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Researcher · University of London · United Kingdom

Stephen J. Ball

Stephen J. Ball publishes mostly in Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Global Educational Policies and Reforms, Education Systems and Policy and Global Education and Multiculturalism.

ORCID 0000-0001-7446-4201 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,109
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#86
of 367,258
Works
542
Citations
56k
Citations per work
102.7
h-index
102
i10-index 282Top 0.1% in Education
Stephen J. Ball

What does Stephen J. Ball research?

Stephen J. Ball's work is mostly in Social Sciences (77%).

Social Sciences: 419 works · 77.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 419 works · 77.3% of their workEducation: 174 works · 32.1% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 112 works · 20.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 112 works · 20.6% of their workPublic Administration: 9 works · 1.6% of their workGender Studies: 7 works · 1.2% of their workDemography: 6 works · 1.1% of their workEverything else: 123 works · 22.7% of their workTHEIR WORKStephen J. Ball542works
Social Sciences77%

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 Sciences41977.3%
  2. Everything else12322.7%
  1. 1Education32% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations21% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science21% of their works
  4. 4Public Administration2% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies1% of their works
  6. 6Demography1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stephen J. Ball's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Neoliberalism, Education Policy, Comparative Education, Lifelong Learning, Training Pathways, Vocational Education and Academic Achievement.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization2212 topics
  2. Neoliberalism2002 topics
  3. Education Policy1942 topics
  4. Comparative Education1641 topic
  5. Lifelong Learning1641 topic
  6. Training Pathways791 topic
  7. Vocational Education791 topic
  8. Academic Achievement652 topics
  9. Diversity571 topic
  10. Global Citizenship Education571 topic
  11. Qualitative Research Methods471 topic
  12. Teacher Professional Development471 topic
  13. Social Exclusion391 topic
  14. Youth Transitions391 topic
  15. Foucault361 topic
  16. Governmentality361 topic
  17. Homeschooling351 topic
  18. Parental Involvement351 topic
  19. Socioeconomic Status301 topic
  20. Student Achievement301 topic

Where does Stephen J. Ball work?

Stephen J. Ball's main affiliation in the publication record is University of London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Stephen J. Ball have?

OpenAlex counts 542 works and 55,662 citations for Stephen J. Ball, an h-index of 102, ranking #1,109 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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