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2026

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D-Index
76
Citations
35124
World Ranking
486
National Ranking
80

Paul Atkinson 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 Paul Atkinson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 484 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Atkinson 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 Paul Atkinson sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Paul Atkinson is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has contributed to various aspects of social sciences through research that spans sociology, political science, and public administration.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • For an ethics of generosity: Values for ethnography in a time of regulatory ethics, 2024, Qualitative Research
  • Situating stigma: Accounting for deviancy, difference and categorial relations, 2022, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
  • Ethnopoetics and Narrative Analysis, 2021, Narrative Works
  • Response to Hughes, Hughes, Sykes and Wright, 2020, International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Frequent co-authors of Paul Atkinson include:

  • Robin Smith
  • Rhiannon Evans
  • Silvia Cataldi
  • David Wästerfors
  • Emilie Morwenna Whitaker

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
  • Qualitative Research
  • International Journal of Social Research Methodology
  • Narrative Works

Paul Atkinson's primary field of study is social sciences, with a focus distributed across subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, public administration, general health professions, and social psychology.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research
  • Social Science and Policy Research
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies

Paul Atkinson has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, indicating a professional acknowledgment within their academic discipline.

Best Publications

  • Making sense of qualitative data

    Amanda Coffey;Paul Atkinson

  • Ethnography and participant observation.

    Paul Atkinson;Martyn Hammersley

  • Kundera's Immortality: The Interview Society and the Invention of the Self

    Paul Atkinson;David Silverman

  • The ethnographic imagination: textual constructions of reality

    Paul Anthony Atkinson

  • Narrative Turn or Blind Alley

    Paul Atkinson

  • Analysing documentary realities

    Paul Anthony Atkinson;Amanda Jane Coffey

  • Qualitative Data Analysis: Technologies and Representations:

    Amanda Coffey;Beverley Holbrook;Paul Atkinson

  • SAGE Research Methods Foundations

    Paul Atkinson;Sara Delamont;Alexandru Cernat;Joseph W. Sakshaug;Joseph W. Sakshaug

  • Medical talk and medical work

    Paul Atkinson

  • Rescuing narrative from qualitative research

    Paul Atkinson;Sara Delamont

  • Understanding ethnographic texts

    Paul Atkinson

  • Revisiting the Relationship Between Participant Observation and Interviewing

    Paul Atkinson;Amanda Coffey

  • Key themes in qualitative research: continuities and changes

    Paul Anthony Atkinson;Amanda Jane Coffey;Sara Delamont

  • Etnografía: métodos de investigación

    Martyn Hammersley;Paul Atkinson

  • Medical talk and medical work : the liturgy of the clinic

    Paul Anthony Atkinson

  • THINKING BEYOND BASEL III: NECESSARY SOLUTIONS FOR CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY

    Adrian Blundell-Wignall;Paul Atkinson

  • Do-It-Yourself: Democracy and Design

    Paul Atkinson

  • Doctoring uncertainty: mastering craft knowledge

    Sara Delamont;Paul Anthony Atkinson

  • Training for certainty.

    Paul Atkinson

  • Qualitative Research and Hypermedia: Ethnography for the Digital Age

    Bella Dicks;Bruce Lionel Mason;Amanda Jane Coffey;Paul Anthony Atkinson

  • The ethnographic imagination

    Paul Atkinson

  • Auto/Ethnography: Rewriting the Self and the Social

    Paul Atkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara Delamont
Sara Delamont Cardiff University
Michelle Duffy
Michelle Duffy University of Newcastle Australia
Martyn Hammersley
Martyn Hammersley The Open University
Margaret Lock
Margaret Lock McGill University
Ian G. Stiell
Ian G. Stiell University of Ottawa
Donato Masciandaro
Donato Masciandaro Bocconi University
Jakob de Haan
Jakob de Haan University of Groningen
Charles Goodhart
Charles Goodhart London School of Economics and Political Science
Philip Molyneux
Philip Molyneux Bangor University
John R. Adler
John R. Adler Stanford University

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