Murray Sperber

1.7k total citations
17 papers, 938 citations indexed

About

Murray Sperber is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Murray Sperber has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 938 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Gender Studies, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Murray Sperber's work include Sports, Gender, and Society (9 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (5 papers) and American Sports and Literature (5 papers). Murray Sperber is often cited by papers focused on Sports, Gender, and Society (9 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (5 papers) and American Sports and Literature (5 papers). Murray Sperber collaborates with scholars based in United States. Murray Sperber's co-authors include Susan K. Cahn, William G. Bowen, Randolph M. Feezell, James L. Shulman, James J. Duderstadt, Ronald A. Smith, John M. Carroll and Michael Oriard and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and The Journal of Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Murray Sperber

11 papers receiving 625 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Murray Sperber United States 7 619 523 176 145 136 17 938
Ellen J. Staurowsky United States 17 488 0.8× 494 0.9× 52 0.3× 119 0.8× 128 0.9× 57 762
Grant Jarvie United Kingdom 17 702 1.1× 889 1.7× 31 0.2× 116 0.8× 146 1.1× 57 1.1k
John N. Singer United States 18 683 1.1× 634 1.2× 194 1.1× 91 0.6× 125 0.9× 37 929
Richard Gruneau Canada 17 665 1.1× 805 1.5× 25 0.1× 108 0.7× 129 0.9× 28 983
C. Keith Harrison United States 16 556 0.9× 448 0.9× 349 2.0× 69 0.5× 276 2.0× 51 1.0k
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Canada 20 989 1.6× 1.0k 2.0× 30 0.2× 152 1.0× 308 2.3× 53 1.3k
Peter Iver Kaufman United States 12 184 0.3× 422 0.8× 221 1.3× 30 0.2× 86 0.6× 68 754
Ian Henry United Kingdom 18 525 0.8× 808 1.5× 30 0.2× 172 1.2× 276 2.0× 100 1.1k
Toni Bruce New Zealand 16 879 1.4× 890 1.7× 30 0.2× 167 1.2× 113 0.8× 52 1.1k
David Karen United States 13 221 0.4× 564 1.1× 543 3.1× 94 0.6× 95 0.7× 22 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Murray Sperber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Murray Sperber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murray Sperber

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
1.
Sperber, Murray. (2002). Shake Down the Thunder. Indiana University Press eBooks.
2.
Sperber, Murray, et al.. (2002). College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy. Journal of American History. 88(4). 1584–1584. 6 indexed citations
3.
Sperber, Murray. (2001). Beer and circus : how big-time college sports is crippling undergraduate education. 220 indexed citations
4.
Feezell, Randolph M., James L. Shulman, William G. Bowen, Murray Sperber, & James J. Duderstadt. (2001). The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values. Academe. 87(5). 90–90. 248 indexed citations
5.
Sperber, Murray & John M. Carroll. (2001). Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football. The American Historical Review. 106(2). 586–586. 6 indexed citations
6.
Sperber, Murray. (2001). College Sports Inc.: the athletic department vs. the university.. 147–157. 1 indexed citations
7.
Sperber, Murray. (2000). Beer and Circus. 18 indexed citations
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Smith, Ronald A. & Murray Sperber. (2000). Onward to Victory: The Crises That Shaped College Sports.. Journal of American History. 87(1). 298–298. 16 indexed citations
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Oriard, Michael, et al.. (1995). Reading Football: How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle.. Journal of American History. 81(4). 1779–1779.
10.
Sperber, Murray & Susan K. Cahn. (1995). Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Women's Sport.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 24(3). 336–336. 335 indexed citations
11.
Sperber, Murray. (1993). Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations
12.
Sperber, Murray, et al.. (1992). College Sports, Inc.: The Athletic Department vs. the University.. The Journal of Higher Education. 63(2). 227–227. 70 indexed citations
13.
Sperber, Murray. (1991). Why the NCAA Can't Reform College Athletics. Academe. 77(1). 13–13. 4 indexed citations
14.
Sperber, Murray. (1987). The College Coach as Entrepreneur. Academe. 73(4). 30–30. 1 indexed citations
15.
Sperber, Murray. (1977). Arthur Koestler: A Collection of Critical Essays. 1 indexed citations
16.
Sperber, Murray. (1974). And I remember Spain;: A Spanish civil war anthology,. 1 indexed citations
17.
Sperber, Murray. (1972). 'Marx: G.O.'s Dog': A Study of Politics and Literature in George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. 1 indexed citations

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