Dorothy Nelkin

279 total papers · 7.9k total citations
163 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Dorothy Nelkin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothy Nelkin has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Dorothy Nelkin's work include Risk Perception and Management (13 papers), Science Education and Perceptions (11 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 papers). Dorothy Nelkin is often cited by papers focused on Risk Perception and Management (13 papers), Science Education and Perceptions (11 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 papers). Dorothy Nelkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Dorothy Nelkin's co-authors include M. Susan Lindee, Jennifer Elias, Lori B. Andrews, Frances B. McCrea, Peter Conrad, Bruce V. Lewenstein, Robert D. Benford, James M. Jasper, M. Pollak and Carol A. Heimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Dorothy Nelkin

154 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dorothy Nelkin 1.9k 562 544 429 380 163 4.4k
Celeste M. Condit 1.2k 0.7× 704 1.3× 999 1.8× 446 1.0× 265 0.7× 133 3.9k
Mike Michael 1.6k 0.9× 214 0.4× 262 0.5× 338 0.8× 307 0.8× 114 3.9k
George Gaskell 2.2k 1.2× 369 0.7× 227 0.4× 540 1.3× 705 1.9× 96 5.7k
Alan Irwin 2.2k 1.2× 279 0.5× 158 0.3× 277 0.6× 291 0.8× 80 4.4k
Eleanor Singer 3.0k 1.6× 420 0.7× 250 0.5× 524 1.2× 1.2k 3.2× 99 6.3k
Peter Bearman 2.7k 1.4× 472 0.8× 442 0.8× 520 1.2× 1.2k 3.3× 100 7.5k
Alan Petersen 1.2k 0.6× 148 0.3× 363 0.7× 715 1.7× 946 2.5× 125 3.9k
Adele E. Clarke 2.2k 1.2× 142 0.3× 432 0.8× 797 1.9× 1.1k 2.8× 72 6.8k
Londa Schiebinger 1.4k 0.7× 121 0.2× 224 0.4× 1.1k 2.7× 328 0.9× 115 6.4k
Nick Allum 2.0k 1.1× 314 0.6× 187 0.3× 222 0.5× 125 0.3× 64 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dorothy Nelkin

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