Scott Lash

27.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Scott Lash is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Lash has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Scott Lash's work include Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (11 papers), Critical Theory and Philosophy (10 papers) and Political Economy and Marxism (5 papers). Scott Lash is often cited by papers focused on Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (11 papers), Critical Theory and Philosophy (10 papers) and Political Economy and Marxism (5 papers). Scott Lash collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Scott Lash's co-authors include Ulrich Beck, Brian Wynne, William Leiss, Mark Ritter, John Urry, Derek Gregory, Stewart Clegg, Mike Featherstone, Anthony Giddens and Jonathan Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Scott Lash

83 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

Risk Society, Towards a N... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1994 1994 1989 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Risk Society, Towards a New Modernity
    1994 8.5k citations Ulrich Beck, Scott Lash et al. profile →
  2. Economies of Signs and Space.
    1994 2.1k citations Scott Lash, John Urry et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  3. The End of Organized Capitalism.
    1989 912 citations Stewart Clegg, Scott Lash et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Scott Lash 8.8k 2.4k 1.5k 1.4k 1.4k 97 16.2k
Zygmunt Bauman 11.3k 1.3× 3.5k 1.4× 2.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.7× 318 20.3k
John Law 8.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 125 19.4k
Michèle Lamont 7.3k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 142 10.9k
Félix Guattari 7.9k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 699 0.5× 959 0.7× 2.1k 1.5× 118 20.2k
Graham Burchell 7.3k 0.8× 3.4k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 685 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 21 13.6k
Brian Massumi 8.5k 1.0× 2.4k 1.0× 778 0.5× 841 0.6× 3.1k 2.2× 72 22.2k
Colin Gordon 10.3k 1.2× 4.4k 1.8× 2.0k 1.3× 922 0.7× 3.0k 2.2× 75 20.9k
Sharon Zukin 7.8k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 4.1k 2.9× 1.3k 1.0× 80 16.1k
Richard Nice 6.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 803 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.4× 27 12.2k
Arthur W. Frank 7.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.5× 580 0.4× 2.0k 1.4× 153 17.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Lash

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Lash

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Lash

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott Lash. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott Lash 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 Scott Lash. Scott Lash 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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Lash, Scott, et al.. (2016). Cultural Studies and Cultural Sociology. Scott Lash in Conversation with Luca Serafini. Florence Research (University of Florence). 10(1). 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Whimster, Sam & Scott Lash. (2014). The Rationalization of the Body: Reflections on Modernity and Discipline. 236–255.
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Whimster, Sam & Scott Lash. (2014). The Secular Ethic and the Culture of Modernism. 273–304.
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Keith, Michael, et al.. (2013). China Constructing Capitalism: Economic Life and Urban Change. Research Online (Goldsmiths University of London). 31 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott. (2012). Deforming the Figure: Topology and the Social Imaginary. Theory Culture & Society. 29(4-5). 261–287. 27 indexed citations
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Arnoldi, Jakob & Scott Lash. (2012). China White. Thesis Eleven. 108(1). 118–132. 2 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott, et al.. (2003). Another Modernity, a Different Rationality. Revista Mexicana de Sociología. 65(2). 480–480. 16 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott. (2003). Reflexivity as Non-Linearity. Theory Culture & Society. 20(2). 49–57. 94 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott & Mike Featherstone. (2002). Recognition and Difference. 11 indexed citations
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Tucker, Kenneth H. & Scott Lash. (2001). Another Modernity, A Different Rationality. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 30(1). 94–94. 148 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott, Andrew Quick, & Richard Roberts. (1998). Time and Value.. 8 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott, Bronislaw Szerszynski, & Brian Wynne. (1998). Risk, Environment and Modernity: Towards a New Ecology. 349 indexed citations
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Beck, Ulrich, Anthony Giddens, & Scott Lash. (1996). Reflexive Modernisierung : eine Kontroverse. Suhrkamp eBooks. 123 indexed citations
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Heelas, Paul, Scott Lash, & Paul Morris. (1996). Detraditionalization : critical reflections on authority and identity. Blackwell eBooks. 221 indexed citations
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Flanagan, Kieran, Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, et al.. (1996). Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order. British Journal of Sociology. 47(3). 557–557. 40 indexed citations
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Featherstone, Mike, Scott Lash, & Roland Robertson. (1995). Global Modernities. 200 indexed citations
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Clegg, Stewart, Scott Lash, & John Urry. (1989). The End of Organized Capitalism.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(1). 48–48. 912 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lash, Scott. (1984). Genealogy and the Body: Foucault/Deleuze/Nietzsche. Theory Culture & Society. 2(2). 1–17. 37 indexed citations

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