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Social Class

Social Class is a socially stratified position within a hierarchical structure that differentiates individuals or groups based on shared economic, cultural, and educational resources, practices, and opportunities.

12.6K

Publications

1M

Citations

15.7K

Authors

2.7K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.4K

Variants

Socioeconomic Class

Parents

Children

Publications

12.6K

Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology

Alejandro Portes · Annual Review of Sociology · 1998 · 11.9K citations

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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

Michael Erben, Pierre Bourdıeu, Jean-Claude Passeron · British Journal of Sociology · 1979 · 8.2K citations

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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

Tricia Broadfoot · Comparative Education · 1978 · 6.7K citations

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The rise of the creative class: and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 6.5K citations

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American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass.

Roberto M. Fernández, Douglas S. Massey, Nancy A. Denton · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1993 · 6.2K citations

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Authors

15.7K

  1. JH
    John H. Goldthorpe

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    70 publications · 15.3K citations

    50

    h-index

  2. MS
    Mike Savage

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    41 publications · 4.9K citations

    31

    h-index

  3. DR
    Diane Reay

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    36 publications · 6.7K citations

    30

    h-index

  4. EO
    Erik Olín Wright

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    33 publications · 5.6K citations

    28

    h-index

  5. RS
    Robert S. Erikson

    Columbia University, United States

    22 publications · 8.1K citations

    21

    h-index

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Institutions

2.7K

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    54 h-index

    192 publications

    19.4K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    47 h-index

    168 publications

    11.8K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    43 h-index

    112 publications

    16.4K citations

  4. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    41 h-index

    109 publications

    7.1K citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    41 h-index

    109 publications

    9.5K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    41 h-index

    113 publications

    9.5K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    40 h-index

    108 publications

    11.8K citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    38 h-index

    96 publications

    14.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 349 publications · 61.8K citations

    108

    h-index

  2. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 359 publications · 51.2K citations

    105

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    383 publications · 56.2K citations

    95

    h-index

  4. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 296 publications · 42.2K citations

    78

    h-index

  5. Sociology

    215 publications · 21.9K citations

    73

    h-index

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