Robert W. Friedrichs

1.4k total citations
33 papers, 763 citations indexed

About

Robert W. Friedrichs is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert W. Friedrichs has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 763 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert W. Friedrichs's work include Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (2 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 papers). Robert W. Friedrichs is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (2 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 papers). Robert W. Friedrichs collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert W. Friedrichs's co-authors include Victor Turner, Norman Birnbaum, Donald Clark Hodges, Robert Κ. Merton, Ian G. Barbour, Mark D. Jacobs, Richard L. Goode, Bruce Mazlish, Stephen A. Falk and James Davison Hunter and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Robert W. Friedrichs

28 papers receiving 547 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 W. Friedrichs United States 10 399 81 80 71 65 33 763
Robert Alun Jones United States 17 601 1.5× 117 1.4× 76 0.9× 26 0.4× 75 1.2× 49 983
Kurt H. Wolff United States 16 601 1.5× 143 1.8× 53 0.7× 19 0.3× 84 1.3× 92 1.1k
John R. Hall United States 16 589 1.5× 107 1.3× 59 0.7× 69 1.0× 73 1.1× 44 906
Alan Sica United States 18 675 1.7× 174 2.1× 83 1.0× 80 1.1× 100 1.5× 85 1.1k
Don Martindale United States 11 509 1.3× 147 1.8× 49 0.6× 25 0.4× 42 0.6× 49 927
Christine Brooke‐Rose United Kingdom 9 365 0.9× 116 1.4× 92 1.1× 14 0.2× 61 0.9× 32 1.1k
Ruth A. Wallace United States 16 612 1.5× 140 1.7× 100 1.3× 90 1.3× 52 0.8× 49 887
Gordon Clanton United States 8 503 1.3× 92 1.1× 86 1.1× 87 1.2× 202 3.1× 16 873
Wing-tsit Chan United States 16 586 1.5× 129 1.6× 48 0.6× 16 0.2× 130 2.0× 72 966
Ann Douglas United States 14 490 1.2× 177 2.2× 35 0.4× 25 0.4× 51 0.8× 24 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert W. Friedrichs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Friedrichs, Robert W. & Bruce Mazlish. (1990). A New Science: The Breakdown of Connections and the Birth of Sociology.. Social Forces. 69(1). 279–279. 7 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W., et al.. (1989). American Sociological Hegemony: Transnational Explorations.. Social Forces. 67(3). 821–821. 12 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1985). The Uniquely Religious: Grounding the Social Scientific Study of Religion Anew. Sociological Analysis. 46(4). 361–361. 4 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W. & Robert Κ. Merton. (1982). The Sociology of Science: An Episodic Memoir.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 11(4). 434–434. 80 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W. & Keith Dixon. (1981). The Sociology of Belief. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 20(3). 286–286. 4 indexed citations
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Goode, Richard L., Robert W. Friedrichs, & Stephen A. Falk. (1977). Effect on Hearing Thresholds of Surgical Modification of the External Ear. Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology. 86(4). 441–450. 13 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W. & Victor Turner. (1975). Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 14(1). 67–67. 198 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1974). The 1973 H. Paul Douglass Lecture: Social Research and Theology: End of the Detente?. Review of Religious Research. 15(3). 113–113. 5 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W. & Philip Rieff. (1974). Fellow Teachers. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 13(2). 235–235.
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1973). The Impact of Social Factors Upon Scientific Judgment: The "Jensen Thesis" as Appraised by Members of the American Psychological Association. The Journal of Negro Education. 42(4). 429–429. 2 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1972). Dialectical Sociology: An Exemplar for the 1970s. Social Forces. 50(4). 447–447. 4 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W., et al.. (1972). The Sociology of Sociology.. Social Forces. 50(3). 423–423. 1 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W., et al.. (1972). Evaluating Compensatory Education: A Case Study. Education and Urban Society. 4(2). 211–233. 1 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1972). Dialectical Sociology: Toward a Resolution of the Current 'Crisis' in Western Sociology. British Journal of Sociology. 23(3). 263–263. 12 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1971). Sociological Paradigms: Analogies of Teleology, Apocalypse and Prophecy. Sociological Analysis. 32(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Hodges, Donald Clark, Robert W. Friedrichs, & Norman Birnbaum. (1971). A Sociology of Sociology.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 32(1). 120–120. 251 indexed citations
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Hill, Richard J. & Robert W. Friedrichs. (1971). A Sociology of Sociology.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 16(3). 372–372. 1 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1960). Alter Versus Ego: An Exploratory Assessment of Altruism. American Sociological Review. 25(4). 496–496. 46 indexed citations
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Friedrichs, Robert W.. (1959). Christians and Residential Exclusion: an Empirical Study of a Northern Dilemma. Journal of Social Issues. 15(4). 14–23. 11 indexed citations

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