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Washington, DC—From a study on the impact of racial resentment on political ideology to analysis of issues including minority college admissions, the success of lying demagogues, and public opposition to “religious freedom” laws, the most downloaded sociological research published in the American Sociological Association’s journals in 2018 spanned a wide range of topics and social concerns.
Among the top 50 downloads, 12 were published in 2018, including the most downloaded article–a visualization of the role of racial resentment in the formation of political ideology from 1986 to 2016, published in the open-access journal Socius. The oldest article on the list, and the 50th most downloaded, was a 2003 City & Community article titled “Cities and the Creative Class.”
ASA’s flagship publication, the American Sociological Review, published more than 40% of the articles on the top 50 download list and 20% were published in in ASA’s public-facing magazine Contexts. Additionally, three of the Top 10 articles were published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, three in the open-access journal Socius, and another in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
Taken together, the top 50 list (below) encompasses a broad range of domestic policy issues in the U.S., from stress and health to the gender pay gap to crime and immigration.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
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American Sociological Association’s Top 50 Downloads of 2018 |
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Total Downloads |
Article |
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Ryan Jerome LeCount Socius 4, September 2018 |
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15,720 |
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15,243
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Heather McLaughlin, Christopher Uggen, Amy Blackstone Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power American Sociological Review 77(4), August 2012 |
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Peter Conrad, Kristin K. Barker The Social Construction of Illness: Key Insights and Policy Implications Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51(extra issue), March 2010 |
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13,791 |
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11,152
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Stephen Vaisey, Omar Lizardo Socius 2, October 2016 |
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Peter Hart-Brinson The Social Imagination of Homosexuality and the Rise of Same-sex Marriage in the United States Socius 2, February 2016 |
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9,464 |
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9,341
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Jo C. Phelan, Bruce G. Link, Parisa Tehranifar Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51(extra issue), March 2010 |
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Peggy A. Thoits Stress and Health: Major Findings and Policy Implications Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51(extra issue), March 2010 |
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8,978 |
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7,012
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Katrin Auspurg, Thomas Hinz, Carsten Sauer Why Should Women Get Less? Evidence on the Gender Pay Gap from Multifactorial Survey Experiments American Sociological Review 82(1), February 2017 |
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Robert J. Sampson Rethinking Crime and Immigration Contexts 7(1), February 2008 |
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6,684 |
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6,610
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Ted Thornhill Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (OnlineFirst), September 5, 2018 |
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Lauren A. Rivera Hiring as Cultural Matching: The Case of Elite Professional Service Firms American Sociological Review 77(6), December 2012 |
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6,236 |
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Amy Adamczyk, Brittany E. Hayes American Sociological Review 77(5), October 2012 |
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6,186 |
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Debra Umberson, Jennifer Karas Montez Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51(extra issue), March 2010 |
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5,816 |
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5,166
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Ruth Milkman A New Political Generation: Millennials and the Post-2008 Wave of Protest American Sociological Review 82(1), February 2017 |
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Oliver Hahl, Minjae Kim, Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan American Sociological Review 83(1), February 2018 |
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5,146 |
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5,007
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Sarah Brayne Big Data Surveillance: The Case of Policing American Sociological Review 82(5), October 2017 |
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Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Paula England, Alison C. K. Fogarty Accounting for Women’s Orgasm and Sexual Enjoyment in College Hookups and Relationships American Sociological Review 77(3), June 2012 |
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4,949 |
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4,895
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Min Zhou Are Asian Americans Becoming “White?” Contexts 3(1), February 2004 |
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Elaine Howard Ecklund, David R. Johnson, Christopher P. Scheitle, Kirstin R. W. Matthews, Steven W. Lewis Religion among Scientists in International Context A New Study of Scientists in Eight Regions Socius 2, September 2016 |
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4,838 |
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4,735
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Joscha Legewie, Thomas A. DiPrete School Context and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement American Sociological Review 77(3), June 2012 |
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Tanya Golash-Boza A Critical and Comprehensive Sociological Theory of Race and Racism Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2(2), April 2016 |
