Tim Dyson

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Tim Dyson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Dyson has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Gender Studies and 9 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Tim Dyson's work include Income, Poverty, and Inequality (10 papers), Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (9 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (9 papers). Tim Dyson is often cited by papers focused on Income, Poverty, and Inequality (10 papers), Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (9 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (9 papers). Tim Dyson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Tim Dyson's co-authors include Mick Moore, Mike Murphy, John C. Caldwell, Rennie M. D’Souza, Gavin W. Jones, Robert M. Douglas, John Bongaarts, Máire Ní Bhrolcháin, Susan Watkins and Robert Cassen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Annual Review of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Tim Dyson

52 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

On Kinship Structure, Female Autonomy, and Demographic Behavior in India

1983 1.1k citations Tim Dyson et al. Population and Development Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Dyson United Kingdom	21	1.3k	881	842	673	455	54	2.8k
David Lam United States	27	819 0.6×	387 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	582 0.9×	476 1.0×	76	2.7k
Robert D. Retherford United States	29	1.0k 0.8×	925 1.0×	812 1.0×	913 1.4×	457 1.0×	104	2.9k
Sonia Bhalotra United Kingdom	28	920 0.7×	690 0.8×	738 0.9×	245 0.4×	613 1.3×	129	3.0k
Lena Edlund United States	20	1.2k 1.0×	502 0.6×	845 1.0×	551 0.8×	166 0.4×	40	2.0k
Mead Cain United States	19	780 0.6×	395 0.4×	683 0.8×	369 0.5×	197 0.4×	33	1.7k
Shuzhuo Li China	30	888 0.7×	437 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	546 0.8×	333 0.7×	138	2.8k
Paul Demeny United States	20	592 0.5×	475 0.5×	564 0.7×	855 1.3×	649 1.4×	73	2.3k
Étienne van de Walle United States	23	656 0.5×	494 0.6×	528 0.6×	636 0.9×	408 0.9×	104	2.0k
Barbara Entwisle United States	31	561 0.4×	296 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	474 0.7×	365 0.8×	87	3.0k
Richard H. Steckel United States	32	392 0.3×	462 0.5×	958 1.1×	452 0.7×	589 1.3×	105	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Dyson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Dyson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tim Dyson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tim Dyson. The network helps show where Tim Dyson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Dyson

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dyson, Tim. (2018). A Population History of India. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations

2.

Dyson, Tim. (2018). The First Modern People. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Wilson, Ben & Tim Dyson. (2016). Democracy and the demographic transition. Democratization. 24(4). 594–612. 18 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (2011). The Role of the Demographic Transition in the Process of Urbanization. Population and Development Review. 37(s1). 34–54. 152 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (2009). New evidence on child mortality in Iraq. Economic and political weekly. 44(2). 56–59. 4 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim & Máire Ní Bhrolcháin. (2007). On causation in demography. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 2 indexed citations

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Hussain, Athar, Robert Cassen, & Tim Dyson. (2006). Demographic Transition in Asia and its Consequences. IDS Bulletin. 37(3). 79–87. 9 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (2003). HIV/AIDS and Urbanization. Population and Development Review. 29(3). 427–442. 60 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2002). Demography, Food Production and Famine Risks in the Twenty-first Century. IDS Bulletin. 33(4). 108–113. 4 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (2001). The Preliminary Demography of the 2001 Census of India. Population and Development Review. 27(2). 341–356. 32 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (2001). A partial theory of world development: the neglected role of the demographic transition in the shaping of modern society. International Journal of Population Geography. 7(2). 67–90. 47 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim & Amresh Hanchate. (2000). India's demographic and food prospects: state level analysis. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 16 indexed citations

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Banthia, J. K. & Tim Dyson. (1999). Smallpox in Nineteenth‐Century India. Population and Development Review. 25(4). 649–680. 15 indexed citations

14.

Bongaarts, John & Tim Dyson. (1996). Population and Food: Global Trends and Future Prospects.. Population and Development Review. 22(3). 581–581. 87 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (1996). Population and Food. 66 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (1991). On the Demography of South Asian Famines Part II. Population Studies. 45(2). 279–297. 66 indexed citations

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Dyson, Tim. (1991). On the Demography of South Asian Famines Part I. Population Studies. 45(1). 5–25. 40 indexed citations

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Kantner, John F. & Tim Dyson. (1990). India's Historical Demography: Studies in Famine, Disease and Society.. Population and Development Review. 16(1). 165–165. 23 indexed citations

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Driver, Edwin D., et al.. (1985). India's Demography: Essays on the Contemporary Population.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(3). 340–340. 1 indexed citations

20.

Preston, Samuel H., et al.. (1984). Vital Rates in India 1961-1981. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 21 indexed citations

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