Topic · Critical Realism in Sociology
Most cited papers in Critical Realism in Sociology
What are the most cited papers in Critical Realism in Sociology?
The most cited paper in Critical Realism in Sociology is "What Is Agency?" (Mustafa Emirbayer, Ann Mische, 1998), with 5,992 citations. Next come "Manifesto for a Relational Sociology" (3,801) and "Realist social theory the morphogenetic approach" (2,796).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 391 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Is Agency? Mustafa Emirbayer, Ann Mische · American Journal of Sociology | 1998 | 5,992 |
| 2 | Manifesto for a Relational Sociology Mustafa Emirbayer · American Journal of Sociology | Sep 1997 | 3,801 |
| 3 | Realist social theory the morphogenetic approach Margaret Scotford Archer | 1995 | 2,796 |
| 4 | The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment Eli B. Harmon · Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry | Apr 1967 | 2,519 |
| 5 | The social space and the genesis of groups Pierre Bourdıeu · Theory and Society | Nov 1985 | 2,487 |
| 6 | Reassembling the social an introduction to actor-network-theory Bruno Latour | 2005 | 1,953 |
| 7 | An invitation to social construction Torbjörn Bredenlöw · Scandinavian Journal of Management | Dec 2001 | 1,871 |
| 8 | Absorptive capacity: Valuing a reconceptualization Gergana Todorova, Boris Durisin · Academy of Management Review | Jul 2007 | 1,835 |
| 9 | The logic of small samples in interview-based qualitative research Mira Crouch, Heather A. McKenzie · Social Science Information | 30 Oct 2006 | 1,774 |
| 10 | Identity Processes and Social Stress Peter J. Burke · American Sociological Review | Dec 1991 | 1,765 |
| 11 | The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge Donald W. Light, Peter Ludwig Berger, Thomas Luckmann · Sociological Analysis | 1967 | 1,635 |
| 12 | ‘It's all becoming a habitus’: beyond the habitual use of habitus in educational research Diane Reay · British Journal of Sociology of Education | 13 Aug 2004 | 1,379 |
| 13 | Applying critical realism in qualitative research: methodology meets method Amber J. Fletcher · International Journal of Social Research Methodology | 29 Feb 2016 | 1,358 |
| 14 | The transtheoretical model and stages of change James O. Prochaska, Colleen A. Redding, Kerry E. Evers | 1996 | 1,329 |
| 15 | Constructing mystery: Empirical matters in theory development Mats G Alvesson, Dan Kärreman · Academy of Management Review | Oct 2007 | 1,317 |
| 16 | Enacting the social John Easton Law, John Urry · Economy and Society | Aug 2004 | 1,248 |
| 17 | Agency and learning in the lifecourse: Towards an ecological perspective Gert Biesta, Michael Tedder · Studies in the Education of Adults | Sep 2007 | 1,187 |
| 18 | A Typology for the Case Study in Social Science Following a Review of Definition, Discourse, and Structure Gary Thomas · Qualitative Inquiry | 17 Jun 2011 | 1,158 |
| 19 | Identity Salience and Psychological Centrality: Equivalent, Overlapping, or Complementary Concepts? Sheldon Stryker, Richard T. Serpe · Social Psychology Quarterly | Mar 1994 | 1,134 |
| 20 | Regions, Networks and Fluids: Anaemia and Social Topology Annemarie Mol, John Easton Law · Social Studies of Science | Nov 1994 | 1,111 |
| 21 | Resistance to Change: The Rest of the Story Jeffrey D. Ford, Laurie W. Ford, Angelo D'Amelio · Academy of Management Review | Apr 2008 | 1,083 |
| 22 | The character and significance of strategy process research Andrew Pettigrew · Strategic Management Journal | 1992 | 1,062 |
| 23 | Distributed Properties Peter Gronn · Educational Management & Administration | Jul 2000 | 1,052 |
| 24 | Explaining Society: Critical Realism in the Social Sciences Berth Danermark, Mats Ekström, Jan Ch. Karlsson | 14 Dec 2001 | 973 |
