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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 52 Citations 36,374 132 World Ranking 1103 National Ranking 550

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2006 - W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association

1999 - Public Understanding of Sociology Award, American Sociological Association

1982 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Anthropology

His main research concerns Ethnic group, Gender studies, Acculturation, Immigration and Politics. His Ethnic group study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Social change. His Gender studies research incorporates elements of Anthropology, Religiosity and Italian americans.

The concepts of his Acculturation study are interwoven with issues in Consumption, Social psychology, Religious identity and Relevance. His Immigration research includes elements of Demographic economics, Mainstream, Social science, Social mobility and Faith. His studies deal with areas such as Subject, Group life, Demography, Ethnology and Urban sociology as well as Politics.

His most cited work include:

  • Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time (1910 citations)
  • Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America* (1195 citations)
  • The urban villagers (913 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Social science, Media studies, Politics, Poverty and Gender studies are his primary areas of study. His research links Mainstream with Social science. His research in News media and Journalism are components of Media studies.

The Poverty study which covers Development economics that intersects with Spanish Civil War. His research integrates issues of Ethnic group and Italian americans in his study of Gender studies. His research investigates the link between Ethnic group and topics such as Immigration that cross with problems in Demographic economics and Social psychology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social science (20.13%)
  • Media studies (10.07%)
  • Politics (10.07%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2018)?

  • Social science (20.13%)
  • Politics (10.07%)
  • Economy (5.37%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social science, Politics, Economy, Poverty and Gender studies. Herbert J. Gans has researched Social science in several fields, including Vitality and Political communication. His Politics study incorporates themes from Political economy and Wage.

The Gender studies study combines topics in areas such as Ethnic group and Refugee. His Ethnic group study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Chose and Immigration. As a part of the same scientific study, Herbert J. Gans usually deals with the News media, concentrating on Representative democracy and frequently concerns with Media studies.

Between 2010 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • Multiperspectival news revisited: Journalism and representative democracy (65 citations)
  • “Whitening” and the Changing American Racial Hierarchy (58 citations)
  • Racialization and racialization research (36 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Anthropology

Herbert J. Gans mostly deals with Gender studies, Immigration, Ethnic group, Poverty and Field. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including State, Government, Cultural analysis, Worship and Criminology. Herbert J. Gans focuses mostly in the field of Immigration, narrowing it down to topics relating to Identity and, in certain cases, Demographic economics.

His work on American Ethnicity as part of general Ethnic group study is frequently connected to Happening, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them. Herbert J. Gans combines subjects such as Minimum wage, Curriculum, Unemployment and Applied economics with his study of Poverty. His Field research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Public policy, Participant observation and Applied psychology.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time

Herbert J. Gans.
(1979)

9789 Citations

Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America*

Herbert J. Gans.
Ethnic and Racial Studies (1979)

3331 Citations

Popular Culture and High Culture: An Analysis and Evaluation Of Taste

Herbert J. Gans.
(1975)

2742 Citations

The Levittowners: Ways of life and politics in a new suburban community

Herbert J. Gans.
(1965)

2051 Citations

Second-Generation Decline: Scenarios for the Economic and Ethnic Futures of the Post-1965 American Immigrants

Herbert J. Gans.
Ethnic and Racial Studies (1992)

1462 Citations

The urban villagers

Andrew M. Greeley;Herbert Gans.
(1962)

1425 Citations

The War Against The Poor: The Underclass And Antipoverty Policy

Herbert J. Gans.
(1995)

1381 Citations

The Urban Villagers: Group And Class In The Life Of Italian-Americans

Herbert J. Gans.
American Sociological Review (1963)

1179 Citations

Democracy and the News

Herbert J. Gans.
(2003)

991 Citations

People and plans : essays on urban problems and solutions

Herbert Julius Gans.
Published in <b>1968</b> in New York (N.Y.) by Basic books (1968)

977 Citations

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