Chris Shilling

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Chris Shilling is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Shilling has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Gender Studies and 12 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Chris Shilling's work include Social and Cultural Dynamics (18 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (12 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers). Chris Shilling is often cited by papers focused on Social and Cultural Dynamics (18 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (12 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers). Chris Shilling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Hong Kong. Chris Shilling's co-authors include Philip A. Mellor, Fiona L. Cousins, R. Marie Griffith, Mary Maynard, Marcel Fournier, Philip Smith, Philippe Besnard, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Jeffrey C. Alexander and Alexander Riley and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, British Journal of Sociology and Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Chris Shilling

73 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Body and Social Theory 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris Shilling United Kingdom 30 2.0k 909 495 472 389 76 3.8k
Laurel Richardson United States 29 2.8k 1.4× 913 1.0× 789 1.6× 538 1.1× 1.8k 4.6× 83 6.2k
Nick Crossley United Kingdom 41 3.0k 1.5× 708 0.8× 642 1.3× 619 1.3× 498 1.3× 111 5.7k
Susan Bordo United States 12 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 308 0.6× 1.1k 2.4× 161 0.4× 27 4.3k
Barrie Thorne United States 25 2.7k 1.4× 2.2k 2.4× 831 1.7× 534 1.1× 1.2k 3.1× 61 6.0k
Elizabeth Grosz United States 30 1.6k 0.8× 760 0.8× 316 0.6× 300 0.6× 313 0.8× 70 4.2k
Kathy Davis Netherlands 21 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 447 0.9× 527 1.1× 189 0.5× 99 3.0k
Hernán Vera United States 13 2.8k 1.4× 898 1.0× 572 1.2× 611 1.3× 683 1.8× 38 5.5k
Sara Delamont United Kingdom 37 2.2k 1.1× 637 0.7× 525 1.1× 326 0.7× 2.1k 5.4× 171 5.8k
Rosi Braidotti Netherlands 28 2.3k 1.1× 931 1.0× 339 0.7× 293 0.6× 591 1.5× 143 5.3k
Andrew Smith United States 8 1.8k 0.9× 402 0.4× 262 0.5× 434 0.9× 569 1.5× 33 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Shilling

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Chris Shilling's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Chris Shilling with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Chris Shilling more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Shilling

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chris Shilling. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chris Shilling. The network helps show where Chris Shilling may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Shilling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Shilling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Shilling based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Shilling. Chris Shilling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Mellor, Philip A. & Chris Shilling. (2021). Edgework, Uncertainty, and Social Character. Sociological Research Online. 26(4). 959–975. 4 indexed citations
2.
Shilling, Chris. (2021). Body Pedagogics, Transactional Identities and Human–Animal Relations. Sociology. 56(4). 766–782. 5 indexed citations
3.
Shilling, Chris. (2016). The Body: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
4.
Mellor, Philip A. & Chris Shilling. (2016). Arbitrage, uncertainty and the new ethos of capitalism. The Sociological Review. 65(1). 21–36. 8 indexed citations
5.
Shilling, Chris. (2016). Body Pedagogics: Embodiment, Cognition and Cultural Transmission. Sociology. 51(6). 1205–1221. 63 indexed citations
6.
Shilling, Chris & Philip A. Mellor. (2013). ‘Making things sacred’: Re-theorizing the nature and function of sacrifice in modernity. Journal of Classical Sociology. 13(3). 319–337. 10 indexed citations
7.
Shilling, Chris. (2012). Series Editor's Introduction. The Sociological Review. 60(2_suppl). 1–4. 2 indexed citations
8.
Shilling, Chris. (2011). Afterword: Body work and the sociological tradition. Sociology of Health & Illness. 33(2). 336–340. 13 indexed citations
9.
Shilling, Chris, et al.. (2008). Enabling Organizational Innovation: Scientific Process and Military Experience. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
10.
Shilling, Chris. (2007). Embodying Sociology: Retrospect, Progress and Prospects. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 49 indexed citations
11.
Shilling, Chris & Philip A. Mellor. (2007). Cultures of Embodied Experience: Technology, Religion and Body Pedagogics. The Sociological Review. 55(3). 531–549. 44 indexed citations
12.
Alexander, Jeffrey C., Jeffrey C. Alexander, Philip Smith, et al.. (2005). The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 57 indexed citations
13.
Shilling, Chris. (2003). The Body and Social Theory (2nd revised edition). Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 38 indexed citations
14.
Shilling, Chris & Philip A. Mellor. (1996). Embodiment, Structuration Theory and Modernity: Mind/Body Dualism and the Repression of Sensuality. Body & Society. 2(4). 1–15. 43 indexed citations
15.
Shilling, Chris, et al.. (1994). The Body and Social Theory. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 250–250. 8 indexed citations
16.
Shilling, Chris. (1992). Reconceptualising Structure and Agency in the Sociology of Education: structuration theory and schooling. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 13(1). 69–87. 93 indexed citations
17.
Shilling, Chris. (1991). Permanent Supports or Temporary Props? Supply Workers in State Schools and the National Health Service. Gender and Education. 3(1). 61–80. 5 indexed citations
18.
Shilling, Chris. (1990). The organization of supply workers in state schools and the National Health Service: a comparison. Journal of Education Policy. 5(2). 127–141. 5 indexed citations
19.
Shilling, Chris & Fiona L. Cousins. (1990). Social Use of the School Library: the colonisation and regulation of educational space. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 11(4). 411–430. 16 indexed citations
20.
Shilling, Chris. (1989). The Mini‐Enterprise in Schools Project: a new stage in education‐industry relations?. Journal of Education Policy. 4(2). 115–124. 9 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Rankless by CCL
2026