Robert Alun Jones

2.2k total citations
49 papers, 983 citations indexed

About

Robert Alun Jones is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Alun Jones has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 983 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Philosophy and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Robert Alun Jones's work include Emile Durkheim and Sociology (22 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (12 papers) and Critical Realism in Sociology (9 papers). Robert Alun Jones is often cited by papers focused on Emile Durkheim and Sociology (22 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (12 papers) and Critical Realism in Sociology (9 papers). Robert Alun Jones collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Alun Jones's co-authors include Quentin Skinner, Laura Desfor Edles, Stjepan G. Meštrović, Anthony Giddens, Robert J. Richards, E. E. Evans‐Pritchard, Anne Warfield Rawls, Nico Stehr, Volker Meja and Rand J. Spiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Robert Alun Jones

45 papers receiving 757 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Alun Jones United States 17 601 117 90 76 75 49 983
Donald A. Nielsen United States 9 655 1.1× 119 1.0× 94 1.0× 53 0.7× 119 1.6× 31 1.1k
Christine Brooke‐Rose United Kingdom 9 365 0.6× 116 1.0× 65 0.7× 92 1.2× 61 0.8× 32 1.1k
Kurt H. Wolff United States 16 601 1.0× 143 1.2× 41 0.5× 53 0.7× 84 1.1× 92 1.1k
Robert J. Ellrich 3 518 0.9× 148 1.3× 91 1.0× 124 1.6× 99 1.3× 5 1.1k
Roy Wallis United Kingdom 17 793 1.3× 175 1.5× 77 0.9× 77 1.0× 96 1.3× 62 1.3k
Robert W. Friedrichs United States 10 399 0.7× 81 0.7× 44 0.5× 80 1.1× 65 0.9× 33 763
Alan Sica United States 18 675 1.1× 174 1.5× 38 0.4× 83 1.1× 100 1.3× 85 1.1k
Marcel Fournier Canada 13 1.1k 1.9× 161 1.4× 60 0.7× 98 1.3× 80 1.1× 84 1.5k
Anthony J. Blasi United States 12 580 1.0× 93 0.8× 74 0.8× 49 0.6× 133 1.8× 64 1.0k
T. J. Jackson Lears United States 12 598 1.0× 225 1.9× 104 1.2× 63 0.8× 67 0.9× 17 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, William Robertson & Robert Alun Jones. (2017). The Prophets of Israel and their Place in History. 2 indexed citations
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Alexander, Jeffrey C., Jeffrey C. Alexander, Philip Smith, et al.. (2005). The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 57 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (2005). The Secret of the Totem. Columbia University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Durkheim, Émile, Neil Gross, Robert Alun Jones, & Hans Joas. (2004). Durkheim's Philosophy Lectures: Notes from the Lycée de Sens Course, 1883–1884. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Rawls, Anne Warfield & Robert Alun Jones. (2001). The Development of Durkheim's Social Realism. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 30(1). 56–56. 28 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1996). Durkheim, realism, and Rousseau. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 32(4). 330–353. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1994). Ambivalent Cartesians: Durkheim, Montesquieu, and Method. American Journal of Sociology. 100(1). 1–39. 19 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1994). The Ethics of Research in Cyberspace. Internet Research. 4(3). 30–35. 56 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1994). The positive science of ethics in France: German influences onDe la division du travail social. Sociological Forum. 9(1). 37–57. 8 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun & Rand J. Spiro. (1993). Imagined conversations. 141–148. 13 indexed citations
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Edles, Laura Desfor & Robert Alun Jones. (1987). Emile Durkheim: An Introduction To Four Major Works.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(3). 438–438. 80 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1985). Second Thoughts on Privileged Access. Sociological Theory. 3(1). 16–16. 4 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun & W. G. Runciman. (1985). The Idea of a Social Theory. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(1). 32–32. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun, Henrika Kuklick, Elizabeth Long, et al.. (1981). Knowledge and society : studies in the sociology of culture past and present : a research annual. JAI Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Lang, Kurt, Robert Alun Jones, & Henrika Kuklick. (1981). Research in Sociology of Knowledge, Sciences and Art: Volume 2.. Social Forces. 60(1). 238–238. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1981). On Camic's Antipresentist Methodology. American Journal of Sociology. 86(5). 1133–1138. 2 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1981). Robertson Smith, Durkheim, and sacrifice: An historical context forthe elementary forms of the religious life. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 17(2). 184–205. 14 indexed citations
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Jones, Robert Alun. (1970). Comte and spencer a priority dispute in social science. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 6(3). 241–254. 1 indexed citations

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