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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,218
11,530
0.337
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sociology of Education
Educational Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,436
10,512
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,640
5,741
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Critical Race Theory
antiracism
multicultural education
sociology of education
whitenes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,993
8,592
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Race and Education
Race
Educational Policy
Urban Education
Sociology of Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,385
5,814
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
sociology of education
school effects
equal opportunities
sexual minoritie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,847
6,580
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,688
3,488
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
International Migration
Sociology of Education
Social Capital
Social Networks
Sociology of Religio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,676
2,200
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
sociology of education
sociology of scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,130
1,825
0.150
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sociology of Education
Learning and Technology
Digital Inequalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,826
7,427
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Racial Battle Fatigue
Critical-Race-Theory
Racial Microaggressions
Social Psychology/Sociology of Education
Racial Genocid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,256
6,073
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
educacio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,762
3,873
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sociology
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,128
2,486
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
мифология
апокрифы
архаический театр
история иде�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,745
1,056
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
comparative and international education
sociology of education
education policy
shadow educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
3,210
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
sociology of education
intercultural education
educational assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,306
1,644
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
high impact practices
educator preparation & policy
service learning
community engagement
sociology of educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,865
1,929
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
critical social theory
Frankfurt School
critical pedagogy
sociology of education
Paulo Freir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,467
994
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Higher Education
Social Inclusion
Inclusive Education
Sociology of Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,072
1,509
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
socjologia edukacji
socjologia kultury
pedagogika porównawcz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
1,235
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
sociology of education
cultural sociology
arts in education
cultural studies
school ethnograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,970
2,747
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Disability Studies
Critical Race Theory
Sociology of Education
Postcolonialism
Transnational Feminis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,818
2,388
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sociology of Education
Inequality
Stratificatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,768
1,904
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
education equity
education policy
comparative education
educational marketization
school stratification and segregatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,385
2,338
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sociology of Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
1,796
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,532
90
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juha Suoranta
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,218
11,530
0.337
Sociology of education
critical pedagogy
public sociology
radical adult education
activist researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,269
10,235
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barbara Schneider
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,436
10,512
0.334
Sociology of Education
Educational Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,215
2,033
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wilfred Carr
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,640
5,741
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,738
3,291
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Gillborn
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,993
8,592
0.391
Critical Race Theory
antiracism
multicultural education
sociology of education
whitenes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,432
24,046
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Diamond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,385
5,814
0.355
Race and Education
Race
Educational Policy
Urban Education
Sociology of Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,400
671
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mieke Van Houtte
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,847
6,580
0.475
sociology of education
school effects
equal opportunities
sexual minoritie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,454
1,378
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Becker Rolf
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,688
3,488
0.275
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,539
32,156
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carl Bankston
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,676
2,200
0.174
International Migration
Sociology of Education
Social Capital
Social Networks
Sociology of Religio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,884
33,737
610
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Harriet A Zuckerman
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,130
1,825
0.150
sociology of education
sociology of scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,486
7,215
713
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rebecca Eynon
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,826
7,427
0.628
Sociology of Education
Learning and Technology
Digital Inequalit
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,083
40,115
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
William A Smith
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,256
6,073
0.592
Racial Battle Fatigue
Critical-Race-Theory
Racial Microaggressions
Social Psychology/Sociology of Education
Racial Genocid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,923
406
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez
Universidad de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,762
3,873
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,273
6,583
728
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Scott Davies
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,128
2,486
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,175
594
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Нина Брагинская
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,745
1,056
0.157
мифология
апокрифы
архаический театр
история иде�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,569
61,533
498
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Iveta Silova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
3,210
0.494
comparative and international education
sociology of education
education policy
shadow educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,680
718
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sylvia Schmelkes
Universidad Iberoamericana
Santo Domingo, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,306
1,644
0.261
sociology of education
intercultural education
educational assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,717
67,148
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dan Sarofian Butin|Dan Butin
Merrimack College
North Andover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,865
1,929
0.329
high impact practices
educator preparation & policy
service learning
community engagement
sociology of educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,838
8,408
539
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Raymond Morrow
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,467
994
0.182
critical social theory
Frankfurt School
critical pedagogy
sociology of education
Paulo Freir
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,816
8
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Derrick Armstrong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,072
1,509
0.298
Higher Education
Social Inclusion
Inclusive Education
Sociology of Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,516
713
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zbyszko Melosik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
1,235
0.246
socjologia edukacji
socjologia kultury
pedagogika porównawcz
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,965
9,224
999
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rubén Gaztambide Fernández
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,970
2,747
0.553
sociology of education
cultural sociology
arts in education
cultural studies
school ethnograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,513
78,707
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nirmala Erevelles
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,818
2,388
0.496
Disability Studies
Critical Race Theory
Sociology of Education
Postcolonialism
Transnational Feminis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,711
79,382
1,899
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michelle Jackson
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,768
1,904
0.399
Sociology of Education
Inequality
Stratificatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,769
10,885
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Laura B Perry
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,385
2,338
0.533
education equity
education policy
comparative education
educational marketization
school stratification and segregatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,891
84,735
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shana Pribesh
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
1,796
0.410