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Researcher · Union College · United States

Brian J. Peterson

Brian J. Peterson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as African Studies and Geopolitics, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and African Studies and Ethnography.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,130,818
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#642,035
of 1,627,098
Works
34
Citations
559
Citations per work
16.4
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 20% in Sociology and Political Science
Brian J. Peterson

What does Brian J. Peterson research?

Brian J. Peterson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (43%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Computer Science (2%).

Social Sciences: 18 works · 52.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 42.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 16.7% of their workAnthropology: 5 works · 15.5% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 works · 10.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 3 works · 9.6% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 works · 6.0% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 45.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 2.4% of their workComputer Science: 1 works · 2.4% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 1 works · 2.4% of their workTHEIR WORKBrian J. Peterson34works
Physical Sciences2%Social Sciences52%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1542.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities39.6%
  2. Everything else1545.1%
    1. Computer Science12.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology16% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory4% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brian J. Peterson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Islam, North Africa, Migrations, Sahara, Africa, Governance, Scientific History and Technological Development.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Islam102 topics
  2. North Africa102 topics
  3. Migrations71 topic
  4. Sahara71 topic
  5. Africa51 topic
  6. Governance51 topic
  7. Scientific History51 topic
  8. Technological Development51 topic
  9. Colonialism31 topic
  10. Family Law31 topic
  11. Post-Colonial Africa31 topic
  12. Reform31 topic
  13. Airborne Transmission21 topic
  14. Food Safety21 topic
  15. Hand Hygiene21 topic
  16. Hygiene Practices21 topic
  17. Infection Control21 topic
  18. Respiratory Viruses21 topic

Where does Brian J. Peterson work?

Brian J. Peterson's main affiliation in the publication record is Union College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Brian J. Peterson have?

OpenAlex counts 34 works and 559 citations for Brian J. Peterson, an h-index of 11, ranking #2,130,818 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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