Derek Sayer

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Derek Sayer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Sayer has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in History and 2 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Derek Sayer's work include Political Economy and Marxism (8 papers), Central European national history (3 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (3 papers). Derek Sayer is often cited by papers focused on Political Economy and Marxism (8 papers), Central European national history (3 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (3 papers). Derek Sayer collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United Kingdom. Derek Sayer's co-authors include Philip Corrigan, Walter L. Arnstein, G. E. Aylmer, Richard Lachmann, David Zaret, David McLellan, Robert Legvold, Barry Smart, Samuel Clark and Harvie Ramsay 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

Derek Sayer

40 papers receiving 999 citations

Hit Papers

The Great Arch: English State Formation as Cultural Revol... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek Sayer Canada 16 824 522 229 120 113 49 1.4k
Philip Corrigan United Kingdom 13 697 0.8× 408 0.8× 209 0.9× 102 0.8× 80 0.7× 49 1.1k
Gyan Prakash United States 12 614 0.7× 330 0.6× 386 1.7× 99 0.8× 65 0.6× 35 1.2k
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt Israel 22 1.5k 1.8× 765 1.5× 203 0.9× 90 0.8× 119 1.1× 101 2.2k
Krishan Kumar United States 22 1.1k 1.3× 566 1.1× 139 0.6× 233 1.9× 144 1.3× 96 1.9k
Richard Lachmann United States 19 730 0.9× 385 0.7× 132 0.6× 123 1.0× 245 2.2× 58 1.4k
Edward P. Thompson 19 654 0.8× 308 0.6× 142 0.6× 170 1.4× 164 1.5× 52 1.3k
Felipe Fernández‐Armesto United States 10 649 0.8× 387 0.7× 152 0.7× 68 0.6× 55 0.5× 65 1.2k
Liah Greenfeld United States 14 1.1k 1.4× 809 1.5× 203 0.9× 149 1.2× 86 0.8× 49 1.8k
Luis Roniger United States 16 862 1.0× 558 1.1× 103 0.4× 120 1.0× 110 1.0× 78 1.4k
Julian Go United States 22 1.2k 1.5× 489 0.9× 224 1.0× 99 0.8× 77 0.7× 54 1.6k

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All Works

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Sayer, Derek. (2016). Great Arches Viewed from the Coasts of Bohemia: Reflections Inspired by Tables of Kings1. 24(2). 73–90. 1 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek. (2014). Modernism, Seen from Prague, March 1937. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 3(1). 3–19892.
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Sayer, Derek. (2014). Time to abandon the gold standard? Peer review for the REF falls far short of internationally accepted standards.. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek, et al.. (2013). The Inhabited Ruins of Central Europe:Re-imagining Space, History and Memory. 1 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek, et al.. (2008). Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek. (2004). Going Down for Air: A Memoir in Search of a Subject. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek. (2004). Incognito Ergo Sum. Theory Culture & Society. 21(6). 67–89. 7 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek. (1998). A quintessential Czechness. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University).
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Legvold, Robert & Derek Sayer. (1998). The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History. Foreign Affairs. 77(5). 161–161. 35 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek. (1996). THE LANGUAGE OF NATIONALITY AND THE NATIONALITY OF LANGUAGE: PRAGUE 1780-1920. Past & Present. 153(1). 164–210. 7 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek. (1992). A Notable Administration: English State Formation and the Rise of Capitalism. American Journal of Sociology. 97(5). 1382–1415. 16 indexed citations
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Marx, Karl & Derek Sayer. (1989). Readings From Karl Marx. Routledge eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Zaret, David & Derek Sayer. (1989). The Violence of Abstraction: The Analytic Foundations of Historical Materialism.. Social Forces. 67(4). 1067–1067. 130 indexed citations
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Corrigan, Philip, et al.. (1987). The Great Arch: English State Formation as Cultural Revolution.. History and Theory. 26(2). 213–213. 19 indexed citations
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Arnstein, Walter L., Philip Corrigan, Derek Sayer, & G. E. Aylmer. (1987). The Great Arch: English State Formation as Cultural Revolution. The American Historical Review. 92(1). 123–123. 496 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lachmann, Richard, Philip Corrigan, & Derek Sayer. (1986). The Great Arch: English State Formation as Cultural Revolution.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 15(4). 606–606. 222 indexed citations
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Corrigan, Philip & Derek Sayer. (1978). Hindess and Hirst: A Critical Review. Socialist register. 15(15). 4 indexed citations
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Corrigan, Philip, Harvie Ramsay, & Derek Sayer. (1978). Socialist Construction and Marxist Theory. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Sayer, Derek. (1975). Method and Dogma in Historical Materialism. The Sociological Review. 23(4). 779–810. 7 indexed citations

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