Steven Pfaff

1.9k total citations
42 papers, 760 citations indexed

About

Steven Pfaff is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Pfaff has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 760 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Steven Pfaff's work include Religion and Society Interactions (13 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers) and European history and politics (6 papers). Steven Pfaff is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (13 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers) and European history and politics (6 papers). Steven Pfaff collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Steven Pfaff's co-authors include Hyojoung Kim, Paul Froese, Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, Jeffrey Goodwin, Charles Crabtree, Holger Kern, Guobin Yang, John Holbein and Anthony Gill and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Steven Pfaff

39 papers receiving 700 citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven Pfaff United States	15	588	238	136	81	76	42	760
Errol A. Henderson United States	16	949 1.6×	506 2.1×	139 1.0×	119 1.5×	42 0.6×	35	1.2k
Anthony Gill United States	14	891 1.5×	310 1.3×	132 1.0×	34 0.4×	181 2.4×	27	1.0k
Ziad Munson United States	10	584 1.0×	297 1.2×	41 0.3×	26 0.3×	29 0.4×	16	748
Ricard Zapata‐Barrero Spain	15	733 1.2×	353 1.5×	116 0.9×	26 0.3×	34 0.4×	79	968
Stein Kuhnle Norway	14	391 0.7×	573 2.4×	37 0.3×	63 0.8×	26 0.3×	47	899
Marian Sawer Australia	19	502 0.9×	458 1.9×	43 0.3×	40 0.5×	16 0.2×	96	1.1k
Elisabeth Jay Friedman United States	17	518 0.9×	422 1.8×	20 0.1×	46 0.6×	39 0.5×	44	974
Quintan Wiktorowicz United States	17	1.1k 1.8×	407 1.7×	28 0.2×	24 0.3×	37 0.5×	25	1.2k
Irfan Nooruddin United States	17	766 1.3×	634 2.7×	51 0.4×	268 3.3×	36 0.5×	46	1.2k
Dingxin Zhao United States	14	672 1.1×	559 2.3×	55 0.4×	50 0.6×	11 0.1×	29	933

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20 of 20 papers shown

Robbins, Blaine G., Steven Pfaff, & Ross L. Matsueda. (2025). Affect, Efficacy, and Protest Intentions: Testing a Multilevel, Dual-Pathway Model of Collective Action. Social Psychology Quarterly. 88(4). 446–474.

Pfaff, Steven, et al.. (2024). Ideational diffusion and the great witch hunt in Central Europe. Theory and Society. 53(6). 1291–1319. 1 indexed citations

Everton, Sean F. & Steven Pfaff. (2022). Historical and Comparative Research on Social Diffusion: Mechanisms, Methods, and Data. Social Science History. 46(2). 431–472. 5 indexed citations

Pfaff, Steven, et al.. (2022). Church politics, sectarianism, and judicial terror: The Scottish witch-hunt, 1563 - 1736. Explorations in Economic History. 84. 101447–101447. 4 indexed citations

Hsiao, Yuan & Steven Pfaff. (2022). Explaining the diffusion of radical ideas. Sociology Compass. 16(10). 3 indexed citations

Pfaff, Steven & Michael Hechter. (2020). The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail.

Pfaff, Steven, Charles Crabtree, Holger Kern, & John Holbein. (2018). Does religious bias shape access to public services? A large-scale audit experiment among street-level bureaucrats. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 6 indexed citations

Crabtree, Charles, Holger Kern, & Steven Pfaff. (2018). Mass Media and the Diffusion of Collective Action in Authoritarian Regimes: The June 1953 East German Uprising. International Studies Quarterly. 8 indexed citations

Hechter, Michael, et al.. (2015). Grievances and the Genesis of Rebellion. American Sociological Review. 81(1). 165–189. 31 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2013). The true citizens of the city of God: the cult of saints, the Catholic social order, and the urban Reformation in Germany. Theory and Society. 42(2). 189–218. 8 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven, et al.. (2010). Muslim Interest Organizations and Political Integration in Europe. 2 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2008). Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 37(5). 452–454. 3 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2006). Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany. 4 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2006). Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany. 10 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2006). Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany. 57 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven & Anthony Gill. (2006). Will a Million Muslims March?. Comparative Political Studies. 39(7). 803–828. 31 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2002). Nationalism, Charisma, and Plebiscitary Leadership: The Problem of Democratization in Max Weber’s Political Sociology. Sociological Inquiry. 72(1). 81–107. 9 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2001). The Politics of Peace in the GDR: The Independent Peace Movement, the Church, and the Origins of the East German Opposition. Peace & Change. 26(3). 280–300. 11 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (2001). The Limits of Coercive Surveillance. Punishment & Society. 3(3). 381–407. 14 indexed citations

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Pfaff, Steven. (1996). Collective Identity and Informal Groups in Revolutionary Mobilization: East Germany in 1989. Social Forces. 75(1). 91–91. 36 indexed citations

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