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82
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World Ranking
321
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59

John H. Goldthorpe 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 John H. Goldthorpe sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 257 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John H. Goldthorpe 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 John H. Goldthorpe sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

John H. Goldthorpe is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in social sciences, focusing primarily on sociology and political science. Their research spans 47 publications in social sciences with significant work in subfields such as sociology and political science, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, general health professions, and education.

The main topics covered in their academic work include intergenerational and educational inequality studies, social and cultural dynamics, contemporary sociological theory and practice, youth education and societal dynamics, social policy and reform studies, employment and welfare studies, and school choice and performance.

Notable recent papers by John H. Goldthorpe include:

  • Primary and secondary effects of social origins on educational attainment: New findings for England, 2021, British Journal of Sociology
  • Intergenerational class mobility in industrial and post-industrial societies: Towards a general theory, 2022, Rationality and Society
  • Elite Studies: for a New Approach, 2021, The Political Quarterly
  • 'Primary' Factors in Intergenerational Class Mobility in Europe: Results from the Application of a Topological Model, 2020, European Sociological Review
  • The social origins and schooling of a scientific elite: Fellows of the Royal Society born from 1900, 2022, British Journal of Sociology

John H. Goldthorpe has frequently published in journals such as the British Journal of Sociology, The Political Quarterly, European Sociological Review, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, and Twentieth Century British History.

Frequent coauthors include Erzsébet Bukodi, Inga Steinberg, Richard Breen, and Yizhang Zhao, with Erzsébet Bukodi appearing notably as a frequent collaborator.

In addition to journal articles, Goldthorpe has authored books, including Pioneers of Sociological Science published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

John H. Goldthorpe received recognition as a Member of Academia Europaea in 1989.

Best Publications

  • The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies

    Robert Erikson;John Harry Goldthorpe

  • Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain

    John H. Goldthorpe;Catriona Llewellyn;Clive Payne

  • Social Mobility and Class Structure in Modern Britain

    Trevor Noble;John H. Goldthorpe

  • EXPLAINING EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENTIALS: TOWARDS A FORMAL RATIONAL ACTION THEORY

    Richard Breen;John H. Goldthorpe

  • Intergenerational Class Mobility in Three Western European Societies: England, France and Sweden

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe;Lucienne Portocarero

  • The Affluent Worker in the Class Structure

    T. H. Marshall;J. H. Goldthorpe;D. Lockwood;F. Bechhofer

  • On Sociology: Numbers, Narratives, and the Integration of Research and Theory

    John H. Goldthorpe

  • The Social Grading of Occupations: A New Approach and Scale

    Kaare Svalastoga;John H. Goldthorpe;Keith Hope

  • Class analysis and the reorientation of class theory: the case of persisting differentials in educational attainment†

    John H. Goldthorpe

  • Women and Class Analysis: In Defence of the Conventional View:

    John H. Goldthorpe

  • The Affluent Worker: Industrial Attitudes and Behaviour.

    Curt Tausky;John H. Goldthorpe;David Lockwood;Frank Bechhofer

  • Class and status : The conceptual distinction and its empirical relevance

    Tak Wing Chan;John H. Goldthorpe

  • Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism

    John H. Goldthorpe

  • Social Stratification and Cultural Consumption: Music in England

    Tak Wing Chan;John H. Goldthorpe

  • Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

  • The Promising Future of Class Analysis: A Response to Recent Critiques

    John H. Goldthorpe;Gordon Marshall

  • The Economic Basis of Social Class

    John H. Goldthorpe;Abigail McKnight

  • Rational action theory for sociology

    John H. Goldthorpe

  • The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.

    Thomas A. DiPrete;Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

  • The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies

    Geoffrey Evans;Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

  • The Affluent Worker: Industrial Attitudes and Behavior.

    Richard B. Peterson;John H. Goldthorpe;David Lockwood;Frank Beckhofer

  • Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism

    Keith Cowling

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Erikson
Robert Erikson Stockholm University
Robert S. Erikson
Robert S. Erikson Columbia University
Richard Breen
Richard Breen University of Oxford
Thomas A. DiPrete
Thomas A. DiPrete Columbia University
Neil J. Smelser
Neil J. Smelser University of California, Berkeley
Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset George Mason University
Heather Joshi
Heather Joshi University College London
Rosemary Crompton
Rosemary Crompton City, University of London
Geoffrey M. Evans
Geoffrey M. Evans University of Newcastle Australia
Shirley Dex
Shirley Dex University College London

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