Robert Blumstock

563 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 341 citations indexed

About

Robert Blumstock is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Blumstock has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 341 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 2 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Robert Blumstock's work include Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (2 papers) and Jewish Identity and Society (2 papers). Robert Blumstock is often cited by papers focused on Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (2 papers) and Jewish Identity and Society (2 papers). Robert Blumstock collaborates with scholars based in Canada. Robert Blumstock's co-authors include Iván Szelényi, William O. McCagg, Roger O’Toole, David M. Reimers, Benton Johnson, Bárbara Anderson and Robert Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Robert Blumstock

7 papers receiving 251 citations

Hit Papers

Urban Inequalities under State Socialism. 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Urban Inequalities under State Socialism.
    1985 276 citations Robert Blumstock, Iván Szelényi Social Forces profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Blumstock Canada 4 166 145 113 79 66 13 341
Sybille Münch Germany 9 56 0.3× 139 1.0× 73 0.6× 39 0.5× 17 0.3× 25 231
Kieran A. Kennedy Barbados 8 15 0.1× 75 0.5× 86 0.8× 28 0.4× 105 1.6× 22 236
Lavinia Bifulco Italy 8 22 0.1× 97 0.7× 77 0.7× 45 0.6× 27 0.4× 35 218
Édith Archambault France 8 109 0.7× 138 1.0× 48 0.4× 19 0.2× 6 0.1× 33 209
Peter Graefe Canada 8 46 0.3× 64 0.4× 84 0.7× 36 0.5× 7 0.1× 34 181
Panos Hatziprokopiou Greece 10 30 0.2× 220 1.5× 31 0.3× 11 0.1× 11 0.2× 22 263
Glen O’Hara United Kingdom 9 21 0.1× 71 0.5× 90 0.8× 33 0.4× 46 0.7× 38 197
Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane South Africa 8 58 0.3× 103 0.7× 53 0.5× 11 0.1× 14 0.2× 22 207
Grégory Verdugo France 11 29 0.2× 181 1.2× 30 0.3× 49 0.6× 186 2.8× 35 321
Sônia Miriam Draibe Brazil 8 27 0.2× 136 0.9× 94 0.8× 14 0.2× 44 0.7× 22 227

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Blumstock

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Blumstock

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Blumstock

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Blumstock, Robert, et al.. (1991). Fair, Clear and Terrible: The Story of Shiloh Maine. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 30(2). 218–218. 1 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert, et al.. (1990). Parallels Meet: Religion and Nationalism in the Early Zionist Movement, 1882-1904. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 29(1). 126–126. 23 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert & Iván Szelényi. (1985). Urban Inequalities under State Socialism.. Social Forces. 64(1). 237–237. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blumstock, Robert & Roger O’Toole. (1985). Religion: Classic Sociological Approaches. Sociological Analysis. 46(1). 89–89. 5 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert, et al.. (1982). Bekevar: Working Papers on a Canadian Prairie Community. Western Folklore. 41(3). 238–238.
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Blumstock, Robert & Benton Johnson. (1978). Functionalism in Modern Sociology: Understanding Talcott Parsons. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 3(2). 285–285. 2 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert & William O. McCagg. (1977). Jewish Nobles and Geniuses in Modern Hungary.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(1). 78–78. 27 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert, et al.. (1971). Church in a Marxist Society: A Czechoslovak View. Review of Religious Research. 12(2). 119–119.
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Blumstock, Robert, Robert Anderson, & Bárbara Anderson. (1969). Bus Stop for Paris: The Transformation of a French Village.. American Sociological Review. 34(6). 991–991. 1 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert. (1968). Fundamentalism, Prejudice, and Missions to the Jews*. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 5(1). 27–35. 2 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert & David M. Reimers. (1967). White Protestantism and the Negro. Review of Religious Research. 9(1). 62–62. 1 indexed citations
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Blumstock, Robert. (1966). Anglo ‐ Saxon Lament*. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 3(2). 98–105. 2 indexed citations

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