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Researcher · University of California System · United States

Erving Goffman

Erving Goffman publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Education, on topics such as Educational Games and Gamification, Island Studies and Pacific Affairs and Sociology and Education Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#11,310
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,441
of 358,040
Works
45
Citations
9.1k
Citations per work
201.2

What does Erving Goffman research?

Sociology and Political Science: 21.7%Philosophy: 8.7%Education: 8.7%Communication: 6.5%other fields: 54.4%22%top field
Sociology and Political Science21.7%Philosophy8.7%Education8.7%Communication6.5%other fields54.4%

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 Science22% of their works
  2. 2Philosophy9% of their works
  3. 3Education9% of their works
  4. 4Communication6% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Erving Goffman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Governance, Bildungsungleichheit, Durkheim, Game-Based Learning, Gamification, Islands, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse and Small States.

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. Governance42 topics
  2. Bildungsungleichheit21 topic
  3. Durkheim21 topic
  4. Game-Based Learning21 topic
  5. Gamification21 topic
  6. Islands21 topic
  7. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse21 topic
  8. Small States21 topic
  9. Tarde21 topic
  10. Dignity Therapy11 topic
  11. Ethical Climate11 topic
  12. History11 topic
  13. Moral Distress11 topic
  14. Palliative Care11 topic
  15. Scotland11 topic
  16. Sense of Agency11 topic
  17. Voluntary Action11 topic

Where does Erving Goffman work?

Erving Goffman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California System, United States.

How many publications and citations does Erving Goffman have?

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 9,052 citations for Erving Goffman, ranking #11,310 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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