Stephen J. Collier

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Collier is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Collier has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Collier's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (5 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (4 papers). Stephen J. Collier is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (5 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (4 papers). Stephen J. Collier collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Stephen J. Collier's co-authors include Andrew Lakoff, Paul Rabinow, Keith A. Hobson, Lisa Hoffman, Rebecca Elliott, Turo‐Kimmo Lehtonen, Lucan A. Way, J. Peter White, Aihwa Ong and Maroš Krivý and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Environmental Management and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Collier

42 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Topologies of Power 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 50 100 150 200 250
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. Topologies of Power
    2009 283 citations Stephen J. Collier Theory Culture & Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen J. Collier United States 20 1.1k 600 281 216 208 47 2.3k
Simon Springer Canada 25 1.4k 1.3× 728 1.2× 239 0.9× 244 1.1× 268 1.3× 62 2.4k
Andrew Barry United Kingdom 22 1.3k 1.2× 749 1.2× 349 1.2× 148 0.7× 163 0.8× 48 2.9k
Matthew Sparke United States 26 1.2k 1.1× 681 1.1× 425 1.5× 161 0.7× 292 1.4× 70 2.3k
Mariana Valverde Canada 32 2.2k 2.0× 801 1.3× 167 0.6× 187 0.9× 373 1.8× 126 3.9k
Iain Hay Australia 24 1.5k 1.4× 288 0.5× 467 1.7× 128 0.6× 278 1.3× 87 3.2k
Melinda Cooper Australia 20 1.2k 1.1× 443 0.7× 142 0.5× 389 1.8× 131 0.6× 56 2.5k
Becky Mansfield United States 32 949 0.9× 506 0.8× 572 2.0× 64 0.3× 153 0.7× 53 3.1k
Michael McKeon Ireland 13 1.3k 1.2× 463 0.8× 155 0.6× 57 0.3× 196 0.9× 34 3.6k
Susan Wright Denmark 21 1.1k 1.0× 870 1.4× 55 0.2× 110 0.5× 131 0.6× 97 3.0k
Joanne Sharp United Kingdom 30 1.9k 1.8× 602 1.0× 601 2.1× 59 0.3× 522 2.5× 88 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen J. Collier

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen J. Collier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen J. Collier

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hirsch, Linda, Álvaro Toledo, Magy Seif El‐Nasr, et al.. (2025). Translating Social Dilemmas into Gameful Designs for Wildfire Resilience. 1–9.
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Collier, Stephen J.. (2025). The disaster contradiction of contemporary capitalism: Resilience, vital systems security, and ‘post-neoliberalism’. Geoforum. 159. 104204–104204. 4 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J., et al.. (2025). Revisiting ‘resilience’: politics and state practices in a new conjuncture. Geoforum. 166. 104377–104377.
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Collier, Stephen J., et al.. (2023). The influence of passive wedge-wire screen aperture and flow velocity on juvenile European eel exclusion, impingement and passage. Ecological Engineering. 192. 106972–106972. 5 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J. & Andrew Lakoff. (2021). The Government of Emergency. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J. & Andrew Lakoff. (2014). Vital Systems Security: Reflexive Biopolitics and the Government of Emergency. Theory Culture & Society. 32(2). 19–51. 175 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J.. (2012). Neoliberalism as big Leviathan, or … ? A response to Wacquant and Hilgers. Social Anthropology. 20(2). 186–195. 104 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J. & Andrew Lakoff. (2011). System Vulnerability and the Problem of National Survival. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J.. (2011). Post-Soviet Social. Princeton University Press eBooks. 188 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J.. (2011). Post-Soviet Social. Princeton University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J.. (2011). Topologias de poder: a análise de Foucault sobre o governo político para além da "governamentalidade". Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política. 245–284. 9 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J. & Andrew Lakoff. (2010). Introduction: Systemic Risk. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Lakoff, Andrew & Stephen J. Collier. (2008). Biosecurity Interventions. Columbia University Press eBooks. 154 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Lisa, et al.. (2006). Notes on the Anthropology of Neoliberalism. Anthropology News. 47(9). 9–10. 3 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J. & Andrew Lakoff. (2006). Vital Systems Security. eVols (University of Hawaii). 14 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J.. (2005). The Spatial Forms and Social Norms of 'Actually Existing Neoliberalism': Toward a Substantive Analytics. 11 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J., Andrew Lakoff, & Paul Rabinow. (2004). Biosecurity: Towards an anthropology of the contemporary. Anthropology Today. 20(5). 3–7. 124 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J. & Aihwa Ong. (2003). Oikos/Anthropos: Rationality, Technology, Infrastructure. Current Anthropology. 44(3). 421–426. 13 indexed citations
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Collier, Stephen J.. (1993). Sexual dimorphism in relation to big‐game hunting and economy in modern human populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 91(4). 485–504. 18 indexed citations

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