John Offer

578 total citations
48 papers, 222 citations indexed

About

John Offer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Offer has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 222 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in John Offer's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (14 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (7 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (6 papers). John Offer is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (14 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (7 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (6 papers). John Offer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. John Offer's co-authors include Robert Pinker, Pauline Leonard, Steve Taylor, Nasar Meer and Henrietta O’Connor and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Sociology and The Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

John Offer

42 papers receiving 196 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Offer United Kingdom 9 122 68 37 35 21 48 222
Patricia Thane United Kingdom 7 93 0.8× 73 1.1× 45 1.2× 25 0.7× 58 2.8× 23 208
Shelley A. M. Gavigan Canada 7 153 1.3× 69 1.0× 10 0.3× 61 1.7× 21 1.0× 40 246
Jane Jenson France 4 82 0.7× 72 1.1× 12 0.3× 61 1.7× 12 0.6× 9 185
Rainer Geißler Germany 10 193 1.6× 81 1.2× 19 0.5× 47 1.3× 12 0.6× 25 307
Warren E. Kalbach Canada 9 287 2.4× 42 0.6× 24 0.6× 45 1.3× 7 0.3× 26 333
Michel Peillon Ireland 7 123 1.0× 67 1.0× 8 0.2× 40 1.1× 6 0.3× 19 210
Viola Klein 6 103 0.8× 43 0.6× 24 0.6× 26 0.7× 34 1.6× 19 228
Robert Pinker United Kingdom 7 52 0.4× 64 0.9× 19 0.5× 35 1.0× 12 0.6× 26 173
Victor George Tanzania 8 76 0.6× 66 1.0× 12 0.3× 49 1.4× 5 0.2× 14 196
Jonathan Allen United States 5 127 1.0× 76 1.1× 6 0.2× 40 1.1× 26 1.2× 12 219

Countries citing papers authored by John Offer

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Offer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Offer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Offer, John. (2023). On welfare pluralism, social policy and the contribution of sociology: Revisiting Robert Pinker. Frontiers in Sociology. 8. 1076750–1076750. 3 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2019). Herbert Spencer, Sociological Theory, and the Professions. Frontiers in Sociology. 4. 77–77. 6 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2019). Social Solidarity and Herbert Spencer: Not the Oxymoron That Might Be Assumed. Frontiers in Sociology. 4. 1–1. 4 indexed citations
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Offer, John & Robert Pinker. (2017). Social policy and welfare pluralism : selected writings of Robert Pinker. Policy Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
5.
Offer, John. (2015). A new reading of Spencer on ‘society’, ‘organicism’ and ‘spontaneous order’. Journal of Classical Sociology. 15(4). 337–360. 7 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2010). Social Change and Selectionist Thought: On Spencer, Darwin and Runciman. The Sociological Review. 58(2). 305–326. 6 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2006). An Intellectual History of British Social Policy. Bristol University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2006). ‘Virtue’, ‘Citizen Character’ and ‘Social Environment’: Social Theory and Agency in Social Policy since 1830. Journal of Social Policy. 35(2). 283–302. 5 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2006). An intellectual history of British social policy. Bristol University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
10.
Offer, John. (2004). Dead Theorists and Older People: Spencer, Idealist Social Thought and Divergent Prescriptions For Care. Sociology. 38(5). 891–908. 2 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2003). Idealism Versus Non-Idealism: New Light on Social Policy and Voluntary Action in Britain Since 1880. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 14(2). 227–240. 4 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2000). Herbert Spencer : critical assessments. Routledge eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (2000). Herbert Spencer: Critical Assessments of Leading Sociologists. 3 indexed citations
14.
Offer, John. (1999). On sociological studies of interaction between social workers and clients and why they matter. Social Work and Social Sciences Review. 8(1). 5–24. 3 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (1999). Spencer's Future of Welfare: A Vision Eclipsed. The Sociological Review. 47(1). 136–162. 8 indexed citations
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Offer, John, et al.. (1985). Informal welfare in a small town in Northern Ireland. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 34. 101545–101545. 1 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (1985). On the need for a sociology of poverty: comments on the state of research on poverty in the United Kingdom. Social Science Information. 24(2). 299–307. 1 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (1985). Retrospective Reviews. Sociology. 19(4). 655–659. 1 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (1984). Informal Welfare, Social Work and the Sociology of Welfare. The British Journal of Social Work. 3 indexed citations
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Offer, John. (1980). The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain, 1978, .. 15(3). 227–228. 9 indexed citations

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