Most cited papers in Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
What are the most cited papers in Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies?
The most cited paper in Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies is "Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks" (Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith‐Lovin, James M. Cook, 2001), with 18,875 citations. Next come "Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy" (12,017) and "Identification of Endogenous Social Effects: The Reflection Problem" (6,370).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 984 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith‐Lovin, James M. Cook · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 2001 | 18,875 |
| 2 | Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush, Felton J. Earls · Science | 15 Aug 1997 | 12,017 |
| 3 | Identification of Endogenous Social Effects: The Reflection Problem Charles F. Manski · The Review of Economic Studies | Jul 1993 | 6,370 |
| 4 | The Truly Disadvantaged. The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy. By William Julius Wilson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 254p. $19.95. Charles C. Noble · American Political Science Review | Dec 1988 | 6,192 |
| 5 | Super-diversity and its implications Steven Vertovec · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 27 Sep 2007 | 5,500 |
| 6 | A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite, Louise C. Hawkley et al. · Research on Aging | 20 Sep 2004 | 4,869 |
| 7 | Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory Robert J. Sampson, W. Byron Groves · American Journal of Sociology | 1989 | 4,402 |
| 8 | Assessing “Neighborhood Effects”: Social Processes and New Directions in Research Robert J. Sampson, Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Thomas Gannon-Rowley · Annual Review of Sociology | 28 Jul 2002 | 3,994 |
| 9 | Building a Network Theory of Social Capital Nan Lin | 12 Jul 2017 | 3,835 |
| 10 | Problems with Instrumental Variables Estimation when the Correlation between the Instruments and the Endogenous Explanatory Variable is Weak John Bound, David A. Jaeger, Regina M. Baker · Journal of the American Statistical Association | Jun 1995 | 3,733 |
| 11 | The neighborhoods they live in: The effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent outcomes. Tama Leventhal, Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn · Psychological Bulletin | 2000 | 3,480 |
| 12 | An Introduction to Latent Class Growth Analysis and Growth Mixture Modeling Tony Jung, Kandauda A. S. Wickrama · Social and Personality Psychology Compass | 6 Dec 2007 | 3,231 |
| 13 | The Role of Social Capital in Financial Development Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales · American Economic Review | May 2004 | 3,197 |
| 14 | The Emergence and Development of Life Course Theory Glen H. Elder, Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Robert L. Crosnoe · Handbooks of sociology and social research | 2003 | 3,157 |
| 15 | The Life Course as Developmental Theory Glen H. Elder · Child Development | Feb 1998 | 3,111 |
| 16 | Where is the land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States * Raj G. Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Patrick Kline et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 14 Sep 2014 | 2,976 |
| 17 | Wage Inequality and the Rise in Returns to Skill Chinhui Juhn, Kevin Murphy, Brooks Pierce · Journal of Political Economy | Jun 1993 | 2,854 |
| 18 | Defining place attachment: A tripartite organizing framework Leila Scannell, Robert Gifford · Journal of Environmental Psychology | 23 Sep 2009 | 2,795 |
| 19 | Place attachment: How far have we come in the last 40 years? Maria Lewicka · Journal of Environmental Psychology | 21 Oct 2010 | 2,734 |
| 20 | Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Robert Y. Shapiro · Political Science Quarterly | 2000 | 2,730 |
| 21 | Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush · American Journal of Sociology | Nov 1999 | 2,495 |
| 22 | The Environment of Childhood Poverty. Gary William Evans · American Psychologist | 2004 | 2,406 |
| 23 | The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment Raj G. Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Lawrence F. Katz · American Economic Review | 28 Mar 2016 | 2,336 |
