Dave Elder‐Vass

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Dave Elder‐Vass is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Dave Elder‐Vass has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Dave Elder‐Vass's work include Critical Realism in Sociology (36 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (18 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (10 papers). Dave Elder‐Vass is often cited by papers focused on Critical Realism in Sociology (36 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (18 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (10 papers). Dave Elder‐Vass collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Dave Elder‐Vass's co-authors include Margaret S. Archer, Jamie Morgan, Ruth Groff, Douglas V. Porpora, Andrew Sayer, Emily Barman, Mark Carrigan, Alan Norrie and Nick Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, British Journal of Sociology and The Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Dave Elder‐Vass

55 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Causal Power of Social Structures 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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. The Causal Power of Social Structures
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dave Elder‐Vass United Kingdom 20 1.3k 292 260 172 110 57 1.9k
Neil Gross United States 17 1.3k 1.0× 221 0.8× 432 1.7× 97 0.6× 89 0.8× 34 2.1k
Axel van den Berg Canada 14 757 0.6× 166 0.6× 341 1.3× 140 0.8× 59 0.5× 49 1.5k
Celia Lury United Kingdom 24 1.2k 0.9× 156 0.5× 235 0.9× 87 0.5× 38 0.3× 56 2.6k
James B. Rule United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 120 0.4× 281 1.1× 102 0.6× 30 0.3× 63 1.9k
Mark Poster United States 27 1.5k 1.2× 138 0.5× 351 1.4× 193 1.1× 77 0.7× 107 3.4k
Alain Desrosières France 19 1.1k 0.9× 82 0.3× 413 1.6× 215 1.3× 125 1.1× 61 2.0k
Hans Joas Germany 22 1.6k 1.2× 305 1.0× 448 1.7× 104 0.6× 50 0.5× 133 2.5k
Gil Eyal United States 20 878 0.7× 165 0.6× 625 2.4× 121 0.7× 18 0.2× 57 2.0k
Peter T. Manicas United States 14 758 0.6× 139 0.5× 192 0.7× 100 0.6× 137 1.2× 48 1.6k
Eleonora Belfiore United Kingdom 20 845 0.7× 116 0.4× 192 0.7× 84 0.5× 23 0.2× 34 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dave Elder‐Vass

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dave Elder‐Vass

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2025). Segmenting ontology. Synthese. 206(1).
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Elder‐Vass, Dave, et al.. (2023). Does critical realism need the concept of three domains of reality? A roundtable. Journal of Critical Realism. 22(2). 222–239. 8 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave, et al.. (2023). Putting philosophy to work: developing the conceptual architecture of research projects. Journal of Critical Realism. 22(3). 364–383. 3 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave, et al.. (2022). Overlapping traditions with divergent implications? Introduction to the special issue on pragmatism and critical realism. Journal of Critical Realism. 21(3). 257–260. 1 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave & Jamie Morgan. (2022). ‘Materially social’ critical realism: an interview with Dave Elder-Vass. Journal of Critical Realism. 21(2). 211–246. 19 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2022). Pragmatism, critical realism and the study of value. Journal of Critical Realism. 21(3). 261–287. 20 indexed citations
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Barman, Emily, et al.. (2022). Round table: is the common ground between pragmatism and critical realism more important than the differences?. Journal of Critical Realism. 21(3). 352–364. 1 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave, et al.. (2022). Symposium on The Space That Separates: A Realist Theory of Art. Journal of Critical Realism. 22(1). 90–121. 1 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2022). Ethics and emancipation in action: concrete utopias. Journal of Critical Realism. 21(5). 539–551. 7 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2021). The nature of social reality: issues in social ontology. Journal of Critical Realism. 20(3). 322–328. 3 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2019). No price without value: towards a theory of value and price. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 43(6). 1485–1498. 14 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2019). Defining the gift. Journal of Institutional Economics. 16(5). 675–685. 11 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2018). Moral economies of the digital. European Journal of Social Theory. 21(2). 141–147. 4 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2015). The Moral Economy of Digital Gifts. 5(1). 12 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2015). Developing Social Theory Using Critical Realism. Journal of Critical Realism. 14(1). 80–92. 15 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2015). Collective Intentionality and Causal Powers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 251–269. 14 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2014). Giving and Social Transformation. Journal of Critical Realism. 13(3). 261–285. 8 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2013). Reply to Sealey and Carter on Realism and Language. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 44(3). 282–287. 1 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2012). The Reality of Social Construction. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 215 indexed citations
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Elder‐Vass, Dave. (2005). Emergence and the Realist Account of Cause. Journal of Critical Realism. 4(2). 315–338. 81 indexed citations

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