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Martyn Hammersley

Martyn Hammersley publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Education and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice and Educational Assessment and Improvement.

World rank
#67,633
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#6,376
of 90,785
Works
128
Citations
446
Citations per work
3.5

What does Martyn Hammersley research?

Sociology and Political Science: 35.9%Education: 18.8%Political Science and International Relations: 5.1%Information Systems and Management: 4.3%other fields: 35.9%36%top field
Sociology and Political Science35.9%Education18.8%Political Science and International Relations5.1%Information Systems and Management4.3%other fields35.9%

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. 2Education19% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  4. 4Information Systems and Management4% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions3% of their works
  6. 6General Social Sciences3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Martyn Hammersley's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Ethics, Professional Learning Communities, Reflexivity, Public Sociology, Social Theory, Causal Complexity and Data Use.

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. Globalization112 topics
  2. Ethics101 topic
  3. Professional Learning Communities102 topics
  4. Reflexivity101 topic
  5. Public Sociology71 topic
  6. Social Theory71 topic
  7. Causal Complexity51 topic
  8. Data Use51 topic
  9. Educational Improvement51 topic
  10. Qualitative Comparative Analysis51 topic
  11. Qualitative Research Methods51 topic
  12. Teacher Professional Development51 topic
  13. Education Policy41 topic
  14. Neoliberalism41 topic
  15. Cultural Capital31 topic
  16. Evolutionary Synthesis31 topic
  17. Mechanistic Explanation31 topic
  18. Social Class31 topic

Where does Martyn Hammersley work?

Martyn Hammersley's main affiliation in the publication record is The Open University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Martyn Hammersley have?

Science Explorer counts 128 works and 446 citations for Martyn Hammersley, ranking #67,633 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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