Per Torsvik

822 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 259 citations indexed

About

Per Torsvik is a scholar working on Communication, Political Science and International Relations and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Torsvik has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 259 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Communication, 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Per Torsvik's work include European and International Law Studies (1 paper), Social Media and Politics (1 paper) and Media Studies and Communication (1 paper). Per Torsvik is often cited by papers focused on European and International Law Studies (1 paper), Social Media and Politics (1 paper) and Media Studies and Communication (1 paper). Per Torsvik collaborates with scholars based in Norway. Per Torsvik's co-authors include Stein Rokkan, Angus Campbell and Henry Valen and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Sociologica, Scandinavian Political Studies and Gazette (Leiden Netherlands).

In The Last Decade

Per Torsvik

5 papers receiving 223 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Citizens, elections, parties : approaches to the comparative study of the processes of development

2009 228 citations Stein Rokkan, Angus Campbell et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Per Torsvik Norway	4	204	97	36	24	23	5	259
Bernard E. Brown United States	8	261 1.3×	167 1.7×	40 1.1×	13 0.5×	13 0.6×	40	383
Lewis J. Edinger United States	9	162 0.8×	121 1.2×	31 0.9×	21 0.9×	10 0.4×	37	282
Ken Gladdish United Kingdom	5	233 1.1×	124 1.3×	55 1.5×	10 0.4×	41 1.8×	11	321
Edeltraud Roller Germany	11	251 1.2×	134 1.4×	31 0.9×	16 0.7×	33 1.4×	19	317
Willmoore Kendall United States	10	264 1.3×	113 1.2×	50 1.4×	20 0.8×	19 0.8×	19	376
Elijah Ben-Zion Kaminsky	5	226 1.1×	231 2.4×	26 0.7×	19 0.8×	15 0.7×	7	381
Hugh G. Thorburn Canada	7	156 0.8×	123 1.3×	23 0.6×	17 0.7×	6 0.3×	19	267
Ursula Hoffmann‐Lange Germany	6	134 0.7×	148 1.5×	28 0.8×	19 0.8×	14 0.6×	24	254
Michael Pinto‐Duschinsky United Kingdom	7	174 0.9×	90 0.9×	66 1.8×	18 0.8×	11 0.5×	18	249
Howard L. Reiter United States	11	192 0.9×	88 0.9×	60 1.7×	25 1.0×	47 2.0×	20	248

Countries citing papers authored by Per Torsvik

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Fields of papers citing papers by Per Torsvik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Per Torsvik

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Per Torsvik. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Per Torsvik 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 Per Torsvik. Per Torsvik is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Rokkan, Stein, Angus Campbell, Per Torsvik, & Henry Valen. (2009). Citizens, elections, parties : approaches to the comparative study of the processes of development. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 228 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rokkan, Stein & Per Torsvik. (1981). Mobilization, center-periphery structures and nation-building : a volume in commemoration of Stein Rokkan. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations

3.

Torsvik, Per. (1972). Television and Information. Scandinavian Political Studies. 7(A7). 215–234. 7 indexed citations

4.

Torsvik, Per. (1970). Book Reviews : Content Analysis for the Social Sciences and Humanities. By Ole R. Holsti. Addison- Wesley Publislung Company, 1969. 235 pp. Paperbound. 35/-. Acta Sociologica. 13(2). 136–137. 1 indexed citations

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Rokkan, Stein & Per Torsvik. (1960). The Voter, the Reader and the Party Press. Gazette (Leiden Netherlands). 6(3). 311–328. 6 indexed citations

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