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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
52
Citations
27472
World Ranking
2351
National Ranking
1139

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Neil J. Smelser was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their academic career involved collaboration with several notable scholars in the social sciences. Frequent co-authors included Jeffrey C. Alexander, Richard Swedberg, Gary S. Becker, James S. Coleman, and George A. Akerlof.

Smelser contributed to the academic literature through various forms of scholarly work, including book publications. They had a book published by Princeton University Press titled Economics and Sociology in 2020, which has received 27 citations.

Throughout their career, Neil J. Smelser was recognized with several honors. They were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2000. Additionally, they became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1993 and were a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as of 1973.

Best Publications

  • Toward a General Theory of Action: Theoretical Foundations for the Social Sciences

    Talcott Parsons;Edward Shils;Neil J. Smelser

  • Economy and Society: A Study in the Integration of Economic and Social Theory

    Talcott Parsons;Neil J. Smelser

  • Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity

    Jeffrey C. Alexander;Ron Eyerman;Bernard Giesen;Neil J. Smelser

  • Theory of collective behavior

    Neil J. Smelser

  • The Handbook of economic sociology

    Neil J. Smelser;Richard Swedberg

  • Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter

    Troy Brennan;Linda Blank;Jordan Cohen;Neil Smelser

  • Health Industry Practices That Create Conflicts of Interest A Policy Proposal for Academic Medical Centers

    Troyen A. Brennan;David J. Rothman;Linda Blank;David Blumenthal

  • Theory of Collective Behavior.

    Kurt Lang;Neil J. Smelser

  • America becoming : racial trends and their consequences

    Neil J. Smelser;William J. Wilson;Faith Mitchell

  • Handbook of Economic Sociology

    Neil J. Smelser;Richard Swedberg

  • THE RATIONAL AND THE AMBIVALENT IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES* 1997 Presidential Address

    Neil J. Smelser

  • Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma

    Neil J. Smelser

  • Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences

    Neil J. Smelser

  • The Social importance of self-esteem

    Andrew M. Mecca;Neil J. Smelser;John Vasconcellos

  • Social Change in the Industrial Revolution

    Neil J. Smelser

  • Social Structure and Mobility in Economic Development

    Neil J. Smelser

  • Social change and modernity

    Marco Orru;Hans Haferkamp;Neil J. Smelser

  • Themes of Work and Love in Adulthood

    Neil J. Smelser

  • The Rational Choice Perspective A Theoretical Assessment

    Neil J. Smelser

  • The Handbook of Economic Sociology.

    Randall Collins;Neil J. Smelser;Richard Swedberg

  • Theory of Collective Behavior.

    Richard Jung;Neil J. Smelser

  • Annual Review of Sociology

    W. Richard Scott;James F. Short;Alex Inkeles;James Coleman

  • Education and Equality in Japan.

    Neil J. Smelser;William K. Cummings

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Swedberg
Richard Swedberg Cornell University
Paul B. Baltes
Paul B. Baltes Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Jeffrey C. Alexander
Jeffrey C. Alexander Yale University
James S. Coleman
James S. Coleman University of Chicago
Talcott Parsons
Talcott Parsons Harvard University
Troyen A. Brennan
Troyen A. Brennan Harvard University
Peter H. Rossi
Peter H. Rossi University of Massachusetts Amherst
David Blumenthal
David Blumenthal Harvard University
Randall Collins
Randall Collins University of Pennsylvania
Richard A. Berk
Richard A. Berk University of Pennsylvania

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