Peter Lyman

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Lyman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Lyman has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Peter Lyman's work include Copyright and Intellectual Property (3 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (2 papers) and Personal Information Management and User Behavior (2 papers). Peter Lyman is often cited by papers focused on Copyright and Intellectual Property (3 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (2 papers) and Personal Information Management and User Behavior (2 papers). Peter Lyman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Peter Lyman's co-authors include James R. Averill, Hal R. Varian, Werner Goldsmith, Brewster Kahle, Nina Wakeford, Steven W. Gilbert, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Warren Sack, Stephen E. DeLong and M. H. Carr and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Chemical Geology and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Peter Lyman

26 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Anger and Aggression: An Essay on Emotion.

1984 886 citations Peter Lyman, James R. Averill Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Lyman United States	11	559	477	325	141	138	30	1.3k
William A. Scott United States	15	477 0.9×	354 0.7×	197 0.6×	125 0.9×	250 1.8×	34	1.4k
James Tyler United States	17	344 0.6×	285 0.6×	196 0.6×	100 0.7×	156 1.1×	63	935
Judith Olson United States	8	270 0.5×	347 0.7×	181 0.6×	64 0.5×	95 0.7×	14	999
Bradley M. Okdie United States	13	384 0.7×	951 2.0×	309 1.0×	72 0.5×	202 1.5×	40	1.5k
Maarten Selfhout Netherlands	10	367 0.7×	536 1.1×	358 1.1×	140 1.0×	241 1.7×	12	1.2k
Sally Planalp United States	19	640 1.1×	371 0.8×	205 0.6×	119 0.8×	275 2.0×	32	1.3k
Oliver Quiring Germany	20	219 0.4×	1000 2.1×	454 1.4×	72 0.5×	119 0.9×	60	1.7k
Sabrina C. Eimler Germany	17	483 0.9×	535 1.1×	142 0.4×	222 1.6×	102 0.7×	61	1.3k
Judith Schwartz United States	2	871 1.6×	490 1.0×	204 0.6×	307 2.2×	387 2.8×	4	1.6k
Lawrence J. Stricker United States	22	410 0.7×	424 0.9×	276 0.8×	59 0.4×	302 2.2×	120	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Lyman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Lyman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Lyman

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lyman, Peter. (2004). The Domestication of Anger. European Journal of Social Theory. 7(2). 133–147. 61 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter & Hal R. Varian. (2003). How Much Storage is Enough. Queue. 1. 28–29. 7 indexed citations

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Harley, Diane, Michael B. Goldstein, Sally M. Johnstone, et al.. (2002). University Teaching as E-Business? Research and Policy Agendas. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 6 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter. (2002). What is a digital library? The social impact of information artifacts. 1 indexed citations

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Arnold, James O., et al.. (2000). Mars Program Independent Assessment Team Report. 32462. 12 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter. (1999). What Should We Call the Net. 34(6). 1 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter & Nina Wakeford. (1999). Introduction. American Behavioral Scientist. 43(3). 359–376. 25 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter & Brewster Kahle. (1998). Archiving Digital Cultural Artifacts. D-Lib Magazine. 4(7/8). 27 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter. (1997). Celebrating 30 Years: The Midas Crisis: C&RL News in 2030. College & Research Libraries News. 58(7). 467–499. 1 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter. (1995). Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age: Q and A with Peter Lyman.. 30(1). 32–35. 2 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter. (1992). Can the network reduce the cost of scholarly information?. Serials Review. 18(1-2). 98–112. 1 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter, et al.. (1989). TAU as Tao. 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Steven W. & Peter Lyman. (1989). Intellectual Property: In the Information Age. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 21(3). 22–28. 20 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter. (1987). The fraternal bond as a joking relationship: A case study of the role of sexist jokes in male group bonding.. 78 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter, et al.. (1985). Communicating across the solar system. Acta Astronautica. 12(9). 683–691. 1 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter. (1984). Reading, writing and word processing: Toward a phenomenology of the computer age. Qualitative Sociology. 7(1-2). 75–89. 26 indexed citations

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Lyman, Peter & James R. Averill. (1984). Anger and Aggression: An Essay on Emotion.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 13(2). 202–202. 886 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lyman, Peter, et al.. (1983). Internationally supported data acquisition for solar system exploration in the 1990's. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations

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Goldsmith, Werner & Peter Lyman. (1960). The Penetration of Hard-Steel Spheres Into Plane Metal Surfaces. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 27(4). 717–725. 32 indexed citations

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Meriam, J. L., et al.. (1958). Thermal Stresses in the SS Boulder Victory. Journal of Ship Research. 2(3). 55–71. 1 indexed citations

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