Michael Erben

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Erben is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Erben has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 3 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Michael Erben's work include Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (1 paper) and Historical Education Studies Worldwide (1 paper). Michael Erben is often cited by papers focused on Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (1 paper) and Historical Education Studies Worldwide (1 paper). Michael Erben collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Michael Erben's co-authors include Jean-Claude Passeron, Pierre Bourdıeu, Denis Gleeson, Gemma Moss and Lionel S. Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Sociology and British Journal of Sociology of Education.

In The Last Decade

Michael Erben

17 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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.

  1. Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
    1979 5.2k citations Michael Erben, Pierre Bourdıeu et al. British Journal of Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Erben United Kingdom 6 2.8k 2.8k 970 418 416 21 5.3k
Jean-Claude Passeron France 21 3.9k 1.4× 4.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.5× 615 1.5× 579 1.4× 78 8.2k
Peter McLaren United States 37 3.7k 1.3× 2.4k 0.9× 838 0.9× 275 0.7× 707 1.7× 227 5.9k
Joe L. Kincheloe United States 32 3.4k 1.2× 2.3k 0.8× 554 0.6× 211 0.5× 573 1.4× 105 5.7k
Ivor Goodson United Kingdom 39 4.2k 1.5× 1.9k 0.7× 786 0.8× 166 0.4× 405 1.0× 167 5.7k
Meg Maguire United Kingdom 32 3.8k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.7× 184 0.4× 260 0.6× 107 5.3k
Geoff Whitty United Kingdom 37 4.4k 1.5× 2.4k 0.9× 1.9k 2.0× 175 0.4× 249 0.6× 166 6.0k
Christine E. Sleeter United States 40 6.6k 2.3× 4.0k 1.4× 411 0.4× 561 1.3× 432 1.0× 129 7.9k
Patti Lather United States 31 3.8k 1.3× 4.3k 1.5× 712 0.7× 247 0.6× 760 1.8× 72 8.8k
Thomas S. Popkewitz United States 37 4.1k 1.4× 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.9× 132 0.3× 300 0.7× 215 5.5k
James A. Banks United States 41 8.1k 2.9× 5.0k 1.8× 843 0.9× 794 1.9× 611 1.5× 131 10.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Erben

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Erben

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Erben, Michael. (2022). Lives in Fact and Fiction. 3(1). 32–42.
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Erben, Michael, et al.. (2021). Water hardness does not influence iodine-induced mortality of rainbow trout eyed eggs. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture. 13(1). 40–44. 1 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael, et al.. (2020). Use of different colours of vertically-suspended structure during the hatchery rearing of juvenile landlocked fall Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Walbaum). International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture. 12(2). 21–25. 4 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael. (2017). Some Notes on Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Lloyd, and Lily Bart. 33(2). 361–370.
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Erben, Michael, et al.. (2006). Nostalgia and Autobiography: The Past in the Present. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 14(3). 223–244. 21 indexed citations
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Moss, Gemma & Michael Erben. (2000). Introduction to the Linguistics and Education: Special Issue on Knowledge, Identity, and Pedagogy—Themes from the Work of Basil Bernstein. Linguistics and Education. 11(1). 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael. (2000). Ethics, Education, Narrative Communication and Biography. Educational Studies. 26(3). 379–390. 7 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael. (1999). Failure and Two Jewish Lives: a biographical approach to Franz Kafka and Walter Benjamin. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton).
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Erben, Michael. (1996). A Preliminary Prosopography of the Victorian Street. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael. (1993). The Problem of other Lives: Social Perspectives on Written Biography. Sociology. 27(1). 15–25. 23 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael. (1991). Genealogy and sociology. 81(1 Suppl). 86s–90s. 2 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael. (1991). Genealogy and Sociology: A Preliminary Set of Statements and Speculations. Sociology. 25(2). 275–292. 18 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael, et al.. (1985). An Aspect of Industrial Training in the Federal Republic of Germany: sociological considerations on the role of the meister. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 9(2). 69–76. 5 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael, et al.. (1984). ‘Moral Positioning’ and Occupational Socialization in the Training of Hairdressers, Secretaries and Caterers. Journal of Moral Education. 13(1). 49–55. 1 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael, et al.. (1982). ’Technical Culture’ and Technical Education in France: a consideration of the work of Claude Grignon and its relevance to British further education curricula. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 3(2). 145–159. 5 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael. (1979). Bourdieu: Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture. Radical philosophy. 22. 1 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael, Pierre Bourdıeu, & Jean-Claude Passeron. (1979). Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture. British Journal of Sociology. 30(2). 257–257. 5243 indexed citations breakdown →
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Erben, Michael & Lionel S. Lewis. (1977). Scaling the Ivory Tower: Merit and Its Limits in Academic Careers. British Journal of Sociology. 28(1). 118–118. 1 indexed citations
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Gleeson, Denis & Michael Erben. (1976). Meaning in Context: Notes towards a Critique of Ethnomethodology. British Journal of Sociology. 27(4). 474–474. 8 indexed citations
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Erben, Michael & Denis Gleeson. (1975). Reproduction and Social Structure: Comments on Louis Althusser's Sociology of Education. Educational Studies. 1(2). 121–127. 2 indexed citations

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