Mitchell L. Stevens

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Mitchell L. Stevens is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitchell L. Stevens has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Education, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mitchell L. Stevens's work include Higher Education Governance and Development (12 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (11 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers). Mitchell L. Stevens is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Governance and Development (12 papers), Online Learning and Analytics (11 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers). Mitchell L. Stevens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Sweden. Mitchell L. Stevens's co-authors include Wendy Nelson Espeland, Richard Arum, Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Carol A. Heimer, Charlie Eaton, anthony lising antonio, Michael Sauder, Benjamin W. Domingue, René F. Kizilcec and Ramesh Johari and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Mitchell L. Stevens

46 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Commensuration as a Social Process 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2008 250 500 750 1000
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. Commensuration as a Social Process
    1998 1.1k citations Mitchell L. Stevens et al. Annual Review of Sociology profile →
  2. A Sociology of Quantification
    2008 608 citations Mitchell L. Stevens et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mitchell L. Stevens United States 15 1.1k 609 539 361 234 51 2.6k
Mary Feeney United States 32 861 0.8× 305 0.5× 821 1.5× 559 1.5× 402 1.7× 115 2.9k
Steven Brint United States 28 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 2.1× 896 1.7× 494 1.4× 166 0.7× 97 3.2k
Susan Wright Denmark 21 1.1k 1.0× 600 1.0× 870 1.6× 220 0.6× 105 0.4× 97 3.0k
Piotr Sztompka Poland 26 2.2k 2.0× 308 0.5× 860 1.6× 288 0.8× 230 1.0× 81 4.1k
Patricia Bromley United States 25 1.1k 1.0× 542 0.9× 608 1.1× 611 1.7× 776 3.3× 56 2.7k
Ann Mische United States 11 2.2k 2.0× 764 1.3× 618 1.1× 920 2.5× 425 1.8× 16 4.4k
Michael Sauder United States 19 1.3k 1.2× 487 0.8× 751 1.4× 1.1k 2.9× 723 3.1× 42 3.7k
Zaheer Baber Canada 14 856 0.8× 574 0.9× 686 1.3× 245 0.7× 436 1.9× 46 3.3k
Michaël Meyer Austria 26 2.2k 2.0× 612 1.0× 740 1.4× 560 1.6× 424 1.8× 112 5.1k
Ève Chiapello France 20 1.5k 1.4× 190 0.3× 466 0.9× 501 1.4× 450 1.9× 55 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stevens, Mitchell L.. (2024). Financing Higher Education in America. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 53(2). 103–107. 1 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L., et al.. (2022). Should I Start at MATH 101? Content Repetition as an Academic Strategy in Elective Curriculums. Sociology of Education. 95(2). 133–152. 13 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Anuj, Justin L. Lockman, Lauren B. Smith, et al.. (2022). Anesthesiologists With Advanced Degrees in Education: Qualitative Study of a Changing Paradigm. JMIR Medical Education. 8(2). e38050–e38050. 1 indexed citations
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Eaton, Charlie & Mitchell L. Stevens. (2020). Universities as peculiar organizations. Sociology Compass. 14(3). 19 indexed citations
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Davis, Glenn M., et al.. (2020). Identifying Preparatory Courses that Predict Student Success in Quantitative Subjects. 337–340. 1 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L., Cynthia Miller‐Idriss, & Seteney Shami. (2018). Seeing the World. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Dee, Thomas S., et al.. (2018). How a Data-Driven Course Planning Tool Affects College Students' GPA: Evidence from Two Field Experiments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L.. (2018). Higher Education Politics after the Cold War. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 50(3-4). 13–17. 2 indexed citations
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Dee, Thomas S., et al.. (2018). How a data-driven course planning tool affects college students' GPA. 1–10. 21 indexed citations
10.
Hutt, Ethan & Mitchell L. Stevens. (2017). From Soldiers to Students: The Tests of General Educational Development (GED) as Diplomatic Measurement. Social Science History. 41(4). 731–755. 4 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L.. (2014). An Ethically Ambitious Higher Education Data Science.. 9. 96–97. 1 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L. & Josipa Roksa. (2012). The Diversity Imperative in Elite Admissions. 79–89. 4 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L. & Cynthia Miller‐Idriss. (2009). Academic Internationalism: U.S. Universities in Transition.. 1 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L., Elizabeth A. Armstrong, & Richard Arum. (2008). Sieve, Incubator, Temple, Hub: Empirical and Theoretical Advances in the Sociology of Higher Education. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L.. (2008). An Admissions Race that's Already Won.. ˜The œchronicle of higher education. 54(18). 103103–103103. 1 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L., Elizabeth A. Armstrong, & Richard Arum. (2008). Sieve, Incubator, Temple, Hub: Empirical and Theoretical Advances in the Sociology of Higher Education. Annual Review of Sociology. 34(1). 127–151. 228 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L.. (2007). Creating a Class. Harvard University Press eBooks. 203 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L.. (2003). The Normalisation of Homeschooling in the USA. Evaluation & Research in Education. 17(2-3). 90–100. 20 indexed citations
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Stevens, Mitchell L., et al.. (2002). Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(6). 757–757. 102 indexed citations
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Heimer, Carol A. & Mitchell L. Stevens. (1997). Caring for the Organization. Work and Occupations. 24(2). 133–163. 28 indexed citations

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