2026 David A. Snow: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	56	1824	1643	869	770	129	49911

David A. Snow 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 David A. Snow sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David A. Snow 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 David A. Snow sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Lee Founders Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems

Overview

David A. Snow is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Sociology and Political Science. Additional subfields include Communication, Political Science and International Relations, Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work covers diverse topics such as Political Conflict and Governance, Social Media and Politics, Social and Cultural Dynamics, Religion and Society Interactions, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Religion, Society, and Development, and the Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David A. Snow include Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, Jonas Toubøl, Donatella della Porta, Doug McAdam, and Peter B. Owens.

David A. Snow has published extensively in venues such as The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements and Discourse Studies.

"An imperious, closed sandbox? A rejoinder to Van Dijk's critique of the framing perspective on social movement mobilization" (2023), Discourse Studies
"Framing and Social Movements" (2022), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
"Consciousness, Conscience, and Social Movements" (2022), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
"Case Studies and Social Movements" (2022), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

David A. Snow received the Lee Founders Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 2008.

Best Publications

Framing Processes and Social Movements: An Overview and Assessment

Robert D. Benford;David A. Snow

14858
Citations
Frame alignment processes, micromobilization, and movement participation.

David A. Snow;E. Burke Rochford;Steven K. Worden;Robert D. Benford

10730
Citations
Master-frames and cycles of protest

D. P. Snow;Robert D. Benford

4907
Citations
Identity Work Among the Homeless: The Verbal Construction and Avowal of Personal Identities

David A. Snow;Leon Anderson

2311
Citations
Social Networks and Social Movements: A Microstructural Approach to Differential Recruitment

David A. Snow;Louis A. Zurcher;Sheldon Ekland-Olson

1867
Citations
Framing Processes, Ideology, and Discursive Fields

David A. Snow

1478
Citations
Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People

David A. Snow;Leon Anderson

1345
Citations
The Outcomes of Homeless Mobilization: The Influence of Organization, Disruption, Political Mediation, and Framing

Daniel M. Cress;David A. Snow

1153
Citations
The Blackwell companion to social movements

David Alan Snow;Sarah Anne Soule;Hanspeter Kriesi

1130
Citations
Collective Identity and Expressive Forms

David Snow

701
Citations
MOBILIZATION AT THE MARGINS: RESOURCES, BENEFACTORS, AND THE VIABILITY OF HOMELESS SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS*

Daniel M. Cress;David A. Snow

693
Citations
Mapping the Terrain

David A. Snow;Sarah A. Soule;Hanspeter Kriesi

552
Citations
A Primer on Social Movements

David A. Snow;Sarah Anne Soule

520
Citations
Elaborating Analytic Ethnography: Linking Fieldwork and Theory

David A. Snow;Calvin Morrill;Leon Anderson

438
Citations
The Emergence, Development, and Future of the Framing Perspective: 25+ Years Since "Frame Alignment"

David A. Snow;Robert D. Benford;Holly J. McCammon;Lyndi Hewitt

379
Citations
Framing the French Riots: A Comparative Study of Frame Variation

David A. Snow;Rens Vliegenthart;Catherine Corrigall-Brown

341
Citations
Disrupting the "Quotidian": Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Breakdown and the Emergence of Collective Action

David Snow;Daniel Cress;Liam Downey;Andrew Jones

309
Citations
The Myth of Pervasive Mental Illness Among the Homeless

David A. Snow;Susan G. Baker;Leon Anderson;Michaei Martin

307
Citations
Marcos de acción colectiva y campos de identidad en la construcción social de los movimientos

Robert Benford;David Snow

264
Citations
Ideology, Framing Processes, and Islamic Terrorist Movements

David Snow;Scott Byrd

251
Citations
Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People

James Deutsch;David A. Snow;Leon Anderson

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah A. Soule Stanford University

Hanspeter Kriesi European University Institute

Holly J. McCammon Vanderbilt University

Doug McAdam Stanford University

Rens Vliegenthart Wageningen University & Research

Paul Koegel RAND Corporation

Norman K. Denzin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Anthony Giddens London School of Economics and Political Science

Peter K. Manning Northeastern University

Kenneth J. Gergen Swarthmore College

External Links

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