American Journal of Sociology

5.1k papers and 428.6k indexed citations i.

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The 5.1k papers published in American Journal of Sociology in the last decades have received a total of 428.6k indexed citations. Papers published in American Journal of Sociology usually cover Sociology and Political Science (2.6k papers), Political Science and International Relations (749 papers) and Economics and Econometrics (489 papers) specifically the topics of Social and Cultural Dynamics (395 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (373 papers) and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (302 papers). The most active scholars publishing in American Journal of Sociology are Mark Granovetter, James S. Coleman, John W. Meyer, Brian Rowan, Ronald S. Burt, Mustafa Emirbayer, Howard S. Becker, Oliver E. Williamson, Michael T. Hannan and Robert J. Sampson.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in American Journal of Sociology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in American Journal of Sociology. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in American Journal of Sociology.

Countries where authors publish in American Journal of Sociology

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in American Journal of Sociology. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in American Journal of Sociology with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites American Journal of Sociology more than expected).

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

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