Erik Olssen

546 total citations
22 papers, 174 citations indexed

About

Erik Olssen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Public Administration and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Olssen has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 174 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Public Administration and 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Erik Olssen's work include Australian History and Society (5 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (4 papers) and New Zealand Economic and Social Studies (2 papers). Erik Olssen is often cited by papers focused on Australian History and Society (5 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (4 papers) and New Zealand Economic and Social Studies (2 papers). Erik Olssen collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand and United States. Erik Olssen's co-authors include Marcel van der Linden, Verity Burgmann, Judith Binney, Raymond Markey, Bruce Scates, Clyde Griffen, John Sulliván, G. R. Hawke, Tahu Kukutai and Paul Spoonley and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Mechanisms of Development and Labour History.

In The Last Decade

Erik Olssen

20 papers receiving 104 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erik Olssen New Zealand 8 89 38 28 27 26 22 174
Susan Magarey Australia 8 150 1.7× 21 0.6× 28 1.0× 36 1.3× 14 0.5× 41 234
Ruth Crocker United States 7 124 1.4× 33 0.9× 27 1.0× 46 1.7× 13 0.5× 23 223
Rick Halpern United Kingdom 9 123 1.4× 28 0.7× 42 1.5× 30 1.1× 6 0.2× 30 193
Michael Honey United States 6 156 1.8× 39 1.0× 34 1.2× 41 1.5× 10 0.4× 38 218
Jerry Lembcke United States 8 126 1.4× 23 0.6× 50 1.8× 20 0.7× 12 0.5× 34 198
Tessa Cubitt United Kingdom 5 100 1.1× 13 0.3× 35 1.3× 8 0.3× 10 0.4× 9 191
Lex Heerma van Voss Netherlands 8 84 0.9× 24 0.6× 53 1.9× 32 1.2× 31 1.2× 25 181
Ernesto Galarza 6 124 1.4× 22 0.6× 17 0.6× 9 0.3× 10 0.4× 9 207
Melanie Tebbutt United Kingdom 7 104 1.2× 14 0.4× 31 1.1× 38 1.4× 47 1.8× 16 181
Ari Sitas South Africa 10 199 2.2× 24 0.6× 26 0.9× 10 0.4× 9 0.3× 44 274

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Olssen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Olssen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Olssen, Erik. (2015). Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand. A History. Journal of New Zealand studies. 4 indexed citations
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Hawke, G. R., et al.. (2014). Our Futures. Te Pae Tawhiti. The 2013 census and New Zealand's changing population. AUT Scholarly Commons. 7 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, Clyde Griffen, & Frank E. Jones. (2011). An accidental utopia? Social mobility & the foundations of an egalitarian society, 1880-1940. Mechanisms of Development. 114(1-2). 181–5. 3 indexed citations
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Markey, Raymond, et al.. (2008). Class, Gender and the Vote: Historical Perspectives from New Zealand. Labour History. 192–192. 5 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, et al.. (1999). Social Mobility and Class Formation: The Worklife Social Mobility of Men in a New Zealand Suburb, 1902–1928. International Review of Social History. 44(3). 419–449. 3 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, et al.. (1999). At the Coalface: The Human Face of Coal Miners and Their Communities: An Oral History of the Early Days. Labour History. 228–228. 2 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, et al.. (1999). Urban society and the opportunity structure in New Zealand, 1902–22: The Caversham Project∗. Social History. 24(1). 39–54. 2 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik & Verity Burgmann. (1996). Revolutionary Industrial Unionism: The Industrial Workers of the World in Australia. Labour History. 227–227. 11 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik. (1995). Building the New World: Work, Politics and Society in Caversham, 1880s–1920s. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, et al.. (1991). Revolutionary Syndicalism: An International Perspective. Labour History. 153–153. 28 indexed citations
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Binney, Judith, et al.. (1990). Tha people and the land : an illustrated history of New Zealand, 1820-1920 = te tangata me te whenua. Allen & Unwin eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, et al.. (1990). The Red Feds: Revolutionary Industrial Unionism and the New Zealand Federation of Labour, 1908-14.. The American Historical Review. 95(5). 1611–1611. 18 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, et al.. (1989). A century of change : New Zealand, 1800-1900. 3 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik. (1988). The case of the socialist party that failed, or further reflections on an American dream. Labor History. 29(4). 416–449. 3 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik. (1984). A history of Otago. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik. (1981). Truby King and the Plunket Society: an analysis of a prescriptive ideology.. PubMed. 15(1). 3–23. 24 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik. (1980). The Progressive Group in Congress, 1922‐1929. Historian. 42(2). 244–263. 3 indexed citations
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Olssen, Erik, et al.. (1978). John A. Lee. Labour History. 113–113. 2 indexed citations

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