Most cited papers in Emile Durkheim and Sociology

Emile Durkheim and Sociology

What are the most cited papers in Emile Durkheim and Sociology?

The most cited paper in Emile Durkheim and Sociology is "Foundations of Social Theory" (Frederick C. Gamst, 1991), with 8,033 citations. Next come "For Public Sociology" (1,915) and "For An Anthropology Of Ethics And Freedom" (626).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 57 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Foundations of Social Theory Frederick C. Gamst · Anthropology of Work Review	Sep 1991	8,033
2	For Public Sociology Michael Burawoy · American Sociological Review	Feb 2005	1,915
3	For An Anthropology Of Ethics And Freedom James C. Laidlaw · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	Jun 2002	626
4	Why Is Classical Theory Classical? Raewyn W. Connell · American Journal of Sociology	May 1997	548
5	Symbolic capital and social classes Pierre Bourdıeu, Loic J. D. Wacquant · Journal of Classical Sociology	May 2013	390
6	Life in the fast lane? Towards a sociology of technology and time Judy Wajcman · British Journal of Sociology	Mar 2008	375
7	The Concept of Culture* Leslie A. White · American Anthropologist	Apr 1959	337
8	It is value that brings universes into being David A. Graeber · Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory	Jun 2013	332
9	Organized Self-Realization Axel Honneth · European Journal of Social Theory	5 Oct 2004	320
10	Functionalism and Broad Content Frank Jackson, Philip N. Pettit · Mind	1988	297
11	Relational Thinking: A Critique of Co-Deterministic Theories of Structure and Agency François Dépelteau · Sociological Theory	8 Feb 2008	272
12	The Home Advantage Barry N. Schwartz, Stephen F. Barsky · Social Forces	Mar 1977	240
13	The Interpretation of the Moral Philosophy of J. S. Mill J. O. Urmson · The Philosophical Quarterly	1953	226
14	Ontology and the study of social reality: emergence, organisation, community, power, social relations, corporations, artefacts and money Tom Lawson · Cambridge Journal of Economics	27 Feb 2012	223
15	The Metaphysics of the Social World. Roger Fellows, David‐Hillel Ruben · The Philosophical Quarterly	1986	208
16	Rethinking time's arrow Matt Hodges · Anthropological Theory Open access	13 Nov 2008	181
17	The Structures and Meanings of Social Time Jane Lewis, Andrew J. Weigert · Social Forces	Dec 1981	170
18	For Emergence: Refining Archer's Account of Social Structure Dave Elder‐Vass · Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour	Mar 2007	164
19	Durkheim's Dilemma: Toward a Sociology of Emergence R. Keith Sawyer · Sociological Theory	Jul 2002	160
20	From Critical Social Theory to a Social Theory of Critique: On the Critique of Ideology after the Pragmatic Turn Robin Celikates · Constellations	Mar 2006	153
21	The Centrality of Work Christophe Dejours, Jean‐Philippe Deranty · Critical Horizons	21 May 2010	152
22	Group beliefs Raimo Tuomela · Synthese	Jun 1992	150
23	Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings Melissa Dearey · Sociological Research Online	Jun 2005	147
24	The Problem of Criteria for Judging Interpretive Inquiry John K. Smith · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis	Dec 1984	145
25	Technologies of the Self: Habitus and Capacities Ian Burkitt · Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour	Jun 2002	144
26	After Justification Péter Wagner · European Journal of Social Theory	Aug 1999	139
27	Introduction Emanuel A. Schegloff, Elinor Ochs, Sandra Annear Thompson · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	12 Dec 1996	139
28	The ethical turn in anthropology Didier Fassin · Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory	Jun 2014	136
29	Dispute, Uncertainty and Institution in Recent French Debates* Péter Wagner · Journal of Political Philosophy	Sep 1994	134
30	Collective Effervescence and Communitas: Processual Models of Ritual and Society in Emile Durkheim and Victor Turner Tim Olaveson · Dialectical Anthropology	Jun 2001	134
31	Nonreductive Individualism Part II—Social Causation R. Keith Sawyer · Philosophy of the Social Sciences	Jun 2003	132
32	Self-Organisation of Society by Scale: A Spatial Reworking of Regulation Theory Chris Collinge · Environment and Planning D Society and Space	Oct 1999	132
33	Marxism as Science: Historical Challenges and Theoretical Growth Michael Burawoy · American Sociological Review	Dec 1990	128
34	Les deux voies de la notion d’épreuve en sociologie Danilo Martuccelli · Sociologie Open access	31 Mar 2015	128
35	The temporal gaze: the challenge for social theory in the context of GM food Bárbara Adam · British Journal of Sociology	Mar 2000	124
36	Giving Social Ties, Reciprocity in Modern Society Frank Adloff, Steffen Mau · European Journal of Sociology	Apr 2006	124
37	Essai: Real-Time Reflexivity: Prods to Reflection Karl E. Weick · Organization Studies	Nov 2002	124
38	The social structure of suicide Peter Bearman · Sociological Forum	Sep 1991	122
39	Durkheim on Collective Memory Barbara A. Misztal · Journal of Classical Sociology	Jul 2003	121
40	Culture and political crisis: “Watergate” and Durkheimian sociology Jeffrey C. Alexander · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	20 Jul 2011	114
41	Epistemology and practice : Durkheim's The elementary forms of religious life Anne Warfield Rawls	2004	112
42	Society, Biology, and Ecology Michael Carolan · Organization & Environment	Nov 2005	109
43	Tardomania ? Réflexions sur les usages contemporains de Tarde Laurent Mucchielli · Revue d Histoire des Sciences Humaines Open access	2000	109
44	Le type idéal comme instrument de la recherche sociologique Jacques Coenen‐Huther · Revue Française de Sociologie Open access	Jul 2003	104
45	Beinghood and people-making in native Amazonia Fernando Santos‐Granero · Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory	Mar 2012	103
46	Structures of responsibility JAMES G. FERGUSON · Ethnography	23 Oct 2012	101
47	Weber and the Environment: Classical Foundations for a Postexemptionalist Sociology John Bellamy Foster, Hannah Holleman · American Journal of Sociology	May 2012	95
48	Lévy-Bruhl, Durkheim, and the positivist roots of the sociology of knowledge Warren Schmaus · Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences	Oct 1996	95
49	Spatial Ontology and Explanation Theodore R. Schatzki · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Dec 1991	93
50	Reconnaissance et travail Emmanuel Renault · Travailler Open access	Sep 2007	93

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