Jeff Manza

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Jeff Manza is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeff Manza has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 25 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Jeff Manza's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (16 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (15 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (11 papers). Jeff Manza is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (16 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (15 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (11 papers). Jeff Manza collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Jeff Manza's co-authors include Clem Brooks, Christopher Uggen, Seymour Martin Lipset, Michael Hout, Melissa Thompson, Angela Behrens, Fay Lomax Cook, David Halle, Paul Nieuwbeerta and Michael Sauder and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Jeff Manza

55 papers receiving 3.4k 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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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jeff Manza United States	26	2.6k	2.1k	603	465	323	59	4.0k
Wim van Oorschot Netherlands	32	2.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	1.4k 2.4×	343 0.7×	449 1.4×	84	4.3k
Moshe Semyonov Israel	39	4.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.5×	728 1.2×	749 1.6×	635 2.0×	122	5.2k
Martin Gilens United States	23	2.4k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	312 0.5×	804 1.7×	642 2.0×	37	4.8k
Wendy M. Rahn United States	20	2.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	242 0.4×	337 0.7×	390 1.2×	35	4.4k
Sanford F. Schram United States	22	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	989 1.6×	723 1.6×	327 1.0×	81	3.5k
Chas Critcher United Kingdom	20	4.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	440 0.7×	707 1.5×	141 0.4×	40	5.6k
James R. Kluegel United States	28	3.6k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	512 0.8×	757 1.6×	315 1.0×	41	4.6k
Clem Brooks United States	28	3.5k 1.3×	3.7k 1.7×	351 0.6×	1.0k 2.3×	493 1.5×	63	6.1k
Jane Jenson Canada	30	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	472 0.8×	416 0.9×	176 0.5×	119	2.9k
Göran Therborn Sweden	29	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	300 0.5×	317 0.7×	314 1.0×	146	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Jeff Manza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jeff Manza

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeff Manza

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All Works

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Manza, Jeff. (2023). Sociology for Beginners. Annual Review of Sociology. 49(1). 241–261. 3 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff & Clem Brooks. (2020). Mobility Optimism in an Age of Rising Inequality. Sociological Quarterly. 62(2). 343–368. 16 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff, et al.. (2017). Working Class Hero? Interrogating the Social Bases of the Rise of Donald Trump. The Forum. 15(1). 3–28. 27 indexed citations

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Brooks, Clem, et al.. (2016). Political Ideology and Immigrant Acceptance. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 2. 20 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff & Clem Brooks. (2014). PRISONERS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM? AMERICANS' ATTIDUES TOWARDS TAXES AND INEQUALITY IN A NEW GILDED AGE*. 1 indexed citations

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Brooks, Clem & Jeff Manza. (2013). A Broken Public? Americans’ Responses to the Great Recession. American Sociological Review. 78(5). 727–748. 83 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff & Clem Brooks. (2012). How Sociology Lost Public Opinion. Sociological Theory. 30(2). 89–113. 47 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff, et al.. (2010). Producing Textbook Sociology. European Journal of Sociology. 51(2). 271–304. 21 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff & Michael Sauder. (2009). Inequality and society. 6 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff & Ruth Braunstein. (2008). Beyond the Ballot Box: Social Groups and Voting in Democratic Polities. Harvard international review. 30(1). 40–43. 1 indexed citations

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Brooks, Clem & Jeff Manza. (2007). Why Welfare States Persist. 244 indexed citations

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Brooks, Clem & Jeff Manza. (2006). Social Policy Responsiveness in Developed Democracies. American Sociological Review. 71(3). 474–494. 214 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff & Christopher Uggen. (2004). Punishment and Democracy: Disenfranchisement of Nonincarcerated Felons in the United States. Perspectives on Politics. 2(3). 59 indexed citations

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Halle, David, Jeff Manza, & Clem Brooks. (2001). Social Cleavages and Political Change: Voter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 30(4). 388–388. 108 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff. (2000). Political Sociological Models of the U.S. New Deal. Annual Review of Sociology. 26(1). 297–322. 20 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff. (2000). Race and the underdevelopment of the American welfare state. Theory and Society. 29(6). 819–832. 21 indexed citations

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Manza, Jeff & Suzanne Mettler. (2000). Dividing Citizens: Gender and Federalism in New Deal Public Policy. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 29(3). 542–542. 4 indexed citations

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Brooks, Clem & Jeff Manza. (1997). Social Cleavages and Political Alignments: U.S. Presidential Elections, 1960 to 1992. American Sociological Review. 62(6). 937–937. 81 indexed citations

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Brooks, Clem & Jeff Manza. (1997). Class Politics and Political Change in the United States, 1952-1992. Social Forces. 76(2). 379–379. 21 indexed citations

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Hout, Michael, Clem Brooks, & Jeff Manza. (1993). THE PERSISTENCE OF CLASSES IN POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. International Sociology. 8(3). 259–277. 121 indexed citations

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