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.
Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power: A Constructionist Approach
19893.1k citationsWilliam A. Gamson et al.American Journal of Sociologyprofile →
Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics
19992.1k citationsWilliam A. Gamson, Sidney TarrowContemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviewsprofile →
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
19962.0k citationsDoug McAdam, Sidney Tarrow et al.Cambridge University Press eBooksprofile →
Handbook of Organizations.
19661.9k citationsWilliam A. Gamson et al.profile →
The Strategy of Social Protest.
19751.4k citationsWilliam A. Gamson et al.Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviewsprofile →
The Strategy of Social Protest.
1976848 citationsWilliam A. Gamson et al.profile →
Media Images and the Social Construction of Reality
1992817 citationsWilliam A. Gamson, David Croteau et al.profile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by William A. Gamson
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Gamson
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Croteau, David, William Hoynes, Charlotte Ryan, & William A. Gamson. (2005). Rhyming Hope and History: Activists, Academics, and Social Movement Scholarship. Medical Entomology and Zoology.67 indexed citations
3.
Mueller, Carol, et al.. (2003). Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 32(4). 461–461.451 indexed citations breakdown →
Gamson, William A. & Sidney Tarrow. (1999). Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(3). 337–337.2130 indexed citations breakdown →
Gamson, William A.. (1997). On Coming to Terms with the Past. American Journal of Sociology. 103(1). 210–215.3 indexed citations
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McAdam, Doug, Sidney Tarrow, Donatella della Porta, et al.. (1996). Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements. Cambridge University Press eBooks.2012 indexed citations breakdown →
Gamson, William A. & Gadi Wolfsfeld. (1993). Movements and Media as Interacting Systems. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 528(1). 114–125.615 indexed citations breakdown →
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