Allen Guttmann

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Allen Guttmann is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Guttmann has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 33 papers in Gender Studies and 15 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Allen Guttmann's work include Sports, Gender, and Society (33 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (25 papers) and American Sports and Literature (9 papers). Allen Guttmann is often cited by papers focused on Sports, Gender, and Society (33 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (25 papers) and American Sports and Literature (9 papers). Allen Guttmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Allen Guttmann's co-authors include Richard D. Mandell, Jack W. Berryman, Alfred Erich Senn, Tony Tanner, Lee Thompson, Annette R. Hofmann, George Nash, Jules Chametzky, Patricia A. Adler and E. Digby Baltzell and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Allen Guttmann

79 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allen Guttmann United States	19	1.4k	1.1k	237	203	197	102	1.9k
J.A. Mangan United Kingdom	18	1.2k 0.8×	907 0.8×	194 0.8×	102 0.5×	159 0.8×	147	1.5k
John Bale United Kingdom	20	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	241 1.0×	426 2.1×	82 0.4×	97	1.8k
Ellis Cashmore United Kingdom	22	925 0.6×	763 0.7×	211 0.9×	158 0.8×	28 0.1×	70	1.4k
Daniel F. Mahony United States	24	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	570 2.4×	290 1.4×	14 0.1×	50	1.8k
Joshua I. Newman United States	19	703 0.5×	509 0.5×	132 0.6×	158 0.8×	22 0.1×	70	1.0k
Eduardo P. Archetti Norway	11	584 0.4×	215 0.2×	38 0.2×	88 0.4×	19 0.1×	45	1.0k
Michael D. Giardina United States	16	581 0.4×	336 0.3×	40 0.2×	85 0.4×	26 0.1×	61	936
Carrie Paechter United Kingdom	24	780 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	17 0.1×	283 1.4×	6 0.0×	68	2.0k
Richard Dyer United States	12	556 0.4×	471 0.4×	299 1.3×	102 0.5×	87 0.4×	46	1.4k
Greg Downey United States	16	401 0.3×	183 0.2×	19 0.1×	256 1.3×	14 0.1×	65	1.0k

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All Works

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Guttmann, Allen. (2007). Review Essay: The Ludic and the Ludicrous. The International Journal of the History of Sport. 25(1). 100–112. 8 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (2006). Du rituel au record : la nature des sports modernes. L'Harmattan eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (2003). Sport, Politics and the Engaged Historian. Journal of Contemporary History. 38(3). 363–375. 20 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (2001). A Laconic Response. Sport History Review. 32(1). 56–57. 1 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1999). Modernisierung und Globalisierung. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. 29(1). 98–103. 1 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1995). Amères victoires: Les sportifs noirs et le rêve américain de mobilité sociale. Terrain. 25–36.

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Kyle, Donald G., et al.. (1994). Sports and Games of Ancient Egypt.. The American Historical Review. 99(1). 205–205. 1 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1993). Fliegen-Ihr Leben: Die Ersten Pilotinnen. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. 2(1). 81–83. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Randy & Allen Guttmann. (1989). A Whole New Ball Game: An Interpretation of American Sports. Journal of American History. 76(1). 233–233. 2 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1986). Sports Spectators. Columbia University Press eBooks. 123 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1979). Vom Ritual zum Rekord : das Wesen des modernen Sports. 9 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1979). The Games Must Go On. 253–262. 7 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen & George Nash. (1977). The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945. The American Historical Review. 82(1). 215–215. 29 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen, et al.. (1972). The Jewish Writer in America: Assimilation and the Crisis of Identity.. American Literature. 44(2). 340–340. 1 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1968). Korea and the theory of limited war. 6 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen, et al.. (1967). Say That We Saw Spain Die: Literary Consequences of the Spanish Civil War.. American Literature. 39(2). 242–242. 1 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1966). Washington Irving: An American Study, 1802-1832.. Modern Language Quarterly. 27(1). 96–97. 1 indexed citations

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Guttmann, Allen. (1965). States' rights and Indian removal : the Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia.

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Guttmann, Allen. (1965). From Brownson to Eliot: The Conservative Theory of Church and State. American Quarterly. 17(3). 483–483.

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Guttmann, Allen, et al.. (1964). Communism, the courts, and the Constitution. 2 indexed citations

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