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William Julius Wilson

William Julius Wilson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education, on topics such as Race, History, and American Society, Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies and Employment and Welfare Studies.

World rank
#8,689
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#4,187
of 358,040
Works
106
Citations
646
Citations per work
6.1

What does William Julius Wilson research?

Sociology and Political Science: 38.0%Political Science and International Relations: 12.0%Education: 6.5%General Health Professions: 4.3%other fields: 39.2%38%top field
Sociology and Political Science38.0%Political Science and International Relations12.0%Education6.5%General Health Professions4.3%other fields39.2%

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 Science38% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
  3. 3Education6% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions4% of their works
  5. 5Demography3% of their works
  6. 6Public Administration3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Julius Wilson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Black Studies, Civil Rights Movement, Neighborhood Effects, Residential Segregation, Labor Market, Ethnic Minority Business and Immigrant Entrepreneurship.

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. Globalization103 topics
  2. Black Studies91 topic
  3. Civil Rights Movement91 topic
  4. Neighborhood Effects91 topic
  5. Residential Segregation91 topic
  6. Labor Market72 topics
  7. Ethnic Minority Business41 topic
  8. Immigrant Entrepreneurship41 topic
  9. Political Economy41 topic
  10. Precarious Employment41 topic
  11. Unemployment41 topic
  12. Welfare State41 topic
  13. Immigration31 topic
  14. Labor Movement31 topic
  15. Remittances31 topic
  16. Training Pathways31 topic
  17. Union Revitalization31 topic
  18. Vocational Education31 topic

Where does William Julius Wilson work?

William Julius Wilson's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University Press, United States.

How many publications and citations does William Julius Wilson have?

Science Explorer counts 106 works and 646 citations for William Julius Wilson, ranking #8,689 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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