Joel Best

27 total papers · 970 total citations
7 papers, 571 citations indexed

About

Joel Best is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Best has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 571 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in Social Psychology and 1 paper in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Joel Best's work include Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (1 paper), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (1 paper) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (1 paper). Joel Best is often cited by papers focused on Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (1 paper), Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (1 paper) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (1 paper). Joel Best collaborates with scholars based in United States. Joel Best's co-authors include Mark Peyrot, Gary LaFree and Scott R. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and Society.

In The Last Decade

Joel Best

7 papers receiving 477 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Joel Best 380 101 71 66 61 7 571
Carol Tator 424 1.1× 56 0.6× 71 1.0× 98 1.5× 57 0.9× 13 617
Tabassum Fahim Ruby 383 1.0× 52 0.5× 65 0.9× 64 1.0× 63 1.0× 9 526
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber 295 0.8× 80 0.8× 41 0.6× 122 1.8× 116 1.9× 5 647
Rekha Mirchandani 348 0.9× 60 0.6× 97 1.4× 38 0.6× 29 0.5× 10 599
William M. Wentworth 318 0.8× 61 0.6× 92 1.3× 75 1.1× 36 0.6× 19 585
Benjamin S. Morse 385 1.0× 121 1.2× 135 1.9× 61 0.9× 24 0.4× 15 677
Halim Barakat 353 0.9× 100 1.0× 71 1.0× 41 0.6× 80 1.3× 23 611
Martha McMahon 338 0.9× 63 0.6× 102 1.4× 75 1.1× 152 2.5× 18 598
Charlotte Ryan 280 0.7× 64 0.6× 49 0.7× 62 0.9× 63 1.0× 20 584
Claire Reinelt 307 0.8× 31 0.3× 62 0.9× 75 1.1× 133 2.2× 9 622

Countries citing papers authored by Joel Best

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joel Best

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel Best

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joel Best. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joel Best based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joel Best. Joel Best is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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