Richard Worthington

894 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 578 citations indexed

About

Richard Worthington is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Pollution and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Worthington has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 578 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 2 papers in Pollution and 2 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Richard Worthington's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (2 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (2 papers). Richard Worthington is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (2 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (2 papers). Richard Worthington collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and United Kingdom. Richard Worthington's co-authors include Ji Liang, Mikko Rask, Yiming Li, Tian Zhu, Andrew J.T. George, Mingming Han, Jason Delborne, Susan E. Cozzens, Jen Schneider and Roli Varma and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Richard Worthington

15 papers receiving 492 citations

Hit Papers

The Social Control of Technology. By David Collingridge. ... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 100 200 300 400
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. The Social Control of Technology. By David Collingridge. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. Pp. i + 200. $22.50.)
    1982 481 citations Richard Worthington American Political Science Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Worthington United States 6 179 101 63 61 58 18 578
Rafaela Hillerbrand Germany 16 296 1.7× 139 1.4× 29 0.5× 75 1.2× 49 0.8× 44 840
Johannes Weyer Germany 11 222 1.2× 64 0.6× 55 0.9× 54 0.9× 19 0.3× 61 671
Ilse Oosterlaken Netherlands 8 161 0.9× 44 0.4× 70 1.1× 96 1.6× 32 0.6× 11 500
Peter Stegmaier Netherlands 11 150 0.8× 172 1.7× 55 0.9× 67 1.1× 12 0.2× 38 506
Terry S. Reynolds United States 10 134 0.7× 117 1.2× 38 0.6× 115 1.9× 8 0.1× 36 718
Behnam Taebi Netherlands 19 561 3.1× 339 3.4× 48 0.8× 68 1.1× 60 1.0× 41 1.0k
Pim Klaassen Netherlands 10 58 0.3× 52 0.5× 65 1.0× 28 0.5× 35 0.6× 24 379
Tere Vadén Finland 12 135 0.8× 84 0.8× 19 0.3× 95 1.6× 26 0.4× 45 649
Yongsheng Wang China 15 107 0.6× 256 2.5× 21 0.3× 140 2.3× 30 0.5× 38 771
Rider W. Foley United States 14 106 0.6× 70 0.7× 79 1.3× 30 0.5× 7 0.1× 37 764

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Worthington

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Worthington

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Liang, Ji, Feng Ji, Hong Wang, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the threat: Microplastics and nano-plastics' impact on reproductive viability across ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 913. 169525–169525. 27 indexed citations
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Han, Mingming, Tian Zhu, Ji Liang, et al.. (2023). Nano-plastics and gastric health: Decoding the cytotoxic mechanisms of polystyrene nano-plastics size. Environment International. 183. 108380–108380. 19 indexed citations
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Farooque, Mahmud, et al.. (2015). The Public Informing Upstream Engineering: A Participatory Technology Assessment of NASA’s Asteroid Initiative. AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition. 2 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard, Mikko Rask, & Birgit Jæger. (2013). Deliberative Global Governance: Next Steps in an Emerging Practice. 281–304. 1 indexed citations
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Delborne, Jason, et al.. (2013). Policy pathways, policy networks, and citizen deliberation: Disseminating the results of World Wide Views on Global Warming in the USA. Science and Public Policy. 40(3). 378–392. 14 indexed citations
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Rask, Mikko & Richard Worthington. (2013). Towards a New Concept of Global Governance. 21–47. 2 indexed citations
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Rask, Mikko & Richard Worthington. (2012). Prospects of Deliberative Global Governance. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B. 1(4). 5 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard. (2007). Community-based Research and Technoscience Activism: A Report on the Living Knowledge 3 Conference. Science as Culture. 16(4). 475–480. 1 indexed citations
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Carty, Victoria & Richard Worthington. (2002). Rethinking Globalization: Production, Politics, Actions. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(2). 184–184. 3 indexed citations
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Varma, Roli & Richard Worthington. (1995). Immiseration of industrial scientists in corporate laboratories in the United States. Minerva. 33(4). 325–338. 5 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard. (1993). Introduction: Science and Technology as a Global System. Science Technology & Human Values. 18(2). 176–185. 2 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard, et al.. (1993). Globalization of Science and Repression of Scientists in Mexico. Science Technology & Human Values. 18(2). 209–230. 9 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard, et al.. (1988). Democracy and Disaster: The Crisis of (Meta) Planning in America. 2(1). 33–51. 4 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard. (1987). Consolidating a Field: RPI's Doctoral Program in Science and Technology Studies. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 7(3-4). 829–839. 1 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard. (1984). Socialism and Ecology: An Overview. New Political Science. 5(1). 69–83.
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Worthington, Richard. (1984). RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY AND POLITICS: THE CASE OF THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX. Policy Studies Journal. 13(2). 365–375. 1 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard. (1982). The Social Control of Technology. By David Collingridge. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. Pp. i + 200. $22.50.). American Political Science Review. 76(1). 134–135. 1 indexed citations
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Worthington, Richard. (1982). The Social Control of Technology. By David Collingridge. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. Pp. i + 200. $22.50.). American Political Science Review. 76(1). 134–135. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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