2026 Juliet B. Schor: 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	1831	1650	874	775	151	28388

Juliet B. Schor 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 Juliet B. Schor sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 151 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Juliet B. Schor 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 Juliet B. Schor 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

2014 - Public Understanding of Sociology Award, American Sociological Association
2006 - Leontief Prize, Global Development and Environment Institute
1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Juliet B. Schor is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and business management. Their work primarily focuses on the sharing economy, digital economy transformations, and issues related to employment and sustainability.

Their research interests span several key topics, including:

Sharing Economy and Platforms
Digital Economy and Work Transformation
Transportation and Mobility Innovations
Taxation and Compliance Studies
Global Energy and Sustainability Research
Employment and Welfare Studies
Climate Change Policy and Economics

Schor's scholarship intersects multiple fields, with main areas of study being social sciences and business, management and accounting. Subfields of particular focus include marketing, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, automotive engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and environment.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Schor has worked with co-authors such as Steven P. Vallas, Mehmet Cansoy, Isak Ladegaard, J. Steinberger, and Craig J. Thompson.

Their recent academic papers reflect ongoing engagement with the platform and gig economy, exploring themes of dependence, precarity, and the broader sociological implications of digital work. Notable papers include:

"Dependence and precarity in the platform economy," 2020, Theory and Society
"The Sharing Economy: Rhetoric and Reality," 2021, Annual Review of Sociology

Other works relevant to the context of the sharing economy and platform studies include:

"What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy," 2020, Annual Review of Sociology (Steven P. Vallas)
"Degrowth can work - here's how science can help," 2022, Nature (Jason Hickel)
"Between mutuality, autonomy and domination: rethinking digital platforms as contested relational structures," 2021, Socio-Economic Review (Elke Schüßler)

Among frequent publication venues for Schor are Socio-Economic Review, Annual Review of Sociology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Theory and Society, and Nature.

In addition to journal articles, Schor has contributed to academic books. One publication from Yale University Press is titled Sustainable Lifestyles and the Quest for Plenitude (2020).

Recognition of Schor's work includes several awards:

Public Understanding of Sociology Award, American Sociological Association, 2014
Leontief Prize, Global Development and Environment Institute, 2006
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1995

Best Publications

The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure

Juliet B. Schor

5586
Citations
Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

Mizuko Ito;Kris Gutiérrez;Sonia Livingstone;Bill Penuel

1653
Citations
Putting the sharing economy into perspective

Koen Frenken;Juliet Schor

1547
Citations
The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience

Stephen A. Marglin;Juliet B. Schor

1241
Citations
What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy

Steven Vallas;Juliet B. Schor

1079
Citations
The Overworked American

Juliet B. Schor

829
Citations
Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture

Juliet B. Schor

803
Citations
Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth

Juliet B. Schor

786
Citations
Collaborating and connecting: the emergence of the sharing economy

Juliet B. Schor;Connor J. Fitzmaurice

755
Citations
The overspent American : upscaling, downshifting, and the new consumer

Juliet B. Schor

668
Citations
The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need

Juliet B. Schor

631
Citations
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure.

Patricia Yancey Martin;Juliet B. Schor

613
Citations
DEBATING THE SHARING ECONOMY

Juliet Schor

557
Citations
The golden age of capitalism : reinterpreting the postwar experience

Unknown

517
Citations
The “sharing” economy: labor, inequality, and social connection on for-profit platforms

Juliet B. Schor;William Attwood-Charles

500
Citations
Empirical tests of status consumption: Evidence from women's cosmetics

Angela Chao;Juliet B. Schor

494
Citations
An emerging eco-habitus: The reconfiguration of high cultural capital practices among ethical consumers:

Lindsey B Carfagna;Emilie A Dubois;Connor Fitzmaurice;Monique Y Ouimette

438
Citations
Does the sharing economy increase inequality within the eighty percent?: findings from a qualitative study of platform providers

Juliet B. Schor

423
Citations
Dependence and precarity in the platform economy.

Juliet B. Schor;William Attwood-Charles;Mehmet Cansoy;Isak Ladegaard

415
Citations
The Underdog Effect: The Marketing of Disadvantage and Determination through Brand Biography

Neeru Paharia;Anat Keinan;Jill Avery;Juliet B. Schor

405
Citations
Paradoxes of openness and distinction in the sharing economy

Juliet B. Schor;Connor Fitzmaurice;Lindsey B. Carfagna;Will Attwood-Charles

372
Citations
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure.

Daniel S. Hamermesh;Juliet B. Schor

165
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew K. Jorgenson Boston College

Tim Jackson University of Surrey

Gerald Epstein University of Massachusetts Amherst

Herman E. Daly University of Maryland, College Park

Robert Costanza University College London

Eugene A. Rosa Washington State University

Richard York University of Oregon

Torben C. Rick National Museum of Natural History

Jean E. Rhodes University of Massachusetts Boston

Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics and Political Science

External Links

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