Ian Somerville

606 total citations
27 papers, 325 citations indexed

About

Ian Somerville is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Somerville has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 325 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Communication and 6 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Ian Somerville's work include Public Relations and Crisis Communication (7 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (5 papers). Ian Somerville is often cited by papers focused on Public Relations and Crisis Communication (7 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (5 papers). Ian Somerville collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Saudi Arabia. Ian Somerville's co-authors include Owen Hargie, David Mitchell, Ian Warren, Elisabeth Davenport, John Wilson, Øyvind Ihlen, Peter Seele, Fred Morrison, Irina Lock and Emma Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the Association for Information Systems and Public Relations Review.

In The Last Decade

Ian Somerville

25 papers receiving 294 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Somerville United Kingdom	9	159	96	93	82	44	27	325
Fredrik Stiernstedt Sweden	9	183 1.2×	44 0.5×	25 0.3×	140 1.7×	18 0.4×	44	353
Alan R. Freitag United States	7	101 0.6×	23 0.2×	33 0.4×	137 1.7×	20 0.5×	14	309
Pamela Jo Brubaker United States	9	207 1.3×	33 0.3×	48 0.5×	145 1.8×	10 0.2×	22	349
Jane Bailey Canada	10	124 0.8×	123 1.3×	28 0.3×	60 0.7×	19 0.4×	44	321
Lucy Bennett United Kingdom	11	202 1.3×	92 1.0×	16 0.2×	163 2.0×	16 0.4×	36	417
Isabel Rodríguez‐de‐Dios Spain	7	222 1.4×	34 0.4×	35 0.4×	76 0.9×	69 1.6×	19	363
Yaron Ariel Israel	10	221 1.4×	26 0.3×	24 0.3×	134 1.6×	36 0.8×	29	358
Nicole L. Gullekson United States	11	88 0.6×	65 0.7×	44 0.5×	83 1.0×	13 0.3×	17	272
John Christian Feaster United States	7	294 1.8×	22 0.2×	52 0.6×	198 2.4×	17 0.4×	12	418
Paul S. Voakes United States	10	191 1.2×	55 0.6×	28 0.3×	350 4.3×	9 0.2×	17	475

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20 of 20 papers shown

Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2024). Communicating COVID-19 vaccine information to Chinese communities in the UK: a qualitative study of their knowledge, information sources and trust. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e000658–e000658.

Connaughton, Bernadette, et al.. (2023). A slow-burning crisis: Executive relations and the normalisation of distrust in Northern Ireland's ‘cash for ash’ fiasco. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 90(2). 437–453. 1 indexed citations

Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2023). Combatting sectarianism from the ground up: The Northern Irish Green and White Army and the football carnival. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 58(8). 1282–1304.

Valentini, Chiara, et al.. (2020). Trade Unions and Lobbying: Fighting Private Interests While Defending the Public Interest?. International journal of communication. 14. 19. 6 indexed citations

Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2019). The structuration of a sporting social system? Northern Ireland fans, Football for All and the creation of the Green and White Army. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 55(7). 975–990. 6 indexed citations

Ihlen, Øyvind, et al.. (2018). Framing “the Public Interest”: Comparing Public Lobbying Campaigns in Four European States. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 107–107. 19 indexed citations

Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2016). Political Contest and Oppositional Voices in Postconflict Democracy. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 22(1). 92–110. 8 indexed citations

Hargie, Owen, David Mitchell, & Ian Somerville. (2015). ‘People have a knack of making you feel excluded if they catch on to your difference’: Transgender experiences of exclusion in sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 52(2). 223–239. 110 indexed citations

Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2013). Organisational and strategic communication research: European perspectives. UBibliorum repositorio digital da ubi (University of Beira Interior). 1–157. 8 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2013). Power-sharing and political public relations: Government-press relationships in Northern Ireland's developing democratic institutions. Public Relations Review. 39(4). 293–302. 14 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2012). Public relations and the Northern Ireland peace process: Dissemination, reconciliation and the ‘Good Friday Agreement’ referendum campaign. Public Relations Inquiry. 1(3). 231–255. 13 indexed citations

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Wilson, John, et al.. (2012). Argumentation and fallacy in newspaper op / ed coverage of the prelude to the invasion of Iraq. Journal of Language and Politics. 11(1). 1–30. 6 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2011). Public relations education in a divided society: PR, terrorism and critical pedagogy in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Public Relations Review. 37(5). 548–555. 7 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2011). A history of Republican public relations in Northern Ireland from “Bloody Sunday” to the “Good Friday Agreement”. Journal of Communication Management. 15(3). 192–209. 12 indexed citations

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Hargie, Owen, et al.. (2011). Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Inclusion for Young Players in Northern Ireland International Football. University of Ulster, Jordanstown.. 1 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2007). Public relations and the free organizational publication. Journal of Communication Management. 11(3). 198–211. 3 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian, et al.. (2002). A method for assessing legacy systems for evolution. 128–134. 41 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian. (1999). Agency versus identity: actor‐network theory meets public relations. Corporate Communications An International Journal. 4(1). 6–13. 20 indexed citations

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Davenport, Elisabeth, et al.. (1997). The appropriation of home information systems in Scottish households. 386–411. 5 indexed citations

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Somerville, Ian. (1997). Actor-Network Theory: A useful paradigm for theanalysis of the UK cable/on-line sociotechnical ensemble?. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 4 indexed citations

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