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Peter N. Stearns

Peter N. Stearns publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, History and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Historical Economic and Social Studies, Economic Development and Digital Transformation and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

World rank
#66,207
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#29,942
of 358,040
Works
181
Citations
316
Citations per work
1.7

What does Peter N. Stearns research?

Sociology and Political Science: 21.6%History: 16.3%Economics and Econometrics: 11.1%Political Science and International Relations: 8.5%other fields: 42.5%22%top field
Sociology and Political Science21.6%History16.3%Economics and Econometrics11.1%Political Science and International Relations8.5%other fields42.5%

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 Science22% of their works
  2. 2History16% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works
  6. 6Education5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter N. Stearns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Demographic Transition, Economic Development, Economic Growth, Height, Innovation Policy, Technological Revolutions and Citizenship Education.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization163 topics
  2. Demographic Transition102 topics
  3. Economic Development102 topics
  4. Economic Growth61 topic
  5. Height61 topic
  6. Innovation Policy61 topic
  7. Technological Revolutions61 topic
  8. Citizenship Education51 topic
  9. Historical Thinking51 topic
  10. Scientific History51 topic
  11. Technological Development51 topic
  12. France41 topic
  13. French Revolution41 topic
  14. History41 topic
  15. Human Rights41 topic
  16. Humanitarianism41 topic
  17. Institutions41 topic
  18. Napoleonic Wars41 topic
  19. Technology Diffusion41 topic

Where does Peter N. Stearns work?

Peter N. Stearns's main affiliation in the publication record is George Mason University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Peter N. Stearns have?

Science Explorer counts 181 works and 316 citations for Peter N. Stearns, ranking #66,207 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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