David Gartman

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Gartman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, David Gartman has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Urban Studies and 5 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in David Gartman's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (7 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (7 papers) and Art, Politics, and Modernism (5 papers). David Gartman is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (7 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (7 papers) and Art, Politics, and Modernism (5 papers). David Gartman collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Gartman's co-authors include Michael Burawoy, David Chaney, Derek Robbins, David R. Harris, Murray Edelman, James J. Flink, Donald T. Critchlow, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Wallace Clement and John Myles and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

David Gartman

38 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Politics of Production: Factory Regimes under Capital... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 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. The Politics of Production: Factory Regimes under Capitalism and Socialism.
    1988 540 citations David Gartman, Michael Burawoy 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
David Gartman United States 14 722 207 200 154 128 40 1.3k
André Gorz France 19 1.0k 1.4× 337 1.6× 149 0.7× 238 1.5× 173 1.4× 71 1.8k
Carl J. Cuneo Canada 14 631 0.9× 274 1.3× 147 0.7× 159 1.0× 52 0.4× 32 1.3k
Chris Turner United Kingdom 6 829 1.1× 276 1.3× 82 0.4× 118 0.8× 165 1.3× 12 1.6k
Marie des Neiges Baudry de Vaux 17 849 1.2× 225 1.1× 62 0.3× 245 1.6× 296 2.3× 302 1.5k
Craig A. Zabala United States 6 729 1.0× 165 0.8× 376 1.9× 289 1.9× 50 0.4× 15 1.4k
Robert J. Holton Australia 16 768 1.1× 247 1.2× 73 0.4× 90 0.6× 45 0.4× 65 1.3k
Naomi Klein United States 14 710 1.0× 222 1.1× 56 0.3× 80 0.5× 97 0.8× 23 1.5k
Nancy Ettlinger United States 19 784 1.1× 202 1.0× 61 0.3× 196 1.3× 294 2.3× 54 1.5k
Howard Davis United Kingdom 16 257 0.4× 176 0.9× 122 0.6× 82 0.5× 93 0.7× 101 1.0k
Göran Ahrne Sweden 15 496 0.7× 192 0.9× 189 0.9× 75 0.5× 52 0.4× 53 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Gartman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Gartman

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All Works

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Gartman, David. (2014). The People's Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle. Journal of Design History. 27(3). 319–320. 1 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (2013). Auto-Opium. 1 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (2012). Culture, Class, and Critical Theory: Between Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (2011). Bourdieu and Adorno: Converging theories of culture and inequality. Theory and Society. 41(1). 41–72. 10 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (2009). From Autos to Architecture: Fordism and Architectural Aesthetics in The Twentieth Century. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (2007). The strength of weak programs in cultural sociology: A critique of Alexander’s critique of Bourdieu. Theory and Society. 36(5). 381–413. 29 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (1999). COMMENTS ON "MARX AND THE LABOR PROCESS: AN INTERPRETATION". Critical Sociology. 25(2). 384–386. 1 indexed citations
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Gartman, David & James A. Ward. (1997). The Fall of the Packard Motor Car Company.. The American Historical Review. 102(5). 1584–1584. 2 indexed citations
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Meikle, Jeffrey L. & David Gartman. (1996). Auto Opium: A Social History of American Automobile Design.. The American Historical Review. 101(3). 936–936. 5 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (1994). Harley Earl and the Art and Color Section: The Birth of Styling at General Motors. Design Issues. 10(2). 3–3. 8 indexed citations
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Gartman, David & Derek Robbins. (1992). The Work of Pierre Bourdieu: Recognizing Society.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(2). 279–279. 57 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (1990). American technology and the British vehicle industry. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 13(1). 134–136. 7 indexed citations
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Gartman, David & Michael Burawoy. (1988). The Politics of Production: Factory Regimes under Capitalism and Socialism.. Social Forces. 66(3). 848–848. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gartman, David, et al.. (1988). Auto Slavery: The Labor Process in the American Automobile Industry, 1897-1950.. Social Forces. 66(3). 850–850. 1 indexed citations
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Rinehart, James W., David Gartman, & Steve Jefferys. (1988). Class Struggle and the Labor Process in the Automobile Industry. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 17(3). 320–320. 1 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (1986). Reification of Consumer Products: A General History Illustrated by the Case of the American Automobile. Sociological Theory. 4(2). 167–167. 4 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (1983). Structuralist Marxism and the labor process: Where have the dialectics gone?. Theory and Society. 12(5). 659–669. 12 indexed citations
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Gartman, David. (1982). Review Essay: Ideology in the Labor Process: a Review of Burawoy's Manufacturing Consent. Insurgent Sociologist. 11(3). 91–95. 2 indexed citations
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Gartman, David, et al.. (1978). Auto Work and its Discontents.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 7(1). 67–67. 19 indexed citations

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