Joan Acker

16.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Joan Acker is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Public Administration and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Acker has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Gender Studies, 10 papers in Public Administration and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Joan Acker's work include Gender Diversity and Inequality (17 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (9 papers) and Gender Politics and Representation (8 papers). Joan Acker is often cited by papers focused on Gender Diversity and Inequality (17 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (9 papers) and Gender Politics and Representation (8 papers). Joan Acker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Joan Acker's co-authors include Donald R. Van Houten, Jonathan H. Turner, Barbara J. Nelson, Sandra Morgen, Jerry A. Jacobs, William T. Bielby, Sara M. Evans, Alice H. Cook, Miriam M. Johnson and Jean Stockard and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Joan Acker

46 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

HIERARCHIES, JOBS, BODIES:

1990 4.4k citations Joan Acker Gender & Society profile →
Inequality Regimes

2006 2.1k citations Joan Acker Gender & Society profile →
From Sex Roles to Gendered Institutions

1992 610 citations Joan Acker Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
Gendered organizations and intersectionality: problems and possibilities

2012 377 citations Joan Acker Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal profile →
Women and Social Stratification: A Case of Intellectual Sexism

1973 250 citations Joan Acker American Journal of Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan Acker United States	26	7.1k	5.1k	1.8k	1.2k	1000	50	10.1k
Cecilia L. Ridgeway United States	45	5.3k 0.7×	6.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	464 0.4×	686 0.7×	77	11.6k
George Strauss United States	28	3.0k 0.4×	3.0k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	674 0.7×	112	8.8k
Barbara F. Reskin United States	39	4.3k 0.6×	4.6k 0.9×	927 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	683 0.7×	70	8.9k
Madeline E. Heilman United States	46	8.2k 1.2×	5.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.9×	255 0.2×	294 0.3×	104	12.1k
Patricia Yancey Martin United States	29	2.7k 0.4×	2.7k 0.5×	839 0.5×	458 0.4×	392 0.4×	83	5.4k
Robin J. Ely United States	24	4.6k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	2.5k 1.4×	526 0.4×	181 0.2×	50	7.0k
Paula England United States	53	7.7k 1.1×	9.0k 1.8×	497 0.3×	764 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	179	15.1k
Mary Anne Devanna United States	8	2.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	419 0.3×	278 0.3×	12	5.3k
Jerry A. Jacobs United States	38	2.4k 0.3×	3.4k 0.7×	482 0.3×	377 0.3×	583 0.6×	111	6.3k
Alison M. Konrad Canada	41	3.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	367 0.3×	188 0.2×	118	6.4k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Acker, Joan. (2013). Book review symposium: Sylvia Walby, Globalization and Inequalities: Complexity and Contested Modernities. Work Employment and Society. 27(4). 722–724. 3 indexed citations

2.

Acker, Joan. (2012). Gendered organizations and intersectionality: problems and possibilities. Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal. 31(3). 214–224. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Acker, Joan. (2009). From glass ceiling to inequality regimes. Sociologie du Travail. 51(2). 199–217. 113 indexed citations

4.

Hudson, Kenneth, et al.. (2007). Diverting Dependency: The Effects of Diversion on the Short Term Outcomes of TANF Applicants. Journal of Poverty. 11(1). 83–105. 2 indexed citations

5.

Acker, Joan. (2006). Inequality Regimes. Gender & Society. 20(4). 441–464. 2065 indexed citations breakdown →

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Acker, Joan. (2006). Introduction: "The Missing Feminist Revolution" Symposium. Social Problems. 53(4). 444–447. 13 indexed citations

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Acker, Joan. (2005). Comments on Burawoy on Public Sociology. Critical Sociology. 31(3). 327–331. 23 indexed citations

8.

Acker, Joan. (2001). Response to Acker and Eisenstein. Monthly Review. 53(5). 53–53. 3 indexed citations

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Acker, Joan. (1995). The Gender and Race Structure of Market Processes. Organization. 2(3-4). 392–395. 5 indexed citations

10.

Acker, Joan. (1992). From Sex Roles to Gendered Institutions. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(5). 565–565. 610 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bielby, William T., Jerry A. Jacobs, & Joan Acker. (1992). Revolving Doors: Sex Segregation and Women's Careers.. Social Forces. 70(4). 1166–1166. 30 indexed citations

12.

Acker, Joan. (1991). THINKING ABOUT WAGES:. Gender & Society. 5(3). 390–407. 38 indexed citations

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Acker, Joan. (1990). HIERARCHIES, JOBS, BODIES:. Gender & Society. 4(2). 139–158. 4449 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cook, Alice H., Joan Acker, Sara M. Evans, & Barbara J. Nelson. (1990). Doing Comparable Worth: Gender, Class and Pay Equity.. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 43(4). 481–481. 29 indexed citations

15.

Acker, Joan. (1988). Class, Gender, and the Relations of Distribution. Signs. 13(3). 473–497. 128 indexed citations

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Deutsch, Steven, et al.. (1986). Review Article. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 7(1). 109–117. 1 indexed citations

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Acker, Joan. (1982). Editorial Introduction. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 3(4). i–viii. 2 indexed citations

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Johnson, Miriam M., et al.. (1975). Expressiveness Reevaluated. The School Review. 83(4). 617–644. 7 indexed citations

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Acker, Joan & Donald R. Van Houten. (1974). Differential Recruitment and Control: The Sex Structuring of Organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly. 19(2). 152–152. 144 indexed citations

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Acker, Joan. (1973). Women and Social Stratification: A Case of Intellectual Sexism. American Journal of Sociology. 78(4). 936–945. 250 indexed citations breakdown →

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