Neil J. Smelser

22.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
183 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Neil J. Smelser is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil J. Smelser has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Neil J. Smelser's work include Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (12 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (7 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (6 papers). Neil J. Smelser is often cited by papers focused on Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (12 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (7 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (6 papers). Neil J. Smelser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Neil J. Smelser's co-authors include Richard Swedberg, Francis Fukuyama, Ralph H. Turner, Samuel Bowles, Kurt Lang, Faith Mitchell, William Julius Wilson, Henry Teune, Talcott Parsons and Jeffrey C. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Neil J. Smelser

166 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Making of the English Working Class. 1963 2026 1984 2005 1966 1994 1995 1963 1963 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neil J. Smelser United States 36 6.4k 2.2k 1.9k 1.0k 1.0k 183 12.6k
David Knoke United States 50 4.7k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.8k 1.8× 132 11.2k
Max Weber United States 46 7.3k 1.2× 3.1k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 593 0.6× 603 0.6× 287 13.0k
Amitaï Etzioni United States 44 4.1k 0.6× 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 943 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 475 11.0k
Andrew Sayer United Kingdom 43 5.9k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 943 0.9× 126 11.5k
Sharon Zukin United States 36 7.8k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 533 0.5× 80 16.1k
Robert T. Golembiewski United States 27 3.5k 0.5× 2.5k 1.2× 2.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 203 11.1k
Jon Elster United States 55 7.8k 1.2× 5.4k 2.5× 3.8k 2.0× 829 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 231 18.3k
Elihu Katz United States 43 8.6k 1.4× 1.2k 0.5× 945 0.5× 708 0.7× 658 0.7× 151 16.1k
Stanley Lieberson United States 43 5.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 840 0.8× 971 1.0× 123 8.8k
Scott Lash United Kingdom 34 8.8k 1.4× 2.4k 1.1× 837 0.4× 1.5k 1.5× 696 0.7× 97 16.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil J. Smelser

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Swedberg, Richard, Gary S. Becker, James S. Coleman, et al.. (2020). Economics and Sociology. Princeton University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J.. (2012). Dynamics of American Universities. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.1.12.. Center for Studies in Higher Education. 3 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J.. (2011). Sociology’s Next Decades: Centrifugality, Conflict, Accommodation. Cahiers de recherche sociologique. 35–49.
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Smelser, Neil J.. (2007). The Faces of Terrorism. Princeton University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J., et al.. (2004). О компаративном анализе, междисциплинарности и интернационализации в социологии. Социологические исследования. 3–12. 1 indexed citations
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Alexander, Jeffrey C., Ron Eyerman, Bernard Giesen, Neil J. Smelser, & Piotr Sztompka. (2004). Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity. 491 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J., et al.. (2002). Terrorism : perspectives from the behavioral and social sciences. National Academies Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J.. (2001). Social sciences as learning systems. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 2. 22. 1 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J., William Julius Wilson, & Faith Mitchell. (2000). America becoming : racial trends and their consequences. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smelser, Neil J.. (1998). The Rational and the Ambivalent in the Social Sciences: 1997 Presidential Address. American Sociological Review. 63(1). 1–1. 210 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J., et al.. (1996). INDICE DELL'ANNATA 1996. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. 26(3). 777–781. 1 indexed citations
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Luce, R. Duncan, Neil J. Smelser, & Dean R. Gerstein. (1990). Leading Edges in Social and Behavioral Science. 11 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J.. (1988). Major Dimensions in the Relations Between the State and Higher Education (The Role of Government in Asian Higher Education Systems : Issues and Prospects : Report from the Fourth International Seminar On Higher Education in Asia). 8. 9–21. 1 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J. & Dean R. Gerstein. (1986). Behavioral and social science : fifty years of discovery : in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the "Ogburn report," Recent social trends in the United States. 11 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J., et al.. (1982). Behavioral and social science research : a national resource. 42 indexed citations
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Marx, Karl & Neil J. Smelser. (1975). Karl Marx on Society and Social Change: With Selections by Friedrich Engels. 5 indexed citations
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Marx, Karl & Neil J. Smelser. (1973). On society and social change : with selections by Friedrich Engels. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J.. (1971). Sociological theory : a contemporary view. 8 indexed citations
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Smelser, Neil J.. (1965). Readings On Economic Sciology. 6 indexed citations
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Barber, Bernard & Neil J. Smelser. (1961). Social Change in the Industrial Revolution: An Application of Theory to the British Cotton Industry, 1770-1840. Technology and Culture. 2(1). 57–57. 5 indexed citations

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