Nancy Whittier

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Nancy Whittier is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Whittier has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Gender Studies and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Nancy Whittier's work include Gender Politics and Representation (5 papers), Sex work and related issues (4 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (4 papers). Nancy Whittier is often cited by papers focused on Gender Politics and Representation (5 papers), Sex work and related issues (4 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (4 papers). Nancy Whittier collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Nancy Whittier's co-authors include Verta Taylor, David S. Meyer, Marco Giugni, Charles Tilly, Doug McAdam, Claire Reinelt, Rebecca E. Klatch, Gilbert Herdt, Andrew Boxer and Jane Mansbridge and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Whittier

27 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

How Social Movements Matter 1992 2026 2003 2014 2001 1992 100 200 300 400 500
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. How Social Movements Matter
    2001 529 citations Nancy Whittier, Marco Giugni et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. Collective identity in social movement communities: Lesbian feminist mobilization.
    1992 479 citations Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nancy Whittier United States 18 1.7k 756 597 283 258 31 2.5k
Jan Willem Duyvendak Netherlands 29 2.5k 1.5× 1.2k 1.5× 411 0.7× 213 0.8× 308 1.2× 157 3.7k
Kathleen M. Blee United States 27 2.1k 1.3× 736 1.0× 704 1.2× 215 0.8× 318 1.2× 101 3.0k
Aldon Morris United States 19 2.5k 1.5× 840 1.1× 338 0.6× 309 1.1× 150 0.6× 68 3.3k
Mary Bernstein United States 19 1.2k 0.8× 569 0.8× 479 0.8× 160 0.6× 510 2.0× 37 2.0k
Jennifer L. Hochschild United States 24 2.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 399 0.7× 240 0.8× 283 1.1× 131 3.4k
Jo Freeman United States 19 1.3k 0.8× 615 0.8× 879 1.5× 168 0.6× 211 0.8× 39 2.6k
Verta Taylor United States 28 2.5k 1.5× 871 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 331 1.2× 715 2.8× 64 3.9k
Suzanne Staggenborg United States 21 2.5k 1.5× 1.2k 1.6× 612 1.0× 458 1.6× 165 0.6× 52 3.8k
Anne Phillips United Kingdom 25 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.8× 1.4k 2.4× 161 0.6× 97 0.4× 84 3.7k
Carol Mueller United States 16 1.6k 1.0× 972 1.3× 324 0.5× 418 1.5× 89 0.3× 29 2.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whittier, Nancy. (2021). How emotions shape feminist coalitions. European Journal of Women s Studies. 28(3). 369–386. 8 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy. (2019). 100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women's Political Activism. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 48(6). 678–680. 21 indexed citations
3.
Whittier, Nancy. (2017). Identity Politics, Consciousness-Raising, and Visibility Politics. Oxford University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
4.
Whittier, Nancy. (2016). Carceral and Intersectional Feminism in Congress. Gender & Society. 30(5). 791–818. 41 indexed citations
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Bosi, Lorenzo, Kathleen M. Blee, Marco Giugni, et al.. (2015). The Consequences of Social Movements. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 133 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy. (2011). The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotion, Social Movements, and the State. Smith ScholarWorks (Smith College). 25 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy. (2009). The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse. Oxford University Press eBooks. 66 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta, Nancy Whittier, & Leila J. Rupp. (2007). Feminist frontiers : seventh edition. 1 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy, Jane Mansbridge, & Aldon Morris. (2003). Oppositional Consciousness: The Subjective Roots of Social Protest. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 32(4). 489–489. 83 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy. (2002). Persistence and Transformation: Gloria Steinem, the Women's Action Alliance, and the Feminist Movement, 1971-1997. Journal of women's history. 14(2). 148–150. 1 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy, Barbara Laslett, & Barrie Thorne. (1999). The Academic is Political is Personal: Feminists Transforming Sociology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(3). 285–285. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta & Nancy Whittier. (1998). GUEST EDITORS' INTRODUCTION. Gender & Society. 12(6). 622–625. 19 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy. (1997). Political Generations, Micro-Cohorts, and the Transformation of Social Movements. American Sociological Review. 62(5). 760–760. 165 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy, et al.. (1997). Fierce and Tender Men: Sociological Aspects of the Men's Movement. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 26(3). 317–317. 3 indexed citations
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Klatch, Rebecca E. & Nancy Whittier. (1996). Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women's Movement.. Social Forces. 75(2). 761–761. 121 indexed citations
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Evans, Sara M. & Nancy Whittier. (1996). Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women's Movement.. Journal of American History. 83(3). 1098–1098. 7 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy. (1995). Book Reviews. Gender & Society. 9(3). 380–382. 1 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy, Gilbert Herdt, & Andrew Boxer. (1994). Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens are Leading a New Way out of the Closet.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 23(2). 289–289. 87 indexed citations
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Whittier, Nancy, et al.. (1993). Feminism and the Women's Movement: Dynamics of Change in Social Movement Ideology and Activism.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 22(6). 814–814. 16 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta & Nancy Whittier. (1992). Collective identity in social movement communities: Lesbian feminist mobilization.. 479 indexed citations breakdown →

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