Ken Plummer

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ken Plummer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Plummer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Gender Studies and 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Ken Plummer's work include Social and Cultural Dynamics (4 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (4 papers). Ken Plummer is often cited by papers focused on Social and Cultural Dynamics (4 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (4 papers). Ken Plummer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Ken Plummer's co-authors include Donal Carbaugh, George Chauncey, James P. Bennett, Arlene Stein, William L. Rathje, Maggy Lee, Eamonn Carrabine, Nigel South, Jackie Turton and Paul Iganski and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Ken Plummer

51 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Telling Sexual Stories: Power, Change, and Social Worlds

1997 772 citations Ken Plummer et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
Telling Sexual Stories

2002 760 citations Ken Plummer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Plummer United Kingdom	17	1.6k	999	909	503	272	57	3.0k
Stevi Jackson United Kingdom	25	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	584 0.6×	475 0.9×	291 1.1×	62	2.4k
Kenneth Plummer United States	17	1.2k 0.7×	602 0.6×	590 0.6×	558 1.1×	216 0.8×	40	2.3k
Kathy Davis Netherlands	21	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	447 0.5×	527 1.0×	227 0.8×	99	3.0k
Jean Giles-Sims United States	14	1.3k 0.8×	714 0.7×	651 0.7×	998 2.0×	329 1.2×	29	3.1k
Merl Storr United Kingdom	13	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	423 0.5×	308 0.6×	150 0.6×	20	3.6k
Michael Schwalbe United States	25	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	750 0.8×	551 1.1×	465 1.7×	63	3.8k
Carol Smart United Kingdom	34	2.2k 1.4×	872 0.9×	328 0.4×	523 1.0×	292 1.1×	88	3.3k
Judith Halberstam United States	20	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	766 0.8×	354 0.7×	68 0.3×	41	3.1k
Terry Arendell United States	14	1.7k 1.1×	843 0.8×	348 0.4×	402 0.8×	430 1.6×	21	2.9k
Bárbara J. Risman United States	29	2.5k 1.6×	2.4k 2.4×	708 0.8×	386 0.8×	538 2.0×	80	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ken Plummer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Plummer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Plummer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken Plummer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken Plummer 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 Ken Plummer. Ken Plummer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Thompson, Paul, et al.. (2021). Pioneering Social Research. Policy Press eBooks.

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Thompson, Paul M., et al.. (2021). Pioneering Social Research. Policy Press eBooks.

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Thompson, Paul M., et al.. (2021). Pioneering Social Research. Policy Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Thompson, Paul, et al.. (2020). Pioneering Social Research. Policy Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken, et al.. (2011). Sociology: A Global Introduction (5th Edition). Open Access at Essex (University of Essex). 1 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (2011). Intimate Citizenship. University of Washington Press eBooks.

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Plummer, Ken. (2010). Review Article: A Round Up of Some Recent Books on Prostitution and Sex Work. Sexualities. 13(3). 394–400. 3 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (2009). A Quiet Catharsis of Comprehension: A Poetic for Paul. Symbolic Interaction. 32(3). 174–176.

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Carrabine, Eamonn, Pamela Cox, Nigel South, et al.. (2009). Criminology. 23 indexed citations

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Carrabine, Eamonn, et al.. (2008). Criminology A Sociological Introduction, 2nd Edition. Open Access at Essex (University of Essex). 9 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (2006). Interaction Ritual Chains – Randall Collins. British Journal of Sociology. 57(4). 715–716. 2 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (2004). Using Documents in Social Research. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 33(3). 382–383. 49 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (2001). Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to A Critical Humanism Second Edition. Open Access at Essex (University of Essex). 13 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (2001). The Square of Intimate Citizenship: Some Preliminary Proposals. Citizenship Studies. 5(3). 237–253. 114 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken, et al.. (1996). I cant Even Think Straight. 83(6). 1161–4. 2 indexed citations

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Weeks, Jeffrey & Ken Plummer. (1994). Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experience. British Journal of Sociology. 45(4). 707–707. 5 indexed citations

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Bullough, Vern L. & Ken Plummer. (1994). Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experience.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 23(2). 217–217. 3 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken, et al.. (1993). Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 22(6). 870–870. 151 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (1991). Symbolic Interactionism: Volume 1 - Foundations and History; Volume 2 - Contemporary Issues. Open Access at Essex (University of Essex). 1 indexed citations

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Plummer, Ken. (1990). STAYING IN THE EMPIRICAL WORLD: SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM AND POSTMODERNISM. Symbolic Interaction. 13(2). 155–160. 7 indexed citations

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