David Riesman

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
151 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

David Riesman is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, David Riesman has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in David Riesman's work include Academic Freedom and Politics (8 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (4 papers) and Legal Education and Practice Innovations (4 papers). David Riesman is often cited by papers focused on Academic Freedom and Politics (8 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (4 papers) and Legal Education and Practice Innovations (4 papers). David Riesman collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Türkiye. David Riesman's co-authors include Nathan Glazer, Rudolph E. Morris, Read Bain, Paúl F. Lazarsfeld, Mark Benney, Wagner Thielens, Daniel Lerner, Seymour Martin Lipset, Christopher Jencks and Gerald Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Journal of Marketing Research.

In The Last Decade

David Riesman

122 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 1951 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Riesman United States 22 1.0k 472 454 274 160 151 2.6k
Arnold M. Rose United States 21 1.4k 1.3× 468 1.0× 230 0.5× 312 1.1× 165 1.0× 128 2.7k
Herbert Marcuse United States 24 1.6k 1.5× 588 1.2× 358 0.8× 145 0.5× 125 0.8× 130 3.1k
Robert W. Hodge United States 20 1.5k 1.4× 427 0.9× 285 0.6× 191 0.7× 167 1.0× 51 2.9k
Lionel S. Lewis United States 18 1.0k 1.0× 649 1.4× 735 1.6× 230 0.8× 140 0.9× 109 2.9k
Alan Wolfe United States 20 1.0k 1.0× 480 1.0× 216 0.5× 237 0.9× 109 0.7× 59 2.2k
Dennis H. Wrong United States 17 1.7k 1.7× 628 1.3× 182 0.4× 224 0.8× 282 1.8× 69 3.0k
Thelma McCormack Canada 12 1.1k 1.0× 546 1.2× 234 0.5× 171 0.6× 82 0.5× 53 2.1k
Louis A. Zürcher United States 25 1.6k 1.5× 338 0.7× 146 0.3× 277 1.0× 165 1.0× 93 2.4k
Christian Lenhardt Canada 5 925 0.9× 567 1.2× 314 0.7× 127 0.5× 184 1.1× 6 2.3k
Paul Kecskemeti United States 7 1.0k 1.0× 356 0.8× 159 0.4× 196 0.7× 111 0.7× 26 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Riesman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Riesman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bendix, Reinhard, Bennett M. Berger, Jessie Bernard, et al.. (2023). Authors of Their Own Lives.
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Riesman, David, Nathan Glazer, & Reuel Denney. (2020). The Lonely Crowd. Yale University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
3.
Riesman, David. (2017). Obiter Dicta: The Nylon War. ETC.: A Review of General Semantics. 74. 120. 1 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1993). Некоторые типы характера и общество. Социологические исследования. 121–129.
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Riesman, David, et al.. (1989). The Shady Side of Sunshine: The Press and Presidential Searches.. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 21(1). 44–57. 1 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1986). How Board Members Can Help Presidents Succeed.. AGB reports. 28(6). 30–31.
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Riesman, David, et al.. (1984). A Primer on the Use of Consultants in Presidential Recruitment.. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 16(6). 12–23. 4 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1982). The Law School: Critical Scholarship vs. Professional Education.. Journal of legal education. 32(1). 1 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1982). The Personal Side of the Presidency.. AGB reports. 24(6). 35–39. 1 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1978). Community Colleges: Some Tentative Hypotheses.. 8(2). 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Lipset, Seymour Martin, et al.. (1976). Education and Politics at Harvard.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(3). 314–314. 16 indexed citations
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Lipset, Seymour Martin & David Riesman. (1975). Education and politics at Harvard : two essays prepared for the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 5 indexed citations
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Grant, Gerald & David Riesman. (1975). An Ecology of Academic Reform.. Daedalus. 5 indexed citations
14.
Riesman, David. (1967). Freud und die Psychoanalyse. Praktische Theologie. 2(jg). 274–274. 2 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1964). La foule solitaire ; anatomie de la société moderne. 1 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1962). Some Observations on Lewis Mumford’s “The City in History”. Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis). 1962(3). 288–294. 1 indexed citations
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Riesman, David, et al.. (1958). Die einsame Masse : eine Untersuchung der Wandlungen des amerikanischen Charakters. Rowohlt eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1956). Constraint and variety in American education. University of Nebraska Press eBooks. 109 indexed citations
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Riesman, David. (1952). Some observations on the study of American character.. PubMed. 15(3). 333–8. 1 indexed citations
20.
Morris, Rudolph E., et al.. (1951). The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character. The American Catholic Sociological Review. 12(2). 104–104. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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