Janice E. Perlman

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Janice E. Perlman is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Janice E. Perlman has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Urban Studies, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Janice E. Perlman's work include Urban Development and Societal Issues (6 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers). Janice E. Perlman is often cited by papers focused on Urban Development and Societal Issues (6 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers). Janice E. Perlman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Argentina. Janice E. Perlman's co-authors include Alejandro Portes, Arif Hasan, Oren Yiftachel, Ananya Roy, Nezar AlSayyad, Alan Gilbert, Asef Bayat, Ahmed M. Soliman, Ray Bromley and Robert S. Erikson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Cities and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

In The Last Decade

Janice E. Perlman

22 papers receiving 933 citations

Hit Papers

Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 50 100 150 200 250
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. Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro
    2010 292 citations Janice E. Perlman profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Janice E. Perlman United States 12 634 502 255 131 118 22 1.2k
Margo Huxley United Kingdom 14 684 1.1× 431 0.9× 283 1.1× 103 0.8× 97 0.8× 36 1.3k
Josef Gugler United States 17 364 0.6× 579 1.2× 207 0.8× 82 0.6× 188 1.6× 53 1.2k
Bryan R. Roberts United States 20 371 0.6× 824 1.6× 294 1.2× 166 1.3× 223 1.9× 65 1.5k
Çağlar Keyder Türkiye 17 190 0.3× 556 1.1× 691 2.7× 58 0.4× 236 2.0× 49 1.3k
R. A. Tomlinson South Africa 16 316 0.5× 457 0.9× 250 1.0× 56 0.4× 138 1.2× 111 1.0k
James Heitzman United States 11 331 0.5× 233 0.5× 237 0.9× 50 0.4× 60 0.5× 25 723
Susan Eckstein United States 21 143 0.2× 890 1.8× 419 1.6× 67 0.5× 111 0.9× 80 1.4k
Kwadwo Konadu‐Agyemang United States 12 249 0.4× 240 0.5× 62 0.2× 62 0.5× 154 1.3× 21 694
Anthony Lemon United Kingdom 14 226 0.4× 353 0.7× 149 0.6× 33 0.3× 46 0.4× 53 689
Alison Stenning United Kingdom 21 441 0.7× 640 1.3× 417 1.6× 190 1.5× 190 1.6× 40 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Janice E. Perlman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Janice E. Perlman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perlman, Janice E.. (2016). Cities from scratch: poverty and informality in urban Latin America. Planning Perspectives. 32(1). 131–133. 7 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (2010). Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Narayan, Deepa, Anthony Hall, Joseph Shapiro, et al.. (2007). Moving Out of Poverty: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Mobility. 56 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (2006). The Metamorphosis of Marginality: Four Generations in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 606(1). 154–177. 45 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E., et al.. (2005). THE MYTH OF MARGINALITY REVISITED THE CASE OF FAVELAS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, 1969-2003. 13 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (2005). Drugs and Violence: the New Reality of Marginality. A Research Note. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 13(2). 76–78. 1 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (2004). The Metamorphosis of Marginality in Rio De Janeiro. Latin American Research Review. 39(1). 189–192. 1 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (2004). The Metamorphosis of Marginality in Rio de Janeiro. Latin American Research Review. 39(1). 189–192. 14 indexed citations
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Rocha, Mercedes González de la, Janice E. Perlman, Helen I. Safa, et al.. (2004). From the Marginality of the 1960s to the “New Poverty” of Today: a LARR Research Forum. Latin American Research Review. 39(1). 183–187. 14 indexed citations
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Roy, Ananya, Nezar AlSayyad, Alan Gilbert, et al.. (2003). Urban informality : transnational perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia. 235 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (1990). A dual strategy for deliberate social change in cities. Cities. 7(1). 3–15. 10 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (1987). Megacities and innovative technologies. Cities. 4(2). 128–136. 2 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (1987). Misconceptions about the Urban Poor and the Dynamics of Housing Policy Evolution. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 6(3). 187–196. 14 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (1983). Seven Voices From One Organization: What Does It Mean?. The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. 10(4). 3 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E., et al.. (1977). O mito da marginalidade : favelas e política no Rio de Janeiro. 15 indexed citations
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Portes, Alejandro & Janice E. Perlman. (1977). The Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio De Janeiro.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(6). 745–745. 355 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (1976). The myth of marginality. 80 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (1975). Rio's Favelas and the Myth of Marginality. Politics & Society. 5(2). 131–160. 14 indexed citations
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Perlman, Janice E.. (1974). Methodological Notes on Complex Survey Research Involving Life History Data. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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