Giampietro Gobo

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Giampietro Gobo is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Giampietro Gobo has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Education and 4 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Giampietro Gobo's work include Educational and Social Studies (7 papers), Italian Social Issues and Migration (4 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (3 papers). Giampietro Gobo is often cited by papers focused on Educational and Social Studies (7 papers), Italian Social Issues and Migration (4 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (3 papers). Giampietro Gobo collaborates with scholars based in Italy and Switzerland. Giampietro Gobo's co-authors include Jaber F. Gubrium, Clive Seale, David J. Silverman and Attila Bruni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and International Journal of Social Research Methodology.

In The Last Decade

Giampietro Gobo

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Qualitative Research Practice 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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. Qualitative Research Practice
    2004 697 citations Clive Seale, Giampietro Gobo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giampietro Gobo Italy 10 451 220 189 116 86 33 1.2k
Paul Atkinson Australia 15 497 1.1× 138 0.6× 194 1.0× 94 0.8× 71 0.8× 63 1.4k
Amir Marvasti United States 10 523 1.2× 208 0.9× 256 1.4× 113 1.0× 81 0.9× 21 1.3k
Nick Emmel United Kingdom 15 495 1.1× 384 1.7× 149 0.8× 137 1.2× 69 0.8× 31 1.4k
Dan Krause Netherlands 6 484 1.1× 255 1.2× 415 2.2× 138 1.2× 83 1.0× 7 1.7k
Liz Spencer United Kingdom 9 484 1.1× 291 1.3× 137 0.7× 150 1.3× 56 0.7× 11 1.1k
Victoria D. Alexander United Kingdom 16 654 1.5× 191 0.9× 143 0.8× 65 0.6× 63 0.7× 34 1.4k
Cheryl A. Hyde United States 18 365 0.8× 185 0.8× 192 1.0× 88 0.8× 120 1.4× 49 1.1k
John W. Murphy United States 18 522 1.2× 319 1.4× 220 1.2× 127 1.1× 135 1.6× 191 1.7k
Johnny Blair United States 17 606 1.3× 292 1.3× 194 1.0× 129 1.1× 58 0.7× 31 1.7k
Harsh Suri Australia 8 387 0.9× 262 1.2× 378 2.0× 143 1.2× 72 0.8× 28 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Giampietro Gobo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giampietro Gobo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giampietro Gobo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gobo, Giampietro, et al.. (2023). Trust and distrust in science: Embedding the interplay among scientists, mass media and public in Italy during the SARS-Cov-2 outbreak. Social Science Information. 62(3). 367–389. 3 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro, et al.. (2022). Science, Technology and Society. 3 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro, et al.. (2022). Questioning and Disputing Vaccination Policies. Scientists and Experts in the Italian Public Debate. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 42(1-2). 25–38. 7 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2021). Replicability. Politics and Poetics of Accountability, Validation and Legitimation. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 608451–608451. 1 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro, et al.. (2019). Oltre la polarizzazione "pro-vax" versus "no-vax". Atteggiamenti e motivazioni nel dibattito italiano sulle vaccinazioni. SALUTE E SOCIETÀ. 176–190. 5 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2016). Why “merged” methods realize a higher integration than “mixed” methods: a reply. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal. 11(3). 199–208. 13 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2015). La nuova survey : sondaggio discorsivo e approccio internazionale. 1015. 1 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2009). Ritorno a Likert. Verso una survey discorsiva. 5–28.
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2008). Best Practices: Rituals and Rhetorical Strategies in the "Initial Telephone Contact. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro, et al.. (2008). Useful resources: ethnography through the internet. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 11(4). 357–382. 1 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2008). Manuale di ricerca sociale e qualitativa. 9 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2008). The Renaissance of Qualitative Methods. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2008). Crafting Blindness: Its Organizational Construction in a First Grade School. Qualitative Sociology Review. 4(1). 92–108. 3 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2008). Con giustificato ritardo : la nascita della ricerca qualitativa in Italia. 1 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2008). Doing Ethnography. 181 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2006). Set Them Free: Improving Data Quality by Broadening the Interviewer’s Tasks. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 9(4). 279–301. 4 indexed citations
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Seale, Clive, et al.. (2004). Qualitative Research Practice. 697 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2004). Generalizzare da un solo caso? : Lineamenti di una teoria ideografica dei campioni. Rassegna italiana di sociologia. 45(1). 103–129. 6 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (2001). Descrivere il mondo. Teoria e pratica del metodo etnografico in sociologia. 8 indexed citations
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Gobo, Giampietro. (1993). Class: stories of concepts. From ordinary language to scientific language. Social Science Information. 32(3). 467–489. 1 indexed citations

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