Most cited papers in Decadence, Literature, and Society
What are the most cited papers in Decadence, Literature, and Society?
The most cited paper in Decadence, Literature, and Society is "From boy to man, from delinquency to crime" (Marvin E. Wolfgang, 1987), with 436 citations. Next come "The Enigma of Semmelweis—an Interpretation" (410) and "Loneliness†" (270).
Showing 50 of 101 papers. Every paper with more than 29 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From boy to man, from delinquency to crime Marvin E. Wolfgang | 1987 | 436 |
| 2 | The Enigma of Semmelweis—an Interpretation Sherwin B. Nuland · Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences | 1979 | 410 |
| 3 | Loneliness† Frieda Reichmann · Psychiatry | Feb 1959 | 270 |
| 4 | Beyond Consumerism: New Historical Perspectives on Consumption Frank Trentmann · Journal of Contemporary History | 8 Jun 2004 | 245 |
| 5 | THE NATURE OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION P. D. Oldham, George White Pickering, Josh Roberts et al. · The Lancet | May 1960 | 213 |
| 6 | Disease in History: Frames and Framers Charles E. Rosenberg · Milbank Quarterly | 1989 | 160 |
| 7 | Leaping Luxuries and Transitional Consumers Russell W. Belk | 1999 | 136 |
| 8 | The Drinking Man's Disease: The ‘Pre‐History’ of Alcoholism in Georgian Britain Roy S. Porter · British Journal of Addiction | Dec 1985 | 127 |
| 9 | CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES* Nicole Rafter · Criminology | Nov 1992 | 123 |
| 10 | Writing Gone Wilde: Homoerotic Desire in the Closet of Representation Edward Cohen · PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America | Oct 1987 | 123 |
| 11 | Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Its conceptual history in France during the 19th century G. E. Berrios · Comprehensive Psychiatry | Jul 1989 | 117 |
| 12 | EARNEST A. HOOTON AND THE BIOLOGICAL TRADITION IN AMERICAN CRIMINOLOGY* Nicole Rafter · Criminology | Aug 2004 | 116 |
| 13 | Pseudolymphomatous reaction to tattoos George Blumental, Milton R. Okun, Jerry A. Ponitch · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | Apr 1982 | 111 |
| 14 | The discovery of addiction Changing conceptions of habitual drunkenness in America HARRY D. LEVINE · Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | 1985 | 101 |
| 15 | The Drinking History: A Comparison of Reports by Subjects and their Relatives Samuel B. Guzé, Vicente B. Tuason, Mark A. Stewart et al. · Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol | Jun 1963 | 91 |
| 16 | Victor Gruen and the Construction of Cold War Utopias Timothy Mennel · Journal of Planning History | 21 Apr 2004 | 82 |
| 17 | The Theft of Clothes and Popular Consumerism in Early Modern England Beverly Lemire · Journal of Social History | Dec 1990 | 77 |
| 18 | Fashion and Anxiety Alison J. Clarke, Daniel J. Miller · Fashion Theory | May 2002 | 77 |
| 19 | NORBERT ELIAS, THE CIVILIZING PROCESS: SOCIOGENETIC AND PSYCHOGENETIC INVESTIGATIONS—AN OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT Andrew Linklater, Stephen Mennell · History and Theory | Oct 2010 | 74 |
| 20 | Selling the Sewing Machine Around the World: Singer’s International Marketing Strategies, 1850–1920 Andrew Godley · Enterprise & Society | Apr 2006 | 70 |
| 21 | The Diffusion of Medical Innovations: Can Figurational Sociology Contribute? Sue Dopson · Organization Studies | 18 Jul 2005 | 70 |
| 22 | The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde K.C. Harrison · Reference Reviews | 1998 | 70 |
| 23 | Consumption, Consumerism and Urban Form: Historical Perspectives Paul Glennie · Urban Studies | May 1998 | 67 |
| 24 | ‘It’s Not Forever’ Fiona R. Parrott · Journal of Material Culture | 18 Oct 2005 | 66 |
