Charles Tilly

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 947 citations indexed

About

Charles Tilly is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Tilly has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 947 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in History and 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Charles Tilly's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (2 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (2 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 papers). Charles Tilly is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (2 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (2 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 papers). Charles Tilly collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Charles Tilly's co-authors include François Chazel, Robert M. Isherwood, Arnold S. Feldman, Eugen Weber, Joe R. Feagin, Ian Tyrrell, Michael Hanagan, James Druckman, Samuel Clark and Robert E. Goodin 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

Charles Tilly

30 papers receiving 793 citations

Hit Papers

From Mobilization to Revolution 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 100 200 300 400 500
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. From Mobilization to Revolution
    1977 581 citations Charles Tilly Deep Blue (University of Michigan) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Tilly United States 11 680 361 69 64 59 37 947
Mark Traugott United States 12 658 1.0× 304 0.8× 59 0.9× 73 1.1× 36 0.6× 32 905
Ronald Aminzade United States 12 470 0.7× 259 0.7× 39 0.6× 23 0.4× 63 1.1× 25 759
Marc W. Steinberg United States 12 560 0.8× 217 0.6× 60 0.9× 99 1.5× 52 0.9× 43 881
John Higley United States 20 904 1.3× 859 2.4× 62 0.9× 48 0.8× 78 1.3× 73 1.4k
Jenny Pearce United Kingdom 18 820 1.2× 387 1.1× 50 0.7× 27 0.4× 62 1.1× 77 1.2k
Thomas R. Rochon United States 10 615 0.9× 330 0.9× 49 0.7× 153 2.4× 34 0.6× 20 815
Roderic Ai Camp United States 19 532 0.8× 539 1.5× 27 0.4× 55 0.9× 114 1.9× 99 971
Jean L. Cohen United States 18 871 1.3× 687 1.9× 52 0.8× 98 1.5× 34 0.6× 56 1.4k
Amitai Etzioni 8 402 0.6× 248 0.7× 80 1.2× 38 0.6× 48 0.8× 17 863
Edward Schatz Canada 13 634 0.9× 505 1.4× 27 0.4× 54 0.8× 39 0.7× 24 939

Countries citing papers authored by Charles Tilly

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Tilly

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Tilly

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All Works

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Druckman, James, Robert E. Goodin, & Charles Tilly. (2006). Mind, Will, and Choice: Lessons From Experiments in Contextual Variation. 97–113. 3 indexed citations
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Clark, Samuel, Michael Hanagan, & Charles Tilly. (2002). Amending the Whig Interpretation of Citizenship: A Review Essay on "Extending Citizenship, Reconfiguring States". Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(4). 382–382. 4 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1999). A Grand Tour of Exotic Landes. The American Historical Review. 104(4). 1253–1253. 1 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1999). . Sociological Forum. 14(1). 55–61. 7 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles & Eugen Weber. (1992). My France: Politics, Culture, Myth.. The American Historical Review. 97(3). 857–857. 11 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1991). Individualism AskewFoundations of Social Theory.James S. Coleman. American Journal of Sociology. 96(4). 1007–1011. 9 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1990). George Caspar Homans and the rest of us. Theory and Society. 19(3). 261–268. 4 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1989). Preface. Sociological Forum. 4(1). 115–117.
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Tilly, Charles. (1989). Preface. Sociological Forum. 4(2). 271–273. 1 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1988). What's Left of the City?. Journal of Urban History. 14(3). 394–398. 1 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1987). Formalization and quantification in historical analysis. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 21(18). 111–119. 1 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles & Ian Tyrrell. (1987). The Absent Marx: Class Analysis and Liberal History in Twentieth-Century America. Journal of American History. 74(1). 229–229. 1 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles, John Agnew, John Mercer, & David E. Sopher. (1985). The City in Cultural Context.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(2). 264–264. 1 indexed citations
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Chazel, François & Charles Tilly. (1980). From Mobilization to Revolution. Revue Française de Sociologie. 21(4). 653–653. 34 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1978). Anthropology, History and the Annales. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 20 indexed citations
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Gutman, Robert E., et al.. (1976). Subsidizing the Poor: A Boston Housing Experiment.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(3). 365–365. 3 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles & Nels Anderson. (1972). The Industrial Urban Community: Historical and Comparative Perspectives.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 1(1). 64–64.
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Tilly, Charles & Joe R. Feagin. (1970). Boston's Experiment With Rent Subsidies. Journal of the American Institute of Planners. 36(5). 323–329. 2 indexed citations
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Tilly, Charles. (1965). L'Insurrection Vendéenne de 1793: Aspects Économiques et Sociaux. The American Historical Review. 71(1). 207–208. 2 indexed citations

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