Robert MacDonald

2.9k total citations
41 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Robert MacDonald is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert MacDonald has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Robert MacDonald's work include Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (27 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (17 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (8 papers). Robert MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (27 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (17 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (8 papers). Robert MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Denmark. Robert MacDonald's co-authors include Tracy Shildrick, Andreas Giazitzoglu, Jane Marsh, Andy Furlong, William T. Liu, Reuben Hill, Nelson N. Foote, Joan Aldous, Robert A. Carlson and Colin Webster and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Public Administration Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert MacDonald

35 papers receiving 1.6k 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 MacDonald United Kingdom 20 1.3k 634 292 221 172 41 1.8k
Richard Berthoud United Kingdom 20 1.0k 0.8× 491 0.8× 267 0.9× 216 1.0× 278 1.6× 50 1.8k
Robert Walker United Kingdom 23 703 0.6× 528 0.8× 439 1.5× 256 1.2× 76 0.4× 95 1.6k
Helen Russell Ireland 18 781 0.6× 591 0.9× 248 0.8× 151 0.7× 202 1.2× 85 1.6k
Daryl Michael Scott United States 4 2.0k 1.6× 849 1.3× 171 0.6× 469 2.1× 179 1.0× 8 2.7k
Gregory M. Eirich United States 4 719 0.6× 314 0.5× 134 0.5× 236 1.1× 186 1.1× 5 1.4k
Bill Jordan United Kingdom 25 788 0.6× 629 1.0× 503 1.7× 377 1.7× 87 0.5× 94 1.8k
Fiona Devine United Kingdom 23 2.0k 1.5× 381 0.6× 550 1.9× 471 2.1× 156 0.9× 53 2.8k
Fred Cartmel United Kingdom 12 1.1k 0.9× 369 0.6× 279 1.0× 478 2.2× 146 0.8× 28 1.6k
Mark Robert Rank United States 28 1.3k 1.0× 801 1.3× 222 0.8× 179 0.8× 394 2.3× 82 2.4k
Edward D. Berkowitz United States 18 600 0.5× 358 0.6× 518 1.8× 148 0.7× 130 0.8× 86 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert MacDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert MacDonald

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All Works

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Østergaard, Jeanette, et al.. (2024). Introduction to special issue: youth, rural places and marginalisation. Journal of Youth Studies. 27(9). 1227–1239.
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MacDonald, Robert, Hannah King, Emma C. Murphy, & Wendy Gill. (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic and youth in recent, historical perspective: more pressure, more precarity. Journal of Youth Studies. 27(5). 723–740. 21 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert, Tracy Shildrick, & Andy Furlong. (2019). ‘Cycles of disadvantage’ revisited: young people, families and poverty across generations. Journal of Youth Studies. 23(1). 12–27. 17 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert & Andreas Giazitzoglu. (2019). Youth, enterprise and precarity: or, what is, and what is wrong with, the ‘gig economy’?. Journal of sociology. 55(4). 724–740. 106 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert. (2018). Canadian Schools and Canadian Identity. Journal of educational thought.. 11(3). 266–268.
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Shildrick, Tracy, Robert MacDonald, & Andy Furlong. (2016). Not single spies but in battalions: a critical, sociological engagement with the idea of so-called ‘Troubled Families’. The Sociological Review. 10 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert. (2016). Precarious work: the growing precarité of youth. TeesRep (Teesside University). 156–163. 7 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert. (2013). Underemployment and precarité: The new condition of youth?. 1. 4 indexed citations
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Shildrick, Tracy & Robert MacDonald. (2013). Poverty Talk: How People Experiencing Poverty Deny Their Poverty and Why They Blame ‘The Poor’. The Sociological Review. 61(2). 285–303. 178 indexed citations
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Roberts, Steven & Robert MacDonald. (2013). The marginalised mainstream: Making sense of the 'missing middle' of youth studies. 3 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert & Tracy Shildrick. (2012). Youth and wellbeing: experiencing bereavement and ill health in marginalised young people’s transitions. Sociology of Health & Illness. 35(1). 147–161. 20 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert. (2008). Disconnected Youth? Social Exclusion, the ‘Underclass’ & Economic Marginality. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 236–248. 32 indexed citations
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Shildrick, Tracy & Robert MacDonald. (2008). Understanding youth exclusion: critical moments, social networks and social capital. 9(9). 14 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert. (2006). Social Exclusion, Youth Transitions and Criminal Careers: Five Critical Reflections on ‘Risk’. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 39(3). 371–383. 19 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert & Jane Marsh. (2002). Crossing the Rubicon: youth transitions, poverty, drugs and social exclusion. International Journal of Drug Policy. 13(1). 27–38. 97 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert, et al.. (2000). Snakes and Ladders: Young people, transitions and social exclusion. Policy Press eBooks. 60 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert. (1996). Welfare Dependency, the Enterprise Culture and Self-Employed Survival. Work Employment and Society. 10(3). 431–447. 64 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Robert. (1994). Fiddly Jobs, Undeclared Working and the Something for Nothing Society. Work Employment and Society. 8(4). 507–530. 157 indexed citations
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Scott, Paul F. & Robert MacDonald. (1975). Local Policy Management Needs: The Federal Response. Public Administration Review. 35. 786–786. 1 indexed citations

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