Barbara Harris Combs

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Barbara Harris Combs is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Harris Combs has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Barbara Harris Combs's work include Critical Race Theory in Education (7 papers), Race, History, and American Society (7 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 papers). Barbara Harris Combs is often cited by papers focused on Critical Race Theory in Education (7 papers), Race, History, and American Society (7 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 papers). Barbara Harris Combs collaborates with scholars based in United States. Barbara Harris Combs's co-authors include Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah Lichtenstein, Stephen Read, Mark Layman, Bernard M. Corrigan, Todd C. Shaw, Kirk A. Foster, John Sonnett and James M. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as American Behavioral Scientist, Social Science Quarterly and Journal of Risk & Insurance.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Harris Combs

23 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

How safe is safe enough? A psychometric study of attitudes towards technological risks and benefits

1978 1.9k citations Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic et al. Policy Sciences profile →
Judged frequency of lethal events.

1978 913 citations Sarah Lichtenstein, Paul Slovic et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Harris Combs United States	9	2.2k	676	573	397	337	23	3.6k
Donald G. MacGregor United States	23	1.5k 0.7×	627 0.9×	394 0.7×	183 0.5×	255 0.8×	59	3.9k
C. K. Mertz United States	33	3.7k 1.7×	872 1.3×	706 1.2×	244 0.6×	531 1.6×	47	7.0k
Melissa L. Finucane United States	31	3.1k 1.4×	930 1.4×	829 1.4×	174 0.4×	471 1.4×	90	7.1k
James Flynn United States	22	2.4k 1.1×	172 0.3×	290 0.5×	226 0.6×	438 1.3×	43	3.5k
Branden B. Johnson United States	28	2.3k 1.1×	127 0.2×	231 0.4×	188 0.5×	456 1.4×	117	3.6k
George Cvetkovich United States	24	2.4k 1.1×	158 0.2×	243 0.4×	190 0.5×	374 1.1×	43	3.8k
Nancy Welch United States	12	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	570 1.0×	76 0.2×	155 0.5×	54	4.3k
Stephen Read United States	3	1.4k 0.6×	161 0.2×	139 0.2×	248 0.6×	223 0.7×	7	1.9k
Timothy C. Earle United States	22	1.8k 0.8×	113 0.2×	212 0.4×	147 0.4×	250 0.7×	29	2.6k
Heinz Gutscher Switzerland	19	1.8k 0.8×	135 0.2×	227 0.4×	78 0.2×	744 2.2×	26	3.0k

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Combs, Barbara Harris. (2023). Finding Black Joy in a World Where We Are Not Safe. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 9(4). 444–450. 5 indexed citations

Combs, Barbara Harris. (2023). How the shooting of Ralph Yarl demonstrates the fiction of a colorblind society in America. 1 indexed citations

Combs, Barbara Harris. (2022). The Ties that Bind: The Role of Place in Racial Identity Formation, Social Cohesion, Accord, and Discord in Two Historic, Black Gentrifying Atlanta Neighborhoods. Digital Archive @ GSU. 1 indexed citations

Niven, David, et al.. (2022). The boundaries of confusion: Gerrymandering and racial disparities in state House and congressional district line congruity. Social Science Quarterly. 103(6). 1507–1518. 2 indexed citations

Combs, Barbara Harris. (2021). How Ingrained Racism Became Invisible. Contexts. 20(4). 61–63. 1 indexed citations

Shaw, Todd C., Kirk A. Foster, & Barbara Harris Combs. (2020). Disconnected in the Mecca? Black social media usage and levels of engagement in Atlanta. Journal of Urban Affairs. 44(6). 865–886. 4 indexed citations

Combs, Barbara Harris. (2019). A Jim Crow State of Mind: The Racialization of Space in the McKinney, Texas Pool Party Incident. American Behavioral Scientist. 65(8). 1027–1048. 4 indexed citations

Combs, Barbara Harris, et al.. (2016). The Symbolic Lynching of James Meredith. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 2(3). 338–353. 10 indexed citations

Combs, Barbara Harris. (2016). No Rest for the Weary: The Weight of Race, Gender, and Place inside and outside a Southern Classroom. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 3(4). 491–505. 7 indexed citations

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Combs, Barbara Harris, Tracie L. Stewart, & John Sonnett. (2016). People Like Us: Dominance-oriented Racial Affiliation Preferences and the White Greek System on a Southern U.S. Campus. Sociological Spectrum. 37(1). 27–47. 2 indexed citations

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Combs, Barbara Harris. (2015). Black (and Brown) Bodies Out of Place: Towards a Theoretical Understanding of Systematic Voter Suppression in the United States. Critical Sociology. 42(4-5). 535–549. 20 indexed citations

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Combs, Barbara Harris, et al.. (2014). "It's Open Season on Negroes": Teaching the Past, Present, and Future of the Black Freedom Struggle. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 52(1). 134–147. 2 indexed citations

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Shaw, Todd C., Kasim Ortiz, Kirk A. Foster, & Barbara Harris Combs. (2013). The Space Race: Black Attachments Changes and the Geographic Inequalities of Black Politics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Combs, Barbara Harris. (2013). From Selma to Montgomery: The Long March to Freedom. 4 indexed citations

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Combs, Barbara Harris & Paul Slovic. (1979). Newspaper Coverage of Causes of Death. Journalism Quarterly. 56(4). 837–849. 310 indexed citations

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Combs, Barbara Harris. (1979). Newspaper coverage of cause of death. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 56. 837–843. 7 indexed citations

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Lichtenstein, Sarah, Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, Mark Layman, & Barbara Harris Combs. (1978). Judged frequency of lethal events.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory. 4(6). 551–578. 913 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fischhoff, Baruch, Paul Slovic, Sarah Lichtenstein, Stephen Read, & Barbara Harris Combs. (1978). How safe is safe enough? A psychometric study of attitudes towards technological risks and benefits. Policy Sciences. 9(2). 127–152. 1900 indexed citations breakdown →

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Slovic, Paul, et al.. (1977). Preference for Insuring Against Probable Small Losses: Insurance Implications. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 44(2). 237. 204 indexed citations

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Slovic, Paul, Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah Lichtenstein, Bernard M. Corrigan, & Barbara Harris Combs. (1977). Preference for Insuring against Probable Small Losses: Insurance Implications. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 44(2). 237–237. 211 indexed citations

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