Randall Collins
Randall Collins publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education, on topics such as Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence and Complex Systems and Decision Making.
- World rank
- #2,636 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #1,206 of 358,040
- Works
- 106
- Citations
- 844
- Citations per work
- 8.0
What does Randall Collins research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Sociology and Political Science43% of their works
- 2Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
- 3Education5% of their works
- 4Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
- 5Philosophy3% of their works
- 6History3% of their works
Research topics
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Philosophy, History, and Historiography
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
Which keywords describe Randall Collins's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Public Sociology, Social Theory, Education, Radicalization, Terrorism, Soft Systems Methodology and System Dynamics.
- Team Science
- Pragmatism
- Organizational Change
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Historiography
- System Dynamics
- Terrorism
- Education
- Public Sociology
- Globalization
- Social Theory
- Radicalization
- Soft Systems Methodology
- Evolutionary Synthesis
- Institutional Theory
- Mechanistic Explanation
- Philosophy
- Reenactment
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
- Globalization122 topics
- Public Sociology81 topic
- Social Theory81 topic
- Education42 topics
- Radicalization41 topic
- Terrorism41 topic
- Soft Systems Methodology31 topic
- System Dynamics31 topic
- Evolutionary Synthesis21 topic
- Historiography21 topic
- Institutional Theory21 topic
- Interdisciplinary Research21 topic
- Mechanistic Explanation21 topic
- Organizational Change21 topic
- Philosophy21 topic
- Pragmatism21 topic
- Reenactment21 topic
- Team Science21 topic
Where does Randall Collins work?
Randall Collins's main affiliation in the publication record is California University of Pennsylvania, United States.
How many publications and citations does Randall Collins have?
Science Explorer counts 106 works and 844 citations for Randall Collins, ranking #2,636 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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