Stephen J. Ball

54.5k total citations · 28 hit papers
314 papers, 33.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Ball is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Ball has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 33.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Education, 126 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 116 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Ball's work include Global Educational Policies and Reforms (108 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (38 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (34 papers). Stephen J. Ball is often cited by papers focused on Global Educational Policies and Reforms (108 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (38 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (34 papers). Stephen J. Ball collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. Stephen J. Ball's co-authors include Meg Maguire, Annette Braun, Diane Reay, Richard Bowe, Carol Vincent, Sharon Gewirtz, Miriam David, Antony Flew, Carolina Junemann and Sheila Macrae and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Ball

303 papers receiving 28.8k citations

Hit Papers

The teacher's soul and the terrors of performativity 1991 2026 2002 2014 2003 1995 2011 1995 1994 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers

Stephen J. Ball
Comparison fields: 5 of 159
  • Education 23.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 13.3k
  • Political Science and International Relations 12.8k
  • Demography 2.1k
  • Information Systems and Management 2.0k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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3 20
4 26
5 167
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The constitution of teacher subjectivity in Brazil: Some global context
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7
Un nuevo escenario para la política y el negocio educativos
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8 197
9 1
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Sociologia das políticas educacionais e pesquisa crítico-social: uma revisão pessoal das políticas educacionais e da pesquisa em política educacional
23
11
Degrees of Choice: social class, race and gender in higher education
449
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Degrees of choice : class, race, gender and higher education
192
13
Additive and hyper-regulation of schooling in England: The case of Wyeham
3
14
Class Strategies and the Education Market: The Middle Classes and Social Advantage breakdown →
610
15
Dangerous Encounters: Genealogy and Ethnography
57
16
Reformar escolas/reformar professores e osterrores da performatividade
123
17 47
18
Education Markets, School Competition, and Parental Choice in the U.K.: A Report of Research Findings.
7
19
Competitive Schooling: Values, Ethics, and Cultural Engineering.
12
20 52

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