Ryan Light

890 total citations
26 papers, 544 citations indexed

About

Ryan Light is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Social Sciences and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Light has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 544 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in General Social Sciences and 6 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Ryan Light's work include Computational and Text Analysis Methods (8 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 papers) and scientometrics and bibliometrics research (6 papers). Ryan Light is often cited by papers focused on Computational and Text Analysis Methods (8 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 papers) and scientometrics and bibliometrics research (6 papers). Ryan Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Ryan Light's co-authors include James Moody, jimi adams, Andrew M. Penner, Aliya Saperstein, Richard York, Alexandra Kalev, Vincent J. Roscigno, James E. Sutton, Paul E. Bellair and Sara J. Weston and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Light

25 papers receiving 498 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan Light United States	13	299	81	60	48	46	26	544
Brendan R. Watson United States	11	319 1.1×	32 0.4×	27 0.5×	42 0.9×	51 1.1×	27	604
Uri Shwed Israel	8	189 0.6×	13 0.2×	31 0.5×	25 0.5×	27 0.6×	11	362
Jan Fuhse Germany	12	373 1.2×	21 0.3×	38 0.6×	44 0.9×	57 1.2×	38	585
Meiko Makita United Kingdom	12	92 0.3×	19 0.2×	40 0.7×	42 0.9×	14 0.3×	39	409
Louise Corti United Kingdom	17	390 1.3×	11 0.1×	90 1.5×	19 0.4×	21 0.5×	57	771
Bella Struminskaya Netherlands	10	411 1.4×	13 0.2×	54 0.9×	42 0.9×	43 0.9×	29	621
Sārī Ḥanafī Lebanon	17	646 2.2×	8 0.1×	73 1.2×	38 0.8×	252 5.5×	68	885
Nicolai Netz Germany	13	249 0.8×	11 0.1×	29 0.5×	27 0.6×	228 5.0×	24	623
Lauren Guggenheim United States	7	433 1.4×	54 0.7×	11 0.2×	54 1.1×	93 2.0×	10	800
Carly Knight United States	10	451 1.5×	14 0.2×	80 1.3×	107 2.2×	92 2.0×	20	755

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan Light

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Light

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Light

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Light, Ryan, et al.. (2025). Inequality in measuring scholarly success: Variation in the h-index within and between disciplines. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316913–e0316913.

Light, Ryan, et al.. (2024). Surveying the landscape of environmental social science: a bibliometric and network analysis. Environmental Research Communications. 6(6). 61003–61003. 3 indexed citations

Weston, Sara J., et al.. (2023). Selecting the Number and Labels of Topics in Topic Modeling: A Tutorial. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 6(2). 2717523249–2717523249. 39 indexed citations

Hanson, Kenneth R., C. J. Pascoe, & Ryan Light. (2022). “It’s Getting Difficult to Be a Straight White Man”: Bundled Masculinity Grievances on Reddit. Sex Roles. 88(3-4). 169–186. 3 indexed citations

Moody, James, et al.. (2022). 100 Years of Social Forces as seen through Bibliometric Publication Patterns. Social Forces. 101(1). 38–75. 19 indexed citations

Liévanos, Raoul S., Clare R. Evans, & Ryan Light. (2021). An Intercategorical Ecology of Lead Exposure: Complex Environmental Health Vulnerabilities in the Flint Water Crisis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(5). 2217–2217. 5 indexed citations

Light, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Clouding climate science: A comparative network and text analysis of consensus and anti-consensus scientists. Social Networks. 75. 148–158. 4 indexed citations

Light, Ryan. (2020). Quantitative Methods in the Humanities: An Introduction. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 49(6). 522–524. 7 indexed citations

Bellair, Paul E., Ryan Light, & James E. Sutton. (2018). Prisoners’ Personal Networks in the Months Preceding Prison: A Descriptive Portrayal. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 63(3). 383–405. 5 indexed citations

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York, Richard & Ryan Light. (2017). Directional Asymmetry in Sociological Analyses. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 3. 38 indexed citations

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Light, Ryan, et al.. (2016). Oracles of Peace: Topic Modeling, Cultural Opportunity, and the Nobel Peace Prize, 1902–2012*. Mobilization An International Quarterly. 21(1). 43–64. 10 indexed citations

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Light, Ryan & jimi adams. (2016). Knowledge in motion: the evolution of HIV/AIDS research. Scientometrics. 107(3). 1227–1248. 12 indexed citations

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adams, jimi & Ryan Light. (2015). Scientific consensus, the law, and same sex parenting outcomes. Social Science Research. 53. 300–310. 38 indexed citations

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Light, Ryan. (2015). Like strangers we trust: Identity and generic affiliation networks. Social Science Research. 51. 132–144. 5 indexed citations

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adams, jimi & Ryan Light. (2014). Mapping Interdisciplinary Fields: Efficiencies, Gaps and Redundancies in HIV/AIDS Research. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115092–e115092. 17 indexed citations

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Light, Ryan & James Moody. (2011). Dynamic building blocks for science: comment on Kronegger, Ferligoj, and Doreian. Quality & Quantity. 45(5). 1017–1022. 3 indexed citations

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Light, Ryan, Vincent J. Roscigno, & Alexandra Kalev. (2011). Racial Discrimination, Interpretation, and Legitimation at Work. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 634(1). 39–59. 41 indexed citations

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Sutton, James E., et al.. (2010). Reliability and Validity of Prisoner Self-Reports Gathered Using the Life Event Calendar Method. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 27(2). 151–171. 49 indexed citations

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Light, Ryan. (2009). Gender Stratification and Publication in American Science: Turning the Tools of Science Inward. Sociology Compass. 3(4). 721–733. 4 indexed citations

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Moody, James & Ryan Light. (2006). A view from above: The evolving sociological landscape. The American Sociologist. 37(2). 67–86. 91 indexed citations

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