Verta Taylor

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Verta Taylor is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Verta Taylor has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Gender Studies and 8 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Verta Taylor's work include Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (8 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (6 papers). Verta Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (8 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (6 papers). Verta Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. Verta Taylor's co-authors include Leila J. Rupp, Nancy Whittier, Mark Traugott, Barry D. Adam, Martha McMahon, Suzanne Staggenborg, Ellen Ann Andersen, Nella Van Dyke, Katrina Kimport and Thomas E. Drabek 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

Verta Taylor

59 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Social Movement Continuity: The Women's Movement in Abeyance 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1992 200 400 600
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. Social Movement Continuity: The Women's Movement in Abeyance
    1989 627 citations Verta Taylor American Sociological Review profile →
  2. Collective identity in social movement communities: Lesbian feminist mobilization.
    1992 479 citations Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Verta Taylor United States 28 2.5k 1.2k 871 715 331 64 3.9k
Myra Marx Ferree United States 36 4.0k 1.6× 2.8k 2.4× 1.3k 1.5× 702 1.0× 544 1.6× 99 6.5k
Nancy Whittier United States 18 1.7k 0.7× 597 0.5× 756 0.9× 258 0.4× 283 0.9× 31 2.5k
Joshua Gamson United States 17 1.9k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 413 0.5× 863 1.2× 440 1.3× 38 3.5k
Kathleen M. Blee United States 27 2.1k 0.9× 704 0.6× 736 0.8× 318 0.4× 215 0.6× 101 3.0k
Chas Critcher United Kingdom 20 4.0k 1.6× 707 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 369 0.5× 956 2.9× 40 5.6k
Jo Freeman United States 19 1.3k 0.5× 879 0.8× 615 0.7× 211 0.3× 168 0.5× 39 2.6k
Jan Willem Duyvendak Netherlands 29 2.5k 1.0× 411 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 308 0.4× 213 0.6× 157 3.7k
Margaret R. Somers United States 17 2.8k 1.1× 293 0.3× 1.4k 1.6× 236 0.3× 224 0.7× 35 4.5k
Suzanne Staggenborg United States 21 2.5k 1.0× 612 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 165 0.2× 458 1.4× 52 3.8k
Clyde Wilcox United States 34 2.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 2.4k 2.8× 268 0.4× 449 1.4× 191 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Verta Taylor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Verta Taylor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rupp, Leila J., Benita Roth, & Verta Taylor. (2017). Women in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement. Oxford University Press eBooks.
2.
Ghaziani, Amin, Verta Taylor, & Amy L. Stone. (2016). Cycles of Sameness and Difference in LGBT Social Movements. Annual Review of Sociology. 42(1). 165–183. 72 indexed citations
3.
Rupp, Leila J., et al.. (2013). Queer Women in the Hookup Scene. Gender & Society. 28(2). 212–235. 56 indexed citations
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Rupp, Leila J. & Verta Taylor. (2010). Straight Girls Kissing. Contexts. 9(3). 28–32. 61 indexed citations
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Rupp, Leila J., et al.. (2010). Drag Queens and Drag Kings: The Difference Gender Makes. Sexualities. 13(3). 275–294. 46 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta, Nancy Whittier, & Leila J. Rupp. (2007). Feminist frontiers : seventh edition. 1 indexed citations
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Staggenborg, Suzanne & Verta Taylor. (2005). Whatever Happened to The Women's Movement?. Mobilization An International Quarterly. 10(1). 37–52. 88 indexed citations
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Rupp, Leila J. & Verta Taylor. (2005). Becoming the “Professors of Lesbian Love”. Journal of Lesbian Studies. 9(4). 25–39. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta & Leila J. Rupp. (2004). Chicks with Dicks, Men in Dresses. Journal of Homosexuality. 46(3-4). 113–133. 51 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta & Leila J. Rupp. (2002). Loving Internationalism: The Emotion Culture of Transnational Women's Organizations, 1888-1945. Mobilization An International Quarterly. 7(2). 141–158. 61 indexed citations
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Rupp, Leila J. & Verta Taylor. (2002). Pauli Murray: The Unasked Question. Journal of women's history. 14(2). 83–87. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta. (2000). Fields of Protest: Women's Movements in India. Raka Ray. American Journal of Sociology. 105(5). 1496–1498. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta & Dan Clawson. (1999). Required Reading: Sociology's Most Influential Books. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(5). 537–537. 18 indexed citations
14.
Taylor, Verta & Nancy Whittier. (1998). GUEST EDITORS' INTRODUCTION. Gender & Society. 12(6). 622–625. 19 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta. (1995). Self-Labeling and Women's Mental Health: Postpartum Illness and the Reconstruction of Motherhood. Sociological Focus. 28(1). 23–47. 16 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta & Nancy Whittier. (1992). Collective identity in social movement communities: Lesbian feminist mobilization.. 479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Taylor, Verta. (1989). Social Movement Continuity: The Women's Movement in Abeyance. American Sociological Review. 54(5). 761–761. 627 indexed citations breakdown →
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Taylor, Verta & E. L. Quarantelli. (1977). Some Views On The Warning Problem In Disasters As Suggested By Sociological Research. 6 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta. (1976). Delivery of mental health services in the Xenia tornado : a collective behavior analysis of an emergent system response /. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 7 indexed citations
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Taylor, Verta & E. L. Quarantelli. (1976). Some Needed Cross-Cultural Studies of Disaster Behavior. 2 indexed citations

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