Cedric Herring

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Cedric Herring is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cedric Herring has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Gender Studies and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Cedric Herring's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (9 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (8 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (7 papers). Cedric Herring is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (9 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (8 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (7 papers). Cedric Herring collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Peru. Cedric Herring's co-authors include Verna M. Keith, Dalton Conley, Hayward Derrick Horton, Loren Henderson, John Sibley Butler, Melvin E. Thomas, Aldon Morris, Moshe Semyonov, Sharon H. Mastracci and Bonnie H. Erickson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Cedric Herring

46 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Does Diversity Pay?: Race... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Does Diversity Pay?: Race, Gender, and the Business Case for Diversity
    2009 713 citations Cedric Herring American Sociological Review profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Cedric Herring 1.4k 793 309 278 267 46 2.4k
Jawad Syed 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 153 0.5× 252 0.9× 259 1.0× 136 3.0k
Trond Petersen 1.2k 0.9× 881 1.1× 931 3.0× 206 0.7× 369 1.4× 49 2.6k
Denise D. Bielby 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 452 1.5× 134 0.5× 275 1.0× 63 3.1k
András Tilcsik 977 0.7× 650 0.8× 314 1.0× 95 0.3× 110 0.4× 26 2.1k
Irene Padavic 1.6k 1.2× 1.6k 2.0× 230 0.7× 185 0.7× 416 1.6× 50 2.9k
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 231 0.7× 225 0.8× 297 1.1× 92 2.6k
Mary C. Brinton 1.7k 1.2× 919 1.2× 297 1.0× 272 1.0× 211 0.8× 54 2.7k
Hans-Peter Blossfeld 1.6k 1.2× 821 1.0× 512 1.7× 300 1.1× 496 1.9× 53 2.8k
Audrey J. Murrell 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 294 1.0× 191 0.7× 150 0.6× 74 3.1k
Myrtle P. Bell 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.7× 101 0.3× 251 0.9× 282 1.1× 66 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cedric Herring

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cedric Herring

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All Works

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León, Juan, et al.. (2018). Access to Higher Education of Afro-Peruvians: Disentangling the Influence of Skin Color and Social Origins in the Peruvian Stratification System. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 5(3). 354–369. 5 indexed citations
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Henderson, Loren, Melvin E. Thomas, Cedric Herring, & Hayward Derrick Horton. (2017). Business Wealth and the Composition of Ownership Teams in New Firms: The Role of Homophily and Diversity. 17(3). 103–115. 1 indexed citations
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Henderson, Loren, Cedric Herring, Hayward Derrick Horton, & Melvin E. Thomas. (2015). Credit Where Credit is Due?: Race, Gender, and Discrimination in the Credit Scores of Business Startups. The Review of Black Political Economy. 42(4). 459–479. 26 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric. (2009). Does Diversity Pay?: Race, Gender, and the Business Case for Diversity. American Sociological Review. 74(2). 208–224. 713 indexed citations breakdown →
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Semyonov, Moshe & Cedric Herring. (2007). Segregated jobs or ethnic niches?. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 25(4). 245–257. 23 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric. (2004). Open for Business in the Black Metropolis: Race, Disadvantage, and Entrepreneurial Activity in Chicago'S Inner City. The Review of Black Political Economy. 31(4). 35–57. 14 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric, Verna M. Keith, & Hayward Derrick Horton. (2004). Skin deep : how race and complexion matter in the "color-blind" era. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 149 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric. (2002). Bleaching out the color line?. 5(1). 17–31. 13 indexed citations
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Horton, Hayward Derrick, et al.. (2000). Lost in the Storm: The Sociology of the Black Working Class, 1850 to 1990. American Sociological Review. 65(1). 128–128. 19 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric, et al.. (1998). Does race matter? The determinants and consequences of self-reports of discrimination victimization. 1(2). 109–123. 8 indexed citations
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Morris, Aldon & Cedric Herring. (1996). The Civil Rights Movement: A Social and Political Watershed. 3 indexed citations
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Horton, Hayward Derrick, Melvin E. Thomas, & Cedric Herring. (1995). Rural-Urban Differences in Black Family Structure. Journal of Family Issues. 16(3). 298–313. 15 indexed citations
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Thomas, Melvin E., Cedric Herring, & Hayward Derrick Horton. (1994). Discrimination over the Life Course: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis of Earnings Differences between Black and White Males, 1940-1990. Social Problems. 41(4). 608–628. 45 indexed citations
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Johnson, Gloria Jones & Cedric Herring. (1993). Underemployment among Black Americans.. ˜The œWestern journal of black studies. 17(3). 3 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric, et al.. (1993). Preference or Necessity? Changing Work Roles of Black and White Women, 1973-1990. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 55(2). 314–314. 20 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric & John Sibley Butler. (1991). Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship in America: Toward an Explanation of Racial and Ethnic Group Variations in Self-Employment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Butler, John Sibley & Cedric Herring. (1991). Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship in America: Toward an Explanation of Racial and Ethnic Group Variations in Self-Employment. Sociological Perspectives. 34(1). 79–94. 78 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric, et al.. (1990). Splitting the Middle: Political Alienation, Acquiescence, and Activism among America's Middle Layers.. Social Forces. 69(1). 291–291. 11 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric. (1989). Convergence, Polarization, or What?: Racially Based Changes in Attitudes and Outlooks, 1964–1984. Sociological Quarterly. 30(2). 267–281. 15 indexed citations
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Herring, Cedric. (1989). Acquiescence or Activism? Political Behavior among the Politically Alienated. Political Psychology. 10(1). 135–135. 12 indexed citations

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