Sharan B. Merriam
Sharan B. Merriam publishes mostly in Education, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology, on topics such as Adult and Continuing Education Topics, Education Systems and Policy and Aging and Gerontology Research.
- World rank
- #41,413 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #15,905 of 1,627,098
- Works
- 162
- Citations
- 70k
- Citations per work
- 435.1
What does Sharan B. Merriam research?
Sharan B. Merriam's work is mostly in Social Sciences (55%), Psychology (16%).
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
- Social Sciences11571.0%
- Social Sciences8955.0%
- Psychology2616.0%
- Everything else4729.0%
- 1Education38% of their works
- 2Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
- 3Developmental and Educational Psychology6% of their works
- 4Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology6% of their works
- 5Clinical Psychology4% of their works
- 6Demography4% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Sharan B. Merriam's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Emotion, Adult Education, Professional Development, Reflective Practice, Critical Theory, Transformative Learning, Training Pathways and Vocational Education.
- Workplace Learning
- Electronic Portfolios
- Youth Transitions
- Recognition
- Narrative Identity
- Successful Aging
- Informal Learning
- Vocational Education
- Transformative Learning
- Reflective Practice
- Adult Education
- Emotion
- Professional Development
- Critical Theory
- Training Pathways
- Higher Education
- Aging
- Autobiographical Memory
- Prior Learning
- Social Exclusion
- Activity Theory
- Journal Writing
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 22 words, with their numbers
- Emotion702 topics
- Adult Education662 topics
- Professional Development582 topics
- Reflective Practice582 topics
- Critical Theory491 topic
- Transformative Learning491 topic
- Training Pathways291 topic
- Vocational Education291 topic
- Higher Education262 topics
- Informal Learning262 topics
- Aging211 topic
- Successful Aging211 topic
- Autobiographical Memory201 topic
- Narrative Identity201 topic
- Prior Learning171 topic
- Recognition171 topic
- Social Exclusion121 topic
- Youth Transitions121 topic
- Activity Theory91 topic
- Electronic Portfolios91 topic
- Journal Writing91 topic
- Workplace Learning91 topic
Where does Sharan B. Merriam work?
Sharan B. Merriam's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Georgia, United States.
How many publications and citations does Sharan B. Merriam have?
OpenAlex counts 162 works and 70,491 citations for Sharan B. Merriam, an h-index of 55, ranking #41,413 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.
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