Robert Walker

2.7k total citations
95 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Robert Walker is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Walker has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 34 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 23 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert Walker's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (25 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (18 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (15 papers). Robert Walker is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (25 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (18 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (15 papers). Robert Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Robert Walker's co-authors include Elizabeth Such, Elaine Chase, Karl Ashworth, Rosemary Webb, Michael Schratz, Lutz Leisering, Michael Wiseman, Andreas Cebulla, David H. Greenberg and Mark Tomlinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Robert Walker

88 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Walker United Kingdom	23	703	528	439	256	198	95	1.6k
Robert MacDonald United Kingdom	20	1.3k 1.8×	634 1.2×	292 0.7×	221 0.9×	104 0.5×	41	1.8k
Christina Pantazis United Kingdom	19	1.6k 2.2×	741 1.4×	400 0.9×	190 0.7×	275 1.4×	69	2.7k
Tania Burchardt United Kingdom	21	831 1.2×	621 1.2×	327 0.7×	235 0.9×	303 1.5×	58	1.9k
Bill Jordan United Kingdom	25	788 1.1×	629 1.2×	503 1.1×	377 1.5×	118 0.6×	94	1.8k
Edward D. Berkowitz United States	18	600 0.9×	358 0.7×	518 1.2×	148 0.6×	95 0.5×	86	1.5k
Qin Gao United States	21	646 0.9×	288 0.5×	313 0.7×	122 0.5×	262 1.3×	104	1.4k
Tracy Shildrick United Kingdom	18	1.1k 1.6×	595 1.1×	383 0.9×	220 0.9×	96 0.5×	39	1.6k
Trudie Knijn Netherlands	25	1.2k 1.7×	551 1.0×	790 1.8×	259 1.0×	71 0.4×	65	2.0k
Sheila B. Kamerman United States	27	972 1.4×	485 0.9×	523 1.2×	514 2.0×	171 0.9×	97	2.1k
Mark Robert Rank United States	28	1.3k 1.8×	801 1.5×	222 0.5×	179 0.7×	169 0.9×	82	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Walker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Walker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Walker

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Walker, Robert, et al.. (2024). Understanding Poverty Alleviation in Rural China: The Role of Policy Brokers. Social Policy and Administration. 59(5). 779–789.

Zhou, Muzhi, et al.. (2024). Migrant children’s digital divide in online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic: evidence from Stone School in Hangzhou, China. Chinese Sociological Review. 57(1). 91–116. 2 indexed citations

Walker, Robert. (2023). Poverty and the World Order. Agenda Publishing eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yanyan, Hong Liu, & Robert Walker. (2020). Reconstructing Poverty-Related Shame Among Urban Seniors in China: an Exploration of Their Narrated Experiences and a Reflection on Anti-Poverty Interventions. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 17(1). 229–249. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Huan, et al.. (2020). How to influence the professional discretion of street-level bureaucrats: transformational leadership, organizational learning, and professionalization strategies in the delivery of social assistance. Public Management Review. 24(2). 208–232. 32 indexed citations

Yang, Lichao, et al.. (2019). Shame, Face and Social Relations in Northern China: Ramifications for Social Assistance Provision. The China Quarterly. 243. 655–675. 8 indexed citations

Ali, Samira, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Priya Gopalan, et al.. (2018). “Feeling Less Than a Second Class Citizen”: Examining the Emotional Consequences of Poverty in New York City. Journal of Family Issues. 39(10). 2781–2805. 11 indexed citations

Hough, S. E., Victor C. Tsai, Robert Walker, & Fred Aminzadeh. (2017). Was the Mw 7.5 1952 Kern County, California, earthquake induced (or triggered)?. Journal of Seismology. 21(6). 1613–1621. 8 indexed citations

Hobbs, Sarah Jane, David Levine, Jim Richards, et al.. (2010). Motion analysis and its use in equine practice and research. Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift. 97(5). 55–64. 15 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert & Michael Wiseman. (2003). Making Welfare Work: UK Activation Policies Under New Labour. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert & Michael Wiseman. (2003). Introduction: Reforming US Welfare Again and Again. Social Policy and Society. 2(2). 109–112. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert. (2000). Learning If Policy Will Work: The Case of New Deal for Disabled People. Policy Studies. 21(4). 313–332. 10 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert. (1999). The Americanization of British Welfare: A Case Study of Policy Transfer. International Journal of Health Services. 29(4). 679–697. 32 indexed citations

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Leisering, Lutz & Robert Walker. (1998). The dynamics of modern society : poverty, policy and welfare. Policy Press eBooks. 58 indexed citations

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McKay, Stephen, et al.. (1997). Unemployment and jobseeking before jobseeker's allowance : a report of research carried out by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University on behalf of the Department of Social Security, Department for Education and Employment, Benefits Agency and the Employment Service. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert & Michael Wiseman. (1997). The Possibility of a British Earned Income Tax Credit. Fiscal Studies. 18(4). 401–425. 13 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert & Meg Huby. (1989). Social Security Spending in the United Kingdom: Bridging the North-South Economic Divide. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 7(3). 321–340. 6 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert, et al.. (1989). THE SOCIAL FUND AS AN EXERCISE IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION. Public Administration. 67(3). 295–317. 5 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert & Gillian Parker. (1988). Money matters : income, wealth and financial welfare. SAGE Publications eBooks. 25 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert, et al.. (1988). Social Assistance and Territorial Justice: The Example of Single Payments. Journal of Social Policy. 17(4). 437–476. 9 indexed citations

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