Herbert J. Gans

15.9k citations
147 papers · 9.1k · 5 hit papers · h-index 41

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    • Social and Cultural Dynamics 13
    • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy 13
    • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies 12
    • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice 8
    • Migration and Labor Dynamics 5
    • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity 6

Herbert J. Gans

137 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Herbert J. Gans's Hit Papers

Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time 1979 · 1.9k citations
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Herbert J. Gans
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  • Communication 1.9k
  • Urban Studies 914
  • Sociology and Political Science 5.7k
  • Demography 925
  • Music 187
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Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time
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19791895
2
Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America*
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19791010
3
The Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the Life of Italian-Americans.
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1963696
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The Urban Villagers.
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1964675
5 1992412
6 1977297
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The Levittowners: Ways of life and politics in a new suburban community
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1965262
8 2003196
9 1994182
10 1997168
11 1969121
12 2016114
13 1972112
14 2002106
15 1965104
16 1999103
17 2006101
18 1996101
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People and plans : essays on urban problems and solutions
1968100
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People and plans
196895

About Herbert J. Gans

Herbert J. Gans is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Communication, General Health Professions and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 147 papers that have together received 9.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social and Cultural Dynamics (13 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (13 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (12 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (8 papers), Media Studies and Communication (7 papers), Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (6 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 papers) and Cinema and Media Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (1.9k citations), Urban Studies (914 citations), Sociology and Political Science (5.7k citations), Demography (925 citations) and Music (187 citations). Herbert J. Gans has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Bulgaria. Frequent co-authors include Andrew M. Greeley, Erich Lindemann, Sally M. Miller, Bennett M. Berger, R. E. Pahl, Richard K. Brown, Joan W. Moore, John C. Leggett, John P. Robinson and Maurice R. Stein. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Ethnic and Racial Studies, American Sociological Review, City and Community and Journal of Communication.

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