Stephen Turner

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
252 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Stephen Turner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Turner has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 27 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 26 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Stephen Turner's work include Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (32 papers), Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (31 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (24 papers). Stephen Turner is often cited by papers focused on Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (32 papers), Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (31 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (24 papers). Stephen Turner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Stephen Turner's co-authors include Hilary Putnam, Robert R. Alford, William Outhwaite, Regis A. Factor, Ralph H. Kilmann, Jonathan H. Turner, Ian I. Mitroff, Guy Rocher, Vaughn R. McKim and Wolfgang J. Mommsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Turner

223 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Meaning and the Moral Sciences. 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Turner United States 27 1.7k 507 481 434 283 252 3.6k
Michael Mulkay United Kingdom 31 1.5k 0.8× 295 0.6× 507 1.1× 318 0.7× 333 1.2× 80 4.5k
Karin D. Knorr-Cetina United States 21 1.8k 1.0× 430 0.8× 396 0.8× 253 0.6× 203 0.7× 49 4.8k
Steve Fuller United Kingdom 28 1.1k 0.6× 357 0.7× 613 1.3× 417 1.0× 89 0.3× 296 3.3k
James G. Carrier United Kingdom 31 2.1k 1.2× 525 1.0× 289 0.6× 208 0.5× 114 0.4× 96 4.9k
Maureen McNeil United Kingdom 10 1.9k 1.1× 368 0.7× 153 0.3× 380 0.9× 131 0.5× 19 4.5k
Monica J. Casper United States 17 1.5k 0.8× 309 0.6× 190 0.4× 229 0.5× 108 0.4× 44 4.2k
Helen E. Longino United States 23 1.8k 1.1× 357 0.7× 1.1k 2.3× 913 2.1× 196 0.7× 67 4.3k
Lorraine Daston Germany 35 1.1k 0.6× 404 0.8× 1.4k 2.9× 394 0.9× 178 0.6× 183 5.2k
Barry Barnes United Kingdom 23 905 0.5× 227 0.4× 527 1.1× 242 0.6× 107 0.4× 76 2.5k
Peter Weingart Germany 29 1.7k 1.0× 503 1.0× 219 0.5× 111 0.3× 115 0.4× 154 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Turner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Turner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turner, Stephen. (2023). Did RAND get it Right?. The American Sociologist. 55(2). 165–173.
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Turner, Stephen. (2023). Progress in Sociology?. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya. 3–16.
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Turner, Stephen. (2020). Science on Demand. Epistemology & Philosophy of Science. 57(4). 52–61.
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Outhwaite, William & Stephen Turner. (2018). The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology. 1 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen. (2013). Taking the Collective Out of Tacit Knowledge. Philosophia Scientae. 17-3. 75–92. 4 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen. (2010). Cause, Concepts, Measures and the Underdetermination of Theory by Data. International Review of Sociology. 1(3). 249.
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Turner, Stephen. (2009). Crisis in CBNRM? Affirming the Commons in Southern Africa. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 3 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen & Paul A. Roth. (2008). Ghosts and the Machine: Philosophy of Social Science in Contemporary Perspective. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation).
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Turner, Stephen & Mark Risjord. (2007). Philosophy of anthropology and sociology. Elsevier eBooks. 25(12). 1393–401. 18 indexed citations
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Isaacs, Moenieba, et al.. (2000). Constituting the commons in the new South Africa. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 3 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen. (2000). Design of Rainwater Storage Tanks for use in Developing Countries. 1 indexed citations
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Cousins, Ben, et al.. (2000). RESOURCE TENURE AND POWER RELATIONS IN COMMUNITY WILDLIFE CONTEXTS: THE CASE OF THE MKAMBATI AREA ON THE WILD COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 8 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen. (1999). Once Were English. Meanjin. 58(2). 122. 3 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen. (1996). Social theory and sociology : the classics and beyond. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 46 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen, et al.. (1995). Emile Durkheim: Sociologist and Moralist. Review of Religious Research. 36(3). 337–337. 13 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen & Regis A. Factor. (1990). The Disappearance of Tradition in Weber. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 15. 400–424. 4 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen. (1984). Durkheim as a Methodologist*† Part II-Collective Forces, Causation, and Probability. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 14(1). 51–71. 3 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen, et al.. (1981). Rationalizations and the Application of Causal Explanations of Human Action. American Philosophical Quarterly. 18(3). 213. 2 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen & Daryl E. Chubin. (1976). Another appraisal of Ortega, the Coles, and science policy: the Ecclesiastes hypothesis. Social Science Information. 15(4-5). 657–662. 19 indexed citations
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Turner, Stephen. (1974). Structuralist and Participant's View Sociologies. The American Sociologist. 9(3). 143.

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