Colin Bell

804 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 493 citations indexed

About

Colin Bell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Bell has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 493 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 2 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Colin Bell's work include Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 papers), Rural development and sustainability (3 papers) and Work-Family Balance Challenges (2 papers). Colin Bell is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 papers), Rural development and sustainability (3 papers) and Work-Family Balance Challenges (2 papers). Colin Bell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Colin Bell's co-authors include Thomas R. Williams, Ronald Gallimore, Sylvia Caiuby Novaes, Carolyn Pope Edwards, Thomas S. Weisner, B. B. Goswami, William D. Wilder, Margaret K. Bacon, James E. Ritchie and Herbert Barry and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces and Human Relations.

In The Last Decade

Colin Bell

9 papers receiving 379 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

My Brother's Keeper: Child and Sibling Caretaking [and Comments and Reply]

1977 385 citations Thomas S. Weisner, Ronald Gallimore et al. Current Anthropology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Bell United Kingdom	7	205	133	91	81	78	11	493
James E. Ritchie New Zealand	6	155 0.8×	135 1.0×	91 1.0×	80 1.0×	80 1.0×	13	453
B. B. Goswami India	3	282 1.4×	129 1.0×	189 2.1×	100 1.2×	148 1.9×	6	605
F. Philip Rice United States	6	139 0.7×	160 1.2×	117 1.3×	174 2.1×	29 0.4×	8	515
Leigh Minturn United States	12	323 1.6×	207 1.6×	180 2.0×	184 2.3×	135 1.7×	28	868
Sylvia Caiuby Novaes Brazil	7	197 1.0×	130 1.0×	94 1.0×	87 1.1×	81 1.0×	40	584
Monica A. Payne Barbados	10	138 0.7×	111 0.8×	141 1.5×	121 1.5×	32 0.4×	35	443
Oliver C. Moles United States	11	248 1.2×	330 2.5×	200 2.2×	131 1.6×	46 0.6×	21	673
Raymond T. Garza United States	15	236 1.2×	81 0.6×	164 1.8×	94 1.2×	37 0.5×	35	509
Joseph M. Healy United States	7	163 0.8×	31 0.2×	119 1.3×	87 1.1×	70 0.9×	9	351
Majda T. Thurnher United States	7	148 0.7×	34 0.3×	167 1.8×	93 1.1×	53 0.7×	8	399

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Bell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Bell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Bell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Bell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Bell 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 Colin Bell. Colin Bell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

1.

Bell, Colin. (2006). Middle Class Families. 10 indexed citations

2.

Weisner, Thomas S., Ronald Gallimore, Margaret K. Bacon, et al.. (1977). My Brother's Keeper: Child and Sibling Caretaking [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 18(2). 169–190. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Rose, David, et al.. (1977). LAND TENURE AND OFFICIAL STATISTICS: A RESEARCH NOTE*. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 28(1). 69–76. 6 indexed citations

4.

Bell, Colin & Howard Newby. (1974). CAPITALIST FARMERS IN THE BRITISH CLASS STRUCTURE¹. Sociologia Ruralis. 14(1-2). 86–107. 15 indexed citations

5.

Bell, Colin & Howard Newby. (1973). The Sources of Variation in Agricultural Workers' Images of Society. The Sociological Review. 21(2). 229–253. 14 indexed citations

6.

Bell, Colin. (1971). Occupational Career, Family Cycle and Extended Family Relations. Human Relations. 24(6). 463–475. 4 indexed citations

7.

Bell, Colin, et al.. (1970). Middle Class Families: Social and Geographical Mobility.. American Sociological Review. 35(4). 788–788. 1 indexed citations

8.

Bell, Colin, et al.. (1970). Middle Class Families. Social and Geographical Mobility. Population. 25(4). 907–907. 39 indexed citations

9.

Berardo, Félix M. & Colin Bell. (1970). Middle Class Families: Social and Geographical Mobility.. Social Forces. 49(1). 143–143. 1 indexed citations

10.

Bell, Colin, et al.. (1969). Middle Class Families: Social and Geographical Mobility.. Man. 4(3). 488–488. 6 indexed citations

11.

Bell, Colin. (1968). Mobility and the Middle Class Extended Family. Sociology. 2(2). 173–184. 12 indexed citations

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