Steve Rayner

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Steve Rayner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Rayner has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Steve Rayner's work include Risk Perception and Management (10 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (9 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (8 papers). Steve Rayner is often cited by papers focused on Risk Perception and Management (10 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (9 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (8 papers). Steve Rayner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Steve Rayner's co-authors include Gwyn Prins, Denise Lach, Helen Ingram, R. Cantor, Daniel Sarewitz, Roger A. Pielke, Elizabeth L. Malone, Michael Thompson, Michele Acuto and Jonathan Groß and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Steve Rayner

111 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steve Rayner United Kingdom 36 2.2k 2.2k 731 698 371 111 5.5k
Sverker Sörlin Sweden 24 1.6k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 960 1.3× 1.4k 2.1× 350 0.9× 159 9.4k
David H. Guston United States 25 2.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.3× 659 0.9× 989 1.4× 571 1.5× 77 7.0k
Silvio Funtowicz Italy 35 2.5k 1.2× 2.7k 1.3× 851 1.2× 1.6k 2.4× 372 1.0× 91 7.8k
Daniel Sarewitz United States 27 1.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 590 0.8× 526 0.8× 234 0.6× 78 4.5k
Owen Gaffney Sweden 18 1.4k 0.6× 2.5k 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 1.2k 1.7× 201 0.5× 28 7.8k
Linn Persson Sweden 12 1.1k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 875 1.2× 1.3k 1.9× 113 0.3× 23 8.5k
Diana Liverman United States 40 2.2k 1.0× 3.4k 1.6× 1.3k 1.8× 1.1k 1.6× 431 1.2× 93 8.2k
William C. Clark United States 37 2.0k 0.9× 4.1k 1.9× 806 1.1× 1.9k 2.7× 341 0.9× 121 9.5k
Brian Wynne United Kingdom 33 3.7k 1.7× 2.0k 0.9× 440 0.6× 770 1.1× 421 1.1× 72 7.2k
Reinette Biggs Sweden 31 1.9k 0.9× 4.5k 2.1× 1.3k 1.8× 2.2k 3.2× 194 0.5× 58 12.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Rayner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Rayner

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hultman, Nathan, David M. Hassenzahl, & Steve Rayner. (2010). Climate Risk. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 35(1). 283–303. 33 indexed citations
2.
Healey, Peter & Steve Rayner. (2008). Unnatural Selection : The Challenges of Engineering Tomorrow's People. 15 indexed citations
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Gunter, Helen & Steve Rayner. (2007). Remodeling Headteachers in England: Is It the End of Educational Leadership?.. 11. 3 indexed citations
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Prins, Gwyn & Steve Rayner. (2007). Time to ditch Kyoto. Nature. 449(7165). 973–975. 125 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve & Gwyn Prins. (2007). The Wrong Trousers: Radically Rethinking Climate Policy. 35 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve. (2007). A teaching elixir, learning chimera or just fool's gold? Do learning styles matter?. Support for Learning. 22(1). 24–30. 26 indexed citations
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Lach, Denise, Helen Ingram, & Steve Rayner. (2006). Maintaining the Status Quo: How Institutional Norms and Practices Create Conservative Water Organizations. Texas law review. 83(7). 2027. 37 indexed citations
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Gunter, Helen, et al.. (2003). Modernizing Leadership and the Role of Professional Development for Special Education in England.. 16(2). 76–86. 1 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve, et al.. (2000). Learning language and learning style: principles, process and practice. Language Learning Journal. 21(1). 37–44. 8 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve & Peter Ribbins. (1999). Headteachers and leadership in special education. Cassell eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve & Elizabeth L. Malone. (1998). The societal framework. 23 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve & Elizabeth L. Malone. (1998). The tools for policy analysis. 6 indexed citations
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Thompson, Michael, Steve Rayner, & Steven Ney. (1998). Risk and Governance Part II: Policy in a Complex and Plurally Perceived World. Government and Opposition. 33(3). 330–354. 23 indexed citations
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Thompson, Michael & Steve Rayner. (1998). Risk and Governance Part I: The Discourses of Climate Change. Government and Opposition. 33(2). 139–166. 72 indexed citations
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Webler, Thomas, Carlo Jaeger, Ortwin Renn, et al.. (1998). Decision Analysis and Rational Action. 3. 141–216. 40 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve & Elizabeth L. Malone. (1998). Human choice and climate change. Volume 1: The societal framework. 54 indexed citations
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Cantor, R., et al.. (1989). Policies to Encourage Private Sector Responses to Potential Climate Change. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Gerlach, Luther P. & Steve Rayner. (1988). Culture and the Common Management of Global Risks. Practicing Anthropology. 10(3-4). 15–18. 18 indexed citations
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Heise, David R., Jonathan Groß, & Steve Rayner. (1987). Measuring Culture: A Paradigm for the Analysis of Social Organization.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(4). 587–587. 90 indexed citations
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Rayner, Steve. (1984). The Politics of Schism: Routinisation and Social Control in the International Socialists/Socialist Workers' Party. The Sociological Review. 32(1_suppl). 46–67. 5 indexed citations

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