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Researcher · Columbia University · United States

Peter M. Blau

Peter M. Blau publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education, on topics such as Social and Cultural Dynamics, Social Power and Status Dynamics and Complex Systems and Decision Making.

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World rank
#5,232
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,494
of 358,040
Works
57
Citations
4.1k
Citations per work
72.4

What does Peter M. Blau research?

Sociology and Political Science: 33.3%Political Science and International Relations: 7.6%Education: 6.1%Economics and Econometrics: 6.1%other fields: 46.9%33%top field
Sociology and Political Science33.3%Political Science and International Relations7.6%Education6.1%Economics and Econometrics6.1%other fields46.9%

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 Science33% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  3. 3Education6% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  5. 5Management Science and Operations Research6% of their works
  6. 6Transportation3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter M. Blau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Emotion, Cultural Capital, Globalization, Identity Theory, Social Class, Social Exchange, Soft Systems Methodology and System Dynamics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Emotion62 topics
  2. Cultural Capital41 topic
  3. Globalization42 topics
  4. Identity Theory41 topic
  5. Social Class41 topic
  6. Social Exchange41 topic
  7. Soft Systems Methodology31 topic
  8. System Dynamics31 topic
  9. Cultural Psychology21 topic
  10. Economic Growth21 topic
  11. Economic Institutions21 topic
  12. Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
  13. Geometry21 topic
  14. Hyperbolic21 topic
  15. Inclusive Development21 topic
  16. Institutional Economics21 topic
  17. Mechanistic Explanation21 topic
  18. Values21 topic

Where does Peter M. Blau work?

Peter M. Blau's main affiliation in the publication record is Columbia University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Peter M. Blau have?

Science Explorer counts 57 works and 4,126 citations for Peter M. Blau, ranking #5,232 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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