Scott A. Boorman

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Scott A. Boorman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott A. Boorman has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Scott A. Boorman's work include Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (5 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers). Scott A. Boorman is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (5 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers). Scott A. Boorman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Scott A. Boorman's co-authors include Harrison C. White, Ronald L. Breiger, Phipps Arabie, Paul R. Levitt, Donald Olivier, B. Franklin Cooling, Jack B. Hilliard, Howard L. Boorman, Benjamin Ε. Wallacker and Chauncey S. Goodrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Scott A. Boorman

31 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Social Structure from Multiple Networks. I. Blockmodels o... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1976 1975 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Social Structure from Multiple Networks. I. Blockmodels of Roles and Positions
    1976 1.3k citations Harrison C. White, Scott A. Boorman et al. American Journal of Sociology profile →
  2. An algorithm for clustering relational data with applications to social network analysis and comparison with multidimensional scaling
    1975 506 citations Scott A. Boorman, Phipps Arabie et al. Journal of Mathematical Psychology profile →

Peers

Scott A. Boorman
Patrick Doreian United States
Samuel Leinhardt United States
Robert Z. Norman United States
Ronald L. Breiger United States
Robert Hanneman United States
Blaise Cronin United States
David Lazer United States
Andrej Mrvar Slovenia
John Skvoretz United States
Thomas J. Fararo United States
Patrick Doreian United States
Scott A. Boorman
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boorman, Scott A.. (2014). The Emergence of Organizations and Markets. Acta Sociologica. 57(4). 363–367. 9 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A.. (2012). Fundamentals of Strategy: The Legacy of Henry Eccles. 2 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A., Paul R. Levitt, & Ronald S. Burt. (1985). Pitfalls in Social Network Analysis. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(4). 419–419. 1 indexed citations
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Carroll, Glenn R., Scott A. Boorman, & Paul R. Levitt. (1983). The Genetics of Altruism.. Social Forces. 61(3). 937–937. 3 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A. & Paul R. Levitt. (1983). Blockmodeling complex statutes. Economics Letters. 13(1). 1–9. 12 indexed citations
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Weir, Bruce S., et al.. (1982). The Genetics of Altruism. Biometrics. 38(3). 877–877. 1 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A. & Paul R. Levitt. (1982). The network matching principle. Economics Letters. 10(1-2). 1–7. 3 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A. & Phipps Arabie. (1980). Algebraic Approaches to the Comparison of Concrete Social Structures Represented as Networks: Reply to Bonacich. American Journal of Sociology. 86(1). 166–174. 7 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A. & Paul R. Levitt. (1980). The genetics of altruism. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 144 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A., et al.. (1980). The Comparative Evolutionary Biology of Social Behavior. Annual Review of Sociology. 6(1). 213–234. 8 indexed citations
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Arabie, Phipps, Scott A. Boorman, & Paul R. Levitt. (1978). Constructing blockmodels: How and why. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 17(1). 21–63. 150 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A. & Harrison C. White. (1976). Social Structure from Multiple Networks. II. Role Structures. American Journal of Sociology. 81(6). 1384–1446. 467 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A.. (1975). A Combinatiorial Optimization Model for Transmission of Job Information Through Contact Networks. The Bell Journal of Economics. 6(1). 216–216. 177 indexed citations
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Arabie, Phipps & Scott A. Boorman. (1973). Multidimensional scaling of measures of distance between partitions. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 10(2). 148–203. 91 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A. & Donald Olivier. (1973). Metrics on spaces of finite trees. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 10(1). 26–59. 65 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A. & Paul R. Levitt. (1973). Group selection on the boundary of a stable population. Theoretical Population Biology. 4(1). 85–128. 192 indexed citations
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Goodrich, Chauncey S. & Scott A. Boorman. (1972). The Protracted Game; A Wei-ch'i Interpretation of Maoist Revolutionary Strategy. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 92(4). 588–588. 2 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A., et al.. (1970). The Protracted Game. A Wei-Ch'i Interpretation of Maoist Revolutionary Strategy.. Pacific Affairs. 43(3). 442–442. 10 indexed citations
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Boorman, Scott A.. (1970). Defeat in the East: The Mark of Mao Tse-tung on War, by Michael Elliott-Bateman. Political Science Quarterly. 85(1). 137–138. 2 indexed citations
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Cooling, B. Franklin, Jack B. Hilliard, & Scott A. Boorman. (1970). The Protracted Game: A Wei-Ch'i Interpretation of Maoist Revolutionary Strategy.. Military Affairs. 34(3). 109–109. 18 indexed citations

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