Murray Edelman

14.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
56 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Murray Edelman is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Murray Edelman has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 5 papers in Philosophy and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Murray Edelman's work include Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 papers), Social Media and Politics (2 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 papers). Murray Edelman is often cited by papers focused on Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 papers), Social Media and Politics (2 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 papers). Murray Edelman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Murray Edelman's co-authors include Richard E. Dawson, Lauren Langman, Pierre Bourdıeu, John Thompson, Matthew Adamson, Gino Raymond, David D. Laitin, George Catlin, W. Lance Bennett and Sidney Kraus and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Murray Edelman

50 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

The symbolic uses of politics 1961 2026 1982 2004 1967 1992 1965 1988 1989 400 800 1.2k
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. The symbolic uses of politics
    1967 1.4k citations Murray Edelman Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Language and Symbolic Power.
    1992 1.3k citations Murray Edelman et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  3. The Symbolic Uses of Politics.
    1965 1.1k citations Murray Edelman et al. profile →
  4. Constructing the political spectacle
    1988 844 citations Murray Edelman profile →
  5. Constructing the Political Spectacle.
    1989 562 citations Murray Edelman et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  6. Industrialism and Industrial Man. By Clark Kerr, John T. Dunlop, Frederick Harbison and Charles A. Myers. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960, Pp. 331. $6.00.)
    1961 512 citations Murray Edelman American Political Science Review profile →
  7. Political Language: Words That Succeed and Policies That Fail
    1977 472 citations Murray Edelman Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  8. Political Language: Words that Succeed and Policies that Fail.
    1978 426 citations David D. Laitin, Murray Edelman Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Murray Edelman United States 22 3.5k 2.7k 1.3k 866 728 56 8.5k
Craig Calhoun United States 48 6.4k 1.8× 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 697 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 187 10.6k
Carole Pateman United States 25 3.9k 1.1× 3.2k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 411 0.5× 431 0.6× 68 7.8k
Ernesto Laclau United Kingdom 29 6.3k 1.8× 3.9k 1.5× 859 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 1.0k 1.4× 88 11.2k
Joseph R. Gusfield United States 35 4.0k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 585 0.4× 416 0.5× 556 0.8× 104 7.2k
Lewis A. Coser United States 44 6.1k 1.7× 2.3k 0.9× 474 0.4× 402 0.5× 724 1.0× 172 10.2k
Robert D. Benford United States 20 7.2k 2.0× 3.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 516 0.6× 545 0.7× 28 12.2k
Charles W. Mills United States 29 6.5k 1.8× 2.3k 0.9× 445 0.3× 668 0.8× 1.7k 2.4× 124 11.7k
Luc Boltanski France 36 6.1k 1.7× 1.8k 0.7× 560 0.4× 640 0.7× 571 0.8× 112 11.0k
Chantal Mouffe United Kingdom 31 7.7k 2.2× 4.5k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.6× 1.5k 2.1× 117 13.9k
Steven Lukes United States 25 4.0k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 320 0.2× 656 0.8× 932 1.3× 93 8.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Edelman, Murray. (2023). Not Really a New Paradigm for Polling. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3).
2.
Edelman, Murray. (2001). The Politics of Misinformation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 111 indexed citations
3.
Edelman, Murray. (1998). Language, myths and rhetoric. Society. 35(2). 131–139. 19 indexed citations
4.
Edelman, Murray. (1993). Contestable categories and public opinion. Political Communication. 10(3). 231–242. 188 indexed citations
5.
Kraus, Sidney, et al.. (1989). Constructing the Political Spectacle. Political Psychology. 10(3). 517–517. 200 indexed citations
6.
Edelman, Murray. (1987). The Construction of Social Problems as Buttresses of Inequalities. University of Miami law review. 42(1). 7. 4 indexed citations
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Bennett, W. Lance & Murray Edelman. (1985). Toward a New Political Narrative. Journal of Communication. 35(4). 156–171. 150 indexed citations
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Nilson, Linda B. & Murray Edelman. (1979). The symbolic evocation of occupational prestige. Society. 16(3). 57–64. 9 indexed citations
9.
Laitin, David D. & Murray Edelman. (1978). Political Language: Words that Succeed and Policies that Fail.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 7(5). 615–615. 426 indexed citations breakdown →
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Edelman, Murray. (1978). Space and the Social Order. 32(2). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Edelman, Murray. (1978). Space and the Social Order. Journal of Architectural Education. 32(2). 2–7. 13 indexed citations
12.
Edelman, Murray. (1977). THE LANGUAGE OF PARTICIPATION AND THE LANGUAGE OF RESISTANCE. Human Communication Research. 3(2). 159–170. 7 indexed citations
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Edelman, Murray & Holger Fliessbach. (1976). Politik als Ritual : die symbolische Funktion staatlicher institutionen und politischen Handelns. Campus Verlag eBooks. 33 indexed citations
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Edelman, Murray. (1975). Language, myths and rhetoric. Society. 12(5). 14–21. 24 indexed citations
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Koenig, Daniel J. & Murray Edelman. (1973). Politics as Symbolic Action.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 2(3). 311–311. 50 indexed citations
16.
Edelman, Murray & Rita J. Simon. (1969). Presidential Assassinations: Their Meaning and Impact on American Society. Ethics. 79(3). 199–221. 2 indexed citations
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Edelman, Murray. (1967). Myths, metaphors, and political conformity.. PubMed. 30(3). 217–28. 14 indexed citations
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Edelman, Murray. (1967). The symbolic uses of politics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Edelman, Murray. (1967). Myths, Metaphors, and Political Conformity†. Psychiatry. 30(3). 217–228. 12 indexed citations
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Edelman, Murray. (1961). Industrialism and Industrial Man. By Clark Kerr, John T. Dunlop, Frederick Harbison and Charles A. Myers. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960, Pp. 331. $6.00.). American Political Science Review. 55(1). 147–148. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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