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Researcher · Ford Foundation · United States

Philip H. Coombs

Philip H. Coombs publishes mostly in Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Education Systems and Policy, Global Educational Policies and Reforms and School Choice and Performance.

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World rank
#354,662
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#127,052
of 1,627,098
Works
73
Citations
2.3k
Citations per work
32.2
h-index
20
i10-index 27Top 4% in Education
Philip H. Coombs

What does Philip H. Coombs research?

Philip H. Coombs's work is mostly in Social Sciences (75%), Computer Science (4%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (3%).

Social Sciences: 55 works · 75.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 55 works · 75.5% of their workEducation: 36 works · 49.6% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 works · 17.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 4 works · 5.2% of their workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 17.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 4.4% of their workComputer Science: 3 works · 4.4% of their workInformation Systems: 3 works · 4.4% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 3.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 3.0% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 3.0% of their workTHEIR WORKPhilip H. Coombs73works
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences4%Social Sciences75%

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 Sciences5575.5%
  2. Everything else1217.1%
    1. Computer Science34.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.0%
  1. 1Education50% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations17% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  4. 4Information Systems4% of their works
  5. 5General Social Sciences4% of their works
  6. 6General Agricultural and Biological Sciences3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip H. Coombs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Education Policy, Training Pathways, Vocational Education, Globalization, Comparative Education, Neoliberalism, Education and Socioeconomic Status.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Education Policy232 topics
  2. Training Pathways221 topic
  3. Vocational Education221 topic
  4. Globalization182 topics
  5. Comparative Education141 topic
  6. Neoliberalism141 topic
  7. Education92 topics
  8. Socioeconomic Status91 topic
  9. Student Achievement91 topic
  10. Teacher Education72 topics
  11. Professional Identity61 topic
  12. Social Pedagogy61 topic
  13. Social Work51 topic
  14. Welfare State51 topic
  15. Diversity41 topic
  16. Global Citizenship Education41 topic
  17. Agricultural Change31 topic
  18. Development31 topic
  19. Nigeria31 topic
  20. Rural Development31 topic

Where does Philip H. Coombs work?

Philip H. Coombs's main affiliation in the publication record is Ford Foundation, United States.

How many publications and citations does Philip H. Coombs have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 2,349 citations for Philip H. Coombs, an h-index of 20, ranking #354,662 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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