Peter Hedström

15.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
46 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Peter Hedström is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Hedström has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Peter Hedström's work include Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (7 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (6 papers). Peter Hedström is often cited by papers focused on Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (7 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (6 papers). Peter Hedström collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Singapore. Peter Hedström's co-authors include Petri Ylikoski, Peter Bearman, Richard Swedberg, Ян Шапиро, Donald P. Green, Tyler Cowen, Aage B. Sørensen, Timur Kuran, Jon Elster and Raymond Boudon and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Hedström

42 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Social Mechanisms 1996 2026 2006 2016 1998 2010 1996 2011 2005 250 500 750
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.

  1. Social Mechanisms
    1998 972 citations Peter Hedström, Thomas C. Schelling et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Causal Mechanisms in the Social Sciences
    2010 791 citations Peter Hedström et al. profile →
  3. Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory: A Critique of Applications in Political Science.
    1996 593 citations Peter Hedström et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  4. The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology
    2011 576 citations Peter Hedström, Peter Bearman Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
  5. Dissecting the social on the principles of analytical sociology
    2005 451 citations Peter Hedström profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Hedström Sweden 22 2.8k 1.0k 784 562 460 46 5.2k
Raymond Boudon France 33 3.5k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 776 1.0× 389 0.7× 279 0.6× 244 6.0k
Philip E. Tetlock United States 39 2.7k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 772 1.0× 576 1.0× 1.1k 2.3× 128 6.9k
Arthur L. Stinchcombe United States 33 3.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 972 1.7× 871 1.9× 129 7.4k
Timur Kuran United States 36 3.7k 1.3× 2.0k 1.9× 1.7k 2.1× 435 0.8× 322 0.7× 93 6.7k
Karin Knorr Cetina Germany 25 2.2k 0.8× 483 0.5× 503 0.6× 489 0.9× 294 0.6× 60 6.0k
Stephen Cole United States 27 1.2k 0.4× 669 0.6× 600 0.8× 424 0.8× 231 0.5× 85 6.0k
Diego Gambetta United Kingdom 28 5.8k 2.1× 1.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 996 1.8× 477 1.0× 64 10.0k
Andrew Abbott United States 26 2.5k 0.9× 618 0.6× 532 0.7× 326 0.6× 248 0.5× 54 5.0k
Philip Mirowski United States 37 2.1k 0.7× 959 0.9× 3.0k 3.9× 354 0.6× 307 0.7× 137 6.9k
Richard P. Nielsen United States 21 2.8k 1.0× 564 0.5× 804 1.0× 922 1.6× 585 1.3× 89 6.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Hedström

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Hedström

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hedström, Peter, et al.. (2025). Ethnic preferences, opportunity structures, and the school segregation process. European Sociological Review. 42(1). 72–86.
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Arvidsson, Martin, et al.. (2021). The Trojan-horse mechanism: How networks reduce gender segregation. Science Advances. 7(16). 15 indexed citations
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Ertug, Gökhan, Reddi Kotha, & Peter Hedström. (2020). Kin Ties and the Performance of New Firms: A Structural Approach. Academy of Management Journal. 63(6). 1893–1922. 21 indexed citations
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Keuschnigg, Marc, et al.. (2019). Urban scaling and the regional divide. Science Advances. 5(1). eaav0042–eaav0042. 64 indexed citations
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Keuschnigg, Marc, et al.. (2017). Analytical sociology and computational social science. Journal of Computational Social Science. 1(1). 3–14. 40 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter & Karl Wennberg. (2016). Causal mechanisms in organization and innovation studies. Innovation. 19(1). 91–102. 46 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter & Gianluca Manzo. (2015). Recent Trends in Agent-based Computational Research. Sociological Methods & Research. 44(2). 179–185. 19 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter & Peter Bearman. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford University Press eBooks. 576 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hedström, Peter & Peter Bearman. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology : Oxford University Press, 2009.. 2 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter. (2007). Actions and Networks: Sociology that really matters... to me. Sociologia. 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Kolm, Ann‐Sofie, et al.. (2003). Social Interactions and Unemployment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 26 indexed citations
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Lazega, Emmanuel, Peter Hedström, Richard Swedberg, & Peter Hedström. (1999). Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory. Revue Française de Sociologie. 40(3). 615–615. 141 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter, Richard Swedberg, & Lars Udéhn. (1998). Popper's Situational Analysis and Contemporary Sociology. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 28(3). 339–364. 20 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter, Thomas C. Schelling, Jon Elster, et al.. (1998). Social Mechanisms. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 972 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hedström, Peter & Richard Swedberg. (1996). Rational Choice, Empirical Research, and the Sociological Tradition. European Sociological Review. 12(2). 127–146. 78 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter & Richard Swedberg. (1996). Social Mechanisms. Acta Sociologica. 39(3). 281–308. 226 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter & Richard Swedberg. (1994). Introduction to This Special Issue on Social Network Analysis. Acta Sociologica. 37(4). 327–328. 11 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter. (1994). Contagious Collectivities: On the Spatial Diffusion of Swedish Trade Unions, 1890-1940. American Journal of Sociology. 99(5). 1157–1179. 222 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter. (1993). Introduction to this special issue on rational choice theory. Acta Sociologica. 36(3). 167–167. 8 indexed citations
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Hedström, Peter, et al.. (1992). Is Organizational Ecology at an Impasse?. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(6). 751–751. 4 indexed citations

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