Nigel Parton sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 334 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nigel Parton 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 Nigel Parton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nigel Parton is affiliated with the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences, health professions, and psychology, with a focus on various subfields including clinical psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, safety research, and pharmacy.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as child abuse and trauma, homelessness and social issues, child welfare and adoption, children's rights and participation, medical malpractice and liability issues, legal education and practice innovations, and healthcare quality and management.

Recent notable papers authored by Nigel Parton include:

  • Critical Debates and Developments in Child Protection: Some Introductory Comments, 2020, Social Sciences
  • Book Review: Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection: Theory, Research and Practice by John D. Fluke, Monica Lopez, Rami Benbenishty, Erik J. Knorth and Donald J. Bauman, 2021, Journal of Social Work
  • Comparative Research and Critical Child Protection Studies, 2022, Social Sciences
  • Critical Child Protection Studies: An Introduction, 2022, Social Sciences

Other research appearing in collaboration includes work with authors such as Nina Helen Aas Røkkum, particularly on studies related to child welfare systems.

Frequent co-authors with whom Nigel Parton has collaborated are:

  • Judith Masson
  • Kay Biesel
  • Tarja Pösö
  • Nina Helen Aas Røkkum
  • Bente Heggem Kojan

Major venues for publication include Social Sciences, Journal of Social Work, and International Social Work. These journals have featured multiple contributions from Parton, reflecting their engagement with research communities focused on social issues and welfare.

Best Publications

  • Constructive social work.

    Nigel Parton

  • Child protection systems : international trends and orientations

    Neil Gilbert;Nigel Parton;Marit Skivenes

  • Governing the Family: Child Care, Child Protection and the State

    Nigel Parton

  • Child Protection: Risk and the Moral Order

    Nigel Parton;David H. Thorpe;Corrine Wattam

  • Changes in the Form of Knowledge in Social Work: From the ‘Social’ to the ‘Informational’?

    Nigel Parton

  • Safeguarding Childhood: Early Intervention and Surveillance in a Late Modern Society

    Nigel Parton

  • Risk, Advanced Liberalism and Child Welfare: The Need to Rediscover Uncertainty and Ambiguity

    Nigel Parton

  • Constructive Social Work: Towards a New Practice

    Nigel Parton;Patrick O'Byrne

  • The politics of child abuse

    Nigel Parton

  • Reforming Child Protection

    Bob Lonne;Nigel Parton;Jane Thomson;Maria Harries

  • Some thoughts on the relationship between theory and practice in and for social work

    Nigel Parton

  • Rethinking Professional Practice: The contributions of Social Constructionism and the Feminist ‘Ethics of Care’

    Nigel Parton

  • Problematics of government (post) modernity and social work

    Nigel Parton

  • The Politics of Child Protection: Contemporary Developments and Future Directions

    Nigel Parton

  • Child Protection and Safeguarding in England: Changing and Competing Conceptions of Risk and their Implications for Social Work

    Nigel Parton

  • Promotion of children's rights and prevention of child maltreatment

    Richard Reading;Susan Bissell;Jeffrey Goldhagen;Judith Harwin

  • Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work

    Nigel Parton

  • Social work, risk and the blaming system

    Nigel Parton

  • Child Protection and Family Support: Tensions, Contradictions and Possibilities

    Nigel Parton

  • Reflections on the social construction of reality:A treatise in the sociology of knowledge

    Nigel Parton

  • Every Child Matters: Change for Children

    Nick Frost;Nigel Parton

Frequent Co-Authors

Harriet L. MacMillan
Harriet L. MacMillan McMaster University
Susan W. White
Susan W. White University of Alabama
Neil Small
Neil Small University of Bradford
Martin Woodhead
Martin Woodhead The Open University
Ken Pease
Ken Pease University College London

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