Topic · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Most cited papers in Social and Cultural Dynamics
What are the most cited papers in Social and Cultural Dynamics?
The most cited paper in Social and Cultural Dynamics is "Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology" (Alejandro Portes, 1998), with 12,059 citations. Next come "Inequity In Social Exchange" (10,688) and "Doing Gender" (8,858).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 1,064 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology Alejandro Portes · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1998 | 12,059 |
| 2 | Inequity In Social Exchange J. Stacy Adams · Advances in experimental social psychology | 1965 | 10,688 |
| 3 | Doing Gender Candace West, Don H. Zimmerman · Gender & Society | Jun 1987 | 8,858 |
| 4 | Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept Paul S. Adler, Seok‐Woo Kwon · Academy of Management Review | 2002 | 7,873 |
| 5 | What Is Agency? Mustafa Emirbayer, Ann Mische · American Journal of Sociology | 1998 | 5,992 |
| 6 | The Social Self: On Being the Same and Different at the Same Time Marilynn B. Brewer · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | Oct 1991 | 5,110 |
| 7 | Social dominance orientation: A personality variable predicting social and political attitudes. Felicia Pratto, Jim Sidanius, Lisa M. Stallworth et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Oct 1994 | 4,836 |
| 8 | Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values Ronald F. Inglehart, Wayne E. Baker · American Sociological Review | Feb 2000 | 4,575 |
| 9 | Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory Jan E. Stets, Peter J. Burke · Social Psychology Quarterly | Sep 2000 | 4,441 |
| 10 | The Network Structure Of Social Capital Ronald S. Burt · Research in Organizational Behavior | 2000 | 4,127 |
| 11 | Uses and Gratifications Research Elihu Katz, Jay G. Blumler, Michael Gurevitch · Public Opinion Quarterly | 1973 | 3,911 |
| 12 | Building a Network Theory of Social Capital Nan Lin | 12 Jul 2017 | 3,835 |
| 13 | The Past, Present, and Future of an Identity Theory Sheldon Stryker, Peter J. Burke · Social Psychology Quarterly | Dec 2000 | 3,665 |
| 14 | Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes? Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | May 2006 | 3,579 |
| 15 | Race Prejudice as a Sense of Group Position Herbert Blumer · The Pacific Sociological Review | Apr 1958 | 3,473 |
| 16 | The Contingent Value of Social Capital Ronald S. Burt · Administrative Science Quarterly | Jun 1997 | 3,406 |
| 17 | The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States Shanto Iyengar, Yphtach Lelkes, Matthew S. Levendusky et al. · Annual Review of Political Science | 10 Dec 2018 | 3,297 |
| 18 | A Collective Self-Esteem Scale: Self-Evaluation of One's Social Identity Riia K. Luhtanen, Jennifer Crocker · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | Jun 1992 | 3,094 |
| 19 | Culture and Cognition Paul DiMaggio · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1997 | 3,086 |
| 20 | Practical Reason: On the Theory of Action John R. Bowen · American Anthropologist | Dec 1999 | 2,851 |
| 21 | Culture and Consumption: A Theoretical Account of the Structure and Movement of the Cultural Meaning of Consumer Goods Grant McCracken · Journal of Consumer Research | Jun 1986 | 2,834 |
| 22 | Collective Identity and Social Movements Francesca Polletta, James M. Jasper · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 2001 | 2,814 |
| 23 | Rethinking Racism: Toward a Structural Interpretation Eduardo Bonilla‐Silva · American Sociological Review | Jun 1997 | 2,771 |
| 24 | Consumption and Theories of Practice Alan Warde · Journal of Consumer Culture | 15 Jun 2005 | 2,614 |
| 25 | Fear and Loathing across Party Lines: New Evidence on Group Polarization Shanto Iyengar, Sean Jeremy Westwood · American Journal of Political Science | 16 Dec 2014 | 2,507 |
| 26 | Individual-Level Evidence for the Causes and Consequences of Social Capital John Brehm, Wendy M. Rahn · American Journal of Political Science | Jul 1997 | 2,447 |
| 27 | Hofstede’s Model of National Cultural Differences and their Consequences: A Triumph of Faith - a Failure of Analysis Brendan McSweeney · Human Relations | 2002 | 2,413 |
| 28 | Struggling with the Creative Class Jamie Peck · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Dec 2005 | 2,395 |
| 29 | Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Individualism and Collectivism: A Theoretical and Measurement Refinement Theodore M. Singelis, Harry C. Triandis, Dharm P. S. Bhawuk et al. · Cross-Cultural Research | Aug 1995 | 2,323 |
| 30 | SOCIAL NETWORKS AND STATUS ATTAINMENT Nan Lin · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1999 | 2,223 |
| 31 | The Categorical Imperative: Securities Analysts and the Illegitimacy Discount Ezra W. Zuckerman · American Journal of Sociology | Mar 1999 | 2,183 |
| 32 | Institutional conditions for diffusion David Strang, John W. Meyer · Theory and Society | Aug 1993 | 2,143 |
| 33 | Commensuration as a Social Process Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mitchell L. Stevens · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1998 | 2,064 |
| 34 | The Sources of Four Commonly Reported Cutoff Criteria Charles E. Lance, Marcus M. Butts, Lawrence C. Michels · Organizational Research Methods | 10 Mar 2006 | 2,060 |
| 35 | Social Memory Studies: From “Collective Memory” to the Historical Sociology of Mnemonic Practices Jeffrey K. Olick, Joyce Robbins · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1998 | 1,951 |
| 36 | Subtle and blatant prejudice in western Europe Thomas Fraser Pettigrew, Roel W. Meertens · European Journal of Social Psychology | 1995 | 1,947 |
| 37 | `How many cases do I need?' Mario Luis Small · Ethnography | 25 Feb 2009 | 1,937 |
| 38 | For Public Sociology Michael Burawoy · American Sociological Review | Feb 2005 | 1,915 |
| 39 | On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough * Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano, Nathan Nunn · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 20 Feb 2013 | 1,895 |
| 40 | Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith‐Lovin, Matthew E. Brashears · American Sociological Review | Jun 2006 | 1,883 |
| 41 | Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements J. Craig Jenkins · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1983 | 1,880 |
| 42 | Participation in Heterogeneous Communities* Alberto Alesina, Eliana La Ferrara · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 2000 | 1,829 |
| 43 | A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades Sushil Bikhchandani, David A. Hirshleifer, Ivo Welch · Journal of Political Economy | Oct 1992 | 1,820 |
| 44 | Critical Discourse Analysis and the Marketization of Public Discourse: The Universities Norman L. Fairclough · Discourse & Society | Apr 1993 | 1,817 |
| 45 | Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America* Herbert J. Gans · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 1979 | 1,808 |
| 46 | Inequality and happiness: are Europeans and Americans different? Alberto Alesina, Rafael Di Tella, Robert MacCulloch · Journal of Public Economics | 11 Oct 2003 | 1,784 |
| 47 | The Silent Revolution in Europe: Intergenerational Change in Post-Industrial Societies Ronald Inglehart · American Political Science Review | Dec 1971 | 1,746 |
| 48 | Diverse economies: performative practices for `other worlds' Katherine Gibson · Progress in Human Geography | 20 May 2008 | 1,726 |
| 49 | Social Capital, Structural Holes and the Formation of an Industry Network Gordon Walker, Bruce Kogut, Weijian Shan · Organization Science | Apr 1997 | 1,707 |
| 50 | Social Identity Complexity Sonia Roccas, Marilynn B. Brewer · Personality and Social Psychology Review | May 2002 | 1,703 |
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