Robert Perkinson

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Perkinson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Perkinson has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Anthropology and 1 paper in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert Perkinson's work include Race, History, and American Society (3 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 papers) and African history and culture studies (1 paper). Robert Perkinson is often cited by papers focused on Race, History, and American Society (3 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 papers) and African history and culture studies (1 paper). Robert Perkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Perkinson's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of American History, The Prison Journal and Radical History Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Perkinson

4 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

2011 2.2k citations Robert Perkinson Journal of American History profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Perkinson United States	3	1.6k	470	379	334	320	5	2.2k
Paul Rock United Kingdom	18	1.7k 1.1×	443 0.9×	387 1.0×	125 0.4×	316 1.0×	66	2.3k
Robert C. Hauhart United States	9	1.0k 0.6×	323 0.7×	243 0.6×	211 0.6×	204 0.6×	43	1.5k
Louise Ryan United Kingdom	32	3.0k 1.9×	640 1.4×	486 1.3×	275 0.8×	339 1.1×	122	3.8k
Molly Andrews United Kingdom	19	1.1k 0.7×	297 0.6×	246 0.6×	349 1.0×	194 0.6×	50	2.1k
L. Edward Wells United States	23	1.4k 0.9×	373 0.8×	540 1.4×	171 0.5×	312 1.0×	40	2.2k
Karen Bettez Halnon United States	8	2.2k 1.4×	721 1.5×	496 1.3×	256 0.8×	274 0.9×	12	3.0k
Nancy Foner United States	33	2.9k 1.8×	363 0.8×	343 0.9×	303 0.9×	337 1.1×	123	3.5k
Sherene H. Razack Canada	21	1.9k 1.2×	284 0.6×	227 0.6×	344 1.0×	428 1.3×	46	2.7k
Janet Zollinger Giele United States	18	992 0.6×	397 0.8×	191 0.5×	175 0.5×	209 0.7×	46	1.9k
Wing Hong Chui Hong Kong	24	1.3k 0.9×	476 1.0×	850 2.2×	449 1.3×	311 1.0×	163	2.6k

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Perkinson, Robert. (2011). The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Journal of American History. 98(2). 595–596. 2158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perkinson, Robert. (2009). “Hell Exploded”. The Prison Journal. 89(1_suppl). 54S–69S. 2 indexed citations

3.

Perkinson, Robert. (2000). Angola and the Agony of Prison Reform. 3(1). 8–19. 1 indexed citations

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Perkinson, Robert. (1998). “Between the Worst of the Past and the Worst of the Future”: Reconsidering Convict Leasing in the South. Radical History Review. 1998(71). 207–216. 2 indexed citations

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Perkinson, Robert. (1994). Shackled Justice: Florence Federal Penitentiary and the New Politics of Punishment. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 21(3). 117. 9 indexed citations

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