| 24 | Two Shorter Forms of the CES-D Depression Symptoms Index Frank J. Kohout, Lisa F. Berkman, Denis A. Evans et al. · Journal of Aging and Health | May 1993 | 2,320 |
| 25 | The Dimensions of Residential Segregation Douglas S. Massey, Nancy A. Denton · Social Forces | Dec 1988 | 2,259 |
| 26 | Racial residential segregation: A fundamental cause of racial disparities in health David R. Williams, Chiquita Collins · Public Health Reports | Sep 2001 | 2,233 |
| 27 | A Space for Place in Sociology Thomas F. Gieryn · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 2000 | 2,130 |
| 28 | Social Structure from Multiple Networks. I. Blockmodels of Roles and Positions Harrison C. White, Scott A. Boorman, Ronald L. Breiger · American Journal of Sociology | 1976 | 2,100 |
| 29 | Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization John F. Kain · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 1968 | 2,086 |
| 30 | Place effects on health: how can we conceptualise, operationalise and measure them? Sally MacIntyre, Anne Ellaway, Steven Cummins · Social Science & Medicine | Jul 2002 | 2,076 |
| 31 | The Disaggregation of Within-Person and Between-Person Effects in Longitudinal Models of Change Patrick J. Curran, Daniel J. Bauer · Annual Review of Psychology | 2 Dec 2010 | 2,058 |
| 32 | Beyond Social Capital: Spatial Dynamics of Collective Efficacy for Children Robert J. Sampson, Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Felton J. Earls · American Sociological Review | Oct 1999 | 1,986 |
| 33 | `How many cases do I need?' Mario Luis Small · Ethnography | 25 Feb 2009 | 1,937 |
| 34 | The social dimension of sustainable development: Defining urban social sustainability Nicola Dempsey, Glen Bramley, Sinéad Power et al. · Sustainable Development | 26 May 2009 | 1,915 |
| 35 | Economic Deprivation and Early Childhood Development Gregory Duncan, Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn, Pamela Kato Klebanov · Child Development | Apr 1994 | 1,894 |
| 36 | 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 |
| 37 | NEIGHBORHOOD INEQUALITY, COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, AND THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN VIOLENCE* Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush · Criminology | Aug 2001 | 1,880 |
| 38 | Transport and social exclusion: Where are we now? Karen Lucas · Transport Policy | 14 Feb 2012 | 1,867 |
| 39 | Investigating Neighborhood and Area Effects on Health Ana V. Diez Roux · American Journal of Public Health | Nov 2001 | 1,863 |
| 40 | Participation in Heterogeneous Communities* Alberto Alesina, Eliana La Ferrara · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 2000 | 1,829 |
| 41 | Networks in the Modern Economy: Mexican Migrants in the U. S. Labor Market Kaivan Munshi · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 2003 | 1,820 |
| 42 | Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America* Herbert J. Gans · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 1979 | 1,808 |
| 43 | Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration David Card · Journal of Labor Economics | 2001 | 1,805 |
| 44 | Social Cohesion, Social Capital and the Neighbourhood Ray Forrest, Ade Kearns · Urban Studies | Nov 2001 | 1,715 |
| 45 | SENSE OF PLACE AS AN ATTITUDE: LAKESHORE OWNERS ATTITUDES TOWARD THEIR PROPERTIES Bradley S. Jorgensen, Richard C. Stedman · Journal of Environmental Psychology | Sep 2001 | 1,669 |
| 46 | Is Social Capital Declining in the United States? A Multiple Indicator Assessment Pamela M. Paxton · American Journal of Sociology | Jul 1999 | 1,646 |
| 47 | Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America Robert D. Putnam · PS Political Science & Politics | Dec 1995 | 1,635 |
| 48 | Home Style: House Members in Their Districts, by Richard F. Fenno, Jr. David A. Leuthold · Political Science Quarterly | 1979 | 1,627 |
| 49 | Fragile Families: sample and design Nancy E. Reichman, Julien O. Teitler, Irwin Garfinkel et al. · Children and Youth Services Review | Apr 2001 | 1,623 |
| 50 | Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States Hyunjung Shin, Eduardo Bonilla‐Silva · TESOL Quarterly | Sep 2006 | 1,560 |
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