2026 Robert L. Nelson: 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	33	7046	6542	3423	3121	135	6701

Overview

Robert L. Nelson is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their scholarly work spans the social sciences and arts and humanities, with a focus on areas such as political science and international relations, sociology and political science, anthropology, history and philosophy of science, and history. Nelson's research topics include historical studies and socio-cultural analysis, European history and politics, historical geopolitical and social dynamics, Polish historical and cultural studies, Philippine history and culture, culinary culture and tourism, and the Balkans' history, politics, and society.

Nelson has contributed to a variety of publication venues, with frequent appearances in The American Historical Review and Central European History, each with two publications. Other venues include Global Food History, Law & Social Inquiry, and First World War Studies.

Their recent academic papers include:

"Blood and Honey: Culinary Nationalism and Yugonostalgia in a Canadian City," 2022, Global Food History
"Mahon Murphy. Colonial Captivity during the First World War: Internment and the Fall of the German Empire, 1914-1919," 2020, The American Historical Review
"Brendan Karch. Nation and Loyalty in a German-Polish Borderland: Upper Silesia, 1848-1960," 2020, The American Historical Review
"The Indoctrination of the Wehrmacht: Nazi Ideology and the War Crimes of the German Military. By Bryce Sait. New York: Berghahn Books, 2019. Pp. 204. Cloth $135.00. ISBN 978-1789201499," 2020, Central European History
"Streets, Suites, and States: John Hagan's Contributions to the Study of Law, Power, and Inequality," 2023, Law & Social Inquiry

In the field of book publications, Nelson has a title titled "Frontiers of Empire," published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Frequent coauthors associated with Nelson include:

Amanda Skocic
John P. Heinz
Edward O. Laumann
Ethan Michelson
Ron Levi

Best Publications

The Hollow Core: Private Interests in National Policy Making

John P. Heinz;Edward O. Laumann;Robert L. Nelson;Robert Holt Salisbury

1093
Citations
Partners with Power

Robert L. Nelson

443
Citations
Cops, Counsel and Entrepreneurs: Constructing the Role of Inside Counsel in Large Corporations

Robert L. Nelson;Laura Beth Nielsen

346
Citations
Urban Lawyers: The New Social Structure of the Bar

John P Heinz;Robert L Nelson;Rebecca L Sandefur;Edward O. Laumann

327
Citations
Who Works with Whom? Interest Group Alliances and Opposition

Robert H. Salisbury;John P. Heinz;Edward O. Laumann;Robert L. Nelson

295
Citations
Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America

Robert L. Nelson;William P. Bridges

291
Citations
Ideology, Practice, and Professional Autonomy: Social Values and Client Relationships in the Large Law Firm

Robert L. Nelson

245
Citations
Individual Justice or Collective Legal Mobilization? Employment Discrimination Litigation in the Post Civil Rights United States

Laura Beth Nielsen;Robert L. Nelson;Ryon Lancaster

244
Citations
Assimilation, Choice, or Constraint? Testing Theories of Gender Differences in the Careers of Lawyers

Kathleen E. Hull;Robert L. Nelson

214
Citations
The changing character of lawyers' work: Chicago in 1975 and 1995

John P. Heinz;Edward O. Laumann;Robert L. Nelson;Ethan Michelson

191
Citations
Economic and sociological approaches to gender inequality in pay

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185
Citations
Inner Circles or Hollow Cores? Elite Networks in National Policy Systems

John P. Heinz;Edward O. Laumann;Robert H. Salisbury;Robert L. Nelson

183
Citations
Markets in hierarchies: organizational and market influences on gender inequality in a state pay system

William P. Bridges;Robert L. Nelson

174
Citations
Rights realized? An empirical analysis of employment discrimination litigation as a claiming system

Laura B Nielsen;Robert L Nelson

153
Citations
Who You Know versus What You Know: The Uses of Government Experience for Washington Lobbyists

Robert H. Salisbury;Paul Johnson;John P. Heinz;Edward O. Laumann

115
Citations
Experiencing Discrimination: Race and Retention in America's Largest Law Firms

Monique R. Payne-Pikus;John Hagan;Robert L. Nelson

105
Citations
Practice and Privilege: Social Change and the Structure of Large Law Firms

Robert L. Nelson

98
Citations
THE SCALE OF JUSTICE: Observations on the Transformation of Urban Law Practice

John P. Heinz;John P. Heinz;Robert L. Nelson;Edward O. Laumann

95
Citations
Rights on Trial: How Workplace Discrimination Law Perpetuates Inequality

Ellen Berrey;Robert L. Nelson;Laura Beth Nielsen

90
Citations
Lawyers and the Structure of Influence in Washington

Robert L. Nelson;John P. Heinz;Edward O. Laumann;Robert H. Salisbury

63
Citations
Scaling the Pyramid: A Sociolegal Model of Employment Discrimination Litigation

Laura Beth Nielsen;Robert L. Nelson

62
Citations
Legalizing gender inequality

Robert L. Nelson;William P. Bridges

50
Citations
Lawyers' Ideals/Lawyers' Practices: Transformations in the American Legal Profession

Robert L Nelson;David M Trubek;Rayman L Solomon

35
Citations
Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law

James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;Robert L. Nelson;Lee Cabatingan

33
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward O. Laumann University of Chicago

External Links

Personal website of Robert L. Nelson

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