Craig St. John

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Craig St. John is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig St. John has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Gender Studies and 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Craig St. John's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (12 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 papers) and Housing Market and Economics (6 papers). Craig St. John is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (12 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 papers) and Housing Market and Economics (6 papers). Craig St. John collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. Craig St. John's co-authors include Nancy A. Denton, Douglas S. Massey, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Larry L. Bumpass, Amos H. Hawley, David Rowe, Quint C. Thurman, Joseph Lee Rodgers, Nancy Bates and D. Mark Austin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Craig St. John

36 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Und... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 500 1000 1.5k
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. American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass.
    1994 1.7k citations Craig St. John et al. Social Forces profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Craig St. John United States 18 2.0k 675 509 371 360 37 2.9k
Michael J. White United States 38 2.6k 1.3× 647 1.0× 755 1.5× 460 1.2× 495 1.4× 103 4.1k
Daryl Michael Scott United States 4 2.0k 1.0× 849 1.3× 356 0.7× 313 0.8× 179 0.5× 8 2.7k
R. E. Pahl United Kingdom 27 1.9k 0.9× 569 0.8× 432 0.8× 266 0.7× 283 0.8× 93 3.3k
Avery M. Guest United States 28 1.8k 0.9× 552 0.8× 446 0.9× 220 0.6× 269 0.7× 91 2.4k
Bernard C. Watson United States 4 3.1k 1.5× 1.3k 1.9× 542 1.1× 404 1.1× 351 1.0× 9 4.2k
Peter Saunders Australia 28 1.4k 0.7× 706 1.0× 525 1.0× 300 0.8× 210 0.6× 176 2.9k
Stewart E. Tolnay United States 29 2.3k 1.1× 461 0.7× 453 0.9× 482 1.3× 487 1.4× 103 3.0k
Gordon F. De Jong United States 25 1.8k 0.9× 363 0.5× 277 0.5× 194 0.5× 602 1.7× 61 2.4k
John Iceland United States 29 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 717 1.4× 249 0.7× 190 0.5× 76 3.2k
Dudley L. Poston United States 31 1.5k 0.7× 354 0.5× 347 0.7× 849 2.3× 794 2.2× 145 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Craig St. John

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Fields of papers citing papers by Craig St. John

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig St. John

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Craig St. John. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Craig St. John 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 Craig St. John. Craig St. John 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
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Leichenko, Robin, et al.. (2024). New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 08: Society and Economy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1542(1). 446–500. 2 indexed citations
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John, Craig St., et al.. (2002). The Heartland Responds to Terror: Volunteering After the Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building. Social Science Quarterly. 83(2). 397–415. 29 indexed citations
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John, Craig St.. (2002). The Concentration of Affluence in the United States, 1990. Urban Affairs Review. 37(4). 500–520. 21 indexed citations
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John, Craig St.. (1997). Andrew Young, an Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America. 21(2). 104.
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John, Craig St., et al.. (1996). Racial Prejudice and Fear of Criminal Victimization by Strangers in Public Settings*. Sociological Inquiry. 66(3). 267–284. 60 indexed citations
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John, Craig St., et al.. (1996). Age, Racial Prejudice and Fear of Criminal Victimization in Public Settings. Sociological Focus. 29(1). 15–31. 7 indexed citations
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John, Craig St., et al.. (1995). Life cycle differences in neighborhood satisfaction. Sociological Spectrum. 15(2). 147–160. 12 indexed citations
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John, Craig St. & David Rowe. (1990). Adolescent background and fertility norms: implications for racial differences in early childbearing.. Social Science Quarterly. 71(1). 13 indexed citations
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Crenshaw, Edward M. & Craig St. John. (1989). The Organizationally Dependent Community. Urban Affairs Quarterly. 24(3). 412–434. 36 indexed citations
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John, Craig St. & Harold G. Grasmick. (1985). Decomposing the Black/White Fertility Differential.. Social Science Quarterly. 66(1). 8 indexed citations
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John, Craig St., Donald J. Bogue, & Michael J. White. (1985). Essays in Human Ecology--2.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(2). 201–201. 1 indexed citations
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John, Craig St.. (1984). TRENDS IN SOCIOECONOMIC RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION. 12(1). 57–62. 1 indexed citations
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John, Craig St., et al.. (1984). Racial differences in dimensions of neighborhood satisfaction. Social Indicators Research. 15(1). 43–60. 25 indexed citations
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John, Craig St., et al.. (1982). The Prospective City: Economic, Population, Energy, and Environmental Developments.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 11(4). 469–469. 5 indexed citations
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John, Craig St., et al.. (1982). Nonmetropolitan America in Transition.. Social Forces. 61(2). 636–636. 96 indexed citations
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Rindfuss, Ronald R., Larry L. Bumpass, & Craig St. John. (1980). Education and Fertility: Implications for the Roles Women Occupy. American Sociological Review. 45(3). 431–431. 200 indexed citations
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Rindfuss, Ronald R. & Craig St. John. (1979). Social Determinants of the Timing of the First Birth.. 2 indexed citations
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Rindfuss, Ronald R., John Shelton Reed, & Craig St. John. (1978). A Fertility Reaction to a Historical Event: Southern White Birthrates and the 1954 Desegregation Ruling. Science. 201(4351). 178–180. 16 indexed citations

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