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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 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

World rank
#2,268
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#179
of 90,785
Works
128
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
11.0

What does Stephen J. Ball research?

Education: 32.5%Political Science and International Relations: 20.1%Sociology and Political Science: 20.1%Human Factors and Ergonomics: 1.9%other fields: 25.4%32%top field
Education32.5%Political Science and International Relations20.1%Sociology and Political Science20.1%Human Factors and Ergonomics1.9%other fields25.4%

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

  1. 1Education32% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations20% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science20% of their works
  4. 4Human Factors and Ergonomics2% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory2% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stephen J. Ball's research?

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

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization322 topics
  2. Education Policy282 topics
  3. Neoliberalism282 topics
  4. Comparative Education241 topic
  5. Lifelong Learning241 topic
  6. Academic Achievement92 topics
  7. Parental Involvement92 topics
  8. Training Pathways91 topic
  9. Vocational Education91 topic
  10. Diversity81 topic
  11. Global Citizenship Education81 topic
  12. Qualitative Research Methods81 topic
  13. Student Achievement82 topics
  14. Teacher Professional Development81 topic
  15. Educational Choice51 topic
  16. Homeschooling51 topic
  17. Education41 topic
  18. Family Engagement41 topic
  19. Political Economy41 topic
  20. Social Welfare41 topic
  21. Socioeconomic Status41 topic
  22. Teacher Quality41 topic

Where does Stephen J. Ball work?

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

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

Science Explorer counts 128 works and 1,404 citations for Stephen J. Ball, ranking #2,268 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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