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Researcher · University of San Francisco · United States

Howard S. Becker

Howard S. Becker publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy, on topics such as Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, French Urban and Social Studies and Education, sociology, and vocational training.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,778
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,279
of 358,040
Works
171
Citations
915
Citations per work
5.4

What does Howard S. Becker research?

Sociology and Political Science: 35.5%Political Science and International Relations: 4.8%Philosophy: 4.2%History: 3.6%other fields: 51.9%36%top field
Sociology and Political Science35.5%Political Science and International Relations4.8%Philosophy4.2%History3.6%other fields51.9%

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 Science36% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy4% of their works
  4. 4History4% of their works
  5. 5Music4% of their works
  6. 6Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Howard S. Becker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Social Justice, Public Sociology, Social Theory, Nationalism, Politics, Culture and Identity.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization194 topics
  2. Social Justice142 topics
  3. Public Sociology91 topic
  4. Social Theory91 topic
  5. Nationalism72 topics
  6. Politics72 topics
  7. Culture62 topics
  8. Identity62 topics
  9. Environmental Participation51 topic
  10. Territorial Governance51 topic
  11. Professional Practices41 topic
  12. Public Action41 topic
  13. Religion41 topic
  14. Secularism41 topic
  15. Decision Making31 topic
  16. Economic Institutions31 topic
  17. Heritage31 topic
  18. Institutional Economics31 topic
  19. Music31 topic
  20. Soft Set Theory31 topic
  21. Tourism31 topic
  22. Youth31 topic

Where does Howard S. Becker work?

Howard S. Becker's main affiliation in the publication record is University of San Francisco, United States.

How many publications and citations does Howard S. Becker have?

Science Explorer counts 171 works and 915 citations for Howard S. Becker, ranking #2,778 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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