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Researcher · Fisk University · United States

William D. Piersen

William D. Piersen publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Literature and Literary Theory, on topics such as Race, History, and American Society, American Sports and Literature and American Literature and Humor Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#626,910
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#214,233
of 1,627,098
Works
29
Citations
573
Citations per work
19.8
h-index
9
i10-index 8Top 27% in Sociology and Political Science
William D. Piersen

What does William D. Piersen research?

William D. Piersen's work is mostly in Social Sciences (51%), Arts and Humanities (26%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%).

Social Sciences: 25 works · 84.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 50.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 11 works · 37.3% of their workAnthropology: 4 works · 13.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 7 works · 25.5% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 works · 11.9% of their workHistory: 2 works · 8.5% of their workConservation: 1 works · 5.1% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 works · 8.5% of their workMarketing: 2 works · 8.5% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 15.1% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam D.Piersen29works
Social Sciences85%

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. Social Sciences1550.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities725.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting28.5%
  2. Everything else415.1%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science37% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology14% of their works
  3. 3Literature and Literary Theory12% of their works
  4. 4Marketing8% of their works
  5. 5History8% of their works
  6. 6Conservation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William D. Piersen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Black Studies, Civil Rights Movement, Globalization, American Culture, Literature, Atlantic History, Baseball and Branding.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Black Studies171 topic
  2. Civil Rights Movement171 topic
  3. Globalization153 topics
  4. American Culture102 topics
  5. Literature102 topics
  6. Atlantic History51 topic
  7. Baseball51 topic
  8. Branding51 topic
  9. Mark Twain51 topic
  10. Marketing51 topic
  11. Race51 topic
  12. Societal Influence51 topic
  13. Sustainability52 topics
  14. Transatlantic Slave Trade51 topic
  15. Education31 topic
  16. Interior Design31 topic
  17. Conservation21 topic
  18. Environmental Movement21 topic
  19. Homeschooling21 topic
  20. Parental Involvement21 topic

Where does William D. Piersen work?

William D. Piersen's main affiliation in the publication record is Fisk University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William D. Piersen have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 573 citations for William D. Piersen, an h-index of 9, ranking #626,910 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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