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Researcher · University of Sussex · United Kingdom

William Outhwaite

William Outhwaite publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity and Social Policy and Reform Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-6599-9826 OpenAlex
World rank
#80,295
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#7,577
of 90,785
Works
53
Citations
115
Citations per work
2.2

What does William Outhwaite research?

Sociology and Political Science: 37.7%Political Science and International Relations: 22.6%History and Philosophy of Science: 7.5%Philosophy: 7.5%other fields: 24.7%38%top field
Sociology and Political Science37.7%Political Science and International Relations22.6%History and Philosophy of Science7.5%Philosophy7.5%other fields24.7%

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 Science38% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations23% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science8% of their works
  4. 4Philosophy8% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory4% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Outhwaite's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Capitalism, Public Sociology, Social Theory, Habermas, Hermeneutics, Narrative and Political Economy.

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. Globalization93 topics
  2. Capitalism52 topics
  3. Public Sociology41 topic
  4. Social Theory41 topic
  5. Habermas31 topic
  6. Hermeneutics31 topic
  7. Narrative31 topic
  8. Political Economy31 topic
  9. Social Pathologies31 topic
  10. Welfare State31 topic
  11. European Integration21 topic
  12. Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
  13. Global Justice21 topic
  14. Governance21 topic
  15. Human Rights21 topic
  16. Imperialism21 topic
  17. Marxism21 topic
  18. Mechanistic Explanation21 topic

Where does William Outhwaite work?

William Outhwaite's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does William Outhwaite have?

Science Explorer counts 53 works and 115 citations for William Outhwaite, ranking #80,295 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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