Trevor Noble

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 936 citations indexed

About

Trevor Noble is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Trevor Noble has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 936 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Trevor Noble's work include Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (4 papers), Rural development and sustainability (3 papers) and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (2 papers). Trevor Noble is often cited by papers focused on Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (4 papers), Rural development and sustainability (3 papers) and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (2 papers). Trevor Noble collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Trevor Noble's co-authors include John H. Goldthorpe, Keith Hope, Barry Hindess and Colin Crouch and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Sociology and Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour.

In The Last Decade

Trevor Noble

22 papers receiving 718 citations

Hit Papers

Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain
    1981 542 citations Trevor Noble, John H. Goldthorpe British Journal of Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Trevor Noble United Kingdom 8 563 162 102 97 85 22 936
S. M. Miller United States 16 454 0.8× 120 0.7× 103 1.0× 71 0.7× 137 1.6× 41 875
Steve Rytina Canada 9 513 0.9× 81 0.5× 126 1.2× 45 0.5× 114 1.3× 11 821
Douglas Baer Canada 13 688 1.2× 207 1.3× 85 0.8× 46 0.5× 41 0.5× 26 912
Elton F. Jackson United States 14 698 1.2× 124 0.8× 111 1.1× 35 0.4× 65 0.8× 22 999
David Elesh United States 13 345 0.6× 64 0.4× 138 1.4× 116 1.2× 130 1.5× 24 712
George H. Conklin United States 11 200 0.4× 87 0.5× 138 1.4× 94 1.0× 38 0.4× 22 665
Damian F. Hannan Ireland 16 321 0.6× 184 1.1× 112 1.1× 205 2.1× 113 1.3× 32 669
Virginia A. Hodgkinson United States 13 642 1.1× 46 0.3× 75 0.7× 84 0.9× 69 0.8× 28 795
Bart Landry United States 9 475 0.8× 115 0.7× 84 0.8× 139 1.4× 74 0.9× 16 686
Gennaro F. Vito United States 18 855 1.5× 282 1.7× 120 1.2× 47 0.5× 81 1.0× 97 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Trevor Noble

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Fields of papers citing papers by Trevor Noble

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Trevor Noble

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Trevor Noble. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Trevor Noble 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 Trevor Noble. Trevor Noble 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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Noble, Trevor. (2000). The Mobility Transition: Social Mobility Trends in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century. Sociology. 34(1). 35–51. 1 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (2000). The Mobility Transition: Social Mobility Trends in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century. Sociology. 34(1). 35–51. 14 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1998). Postmodernity and Family Theory. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 39(3). 257–277. 4 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1995). The Nuclear Family and Postmodern Theory. Institutional Repository, Hitotsubashi University (Hitotsubashi University). 27(2). 127–143. 3 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1995). Occupational Mobility and Social Change in Britain. Institutional Repository, Hitotsubashi University (Hitotsubashi University). 27(1). 65–90. 8 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1985). Inflation and Earnings Relativities in Britain after 1970. British Journal of Sociology. 36(2). 238–238. 3 indexed citations
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Crouch, Colin & Trevor Noble. (1983). Structure and Change in Modern Britain. British Journal of Sociology. 34(2). 296–296. 2 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1982). Recent Sociology, Capitalism and the Coming Crisis. British Journal of Sociology. 33(2). 238–238. 1 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor & John H. Goldthorpe. (1981). Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain. British Journal of Sociology. 32(1). 137–137. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Noble, Trevor, et al.. (1980). Recruitment to Teaching in the Years of Expansion. British Journal of Sociology. 31(1). 95–95. 4 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1979). In Pursuit of Pure Mobility. Sociology. 13(3). 483–495. 4 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1978). Industrial Society: Class Cleavage and Control. Sociology. 12(2). 392–393. 124 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1976). Sociology and Literature. British Journal of Sociology. 27(2). 211–211. 12 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1975). Modern Britain: Structure and change. 4 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor, John H. Goldthorpe, & Keith Hope. (1975). The Social Grading of Occupations: A New Approach and Scale. British Journal of Sociology. 26(3). 385–385. 152 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1974). Intragenerational Mobility in Britain: A Criticism of the Counterbalance Theory. Sociology. 8(3). 475–483. 1 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor & Barry Hindess. (1974). The Use of Official Statistics in Sociology. A Critique of Positivism and Ethnomethodology.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 137(2). 280–280. 18 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1972). Social Mobility and Class Relations in Britain. British Journal of Sociology. 23(4). 422–422. 2 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor. (1972). Notes on (towards) a Sociology of Literature. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 2(2). 205–215. 1 indexed citations
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Noble, Trevor, et al.. (1969). Mobility of Farm Families. British Journal of Sociology. 20(1). 112–112. 24 indexed citations

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