John D. Brewer

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

John D. Brewer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and History. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Brewer has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 25 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in History. Recurrent topics in John D. Brewer's work include Irish and British Studies (27 papers), Policing Practices and Perceptions (11 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (10 papers). John D. Brewer is often cited by papers focused on Irish and British Studies (27 papers), Policing Practices and Perceptions (11 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (10 papers). John D. Brewer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. John D. Brewer's co-authors include Rensis Likert, Lena Jayyusi, Jacob M. Price, Joyce Appleby, Susan Staves, Bernadette C. Hayes, Henry Horwitz, Ronald Weitzer, Jackie Davis and Robert L. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

John D. Brewer

121 papers receiving 2.6k 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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Author						Papers	Cites
John D. Brewer	1.4k	614	373	281	222	137	3.1k
Frank Bechhofer	1.8k 1.3×	709 1.2×	225 0.6×	384 1.4×	157 0.7×	96	3.5k
Michel de Certeau	1.9k 1.4×	574 0.9×	146 0.4×	127 0.5×	216 1.0×	75	4.4k
Susan S. Silbey	1.8k 1.3×	731 1.2×	286 0.8×	289 1.0×	244 1.1×	75	4.1k
Andrew Smith	1.8k 1.3×	519 0.8×	116 0.3×	282 1.0×	262 1.2×	33	4.6k
Michael McKeon	1.3k 1.0×	463 0.8×	164 0.4×	69 0.2×	143 0.6×	34	3.6k
Francesca Moore	1.3k 0.9×	388 0.6×	91 0.2×	137 0.5×	178 0.8×	5	3.1k
Thomas Hylland Eriksen	2.5k 1.8×	931 1.5×	120 0.3×	101 0.4×	171 0.8×	136	4.5k
Neil Warren	741 0.5×	282 0.5×	216 0.6×	109 0.4×	402 1.8×	85	2.7k
Tony Bennett	2.1k 1.6×	364 0.6×	176 0.5×	111 0.4×	246 1.1×	137	4.3k
Ian Buchanan	1.4k 1.0×	440 0.7×	87 0.2×	138 0.5×	171 0.8×	110	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John D. Brewer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brewer, John D.. (2025). Monotheism and Peacebuilding. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

Mandal, Jyotirmoy, et al.. (2024). Radiative cooling and thermoregulation in the earth’s glow. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(7). 102065–102065. 27 indexed citations

Brewer, John D., et al.. (2024). Innovations in thin‐film electronics for the new generation of displays. Journal of the Society for Information Display. 32(4). 121–135. 3 indexed citations

Brewer, John D.. (2023). 36.1: Invited Paper: Innovations in Thin Film Electronics for the New Generation of Displays. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 54(S1). 219–226. 1 indexed citations

Brewer, John D., David Mitchell, & Gerard Leavey. (2016). Northern Ireland: Religion and Transitional Justice. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 14. 79–91. 1 indexed citations

Brewer, John D.. (2013). The market and the academy. 173–209.

Brewer, John D. & Bernadette C. Hayes. (2011). Victims as moral beacons: victims and perpetrators in Northern Ireland. Contemporary Social Science. 6(1). 73–88. 27 indexed citations

Brewer, John D.. (2008). Adam Ferguson's Epistolary Self. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 7–22. 1 indexed citations

Brewer, John D.. (2007). Putting Adam Ferguson in his place¹. British Journal of Sociology. 58(1). 105–122. 5 indexed citations

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Brewer, John D., et al.. (2005). Child Safety Research in School Buses. 2005.

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Brewer, John D.. (2004). ImaginingThe Sociological Imagination: the biographical context of a sociological classic. British Journal of Sociology. 55(3). 317–333. 26 indexed citations

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Miller, Robert L. & John D. Brewer. (2003). The A-Z of social research : a dictionary of key social science research concepts. Sage eBooks. 60 indexed citations

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Brewer, John D.. (2002). Book Review: Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction. Qualitative Research. 2(1). 131–133. 64 indexed citations

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Tanner, Murray Scot, John D. Brewer, Paul Chevigny, et al.. (2000). Will the State Bring You Back In? Policing and Democratization. Comparative Politics. 33(1). 101–101. 9 indexed citations

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Brewer, John D., et al.. (1997). Crime In Ireland 1945–95:. Oxford University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Brewer, John D. & Jackie Davis. (1995). Applied Physiology of Rugby League. Sports Medicine. 20(3). 129–135. 62 indexed citations

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Nevill, Mary E., Brian N. Green, Richard D. Gordon, et al.. (1994). Book reviews. Journal of Sports Sciences. 12(2). 217–229. 5 indexed citations

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Brewer, John D.. (1987). Exploitation in the New Marxism of Collective Action. The Sociological Review. 35(1). 84–96. 7 indexed citations

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Brewer, John D.. (1981). The modern janus, Inkatha's role in black liberation. SAS-Space (University of London).

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Brewer, John D.. (1966). Organization and Innovation.Chris Argyris. American Journal of Sociology. 72(2). 220–221.

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