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James Petras

James Petras publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Development, on topics such as International Relations in Latin America, Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America and Political Economy and Marxism.

World rank
#207,588
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#83,555
of 358,040
Works
191
Citations
204
Citations per work
1.1

What does James Petras research?

Sociology and Political Science: 34.0%Political Science and International Relations: 23.9%Development: 4.1%Safety Research: 4.1%other fields: 33.9%34%top field
Sociology and Political Science34.0%Political Science and International Relations23.9%Development4.1%Safety Research4.1%other fields33.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science34% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations24% of their works
  3. 3Development4% of their works
  4. 4Safety Research4% of their works
  5. 5General Economics, Econometrics and Finance4% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James Petras's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Latin America, Economic Growth, Economic Integration, Regionalism, Chile, Pinochet and Inequality.

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.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization435 topics
  2. Latin America272 topics
  3. Economic Growth152 topics
  4. Economic Integration141 topic
  5. Regionalism141 topic
  6. Chile131 topic
  7. Pinochet131 topic
  8. Inequality122 topics
  9. Capitalism111 topic
  10. Marxism111 topic
  11. Development Policies81 topic
  12. Foreign Aid81 topic
  13. Labor Market81 topic
  14. Social Policy81 topic
  15. Financial Crisis71 topic
  16. Income Distribution71 topic
  17. Global Capitalism61 topic
  18. Transnational Capitalist Class61 topic
  19. Economic Development51 topic
  20. World-Systems Analysis51 topic

Where does James Petras work?

James Petras's main affiliation in the publication record is Binghamton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does James Petras have?

Science Explorer counts 191 works and 204 citations for James Petras, ranking #207,588 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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