Benjamin Roberts

1.6k total citations
85 papers, 989 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Roberts is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Roberts has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 989 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 14 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Roberts's work include Income, Poverty, and Inequality (16 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (13 papers) and Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 papers). Benjamin Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Income, Poverty, and Inequality (16 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (13 papers) and Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 papers). Benjamin Roberts collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Benjamin Roberts's co-authors include John Bull, Ben Bradford, Aziz Z. Huq, Jonathan Jackson, Stephen Rule, U. Pillay, Mary R. Lynn, Dirk P. Kroese, Cheryl B. Jones and Helen Barnes and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Forces, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Accident Analysis & Prevention.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Roberts

74 papers receiving 877 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Roberts South Africa 15 434 209 162 123 82 85 989
Aaron Chalfin United States 19 1.0k 2.4× 190 0.9× 176 1.1× 81 0.7× 76 0.9× 53 1.6k
Jennifer L. Doleac United States 16 472 1.1× 56 0.3× 99 0.6× 75 0.6× 90 1.1× 44 940
Robert F. Rich United States 16 787 1.8× 546 2.6× 215 1.3× 47 0.4× 29 0.4× 47 1.7k
Eric Tucker Canada 17 380 0.9× 142 0.7× 273 1.7× 29 0.2× 18 0.2× 104 929
Gregory D. Breetzke South Africa 20 629 1.4× 49 0.2× 181 1.1× 24 0.2× 36 0.4× 72 1.1k
Jason Ditton United Kingdom 23 1.3k 2.9× 190 0.9× 251 1.5× 23 0.2× 39 0.5× 59 1.7k
Derek Cornish United States 11 1.9k 4.3× 154 0.7× 160 1.0× 64 0.5× 15 0.2× 13 2.3k
Langche Zeng United States 16 692 1.6× 618 3.0× 105 0.6× 63 0.5× 23 0.3× 29 1.9k
Emily Owens United States 19 840 1.9× 213 1.0× 121 0.7× 33 0.3× 10 0.1× 55 1.2k
Wim Hardyns Belgium 19 596 1.4× 72 0.3× 167 1.0× 32 0.3× 28 0.3× 103 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Roberts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Roberts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Roberts

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All Works

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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Exploring Environmentalism Across Nations: Understanding the Influence of Societal Social Progress on Environmental Values, Norms, and Behaviour. International Journal of Sociology. 54(5-6). 447–475. 1 indexed citations
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Møller, Valerie, et al.. (2024). ‘Born Free’ Dreams: South African Township Youth Discuss Their Hopes for a Better Life in Future. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 19(4). 1681–1709.
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). The ISSP 2019 Social Inequality Module: Country-Comparative Individual-Level Data on Public Beliefs about Inequality and Socioeconomic Conditions Over Three Decades. International Journal of Sociology. 53(5). 333–350. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Beyond the binary: examining dynamic youth voter behaviour in South Africa. Politikon. 49(4). 297–317. 4 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Generation of change? South African attitudes towards climate change in comparative perspective. Development Southern Africa. 40(2). 441–465. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Promise or precarity? South African attitudes towards the automation revolution. Development Southern Africa. 39(4). 498–515. 2 indexed citations
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Rule, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Providing Evidence and “Voice” During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Online Rapid Response Surveys: Lessons from the UJ/HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey. South African Review of Sociology. 51(3-4). 188–208. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Truth Be in the Field: Conducting Comparative Survey Research in a Multicultural Society such as South Africa. International Journal of Sociology. 50(2). 142–162. 1 indexed citations
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Gastrow, Michael, et al.. (2018). Public perceptions of biotechnology in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 114(1/2). 9–9. 15 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Minding the Protest: Attitudes towards different forms of protest action in contemporary South Africa. South African Crime Quarterly. 81–92. 6 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Tapping into Your Current Data Reserves. Offshore Technology Conference.
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Roberts, Benjamin, Dinan Gunawardena, Ian A. Kash, & Peter Key. (2016). Ranking and Tradeoffs in Sponsored Search Auctions. 4(3). 1–21. 4 indexed citations
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Knight, Lucia, Benjamin Roberts, J. Lawrence Aber, & Linda Richter. (2014). Household Shocks and Coping Strategies in Rural and Peri‐Urban South Africa: Baseline Data from the Size Study in Kwazulu‐Natal, South Africa. Journal of International Development. 27(2). 213–233. 14 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2011). Identifying Factors that Influence Engagement and Persistence for Systems Engineering Distance Education Students. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2011(1). 2073–2077. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin. (2007). Income poverty and inequality in Namibia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Pillay, U., Benjamin Roberts, & Stephen Rule. (2006). South African social attitudes: changing times, diverse voices. 101 indexed citations
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May, Julian & Benjamin Roberts. (2005). Poverty Diagnostics Using Poor Data: Strengthening the Evidence Base for Pro-Poor Policy Making in Lesotho. Social Indicators Research. 74(3). 477–510. 3 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, Cheryl B. Jones, & Mary R. Lynn. (2004). Job Satisfaction of New Baccalaureate Nurses. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration. 34(9). 428–435. 76 indexed citations

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