James William Coleman

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

James William Coleman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, James William Coleman has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in James William Coleman's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 papers) and Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism (1 paper). James William Coleman is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 papers) and Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism (1 paper). James William Coleman collaborates with scholars based in United States. James William Coleman's co-authors include David R. Simon and Harold R. Kerbo and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Sociology, Social Problems and American Behavioral Scientist.

In The Last Decade

James William Coleman

13 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Competition and the Structure of Industrial Society: Reply to Braithwaite

1988 634 citations James William Coleman American Journal of Sociology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James William Coleman United States	8	806	170	115	112	109	13	1.2k
Maurice Punch United Kingdom	21	1.1k 1.4×	184 1.1×	124 1.1×	110 1.0×	119 1.1×	82	1.8k
Marshall B. Clinard United States	20	1.5k 1.8×	184 1.1×	331 2.9×	119 1.1×	72 0.7×	46	2.2k
Theodore Sasson United States	13	1.5k 1.9×	116 0.7×	117 1.0×	57 0.5×	73 0.7×	44	2.1k
Howard S. Erlanger United States	14	413 0.5×	255 1.5×	51 0.4×	221 2.0×	46 0.4×	38	1.1k
Kitty Calavita United States	26	1.9k 2.3×	127 0.7×	132 1.1×	110 1.0×	59 0.5×	65	2.3k
Peter Degoey United States	6	864 1.1×	119 0.7×	12 0.1×	78 0.7×	70 0.6×	6	1.5k
Kurt Lang United States	16	1.3k 1.6×	133 0.8×	28 0.2×	120 1.1×	55 0.5×	73	2.3k
Mathieu Deflem United States	19	679 0.8×	43 0.3×	48 0.4×	48 0.4×	38 0.3×	71	1.0k
Erin I. Kelly United States	8	719 0.9×	44 0.3×	36 0.3×	196 1.8×	136 1.2×	21	1.8k
Clarence Schrag United States	7	582 0.7×	81 0.5×	11 0.1×	55 0.5×	88 0.8×	15	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James William Coleman

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Coleman, James William. (2012). Who Is a Buddhist?. Buddhist-Christian Studies. 32(1). 33–37. 4 indexed citations

2.

Coleman, James William. (2002). The New Buddhism. Oxford University Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations

3.

Coleman, James William. (2001). The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 63 indexed citations

4.

Coleman, James William & Harold R. Kerbo. (1997). Social Problems: A Brief Introduction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

5.

Coleman, James William. (1992). Crime and Money. American Behavioral Scientist. 35(6). 827–836. 12 indexed citations

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Coleman, James William. (1989). Blackness and modernism : the literary career of John Edgar Wideman/ James W. Coleman. University Press of Mississippi eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Coleman, James William. (1988). Competition and the Structure of Industrial Society: Reply to Braithwaite. American Journal of Sociology. 94(3). 632–636. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coleman, James William. (1987). Toward an Integrated Theory of White-Collar Crime. American Journal of Sociology. 93(2). 406–439. 306 indexed citations

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Simon, David R. & James William Coleman. (1985). The Criminal Elite: Sociology of White Collar Crime. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-). 76(3). 776–776. 162 indexed citations

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Coleman, James William. (1985). Law and Power: The Sherman Antitrust Act and Its Enforcement in the Petroleum Industry. Social Problems. 32(3). 264–274. 1 indexed citations

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Coleman, James William. (1985). Law and Power: The Sherman Antitrust Act and Its Enforcement in the Petroleum Industry. Social Problems. 32(3). 264–274. 11 indexed citations

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Coleman, James William. (1978). The Dynamics of Narcotic Abstinence: an Interactionist Theory. Sociological Quarterly. 19(4). 555–564. 5 indexed citations

13.

Coleman, James William. (1976). The Myth of Addiction. Journal of Drug Issues. 6(2). 135–141. 12 indexed citations

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