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Charles C. Ragin publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles C. Ragin sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 125 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Charles C. Ragin D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles C. Ragin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Charles C. Ragin is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research centers primarily on qualitative comparative analysis and the intersection of sociology and political science.

The scientist's work covers the following main topics:

  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research

Within the subfields of study, their contributions have been categorized under:

  • Sociology and Political Science

Ragin has published multiple papers in notable academic venues. Recent publications include:

  • "QCA and Fuzzy Set Applications to Social Movement Research", 2022, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  • "A set-analytic approach to intersectionality", 2024, Social Science Research
  • "EPR volume 13 issue 2 Cover and Front matter", 2021, European Political Science Review
  • "Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Constitutional Structure, and the Welfare State", 2021, UNC Libraries

In addition to articles, Charles C. Ragin has contributed to book publications. One such work published by Schwabe Verlag eBooks is titled Qu'est-ce qu'un cas? - Explorer les fondements de l'enquête en sciences sociales, released in 2021.

The scientist has collaborated with a number of frequent coauthors including:

  • Peer C. Fiss
  • Howard S. Becker
  • Alesia Alexandrovna Sedziaka
  • Carlos Closa
  • Matt Qvortrup

Key publication venues where Ragin has contributed include:

  • Social Science Research
  • The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  • European Political Science Review
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • The Comparative Method

    Charles C. Ragin

  • The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies

    Charles C. Ragin

  • Redesigning Social Inquiry

    Charles C. Ragin

  • Fuzzy-Set Social Science

    Charles C. Ragin

  • Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond

    Charles C. Ragin

  • Configurational Comparative Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (Qca) and Related Techniques

    Benoît Rihoux;Charles C. Ragin

  • What Is a Case?: Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry

    Charles C. Ragin;Howard Saul Becker

  • Constructing social research :the unity and diversity of method

    Charles C. Ragin;Lisa M. Amoroso

  • Set Relations in Social Research: Evaluating Their Consistency and Coverage

    Charles C. Ragin

  • Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Constitutional Structure, and the Welfare State

    Evelyne Huber;Charles Ragin;John D. Stephens

  • Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice

    Udo Kelle;Gerald Prein;Katherine Bird;Raymond M. Lee

  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) As an Approach

    Dirk Berg-Schlosser;Gisèle De Meur;Charles Ragin;Benoît Rihoux

  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using Fuzzy Sets (fsQCA)

    Charles C. Ragin

  • Constructing social research

    James A. Davis;Charles C. Ragin

  • The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies.

    Herbert L. Smith;Charles C. Ragin

  • The SAGE Handbook of Case-Based Methods

    D. S. Byrne;Charles C. Ragin

  • Comparative Welfare States Data Set

    Evelyne Huber;Charles Ragin;John D. Stephens;David Brady

  • GLOBAL AND NATIONAL SOURCES OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THIRD WORLD RESPONSES TO THE DEBT CRISIS*

    John Walton;Charles Ragin

  • Between Complexity and Parsimony: Limited Diversity, Counterfactual Cases, and Comparative Analysis.

    Charles C. Ragin;John Sonnett

  • The Comparative Method: Moving beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies.

    Michael Timberlake;Charles C. Ragin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peer C. Fiss
Peer C. Fiss University of Southern California
Dirk Berg-Schlosser
Dirk Berg-Schlosser Philipp University of Marburg
Howard S. Becker
Howard S. Becker University of Washington
Bruce Kogut
Bruce Kogut Columbia University
Barbara F. Reskin
Barbara F. Reskin Harvard University
Michael T. Hannan
Michael T. Hannan Stanford University
Jerald Hage
Jerald Hage University of Maryland, College Park
Nigel Fielding
Nigel Fielding University of Surrey
James Mahoney
James Mahoney Northwestern University
Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen Columbia University

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