Beverly J. Silver

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Beverly J. Silver is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Beverly J. Silver has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Beverly J. Silver's work include Political Economy and Marxism (4 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (3 papers) and World Systems and Global Transformations (2 papers). Beverly J. Silver is often cited by papers focused on Political Economy and Marxism (4 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (3 papers) and World Systems and Global Transformations (2 papers). Beverly J. Silver collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Argentina. Beverly J. Silver's co-authors include Giovanni Arrighi, Benjamin D. Brewer, Iftikhar Ahmad, David Camfield, Larry Ray, Berch Berberoglu, Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz, Lu Zhang and Christian Frings and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Politics & Society and Review of International Studies.

In The Last Decade

Beverly J. Silver

19 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Forces of Labor 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Forces of Labor
    2003 864 citations Beverly J. Silver Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beverly J. Silver United States 11 854 702 696 351 269 20 1.7k
Brian Burgoon Netherlands 25 925 1.1× 1.2k 1.8× 233 0.3× 327 0.9× 261 1.0× 84 2.1k
Leo Panitch Canada 19 751 0.9× 683 1.0× 314 0.5× 115 0.3× 126 0.5× 129 1.6k
Cathie Jo Martin United States 19 341 0.4× 969 1.4× 424 0.6× 221 0.6× 315 1.2× 44 1.4k
Sarosh Kuruvilla United States 23 469 0.5× 463 0.7× 835 1.2× 378 1.1× 437 1.6× 81 1.6k
William Maloney United Kingdom 27 783 0.9× 912 1.3× 311 0.4× 151 0.4× 901 3.3× 80 2.2k
Michael Wallerstein United States 20 700 0.8× 1.4k 2.0× 535 0.8× 369 1.1× 176 0.7× 41 2.3k
María Victoria Murillo United States 25 1.2k 1.4× 1.8k 2.5× 372 0.5× 98 0.3× 397 1.5× 77 2.7k
Martin Painter Hong Kong 25 466 0.5× 904 1.3× 570 0.8× 69 0.2× 224 0.8× 62 1.6k
Dorothee Böhle Austria 19 385 0.5× 1.0k 1.5× 190 0.3× 155 0.4× 261 1.0× 57 1.7k
Jan Drahokoupil Belgium 19 473 0.6× 440 0.6× 127 0.2× 227 0.6× 218 0.8× 69 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beverly J. Silver

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beverly J. Silver

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Korzeniewicz, Roberto Patricio, et al.. (2022). World-Systems Analysis at a Critical Juncture. 5 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J., et al.. (2021). Crises de Hegemonia e Aceleração da História Social. 1(1). 26–43. 1 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J.. (2019). Afterword: Reflections on “Capitalist development in hostile environments”. Journal of Agrarian Change. 19(3). 569–576. 3 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J., Lu Zhang, & Christian Frings. (2010). China als neuer Mittelpunkt der globalen Arbeiterunruhe. PROKLA Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft. 40(161). 605–618. 1 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J.. (2005). Fuerzas de trabajo: los movimientos obreros y la globalización desde 1870. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 13 indexed citations
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Arrighi, Giovanni, Beverly J. Silver, & Benjamin D. Brewer. (2005). Industrial convergence and the persistence of the North-South income divide: A rejoinder to firebaugh (2004). Studies in Comparative International Development. 40(1). 83–87. 5 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J.. (2005). Labor Upsurges: From Detroit to Ulsan and Beyond. Critical Sociology. 31(3). 439–451. 3 indexed citations
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Camfield, David & Beverly J. Silver. (2004). Forces of Labor: Workers' Movements and Globalization since 1870. Labour / Le Travail. 53. 345–345. 102 indexed citations
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Arrighi, Giovanni, Beverly J. Silver, & Benjamin D. Brewer. (2003). Response. Studies in Comparative International Development. 38(1). 39–42. 3 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J.. (2003). Forces of Labor. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 864 indexed citations breakdown →
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Silver, Beverly J. & Giovanni Arrighi. (2003). Polanyi's “Double Movement”: The Belle Époques of British and U.S. Hegemony Compared. Politics & Society. 31(2). 325–355. 95 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J.. (2003). Forces of labor. 72 indexed citations
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Arrighi, Giovanni, Beverly J. Silver, & Benjamin D. Brewer. (2003). Industrial convergence, globalization, and the persistence of the North-South divide. Studies in Comparative International Development. 38(1). 3–31. 184 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J. & Giovanni Arrighi. (2001). Workers North and South. Socialist register. 37(37). 37 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J., et al.. (2001). Caos y orden en el sistema-mundo moderno. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 28 indexed citations
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Arrighi, Giovanni & Beverly J. Silver. (2001). Capitalism and world (dis)order. Review of International Studies. 27(5). 257–279. 51 indexed citations
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Arrighi, Giovanni, Beverly J. Silver, & Iftikhar Ahmad. (1999). Chaos and governance in the modern world system. 171 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J.. (1998). The Global Restructuring of Labor Movements. Journal of World-Systems Research. 8–9. 1 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J. & Larry Ray. (1995). Rethinking Critical Theory: Emancipation in the Age of Global Social Movements.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 24(2). 280–280. 32 indexed citations
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Silver, Beverly J. & Berch Berberoglu. (1993). The Legacy of Empire: Economic Decline and Class Polarization in the United States.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 22(2). 207–207. 3 indexed citations

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