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Researcher · Johns Hopkins University · United States

Karl L. Alexander

Karl L. Alexander publishes mostly in Education, Sociology and Political Science and Statistics and Probability, on topics such as School Choice and Performance, Early Childhood Education and Development and Parental Involvement in Education.

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World rank
#7,136
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,449
of 1,627,098
Works
301
Citations
14k
Citations per work
46.6
h-index
59
i10-index 94Top 0.1% in Education
Karl L. Alexander

What does Karl L. Alexander research?

Karl L. Alexander's work is mostly in Social Sciences (77%), Mathematics (2%), Psychology (1%).

Social Sciences: 237 works · 78.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 232 works · 77.2% of their workEducation: 182 works · 60.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 38 works · 12.7% of their workSafety Research: 7 works · 2.4% of their workGender Studies: 5 works · 1.6% of their workPsychology: 4 works · 1.4% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 works · 1.4% of their workEverything else: 57 works · 19.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 7 works · 2.4% of their workMathematics: 7 works · 2.4% of their workStatistics and Probability: 7 works · 2.4% of their workTHEIR WORKKarl L. Alexander301works
Physical Sciences2%Social Sciences79%

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. Social Sciences23277.2%
    2. Psychology41.4%
  2. Everything else5719.0%
    1. Mathematics72.4%
  1. 1Education60% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  3. 3Statistics and Probability2% of their works
  4. 4Safety Research2% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies2% of their works
  6. 6Developmental and Educational Psychology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karl L. Alexander's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Academic Achievement, Student Achievement, Educational Inequality, Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Quality, Academic Performance, Education and School Engagement.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Academic Achievement1352 topics
  2. Student Achievement1252 topics
  3. Educational Inequality952 topics
  4. Socioeconomic Status771 topic
  5. Teacher Quality771 topic
  6. Academic Performance662 topics
  7. Education602 topics
  8. School Engagement581 topic
  9. Student-Teacher Relationships581 topic
  10. Family Engagement481 topic
  11. Parental Involvement481 topic
  12. Training Pathways221 topic
  13. Vocational Education221 topic
  14. College Retention181 topic
  15. Student Engagement181 topic
  16. Intergenerational Mobility121 topic
  17. Neighborhood Effects121 topic
  18. Residential Segregation121 topic
  19. Social Stratification121 topic
  20. Social Exclusion91 topic
  21. Youth Transitions91 topic

Where does Karl L. Alexander work?

Karl L. Alexander's main affiliation in the publication record is Johns Hopkins University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Karl L. Alexander have?

OpenAlex counts 301 works and 14,020 citations for Karl L. Alexander, an h-index of 59, ranking #7,136 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.

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