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4,711 |
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4,642
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Emily Kazyak, Kelsy Burke, Mathew Stange Logics of Freedom: Debating Religious Freedom Laws and Gay and Lesbian Rights Socius 4, February 2018 |
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Natasha Quadlin The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring American Sociological Review 83(2), April 2018 |
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4,640 |
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4,489
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Nour Dados, Raewyn Connell Contexts 11(1), Winter 2012 |
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4,303
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Miliann Kang, Katherine Jones Contexts 6(1), Winter 2007 |
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4,221
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Matthew Desmond, Andrew V. Papachristos, David S. Kirk |
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Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community |
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American Sociological Review 81(5), October 2016 |
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4,217
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Peggy A. Thoits Mechanisms Linking Social Ties and Support to Physical and Mental Health Journal of Health and Social Behavior 52(2), June 2011 |
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4,070
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Ann Owens Income Segregation between School Districts and Inequality in Students’ Achievement Sociology of Education 91(1), January 2018 |
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4,031
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Arne L. Kalleberg Precarious Work, Insecure Workers: Employment Relations in Transition American Sociological Review 74(1), February 2009 |
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4,019
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Becky Pettit, Bruce Western Mass Imprisonment and the Life Course: Race and Class Inequality in U.S. Incarceration American Sociological Review 69(2), April 2004 |
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3,897 |
Michael J. Rosenfeld, Reuben J. Thomas Searching for a Mate: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary American Sociological Review 77(4), August 2012 |
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3,775
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Simón E. Weffer, Rodrigo Dominguez-Martinez, Raymond Jenkins Contexts 17(3), Summer 2018 |
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3,734 |
Jessie Daniels The Algorithmic Rise of the “Alt-Right” Contexts 17(1), Winter 2018 |
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3,724
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Kristen Schilt, Laurel Westbrook Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics Contexts 14(3): Summer 2015 |
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3,710 |
Amelia R. Branigan, Christopher Wildeman, Jeremy Freese, Catarina I. Kiefe Complicating Colorism: Race, Skin Color, and the Likelihood of Arrest Socius 3, August 2017 |
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3,684
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Daniel L. Carlson, Amanda Jayne Miller, Sharon Sassler Socius 4, April 2018 |
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3,676
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Patrick Sharkey, Gerard Torrats-Espinosa, Delaram Takyar Community and the Crime Decline: The Causal Effect of Local Nonprofits on Violent Crime American Sociological Review 82(6), December 2017 |
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3,546
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Dara Shifrer Journal of Health and Social Behavior 54(4), December 2013 |
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Lauren A. Rivera American Sociological Review 82(6), December 2017 |
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3,546 |
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3,424
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Hyun Sik Kim Consequences of Parental Divorce for Child Development American Sociological Review 76(3), June 2011 |
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Mary Romero Trump’s Immigration Attacks, in Brief Contexts 17(1), Winter 2018 |
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3,397 |
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3,390
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Annette Lareau Cultural Knowledge and Social Inequality American Sociological Review 80(1), February 2015 |
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Landon Schnabel Sexual Orientation and Social Attitudes Socius 4, April 2018 |
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3,382 |
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3,356
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Cedric Herring Does Diversity Pay?: Race, Gender, and the Business Case for Diversity American Sociological Review 74(2), April 2009 |
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Winifred Breines Struggling to Connect: White and Black Feminism in the Movement Years Contexts 6(1), February 2007 |
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3,238 |
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3,144
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Kamesha Spates, Brittany C. Slatton I’ve Got My Family and My Faith: Black Women and the Suicide Paradox Socius 3, December 2017 |
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Kieran Healy Sociological Theory 35(2), June 2017 |
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3,114 |
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3,079
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Victor M. Rios Stealing a Bag of Potato Chips and Other Crimes of Resistance Contexts 11(1), Winter 2012 |
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Daniel Schneider, Orestes P. Hastings, Joe LaBriola Income Inequality and Class Divides in Parental Investments American Sociological Review 83(3), June 2018 |
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3,040 |
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2,990 |
Richard Florida City & Community 2(1): March 2003 |
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