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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 68 Citations 15,021 365 World Ranking 509 National Ranking 87

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Awards & Achievements

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

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Education
  • Social science

Stephen Gorard mainly investigates Educational research, Pedagogy, Social psychology, Demographic economics and Academic achievement. His Educational research research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Research design, Management science, Research methodology and Operations research. Stephen Gorard is interested in Lifelong learning, which is a branch of Pedagogy.

He combines subjects such as Index, Class, Positive economics and Variety with his study of Social psychology. His studies deal with areas such as Economic growth, Socioeconomic status, Access to Higher Education and Agency as well as Demographic economics. His Academic achievement research includes themes of Variation, Teaching staff and Primary education.

His most cited work include:

  • Older adults' use of information and communications technology in everyday life (439 citations)
  • Combining Methods in Educational and Social Research (234 citations)
  • Review of Widening Participation Research: Addressing the Barriers to Participation in Higher Education (192 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Pedagogy, Mathematics education, Economic growth, Medical education and Social psychology. Pedagogy is closely attributed to Postsecondary education in his work. Particularly relevant to Academic achievement is his body of work in Mathematics education.

His work in Economic growth tackles topics such as Socioeconomic status which are related to areas like Demographic economics. His Medical education study incorporates themes from Program evaluation and Literacy. His studies in Lifelong learning integrate themes in fields like Government, Adult education and Public relations.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Pedagogy (18.33%)
  • Mathematics education (13.75%)
  • Economic growth (12.67%)

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

  • Medical education (11.05%)
  • Disadvantaged (6.74%)
  • Public relations (9.43%)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Medical education, Disadvantaged, Public relations, Literacy and Disadvantage. His Disadvantaged study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Poverty and Social psychology. His Poverty study is concerned with the larger field of Economic growth.

His Economic growth study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Grammar school and Social mobility. His work deals with themes such as Context and Higher education, Education policy, which intersect with Public relations. His work carried out in the field of Pedagogy brings together such families of science as Information and Communications Technology and Contextual design.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Grammar schools in England: a new analysis of social segregation and academic outcomes (22 citations)
  • Philosophy for Children: Evaluation Report and Executive Summary. (16 citations)
  • Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE (12 citations)

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

  • Law
  • Education
  • Statistics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Disadvantaged, Medical education, Poverty, Academic achievement and Education policy. His Disadvantaged research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social psychology, Curriculum, Public relations, Disadvantage and Literacy. His research investigates the connection between Disadvantage and topics such as Ethnic group that intersect with issues in Mathematics education.

His Poverty study deals with Demographic economics intersecting with Cash transfers. His studies examine the connections between Academic achievement and genetics, as well as such issues in Philosophy for Children, with regards to Critical thinking and Relevance. Educational attainment is closely connected to Empathy in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Pedagogy.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Combining Methods in Educational and Social Research

Stephen Gorard;Chris Taylor.
(2004)

923 Citations

Older adults' use of information and communications technology in everyday life

Neil Selwyn;Stephen Gorard;John Furlong;Louise Madden.
Ageing & Society (2003)

761 Citations

Quantitative methods in educational research : the role of numbers made easy

Stephen Gorard.
(2001)

541 Citations

Review of Widening Participation Research: Addressing the Barriers to Participation in Higher Education

Stephen Gorard;Emma Smith;Helen May;Liz Thomas.
(2006)

407 Citations

Schools, Markets and Choice Policies

John Fitz;Stephen Gorard;Chris Taylor.
(2003)

375 Citations

Research Design: Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences

Stephen Gorard.
(2013)

344 Citations

Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Information Technology and the Learning Society

Neil Selwyn;Stephen Gorard;John Furlong.
(2005)

295 Citations

Death of mixed methods? Or the rebirth of research as a craft

Jennifer E. Symonds;Stephen Gorard.
Evaluation & Research in Education (2010)

276 Citations

Creating a learning society?: Learning careers and policies for lifelong learning

Stephen Gorard;Gareth Meredydd Rees.
(2002)

275 Citations

An international comparison of equity in education systems

Stephen Gorard;Emma Smith.
Comparative Education (2004)

263 Citations

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