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Ken Spours

Ken Spours publishes mostly in Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Education Systems and Policy, Global Educational Policies and Reforms and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics.

World rank
#240,392
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#21,974
of 90,785
Works
33
Citations
80
Citations per work
2.4

What does Ken Spours research?

Education: 53.1%Sociology and Political Science: 15.6%Political Science and International Relations: 15.6%Human Factors and Ergonomics: 6.3%other fields: 9.4%53%top field
Education53.1%Sociology and Political Science15.6%Political Science and International Relations15.6%Human Factors and Ergonomics6.3%other fields9.4%

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

  1. 1Education53% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science16% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations16% of their works
  4. 4Human Factors and Ergonomics6% of their works
  5. 5Information Systems3% of their works
  6. 6Public Administration3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ken Spours's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Training Pathways, Vocational Education, Neoliberalism, Education Policy, Globalization, Social Exclusion, Youth Transitions and Employability.

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. Training Pathways81 topic
  2. Vocational Education81 topic
  3. Neoliberalism62 topics
  4. Education Policy51 topic
  5. Globalization51 topic
  6. Social Exclusion41 topic
  7. Youth Transitions41 topic
  8. Employability31 topic
  9. Graduate Attributes31 topic
  10. Activity Theory21 topic
  11. Qualitative Research Methods21 topic
  12. Teacher Professional Development21 topic
  13. Workplace Learning21 topic
  14. Financialization11 topic
  15. Shareholder Value11 topic
  16. Vocational and Technical Education11 topic
  17. Web-based B2B portals11 topic

Where does Ken Spours work?

Ken Spours's main affiliation in the publication record is University of London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Ken Spours have?

Science Explorer counts 33 works and 80 citations for Ken Spours, ranking #240,392 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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