Robert Vargas

454 total citations
21 papers, 242 citations indexed

About

Robert Vargas is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Vargas has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 242 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Robert Vargas's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers). Robert Vargas is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (7 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers). Robert Vargas collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Vargas's co-authors include René D. Flores, Aziz Z. Huq and Richard Falk and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Science & Medicine and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Robert Vargas

19 papers receiving 230 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 Vargas United States 9 191 78 45 19 19 21 242
Ailsa Winton Mexico 9 199 1.0× 50 0.6× 37 0.8× 8 0.4× 21 1.1× 17 263
Hugues Lagrange France 12 251 1.3× 74 0.9× 60 1.3× 24 1.3× 9 0.5× 50 334
Ufo Okeke Uzodike South Africa 10 175 0.9× 43 0.6× 66 1.5× 13 0.7× 9 0.5× 26 266
Jeffry A. Will United States 6 180 0.9× 105 1.3× 82 1.8× 19 1.0× 33 1.7× 12 290
Adeyinka A. Aderinto Nigeria 10 139 0.7× 92 1.2× 36 0.8× 16 0.8× 15 0.8× 45 263
Grahame Allen United States 9 102 0.5× 49 0.6× 27 0.6× 29 1.5× 17 0.9× 24 210
Issa Kohler‐Hausmann United States 6 289 1.5× 86 1.1× 69 1.5× 36 1.9× 17 0.9× 16 323
Mikołaj Stanek Spain 10 236 1.2× 72 0.9× 54 1.2× 15 0.8× 14 0.7× 40 300
Gustavo Fondevila Mexico 10 270 1.4× 44 0.6× 40 0.9× 19 1.0× 20 1.1× 78 337
Ken Pease Canada 9 215 1.1× 59 0.8× 35 0.8× 10 0.5× 19 1.0× 15 249

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Vargas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Vargas

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2025). The Social Structure of Private Donations to Police. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2025). Academic Copaganda. Law & Society Review. 59(2). 298–323. 2 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2024). How Political Dynasties Concentrate Advantage within Cities: Evidence from Crime and City Services in Chicago. Social Forces. 102(4). 1310–1331. 3 indexed citations
4.
Vargas, Robert. (2022). Postscript: Four Ways Race and Capitalism Can Advance Urban Sociology. City and Community. 21(3). 256–262. 5 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2022). Uninsured in Chicago. New York University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2022). Uninsured in Chicago. New York University Press eBooks.
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Huq, Aziz Z., et al.. (2022). Governing Through Gun Crime: How Chicago Funded Police After the 2020 BLM Protests. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2021). The Racial and Economic Foundations of Municipal Redistricting. Social Problems. 70(4). 935–960. 3 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2019). Gangstering Grants: Bringing Power to Collective Efficacy Theory. City and Community. 18(1). 369–391. 12 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2018). Organized Community Activity Participation and the Dynamic Roles of Neighborhood Violence and Gender among Latino Adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology. 62(1-2). 87–100. 8 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2018). Why Latino Youth (Don’t) Call Police. Race and Justice. 11(1). 47–64. 12 indexed citations
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Flores, René D. & Robert Vargas. (2017). Medicaid expansion and ethnoracial disparities in health insurance coverage. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 43(12). 2055–2071. 5 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2016). How health navigators legitimize the Affordable Care Act to the uninsured poor. Social Science & Medicine. 165. 263–270. 37 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2016). Wounded City: Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio. 21 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2016). Race and State in City Police Spending Growth. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 3(1). 96–112. 15 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert, et al.. (2016). Interview with Ernesto Cardenal.
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Vargas, Robert. (2016). The Insane Chicago Way: The Daring Plan by Chicago Gangs to Create a Spanish Mafia. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 45(6). 744–745. 3 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2016). Wounded City. Oxford University Press eBooks. 69 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2014). CRIMINAL GROUP EMBEDDEDNESS AND THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ARRESTING A GANG'S LEADER: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY. Criminology. 52(2). 143–168. 32 indexed citations
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Vargas, Robert. (2011). Being in “Bad” Company. Social Psychology Quarterly. 74(3). 310–332. 9 indexed citations

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