Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · University of Edinburgh · United Kingdom

Ben Williamson

Ben Williamson publishes mostly in Education, Information Systems and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Online Learning and Analytics, Digital Education and Society and Global Educational Policies and Reforms.

ORCID 0000-0001-9356-3213 OpenAlex
World rank
#27,699
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,072
of 367,258
Works
186
Citations
11k
Citations per work
59.5
h-index
52
i10-index 94Top 0.2% in Education
Ben Williamson

What does Ben Williamson research?

Ben Williamson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (28%), Computer Science (19%), Arts and Humanities (4%).

Everything else: 92 works · 49.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 60 works · 32.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 53 works · 28.4% of their workEducation: 23 works · 12.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 16 works · 8.7% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 works · 7.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 7 works · 3.6% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 works · 3.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 35 works · 18.7% of their workComputer Science: 35 works · 18.7% of their workInformation Systems: 21 works · 11.5% of their workComputer Science Applications: 13 works · 7.2% of their workTHEIR WORKBen Williamson186works
Physical Sciences19%Social Sciences32%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else9249.3%
    1. Social Sciences5328.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities73.6%
    1. Computer Science3518.7%
  1. 1Education12% of their works
  2. 2Information Systems12% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  5. 5Computer Science Applications7% of their works
  6. 6Literature and Literary Theory4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ben Williamson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Machine Learning, Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics, Postdigital Education, Technology-Enhanced Learning, Globalization, Neoliberalism and Multimodal Literacy.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning352 topics
  2. Educational Data Mining261 topic
  3. Learning Analytics261 topic
  4. Postdigital Education261 topic
  5. Technology-Enhanced Learning261 topic
  6. Globalization241 topic
  7. Neoliberalism241 topic
  8. Multimodal Literacy141 topic
  9. New Literacies141 topic
  10. Digital Divide101 topic
  11. Social Media101 topic
  12. Ethics91 topic
  13. Fairness91 topic
  14. Activity Theory81 topic
  15. Education81 topic
  16. Neuroscience81 topic
  17. Workplace Learning81 topic

Where does Ben Williamson work?

Ben Williamson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Ben Williamson have?

OpenAlex counts 186 works and 11,066 citations for Ben Williamson, an h-index of 52, ranking #27,699 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Ben Williamson. Posts are plain text and can be reported.