Roger Burrows

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
172 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Roger Burrows is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Finance and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Burrows has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 36 papers in Finance and 27 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Roger Burrows's work include Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (35 papers), Water Systems and Optimization (17 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (13 papers). Roger Burrows is often cited by papers focused on Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (35 papers), Water Systems and Optimization (17 papers) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (13 papers). Roger Burrows collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Iran and China. Roger Burrows's co-authors include Mike Savage, Sarah Nettleton, David Beer, Brian D. Loader, Mike Featherstone, Janet Ford, Massoud Tabesh, Steven Muncer, Nicholas Pleace and Lisa O’Malley and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, International Journal of Cancer and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Roger Burrows

161 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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 Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology

2007 584 citations Roger Burrows et al. profile →
Living with the H-Index? Metric Assemblages in the Contemporary Academy

2012 317 citations Roger Burrows profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Roger Burrows	2.2k	925	693	486	474	172	5.7k
Horst W. J. Rittel	2.0k 0.9×	759 0.8×	217 0.3×	785 1.6×	246 0.5×	6	9.0k
Melvin M. Webber	2.2k 1.0×	771 0.8×	239 0.3×	813 1.7×	250 0.5×	25	9.4k
Brian Head	1.8k 0.8×	937 1.0×	289 0.4×	1.3k 2.8×	160 0.3×	205	6.3k
Sherry R. Arnstein	3.5k 1.5×	1.9k 2.0×	448 0.6×	1.5k 3.0×	526 1.1×	11	9.9k
Allan McConnell	1.7k 0.7×	380 0.4×	166 0.2×	1.3k 2.7×	358 0.8×	69	4.0k
Gene Rowe	4.2k 1.9×	974 1.1×	141 0.2×	677 1.4×	648 1.4×	97	9.7k
Arjen Boin	4.4k 2.0×	591 0.6×	269 0.4×	1.9k 4.0×	1.4k 2.9×	119	8.2k
Robert M. O’Brien	2.7k 1.2×	884 1.0×	242 0.3×	509 1.0×	172 0.4×	101	9.9k
James D. Wright	2.9k 1.3×	1.9k 2.0×	451 0.7×	409 0.8×	174 0.4×	164	5.6k
Daniel P. Aldrich	3.8k 1.7×	862 0.9×	89 0.1×	251 0.5×	214 0.5×	149	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Roger Burrows

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger Burrows

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All Works

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Beer, David, et al.. (2025). Algorithmic tenancies and the ordinal tenant: digital risk-profiling in England’s private rented sector. Housing Studies. 41(2). 331–351. 1 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger. (2025). Asset classes? Some reflections on the ‘new class realities’ of rentier capitalism. Thesis Eleven. 192(1). 188–206. 1 indexed citations

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Beer, David, et al.. (2024). Valuing the manual: the demarcation of embodied practices within algorithmic decision-making processes. Social & Cultural Geography. 25(10). 1575–1593. 2 indexed citations

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Beer, David, et al.. (2023). Automation hesitancy: confidence deficits, established limits and notional horizons in the application of algorithms within the private rental sector in the UK. Information Communication & Society. 27(9). 1743–1758. 4 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, et al.. (2016). Family offices and the contemporary infrastructures of dynastic wealth. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 12 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, et al.. (2016). Family offices and the contemporary infrastructures of dynastic wealth. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 0–0. 15 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, Hilary Johnson, & Peter Johnson. (2014). Developing an Online Social Media System to Influence Pro-environmental Behaviour based on User Values. The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath). 13(6). 1399–404. 1 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, Helen Johnson, & Peter W. Johnson. (2013). Influencing Values, Attitudes and Behaviour via Interactive and Social-Media Technology:The Case of Energy Usage. The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath). 38(11). 1649–1652. 4 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger. (2013). Life in the ‘alpha territory’: investigating London’s ‘super-rich’ neighbourhoods. International Journal of Cancer. 79(5). 468–75. 1 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, Nick Ellison, & Bob Woods. (2005). Neighbourhoods on the Net : the nature and impact of Internet-based neighbourhood information systems.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 23 indexed citations

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Najafian, G., et al.. (2002). 'Higher-order statistical moments of wave-induced response of offshore structures via efficient sampling techniques'. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 6 indexed citations

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Ford, Janet, Roger Burrows, & Sarah Nettleton. (2001). Home ownership in a risk society. Policy Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Muncer, Steven, Brian D. Loader, Roger Burrows, Nicholas Pleace, & Sarah Nettleton. (2000). Form and Structure of Newsgroups Giving Social Support: A Network Approach. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 3(6). 1017–1029. 30 indexed citations

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Najafian, G., et al.. (1999). Probabilistic Description of the Response of Offshore Structures to Wave Loading Via Random Sampling Technique. The Proceedings of the ... International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 4. 362–368. 3 indexed citations

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Najafian, G., et al.. (1997). Stochastic Analysis of Combined Wave And Current Loading On a Vertical Cylinder From Large-Scale Laboratory Experiments. The Proceedings of the ... International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 3. 435–442. 2 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, et al.. (1997). Flow Estimation from Flap‐Gate Monitoring. Water and Environment Journal. 11(5). 346–355. 8 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger & Khalid Mehmood. (1995). A Unit Hydrograph Method for Storm Overflow Performance Simulation. Water and Environment Journal. 9(5). 499–509. 1 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger. (1991). Deciphering the enterprise culture : entrepreneurship, petty capitalism and the restructuring of Britain. Explore Bristol Research. 53 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, et al.. (1970). Characteristics Of Primary Salt Wedges In Long Sea Outfalls. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 13. 1 indexed citations

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Burrows, Roger, et al.. (1970). Purging studies on a model sea outfall diffuser. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 13.

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