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4341
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729

Simon Frith 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 Simon Frith sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 228 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Frith 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 Simon Frith sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 261 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Simon Frith is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Arts and Humanities, with a focus on Music and related interdisciplinary areas.

The researcher's work spans several subfields, including:

  • Music
  • Archeology
  • Literature and Literary Theory
  • Economics and Econometrics

The main topics explored by Simon Frith encompass:

  • Music History and Culture
  • Diverse Musicological Studies
  • Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
  • Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
  • Cinema and Media Studies
  • Theater, Performance, and Music History

Simon Frith has contributed to multiple scholarly publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Popular Music
  • The English Historical Review
  • Puls - musik- och dansetnologisk tidskrift
  • Journal of the Society for American Music

Their recent papers include:

  • "What has the BBC ever done for us?", 2020, Popular Music
  • "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research. Edited by Allan Moore and Paul Carr. New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 636pp. ISBN 978-1-5013-3045-2", 2021, Popular Music
  • "Postwar Politics, Society and the Folk Revival in England, 1945-65, by Julia Mitchell", 2021, The English Historical Review
  • "Not As We Choose: Music, Memory and Technology. By Chris Cutler. Thornton Heath: ReR Megacorp/November Books, 2020. 212 pp. ISBN 9780956018458", 2020, Popular Music
  • "Accidents, Obstacles and Opportunities", 2022, Puls - musik- och dansetnologisk tidskrift

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon Frith include:

  • Martin Cloonan
  • Christopher Ballantine
  • Nicole Biamonte
  • Alf Bjo
  • Sweden

Best Publications

  • Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music

    Simon Frith

  • Rock and sexuality

    Simon Frith

  • Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure, and the Politics of Rock `n' Roll.

    Deena Weinstein;Simon Frith

  • Sound and Vision : The Music Video Reader

    Simon Frith;Andrew Goodwin;Lawrence Grossberg

  • Performing Rites: Evaluating Popular Music

    Simon Frith

  • The sociology of rock

    Simon Frith

  • The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock

    Simon Frith;Will Straw;John Street

  • On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word

    Simon Frith;Andrew Goodwin

  • ‘The magic that can set you free’: the ideology of folk and the myth of the rock community

    Simon Frith

  • Art versus technology: the strange case of popular music:

    Simon Frith

  • Art into Pop

    Simon Frith;Howard Horne

  • Music for pleasure: Essays in the sociology of pop

    Simon Frith

  • Music and everyday life

    Simon Frith

  • Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll

    Simon Frith

  • Analysing Live Music in the UK: Findings One Year into a Three-Year Research Project

    Simon Frith;Matthew Brennan;Martin Cloonan;Emma Webster

  • The popular music industry

    Simon Frith

  • The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967: From Dance Hall to the 100 Club

    Simon Frith;Matthew Brennan;Martin Cloonan;Emma Webster

  • Why do songs have words

    Simon Frith

  • Copyright and the music business

    Simon Frith

  • Live Music Matters

    Simon Frith

  • Towards an aesthetic of popular music

    Simon Frith

  • Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock

    John Street;Will Straw;Simon Frith

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett Western Sydney University
Lawrence Grossberg
Lawrence Grossberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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