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Derek Layder

Derek Layder publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Free Will and Agency, History and Theory of Mathematics and Philosophy and History of Science.

World rank
#121,840
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#11,497
of 90,785
Works
23
Citations
171
Citations per work
7.4

What does Derek Layder research?

Sociology and Political Science: 29.4%Literature and Literary Theory: 11.8%History and Philosophy of Science: 11.8%Applied Psychology: 5.9%other fields: 41.1%29%top field
Sociology and Political Science29.4%Literature and Literary Theory11.8%History and Philosophy of Science11.8%Applied Psychology5.9%other fields41.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science29% of their works
  2. 2Literature and Literary Theory12% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science12% of their works
  4. 4Applied Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience6% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek Layder's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philosophy of Science, Concept Mapping, Digital Humanities, Ethics, Evolutionary Synthesis, Fictionality, Historical Sources and Literary History.

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. Philosophy of Science22 topics
  2. Concept Mapping11 topic
  3. Digital Humanities11 topic
  4. Ethics11 topic
  5. Evolutionary Synthesis11 topic
  6. Fictionality11 topic
  7. Historical Sources11 topic
  8. Literary History11 topic
  9. Logical Empiricism11 topic
  10. Mathematics Education11 topic
  11. Mechanistic Explanation11 topic
  12. Moral Realism11 topic
  13. Narrative11 topic
  14. Sense of Agency11 topic
  15. Theory-Based Evaluation11 topic
  16. Vienna Circle11 topic
  17. Voluntary Action11 topic

Where does Derek Layder work?

Derek Layder's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Leicester, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Derek Layder have?

Science Explorer counts 23 works and 171 citations for Derek Layder, ranking #121,840 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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.

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