Les Back
Impact in
- Sociology and Political Science top 0.5%
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Physical Education and Sports Studies
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Urban Studies top 1%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamics
Papers in
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- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice 19
- Race, History, and American Society 16
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration 13
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics 9
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research 9
- Music 12
- Music History and Culture 11
- Co-authors
- John Solomos (26 shared papers)Shamser Sinha (5 shared papers)Nirmal Puwar (1 shared paper)Tim Crabbe (5 shared papers)Michael Keith (8 shared papers)Kalbir Shukra (6 shared papers)Vron Ware (2 shared papers)Azra Khan (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Sociological Research Online (8 papers)The Sociological Review (6 papers)Ethnic and Racial Studies (4 papers)Sociology (4 papers)Theory Culture & Society (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
Les Back
93 papers receiving 2.3k citations
Les Back's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 97
- Sociology and Political Science 1.9k
- Urban Studies 253
- Gender Studies 319
- Demography 265
- Philosophy 264
Countries citing papers authored by Les Back
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Fields of papers citing papers by Les Back
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Co-authors
The 22 scholars most cited alongside Les Back, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 106 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Ethnicities and Urban Culture: Racisms and Multiculture in Young Lives Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 368 |
| 2 | 2001 | 231 | |
| 3 | 1996 | 198 | |
| 4 | 2003 | 132 | |
| 5 | 2012 | 120 | |
| 6 | 2002 | 114 | |
| 7 | 2015 | 109 | |
| 8 | 2002 | 107 | |
| 9 | 2012 | 106 | |
| 10 | 2012 | 104 | |
| 11 | The Changing Face of Football: Racism, Identity and Multiculture in the English Game | 2001 | 102 |
| 12 | 2016 | 102 | |
| 13 | 2002 | 70 | |
| 14 | 2002 | 69 | |
| 15 | 1994 | 65 | |
| 16 | 2013 | 55 | |
| 17 | 2019 | 51 | |
| 18 | 2009 | 50 | |
| 19 | 1999 | 48 | |
| 20 | 2009 | 44 |
About Les Back
Les Back is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Music, Gender Studies, Urban Studies and Philosophy, having authored 106 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (19 papers), Race, History, and American Society (16 papers), Migration, Refugees, and Integration (13 papers), Music History and Culture (11 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (9 papers), Urban and sociocultural dynamics (9 papers), Cultural Identity and Representation (9 papers) and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (1.9k citations), Urban Studies (253 citations), Gender Studies (319 citations), Demography (265 citations) and Philosophy (264 citations). Les Back has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include John Solomos, Shamser Sinha, Nirmal Puwar, Tim Crabbe, Michael Keith, Kalbir Shukra, Vron Ware, Azra Khan, Sarah Susannah Willie and Stuart Hall. Their work appears in journals such as Sociological Research Online, The Sociological Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Sociology and Theory Culture & Society.
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