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Researcher · Education Scotland · United Kingdom

Malcolm Thorburn

Malcolm Thorburn publishes mostly in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Education and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Physical Education and Pedagogy, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Sports and Physical Education Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-6738-6583 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,214,702
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#77,796
of 90,785
Works
31
Citations
21
Citations per work
0.7

What does Malcolm Thorburn research?

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 32.4%Education: 29.7%Sociology and Political Science: 10.8%Social Psychology: 8.1%other fields: 19.0%32%top field
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation32.4%Education29.7%Sociology and Political Science10.8%Social Psychology8.1%other fields19.0%

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

  1. 1Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation32% of their works
  2. 2Education30% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Developmental and Educational Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Public Administration3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Malcolm Thorburn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Physical Education, Sport Education, Teaching Games for Understanding, Intrinsic Motivation, Lifelong Learning, Self-Determination Theory, Teacher Professional Development and Attitudes.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Physical Education122 topics
  2. Sport Education101 topic
  3. Teaching Games for Understanding101 topic
  4. Intrinsic Motivation31 topic
  5. Lifelong Learning32 topics
  6. Self-Determination Theory31 topic
  7. Teacher Professional Development32 topics
  8. Attitudes21 topic
  9. Disabilities21 topic
  10. Feedback21 topic
  11. Formative Assessment21 topic
  12. Motor Learning21 topic
  13. Prior Learning21 topic
  14. Qualitative Research Methods21 topic
  15. Recognition21 topic
  16. Sport Performance21 topic
  17. Teacher Identity21 topic
  18. Online Education11 topic
  19. Smart Learning11 topic

Where does Malcolm Thorburn work?

Malcolm Thorburn's main affiliation in the publication record is Education Scotland, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Malcolm Thorburn have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 21 citations for Malcolm Thorburn, ranking #1,214,702 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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