George L. Simpson

20.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

George L. Simpson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, George L. Simpson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in George L. Simpson's work include African history and culture analysis (4 papers), African history and culture studies (3 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (3 papers). George L. Simpson is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (4 papers), African history and culture studies (3 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (3 papers). George L. Simpson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. George L. Simpson's co-authors include Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann, John H. Mueller, Harry Alpert, George Catlin, Émile Durkheim, Elliot Fratkin, Eric Abella Roth, Kathleen A. Galvin and William H. Sewell and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

George L. Simpson

15 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.

1967 9.4k citations George L. Simpson, Peter L. Berger et al. American Sociological Review profile →
Suicide: A Study in Sociology.

1951 2.4k citations Harry Alpert, Émile Durkheim et al. American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George L. Simpson United States	6	5.1k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	18	11.9k
Duane F. Alwin United States	54	6.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	970 0.7×	2.2k 1.6×	1.5k 1.2×	118	13.4k
Herbert Blumer United States	19	7.2k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	47	13.7k
Peter J. Burke United States	40	7.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	2.5k 1.8×	2.9k 2.1×	1.3k 1.0×	71	13.6k
Sheldon Stryker United States	26	5.8k 1.1×	783 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.6×	786 0.6×	61	9.9k
Émile Durkheim United States	40	8.4k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	645 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	192	14.4k
Richard K. Fenn United States	11	4.6k 0.9×	681 0.5×	816 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	45	10.8k
Lynn Smith‐Lovin United States	29	8.9k 1.8×	824 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	973 0.8×	67	17.3k
Paul Ricœur France	53	5.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	849 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	2.2k 1.7×	376	18.5k
Arthur W. Frank Canada	35	7.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	966 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	153	17.9k
Victor Turner United States	46	9.5k 1.9×	1.5k 1.0×	762 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	94	20.6k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Simpson, George L.. (2023). Oboh, J. Cocaine Hoppers: Nigerian International Cocaine Trafficking Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-7936-3729-1; 384 pages, £35.00 (Paperback). 3(4). 371–373.

Simpson, George L., et al.. (2021). The Implausible Persistence of Pastoralism: Samburu Transhumance from Their Nineteenth-Century Origins Through the Period of Colonial Rule. The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 12(2). 225–249. 3 indexed citations

Simpson, George L.. (2017). Seeking Gandhi, finding Khomeini: How America failed to understand the nature of the religious opposition of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the Iranian Revolution. The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 8(3). 233–255. 1 indexed citations

Simpson, George L., et al.. (2012). Becoming Samburu: The Ethnogenesis of a Pastoral People in Nineteenth-Century Northern Kenya. The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 3(2). 175–197. 10 indexed citations

Simpson, George L.. (2010). Russian and Chinese Support for Tehran. Middle East Quarterly. 17(2). 63.

Simpson, George L.. (1999). British Perspectives on Aulihan Somali Unrest in the East Africa Protectorate, 1915-18. Northeast African Studies. 6(1). 7–43. 1 indexed citations

Simpson, George L., et al.. (1997). Land and murder in colonial Kenya: The Leroghi land dispute and the Powys ‘murder’ case. The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History. 25(3). 440–465. 4 indexed citations

Simpson, George L.. (1996). Frontier Banditry and the Colonial Decision-Making Process: The East Africa Protectorate's Northern Borderland prior to the First World War. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 29(2). 279–279. 5 indexed citations

Simpson, George L., Elliot Fratkin, Kathleen A. Galvin, & Eric Abella Roth. (1995). African Pastoralist Systems: An Integrated Approach. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 28(3). 691–691. 89 indexed citations

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Simpson, George L., et al.. (1980). Multiple litters in the California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi fisheri, in Tulare County. Proceedings - Vertebrate Pest Conference. 9(9). 142–7. 2 indexed citations

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Simpson, George L.. (1968). Fur Trade and Empire. Harvard University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Simpson, George L., Peter L. Berger, & Thomas Luckmann. (1967). The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.. American Sociological Review. 32(1). 137–137. 9440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simpson, George L.. (1965). A Durkheim Fragment. American Journal of Sociology. 70(5). 527–536. 7 indexed citations

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Odum, Howard W., et al.. (1965). Folk, Region, and Society: Selected Papers of Howard W. Odum. American Sociological Review. 30(3). 451–451. 2 indexed citations

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Odum, Howard W., et al.. (1964). Folk, Religion, and Society: Selected Papers of Howard W. Odum. American Quarterly. 16(4). 641–641. 1 indexed citations

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Simpson, George L. & William H. Sewell. (1957). Empiricism and Psychoanalysis in the Sociology of the Family. Marriage and Family Living. 19(4). 382–382. 1 indexed citations

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Alpert, Harry, et al.. (1951). Suicide: A Study in Sociology.. American Sociological Review. 16(4). 565–565. 2368 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simpson, George L.. (1951). Science As Morality. Philosophy of Science. 18(2). 132–143. 1 indexed citations

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