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Robert Erikson

Robert Erikson

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
20733
World Ranking
4548
National Ranking
54

Robert Erikson 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 Robert Erikson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 88 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Erikson 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 Robert Erikson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% 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

  • 1994 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Robert Erikson is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their academic work spans subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Law, Sociology and Political Science, Education, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their publications cover topics such as Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems, Legal and Constitutional Studies, Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, School Choice and Performance, Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Inequality, and Game Theory and Voting Systems.

Robert Erikson has contributed scholarly articles to multiple respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
  • European Review
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist's recent papers encompass a variety of subjects and were published between 2020 and 2024:

  • "Appellate court assignments as a natural experiment: Gender panel effects in sex discrimination cases" (2022), Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
  • "Inequality of Educational Opportunity - The Role of Performance and Choice" (2020), European Review
  • "Forecasting the 2020 Presidential Election: Leading Economic Indicators, Polls, and the Vote" (2020), PS Political Science & Politics
  • "Electoral College bias and the 2020 presidential election" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Abortion Opinion and Partisan Choice: Untangling the Causal Dynamics" (2024), Political Science Quarterly

Frequent collaborators in their research include Christopher Wlezien, Karl Sigman, and Linan Yao, with the most common coauthor being Christopher Wlezien.

In 1994, Robert Erikson was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

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

    Robert Erikson;John Harry Goldthorpe

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

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe;Lucienne Portocarero

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in morbidity and mortality in western Europe

    Denny Vågerö;Robert Erikson

  • Can education be equalized? : the Swedish case in comparative perspective

    Robert Erikson;Jan O. Jonsson

  • Social Class of Men, Women and Families

    Robert Erikson

  • Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

  • Primary and Secondary Effects in Class Differentials in Educational Attainment: : the Transition to A-Level Courses in England and Wales

    Michelle Jackson;Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe;Meir Yaish

  • On class differentials in educational attainment

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe;Michelle Jackson;Meir Yaish

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

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

  • The Scandinavian model : welfare states and welfare research

    Robert Erikson

  • Descriptions of Inequality : the Swedish Approach to Welfare Research

    Robert Erikson

  • Welfare in transition : a survey of living conditions in Sweden, 1968-1981

    Robert Erikson;Rune Åberg

  • Intergenerational class mobility and the convergence thesis: England, France and Sweden†

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe;Lucienne Portocarero

  • Has social mobility in Britain decreased? Reconciling divergent findings on income and class mobility.

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

  • Stratification and Mortality—A Comparison of Education, Class, Status, and Income

    Jenny Torssander;Robert Erikson

  • The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter

    Robert S. Erikson;Christopher Wlezien

  • Social Fluidity in Industrial Nations: England, France and Sweden

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe;Lucienne Portocarero

  • Change in Social Selection to Upper Secondary School—Primary and Secondary Effects in Sweden

    Robert Erikson;Frida Rudolphi

  • Commonality and variation in social fluidity in industrial nations. Part I: A model for evaluating the ‘FJH hypothesis’

    Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

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

    Geoffrey Evans;Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Goldthorpe
John H. Goldthorpe University of Oxford
Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Hans-Peter Blossfeld University of Bamberg
Geoffrey M. Evans
Geoffrey M. Evans University of Newcastle Australia
Thomas A. DiPrete
Thomas A. DiPrete Columbia University
Denny Vågerö
Denny Vågerö Stockholm University

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