| 25 | "Cogito, Ergo Sum" Alfred Jules Ayer · Analysis | Dec 1953 | 65 |
| 26 | The Embodied Turn: Making and Remaking Dress as an Academic Practice Hilary Davidson · Fashion Theory | 4 May 2019 | 61 |
| 27 | "Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!" A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959 Regina Kunzel, Élise Schaefer · Journal of American History | Mar 2001 | 61 |
| 28 | The object of fashion: methodological approaches to the history of fashion Giorgio Riello · Journal of AESTHETICS & CULTURE | 2011 | 59 |
| 29 | ASSAY OF GENTAMICIN Paul Noone, J Pattison · The Lancet | Sep 1974 | 58 |
| 30 | Some remarkable martingales D. W. Stroock, Marc Yor · Lecture notes in mathematics | 1981 | 58 |
| 31 | To Look upon the "Lower Sort": Runaway Ads and the Appearance of Unfree Laborers in America, 1750-1800 Jonathan Prude · Journal of American History | Jun 1991 | 57 |
| 32 | The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Brandy L. Evans · Gifted and Talented International | Mar 2004 | 56 |
| 33 | Salomé!! Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, and the Drama of Celebrity Sharon Marcus · PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America | Oct 2011 | 54 |
| 34 | Gender, Consumption, and Commodity Culture Mary Louise Roberts · The American Historical Review | Jun 1998 | 54 |
| 35 | Material civilization: things and society Tim Dant · British Journal of Sociology | 26 May 2006 | 51 |
| 36 | A. G. Dickens and his critics: a new narrative of the English Reformation Andrew Pettegree · Historical Research | Feb 2004 | 51 |
| 37 | Striatal encephalitis after varicella zoster infection complicated by Tourettism Russell Clive Dale, Andrew J. Church, Isobel Heyman · Movement Disorders | 17 Sep 2003 | 50 |
| 38 | What Is Luxury?: The Rebirth of a Concept in the Early Modern World Catherine Kovesi · Luxury | 2015 | 47 |
| 39 | Criminology's Darkest Hour: Biocriminology in Nazi Germany Nicole Rafter · Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology | Aug 2008 | 46 |
| 40 | Toward a History of Brazil's “Cordial Racism”: Race Beyond Liberalism Brian P. Owensby · Comparative Studies in Society and History | Apr 2005 | 46 |
| 41 | Feathered Women and Persecuted Birds: The struggle against the Plumage Trade, c. 1860–1922 Richard Moore-Colyer · Rural History | Apr 2000 | 45 |
| 42 | Temperance and Modernity: Alcohol Consumption as a Collective Problem, 1885–1913 Johan Edman · Journal of Social History | 23 Jun 2015 | 45 |
| 43 | The Circus and Victorian Society Martin Hewitt · History Reviews of New Books | 2005 | 45 |
| 44 | SOMATOTYPING, ANTIMODERNISM, AND THE PRODUCTION OF CRIMINOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE* Nicole Rafter · Criminology | Nov 2007 | 44 |
| 45 | ‘THE MAN WITH THE POWDER PUFF’ IN INTERWAR LONDON Matt Houlbrook · The Historical Journal | 13 Feb 2007 | 44 |
| 46 | Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness Mallory J. Johnson · QED A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking | Feb 2019 | 43 |
| 47 | Tarantism, dancing mania and demonopathy: the anthro-political aspects of ‘mass psychogenic illness’ Robert E. Bartholomew · Psychological Medicine | May 1994 | 43 |
| 48 | INTOXICANTS AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND Phil Withington · The Historical Journal | 29 Jul 2011 | 43 |
| 49 | The Happy Prince and Other Tales Óscar Wilde · Oxford University Press eBooks | 30 Nov 2017 | 43 |
| 50 | Redressing Reform Narratives: Victorian London's Street Markets and the Informal Supply Lines of Urban Modernity Peter T. A. Jones · The London Journal | 19 Nov 2015 | 42 |
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