William Weston

848 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 571 citations indexed

About

William Weston is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, William Weston has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 571 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in William Weston's work include Religion and Society Interactions (8 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (3 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). William Weston is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (8 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (3 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). William Weston collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Weston's co-authors include Annette Lareau, David A. Roozen, C. Kirk Hadaway, Donald Gray, Sue E. Crawford, Laura R. Olson, Corwin E. Smidt, Melissa Deckman, Susan Rose and James Moffett and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and Teaching Sociology.

In The Last Decade

William Weston

11 papers receiving 526 citations

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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.

Home Advantage: Social Class and Parental Intervention in Elementary Education.

1991 498 citations William Weston, Annette Lareau Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Weston United States	5	419	249	65	45	41	14	571
Yatta Kanu Canada	12	355 0.8×	185 0.7×	65 1.0×	15 0.3×	66 1.6×	20	470
Jessica Walton Australia	12	295 0.7×	425 1.7×	98 1.5×	35 0.8×	16 0.4×	31	574
Nilda Flores‐González United States	11	267 0.6×	359 1.4×	50 0.8×	27 0.6×	11 0.3×	22	536
Noël Clycq Belgium	12	238 0.6×	224 0.9×	41 0.6×	33 0.7×	11 0.3×	57	414
Warren N. Kubitschek United States	9	230 0.5×	170 0.7×	33 0.5×	32 0.7×	14 0.3×	16	397
Jörg Dollmann Germany	13	156 0.4×	234 0.9×	43 0.7×	48 1.1×	16 0.4×	26	357
Morag Henderson United Kingdom	12	173 0.4×	138 0.6×	37 0.6×	31 0.7×	35 0.9×	43	336
Gilda L. Ochoa United States	9	190 0.5×	315 1.3×	22 0.3×	27 0.6×	14 0.3×	18	420
Karolyn Tyson United States	10	679 1.6×	620 2.5×	56 0.9×	21 0.5×	27 0.7×	18	941
Giovanni B. Sgritta Italy	6	226 0.5×	362 1.5×	45 0.7×	37 0.8×	12 0.3×	18	484

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Weston

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Weston

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Weston, William. (2019). Between Bohemia and Suburbia. 1 indexed citations

2.

Weston, William. (2018). Religion: what it is, how it works, and why it matters. Journal of Critical Realism. 17(4). 421–424. 7 indexed citations

3.

Weston, William. (2018). Are neighbourhoods real?. Journal of Critical Realism. 17(1). 34–45.

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Weston, William. (2015). Busy, Happy Calvinists. Society. 52(4). 378–382.

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Weston, William. (2014). A Deeper Durkheimian Society for Haidt’s Righteous Minds. Society. 51(6). 686–691. 2 indexed citations

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Weston, William. (2011). The College Class at Work and Home. Society. 48(3). 236–241. 3 indexed citations

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Smidt, Corwin E., Sue E. Crawford, Melissa Deckman, et al.. (2003). The Political Attitudes and Activities of Mainline Protestant Clergy in the Election of 2000: A Study of Six Denominations. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 42(4). 515–532. 14 indexed citations

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Weston, William, et al.. (2000). Sacred Companies: Organizational Aspects of Religion and Religious Aspects of Organizations. Sociology of Religion. 61(2). 234–234. 2 indexed citations

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Weston, William. (1999). The Presbyterian "Fidelity and Chastity" Competition as a Loyalist Victory. Review of Religious Research. 41(2). 207–207. 4 indexed citations

10.

Weston, William, et al.. (1998). Presbyterian Pluralism: Competition in a Protestant House. Review of Religious Research. 40(1). 88–88. 3 indexed citations

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Weston, William. (1995). Teaching American Denominational Religion: Pedagogy for a Pluralist Age. Teaching Sociology. 23(2). 159–159. 4 indexed citations

12.

Weston, William, David A. Roozen, & C. Kirk Hadaway. (1994). Church and Denominational Growth. Sociology of Religion. 55(4). 491–491. 30 indexed citations

13.

Weston, William & Annette Lareau. (1991). Home Advantage: Social Class and Parental Intervention in Elementary Education.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(1). 144–144. 498 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weston, William, et al.. (1990). Conservative Protestants in the New School Wars. History of Education Quarterly. 30(1). 79–79. 3 indexed citations

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