Most cited papers in Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
What are the most cited papers in Youth Education and Societal Dynamics?
The most cited paper in Youth Education and Societal Dynamics is "Towards an understanding of inequity." (J. Stacy Adams, 1963), with 5,157 citations. Next come "Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments" (5,060) and "Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children" (4,188).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 464 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Towards an understanding of inequity. J. Stacy Adams · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology | Nov 1963 | 5,157 |
| 2 | Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments John L. Holland | 1973 | 5,060 |
| 3 | Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children Rebecca J. Panagos · Remedial and Special Education | Nov 1998 | 4,188 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Identity—Youth and Crisis E. James Anthony · Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry | Jul 1969 | 2,541 |
| 6 | Emerging Adulthood: What Is It, and What Is It Good For? Jeffrey Jensen Arnett · Child Development Perspectives | Dec 2007 | 2,246 |
| 7 | A phenomenology of whiteness Sara Ahmed · Feminist Theory | Aug 2007 | 2,095 |
| 8 | Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage and the Life Course: Cross-Fertilizing Age and Social Science Theory Dale Dannefer · The Journals of Gerontology Series B | Nov 2003 | 2,062 |
| 9 | The new life stage of emerging adulthood at ages 18–29 years: implications for mental health Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Rita Žukauskienė, Kazumi Sugimura · The Lancet Psychiatry | Dec 2014 | 1,880 |
| 10 | The Silent Revolution in Europe: Intergenerational Change in Post-Industrial Societies Ronald Inglehart · American Political Science Review | Dec 1971 | 1,746 |
| 11 | Contexts of child rearing: Problems and prospects. Urie Bronfenbrenner · American Psychologist | Oct 1979 | 1,629 |
| 12 | Social Role Theory Alice H. Eagly, Wendy Wood | 11 Oct 2012 | 1,613 |
| 13 | Pathways to Adulthood in Changing Societies: Variability and Mechanisms in Life Course Perspective Michael J. Shanahan · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 2000 | 1,553 |
| 14 | Narrative Identity Dan P. McAdams, Kate C. McLean · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Jun 2013 | 1,486 |
| 15 | Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation Min Zhou · International Migration Review | Dec 1997 | 1,374 |
| 16 | Sociology: Themes and Perspectives Robert van Krieken, P Smith, D Habibis et al. · eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) | 2000 | 1,341 |
| 17 | Technical Change, Job Tasks, and Rising Educational Demands: Looking outside the Wage Structure Alexandra Spitz‐Oener · Journal of Labor Economics | 6 Mar 2006 | 1,253 |
| 18 | Using and analysing focus groups: Limitations and possibilities Janet Smithson · International Journal of Social Research Methodology | 2000 | 1,161 |
| 19 | What is Positive Youth Development? William W. Damon · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | 2004 | 1,015 |
| 20 | The fading American dream: Trends in absolute income mobility since 1940 Raj G. Chetty, David B. Grusky, Maximilian Hell et al. · Science | 24 Apr 2017 | 1,004 |
| 21 | Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries Maria Charles, Karen Bradley · American Journal of Sociology | 2009 | 1,003 |
| 22 | Understanding Transformation Theory Jack Mezirow · Adult Education Quarterly | Dec 1994 | 975 |
| 23 | Hybrid Masculinities: New Directions in the Sociology of Men and Masculinities Tristan S. Bridges, C. J. Pascoe · Sociology Compass | Mar 2014 | 948 |
| 24 | The School-to-Work Transition: A Cross-National Perspective Paul B. Ryan · Journal of Economic Literature | Mar 2001 | 938 |
| 25 | What is agency? Conceptualizing professional agency at work Anneli Eteläpelto, Katja Vähäsantanen, Päivi Kristiina Hökkä et al. · Educational Research Review | 21 May 2013 | 928 |
| 26 | Beyond the standard interview: the use of graphic elicitation and arts-based methods Anna Bagnoli · Qualitative Research | Nov 2009 | 921 |
| 27 | Neoliberalism and education Bronwyn Davies, Peter Bansel · International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education | May 2007 | 914 |
| 28 | New Directions in Life Course Research Karl Ulrich Mayer · Annual Review of Sociology | 6 Apr 2009 | 911 |
| 29 | The neoliberal cascade and education: an essay on the market agenda and its consequences Raewyn W. Connell · Critical Studies in Education | 17 May 2013 | 910 |
| 30 | Learning to Stand Alone: The Contemporary American Transition to Adulthood in Cultural and Historical Context Jeffrey Jensen Arnett · Human Development | 1998 | 884 |
| 31 | Introduction/motivation Emily M. Bender · Synthesis lectures on human language technologies | 2013 | 880 |
| 32 | Post-Materialism in an Environment of Insecurity Ronald F. Inglehart · American Political Science Review | Dec 1981 | 840 |
| 33 | Collective identity in social movement communities: Lesbian feminist mobilization. Verta A. Taylor, Nancy Whittier | 1992 | 822 |
| 34 | Growing Up Girl: Psychosocial Explorations of Gender and Class Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Linda Powell Pruitt et al. | 12 Nov 2012 | 816 |
| 35 | Learning to Be Illegal Roberto G. Gonzales · American Sociological Review | Aug 2011 | 803 |
| 36 | Identity and Agency in Emerging Adulthood Seth J. Schwartz, James E. Côté, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett · Youth & Society | 4 Nov 2005 | 793 |
| 37 | Social Capital in Britain Peter A. Hall · British Journal of Political Science | Jun 1999 | 778 |
| 38 | Social Mobilization and Political Development Karl Wolfgang Deutsch · American Political Science Review | Sep 1961 | 754 |
| 39 | Personal, Master, and Alternative Narratives: An Integrative Framework for Understanding Identity Development in Context Kate C. McLean, Moin Syed · Human Development | 2015 | 740 |
| 40 | Post-postfeminism?: new feminist visibilities in postfeminist times Rosalind Gill · Feminist Media Studies | 23 Jun 2016 | 737 |
| 41 | Home, Home Ownership and the Search for Ontological Security Ann Dupuis, David C. Thorns · The Sociological Review | Feb 1998 | 736 |
| 42 | Children as ‘Being and Becomings’: Children, Childhood and Temporality Emma Uprichard · Children & Society | 11 Jun 2008 | 736 |
| 43 | Burnout: From Tedium to Personal Growth Moshe S. Torem · Psychosomatics | Oct 1982 | 726 |
| 44 | Civic Engagement and the Transition to Adulthood Constance A. Flanagan, Peter Levine · The Future of Children | Mar 2010 | 718 |
| 45 | The Elementary Structures of Kinship M. J. Lineton · Sociology | Sep 1970 | 712 |
| 46 | Careership: a sociological theory of career decision making Phil Hodkinson, Andrew C. Sparkes · British Journal of Sociology of Education | 1997 | 705 |
| 47 | Young people and the Great Recession David Bell, David G. Blanchflower · Oxford Review of Economic Policy | Jun 2011 | 691 |
| 48 | Caring Masculinities Karla Elliott · Men and Masculinities | 12 Mar 2015 | 685 |
| 49 | Fortunate Sons: New Estimates of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States Using Social Security Earnings Data Bhashkar Mazumder · The Review of Economics and Statistics | May 2005 | 685 |
| 50 | Region and place: regional identity in question Anssi Paasi · Progress in Human Geography | Aug 2003 | 656 |
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