2026 Joseph Berger: 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	57	1720	1544	827	732	111	22194

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association

Overview

Joseph Berger is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Neurology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Immunology, and Oncology.

Their work covers multiple research topics related to COVID-19 and neurological complications, immunotherapy, and renal disease management. These topics include:

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Joseph Berger are:

"COVID-19 and the nervous system," 2020, published in Journal of NeuroVirology
"An overview of frailty in kidney transplantation: measurement, management and future considerations," 2020, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
"Manifestations and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in neuroinflammatory diseases," 2021, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
"Dialysis for Undocumented Immigrants: Challenges and Solutions," 2020, Kidney360
"The Evolution of Anti-CD20 Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: Optimization of Antibody Characteristics and Function," 2025, CNS Drugs

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Amit Bar-Or
Bruce Cree
Benjamin Greenberg
Aaron Miller
Laura Popper

Their publications appear commonly in venues such as:

CNS Drugs
Kidney360
Neurology
Journal of NeuroVirology
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Joseph Berger's career has been recognized with the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award by the American Sociological Association in 2007.

Best Publications

Status Characteristics and Social Interaction

Joseph Berger;Bernard P Cohen;Morris Zelditch

2297
Citations
Status Characteristics and Social Interaction: An Expectation-States Approach

Joseph Berger

1893
Citations
STATUS ORGANIZING PROCESSES

Joseph Berger;Susan J. Rosenholtz;Morris Zelditch

1599
Citations
THE ROLE OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AND PERCEPTIONS OF INTEGRATION IN A CAUSAL MODEL OF STUDENT PERSISTENCE

Joseph B. Berger;Jeffrey F. Milem

1243
Citations
A Modified Model of College Student Persistence: Exploring the Relationship Between Astin's Theory of Involvement and Tinto's Theory of Student Departure

Jeffrey F. Milem;Joseph B. Berger

1126
Citations
REVISING TINTO'S INTERACTIONALIST THEORY OF STUDENT DEPARTURE THROUGH THEORY ELABORATION: Examining the Role of Organizational Attributes in the Persistence Process

Joseph B. Berger;John M. Braxton

831
Citations
Expectations, legitimation, and dominance behavior in task groups.

Cecilia L. Ridgeway;Joseph Berger

728
Citations
Expectation States Theory : A Theoretical Research Program

Maureen T. Hallinan;Joseph Berger;Thomas L. Conner;M. Hamit Fisek

627
Citations
The legitimation and delegitimation of power and prestige orders.

Joseph Berger;Cecelia L. Ridgeway;M. Hamit Fisek;Robert Z. Norman

619
Citations
Status Characteristics and Expectation States

Joseph Berger;Bernard P. Cohen;Morris Zelditch

536
Citations
Faculty Time Allocation: A Study of Change over Twenty Years.

Jeffrey F. Milem;Joseph B. Berger;Eric L. Dey

446
Citations
Gender and Interpersonal Task Behaviors: Status Expectation Accounts:

David G. Wagner;Joseph Berger

434
Citations
Optimizing Capital, Social Reproduction, and Undergraduate Persistence: A Sociological Perspective

Joseph B. Berger

402
Citations
Status Characteristics and Social Interaction.

Murray Webster;Joseph Berger;M. Hamit Fisek;Robert Z. Norman

397
Citations
Students' Sense of Community in Residence Halls, Social Integration, and First-Year Persistence.

Joseph B. Berger

392
Citations
Understanding the Organizational Nature of Student Persistence: Empirically-Based Recommendations for Practice

Joseph B. Berger

374
Citations
Faculty Teaching Skills and Their Influence on the College Student Departure Process

John M. Braxton;Nathaniel J. Bray;Joseph B. Berger

346
Citations
Assessing the Transition of Transfer Students from Community Colleges to a University

Joseph B Berger;Gary D. Malaney

340
Citations
Sociological theories in progress

Herbert L. Costner;Joseph Berger;Morris Zelditch;Bo Anderson

339
Citations
Formation of Reward Expectations in Status Situations

Joseph Berger;M. Hamit Fisek;Robert Z. Norman;David G. Wagner

300
Citations
Status, rewards, and influence

Joseph Berger;Morris Zelditch

283
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cecilia L. Ridgeway Stanford University

John M. Braxton Vanderbilt University

Gavin P. Salam University of Oxford

Michael Spannowsky Durham University

John Paul Chou Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Iain W. Stewart MIT

Tilman Plehn Heidelberg University

Stephen G. Sireci University of Massachusetts Amherst

George Ritzer University of Maryland, College Park

External Links

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