Alan Petersen

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Alan Petersen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Petersen has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alan Petersen's work include Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (22 papers), Ethics in Clinical Research (14 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (10 papers). Alan Petersen is often cited by papers focused on Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (22 papers), Ethics in Clinical Research (14 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (10 papers). Alan Petersen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Alan Petersen's co-authors include Deborah Lupton, Alison Anderson, Saras Henderson, Stuart Allan, Megan Munsie, Kate Seear, Clare Wilkinson, Robin Bunton, Charles Waddell and Claire Tanner and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Science & Medicine and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Alan Petersen

121 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

The New Public Health: Health and Self in the Age of Risk 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750

Peers

Alan Petersen
Comparison fields: 5 of 181
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.2k
  • General Health Professions 947
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 715
  • Physiology 465
  • Gender Studies 401
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Countries citing papers authored by Alan Petersen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Petersen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Petersen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Petersen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Petersen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Petersen. Alan Petersen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Healthcare on the move Treating Patients in the Community: The Smart Pods Project
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13 21
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Is the New Genetics Eugenic?: Interpreting the Past, Envisioning the Future
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Nanotechnology in the news
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17 28
18 169
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Health matters : a sociology of illness, prevention and care
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