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Researcher · University of Connecticut · United States

Peter Turchin

Peter Turchin publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Ecology and Demography, on topics such as Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-1292-8100 OpenAlex
World rank
#21,138
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,732
of 1,627,098
Works
212
Citations
14k
Citations per work
65.9
h-index
57
i10-index 122Top 0.2% in Sociology and Political Science
Peter Turchin

What does Peter Turchin research?

Peter Turchin's work is mostly in Social Sciences (30%), Environmental Science (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%).

Everything else: 102 works · 47.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 75 works · 35.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 64 works · 30.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 36 works · 17.0% of their workDemography: 16 works · 7.7% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 works · 5.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 works · 5.1% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 works · 5.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 25 works · 11.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 25 works · 11.7% of their workEcology: 25 works · 11.7% of their workLife Sciences: 11 works · 5.1% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 works · 5.1% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 works · 5.1% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter Turchin212works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences12%Social Sciences35%

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. Everything else10247.9%
    1. Social Sciences6430.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance115.1%
    1. Environmental Science2511.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences115.1%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  2. 2Ecology12% of their works
  3. 3Demography8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Turchin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Altruism, Cooperation, Economic Development, Island Ecosystems, Population Dynamics, Culture and Institutions.

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. Invasive Species703 topics
  2. Altruism531 topic
  3. Cooperation531 topic
  4. Economic Development512 topics
  5. Island Ecosystems381 topic
  6. Population Dynamics381 topic
  7. Culture351 topic
  8. Institutions351 topic
  9. Climate Change322 topics
  10. Early-warning Signals191 topic
  11. Regime Shifts191 topic
  12. Ecosystem Services181 topic
  13. Pollinator Decline181 topic
  14. Globalization161 topic
  15. World-Systems Analysis161 topic
  16. Agricultural Origins151 topic
  17. Radiocarbon Dating151 topic
  18. Bark Beetles141 topic
  19. Forest Pests141 topic

Where does Peter Turchin work?

Peter Turchin's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Connecticut, United States.

How many publications and citations does Peter Turchin have?

OpenAlex counts 212 works and 13,963 citations for Peter Turchin, an h-index of 57, ranking #21,138 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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