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Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology, on topics such as Critical Realism in Sociology, Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs and Educational Leadership and Practices.

World rank
#908,817
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#64,631
of 90,785
Works
280
Citations
101
Citations per work
0.4

What does Herbert Spencer research?

Sociology and Political Science: 13.9%Political Science and International Relations: 10.5%Social Psychology: 7.1%History and Philosophy of Science: 5.9%other fields: 62.6%14%top field
Sociology and Political Science13.9%Political Science and International Relations10.5%Social Psychology7.1%History and Philosophy of Science5.9%other fields62.6%

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 Science14% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations10% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology7% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  5. 5Philosophy5% of their works
  6. 6Education5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Herbert Spencer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Critical Realism, Social Structure, Cultural Diversity, Educational Leadership, Near-Death Experiences and Paranormal Beliefs.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Consciousness112 topics
  2. Neuroscience112 topics
  3. Critical Realism81 topic
  4. Social Structure81 topic
  5. Cultural Diversity61 topic
  6. Educational Leadership61 topic
  7. Near-Death Experiences61 topic
  8. Paranormal Beliefs61 topic
  9. Grounding51 topic
  10. Phenomenal Experience51 topic
  11. Public Sociology51 topic
  12. Social Theory51 topic
  13. Acceptance41 topic
  14. Astrobiology41 topic
  15. Biblical Monotheism41 topic
  16. Evolutionary Theory41 topic
  17. Extraterrestrial Life41 topic
  18. Jewish Society41 topic

Where does Herbert Spencer work?

Herbert Spencer's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ulster, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Herbert Spencer have?

Science Explorer counts 280 works and 101 citations for Herbert Spencer, ranking #908,817 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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