Éric Klinenberg

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Éric Klinenberg is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Klinenberg has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Communication and 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Éric Klinenberg's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (6 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 papers). Éric Klinenberg is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (6 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 papers). Éric Klinenberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. Éric Klinenberg's co-authors include Liz Koslov, Malcolm Araos, Claudio E. Benzecry, Alexis A. Merdjanoff, Andrew Lakoff, Matt Wray, Thomas Frank, Mike Hill, Andrew J. Arnold and Piotr Winkielman and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Éric Klinenberg

39 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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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
Éric Klinenberg United States 14 751 338 281 238 189 42 1.5k
Wendy Stone Australia 19 610 0.8× 199 0.6× 239 0.9× 34 0.1× 145 0.8× 84 1.4k
Victoria Basolo United States 20 949 1.3× 99 0.3× 253 0.9× 84 0.4× 128 0.7× 38 1.6k
Sabrina McCormick United States 22 611 0.8× 450 1.3× 400 1.4× 62 0.3× 105 0.6× 37 1.7k
José Manuel Sabucedo Cameselle Spain 21 1.0k 1.4× 205 0.6× 108 0.4× 314 1.3× 28 0.1× 142 1.8k
Rebecca Wickes Australia 23 1.1k 1.5× 123 0.4× 435 1.5× 30 0.1× 160 0.8× 82 1.4k
Mark Tranmer United Kingdom 20 624 0.8× 42 0.1× 176 0.6× 125 0.5× 192 1.0× 44 1.5k
Michael Hough United States 17 1.4k 1.8× 158 0.5× 141 0.5× 33 0.1× 110 0.6× 51 2.3k
Jacque Emel United States 7 1.8k 2.4× 71 0.2× 105 0.4× 310 1.3× 89 0.5× 14 2.5k
Graham Smith United Kingdom 24 831 1.1× 165 0.5× 73 0.3× 46 0.2× 93 0.5× 94 1.9k
David B. Tindall Canada 19 751 1.0× 61 0.2× 110 0.4× 164 0.7× 62 0.3× 45 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Éric Klinenberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Éric Klinenberg

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klinenberg, Éric, et al.. (2024). Closed doors: Domestic space, household labor, and the reproduction of gender inequality in the pandemic lockdown. Gender Work and Organization. 31(6). 2634–2651. 2 indexed citations
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Araos, Malcolm, et al.. (2024). The social life of climate projects. Sociological Forum. 39(2). 149–152. 2 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric, et al.. (2023). Beyond burnout: Moral suffering among healthcare workers in the first COVID-19 surge. Social Science & Medicine. 340. 116471–116471. 14 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric, et al.. (2023). On Our Own: Social Distance, Physical Loneliness, and Structural Isolation in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Problems. 71(4). 1216–1230. 11 indexed citations
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Koslov, Liz, et al.. (2021). When rebuilding no longer means recovery: the stress of staying put after Hurricane Sandy. Climatic Change. 165(3-4). 59–59. 40 indexed citations
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Arnold, Andrew J., Heather Barry Kappes, Éric Klinenberg, & Piotr Winkielman. (2021). The Role of Comparisons in Judgments of Loneliness. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 498305–498305. 7 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric, et al.. (2021). Face Mask Face-Offs. Public Culture. 33(3). 441–466. 2 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric, Malcolm Araos, & Liz Koslov. (2020). Sociology and the Climate Crisis. Annual Review of Sociology. 46(1). 649–669. 82 indexed citations
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Douglas, Gordon C. C. & Éric Klinenberg. (2016). Urban Resilience for a Changing Climate.
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Klinenberg, Éric. (2016). Climate Change: Adaptation, Mitigation, and Critical Infrastructures. Public Culture. 28(2). 187–192. 5 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric. (2015). Heat Wave. 175 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric, et al.. (2012). The solo economy. 165(2). 58–63. 3 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric. (2006). Before the Flood: What Policymakers Can Learn from the Great Chicago Heat Wave. Public Policy & Aging Report. 16(2). 1–23. 3 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric, et al.. (2005). Introduction: Cultural Production in a Digital Age. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 597. 1–18. 6 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric & Thomas Frank. (2005). Looting Homeland Security. 5 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric, et al.. (2002). The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness. Journal of American History. 89(3). 1137–1137. 4 indexed citations
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Storrs, Debbie, et al.. (2002). The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(5). 570–570. 5 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric. (2001). Bowling Alone, Policing Together. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 28(3). 75–71. 10 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric. (2001). Introduction: The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness. 1–24. 3 indexed citations
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Klinenberg, Éric. (2000). Dying alone : a social autopsy of the 1995 Chicago heat wave. UMI eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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