Nicolas Dodier

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Dodier is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Dodier has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in General Health Professions and 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Dodier's work include Health, Medicine and Society (16 papers), Education, sociology, and vocational training (13 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (12 papers). Nicolas Dodier is often cited by papers focused on Health, Medicine and Society (16 papers), Education, sociology, and vocational training (13 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (12 papers). Nicolas Dodier collaborates with scholars based in France, Niger and Mali. Nicolas Dodier's co-authors include Howard S. Becker, Charles C. Ragin, Janine Barbot, Isabelle Baszanger, Tom Dwyer, Alberto Cambrosio, Vololona Rabeharisoa, Madeleine Akrich and François Vatin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Dodier

53 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

What Is a Case? Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 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. What Is a Case? Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry
    1994 1.2k citations Nicolas Dodier, Charles C. Ragin et al. Revue Française de Sociologie profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicolas Dodier France 19 1.3k 488 281 259 239 56 2.5k
Derek Layder United Kingdom 18 1.2k 1.0× 317 0.6× 266 0.9× 134 0.5× 252 1.1× 40 2.5k
Magalí Sarfatti Larson United States 12 649 0.5× 320 0.7× 301 1.1× 148 0.6× 413 1.7× 33 2.3k
Françoise Tissot France 21 931 0.7× 244 0.5× 265 0.9× 132 0.5× 101 0.4× 304 1.7k
Robert A. Stebbins Canada 27 2.0k 1.6× 304 0.6× 110 0.4× 131 0.5× 228 1.0× 95 3.8k
Thomas R. Lindlof United States 12 1.6k 1.3× 335 0.7× 187 0.7× 147 0.6× 323 1.4× 19 4.0k
Sandra J. Ball‐Rokeach United States 33 2.9k 2.3× 401 0.8× 303 1.1× 143 0.6× 230 1.0× 81 4.9k
Tom Wengraf United Kingdom 10 1.2k 0.9× 423 0.9× 254 0.9× 148 0.6× 166 0.7× 19 2.9k
Pertti Alasuutari Finland 22 882 0.7× 196 0.4× 409 1.5× 143 0.6× 130 0.5× 77 2.2k
John D. Brewer United Kingdom 28 1.4k 1.1× 190 0.4× 614 2.2× 153 0.6× 281 1.2× 137 3.1k
Bruce Patton United States 6 1.1k 0.9× 195 0.4× 306 1.1× 331 1.3× 290 1.2× 10 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicolas Dodier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Dodier

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dodier, Nicolas & Janine Barbot. (2017). A força dos dispositivos. Sociedade e Estado. 32(2). 487–518. 8 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (2017). La construction sociale des souffrances du corps dans les activités quotidiennes de travail. Travailler. n° 37(1). 119–130. 2 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas, et al.. (2015). Face à l'extension des indemnisations non judiciaires. Le cas des victimes d'un drame de santé publique. Droit et société. n° 89(1). 89–103. 3 indexed citations
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Barbot, Janine & Nicolas Dodier. (2015). Dealing with Compassion at Work. Strategic Reflexivity among Court Lawyers. Sociologie du Travail. 57. e43–e62. 2 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas, et al.. (2014). Rethinking the Role of Victims in Criminal Proceedings. 64(3). 407–433. 2 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas, et al.. (2014). Repenser la place des victimes au procès pénal : le répertoire normatif des juristes en France et aux Etats-Unis. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 15 indexed citations
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Barbot, Janine & Nicolas Dodier. (2014). Victims’ Normative Repertoire of Financial Compensation: The Tainted hGH Case. Human Studies. 38(1). 81–96. 7 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas, et al.. (2009). Itinéraires de réparation et formation d'un espace de victimes autour d'un drame médical. Cairn.info. 99–117. 4 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas & Janine Barbot. (2008). Autonomy and Objectivity as Political Operators in the Medical World: Twenty Years of Public Controversy about AIDS Treatments in France. Science in Context. 21(3). 403–434. 15 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (2005). Transnational Medicine in Public Arenas: Aids Treatments in the South. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 29(3). 285–307. 10 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (2003). Leçons politiques de l'épidémie de sida. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 132 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (2000). Bernard Lahire, L’homme pluriel. Les ressorts de l’action. Sociologie du Travail. 42(1). 196–198.
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Dodier, Nicolas. (1998). Ilana Löwy, Between bench and bedside. Science, healing and interleukine-2 in a cancer ward. Sciences sociales et santé. 16(1). 138–146. 1 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (1997). L’activité technique, les formes d’organisation du travail et la question de la société. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 19(1). 95–113.
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Dodier, Nicolas. (1996). Les Sciences Sociales Face a la Raison Statistique (note critique). Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales. 51(2). 409–428. 14 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (1994). Expert medical decisions in occupational medicine: a sociological analysis of medical judgment. Sociology of Health & Illness. 16(4). 489–514. 32 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas, Charles C. Ragin, & Howard S. Becker. (1994). What Is a Case? Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry. Revue Française de Sociologie. 35(1). 125–125. 1199 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dodier, Nicolas. (1993). L'expertise médicale. 17 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (1990). Jean-Paul Moatti, Economie de la sécurité. De l'évaluation de la prévention des risques technologiques. Sciences sociales et santé. 8(4). 119–122. 1 indexed citations
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Dodier, Nicolas. (1988). Les actes de l'inspection du travail en matière de sécurité : la place du droit dans la justification des relevés d'infraction. Sciences sociales et santé. 6(1). 7–28. 11 indexed citations

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