| 25 | The logic of paradox Graham Priest · Journal of Philosophical Logic | 1979 | 943 |
| 26 | What’s in a mechanism? Development of a key concept in realist evaluation Sonia Michelle Dalkin, Joanne Greenhalgh, Diana E. Jones et al. · Implementation Science | 15 Apr 2015 | 942 |
| 27 | Inductive/Deductive Hybrid Thematic Analysis in Mixed Methods Research Kevin Proudfoot · Journal of Mixed Methods Research | 20 Sep 2022 | 911 |
| 28 | Structures of social life: the four elementary forms of human relations Beth-Ann K. Cocroft, Angela K. Hoppe, Lisa A. Snell · International Journal of Intercultural Relations | Dec 1994 | 846 |
| 29 | Survey Article: The Coming of Age of Deliberative Democracy James F. Bohman · Journal of Political Philosophy | Dec 1998 | 825 |
| 30 | Explaining Society, Critical Realism in the Social Sciences Freddy Winston Castro · Acta Sociologica | Sep 2002 | 797 |
| 31 | Dissecting the social on the principles of analytical sociology Peter Hedström | 2005 | 783 |
| 32 | Toward a Structural Theory of Action Ronald S. Burt · Elsevier eBooks | 1982 | 766 |
| 33 | Within and Beyond Communities of Practice: Making Sense of Learning Through Participation, Identity and Practice* Karen Handley, Andrew J. Sturdy, Robin Fincham et al. · Journal of Management Studies | 24 Apr 2006 | 766 |
| 34 | Crossroads—Describing Differences in Approaches to Organization Science: Rethinking Burrell and Morgan and Their Legacy Stanley A. Deetz · Organization Science | Apr 1996 | 760 |
| 35 | The Origins of Status Hierarchies: A Formal Theory and Empirical Test Roger V. Gould · American Journal of Sociology | Mar 2002 | 748 |
| 36 | Management Research as a Design Science: Articulating the Research Products of Mode 2 Knowledge Production in Management Joan Ernst van Aken · British Journal of Management | 16 Feb 2005 | 744 |
| 37 | Why Study Problematizations? Making Politics Visible Carol L. Bacchi · Open Journal of Political Science | 2012 | 742 |
| 38 | Making Sense of Emergence Jaegwon Kim · Philosophical Studies | Aug 1999 | 741 |
| 39 | The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science David Demeritt · Annals of the Association of American Geographers | Jun 2001 | 728 |
| 40 | Consilience: the Unity of Knowledge I. Howard Marshall · ISLE Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment | 1999 | 714 |
| 41 | A Pragmatist Theory of Social Mechanisms Neil Gross · American Sociological Review | Jun 2009 | 712 |
| 42 | The epistemics of social relations: Owning grandchildren Geoffrey Raymond, John C. Heritage · Language in Society | 13 Oct 2006 | 701 |
| 43 | Perception, opportunity and profit Richard E. Hattwick · Journal of Behavioral Economics | 1979 | 698 |
| 44 | Two modellings for theory change Adam J. Grove · Journal of Philosophical Logic | May 1988 | 697 |
| 45 | Discourse and Institutions Nelson Phillips, Thomas B. Lawrence, Cynthia Hardy · Academy of Management Review | Oct 2004 | 690 |
| 46 | The fine structure of the constructible hierarchy Ronald Björn Jensen · Annals of Mathematical Logic | Aug 1972 | 681 |
| 47 | Making Sense with Institutions: Context, Thought and Action in Karl Weick’s Theory Klaus Weber, Mary Ann Glynn · Organization Studies | Nov 2006 | 681 |
| 48 | Replication and Theory Development in Organizational Science: A Critical Realist Perspective Eric W. K. Tsang, Kai Man Kwan · Academy of Management Review | Oct 1999 | 668 |
| 49 | Knowledge, morality and affiliation in social interaction Tanya Stivers, Lorenza Mondada, Jakob Steensig · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 2 Jun 2011 | 654 |
| 50 | On Quantitizing Margarete Sandelowski, Corrine I. Voils, George J. Knafl · Journal of Mixed Methods Research | 21 Apr 2009 | 643 |
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