William Leiss

15.8k citations
73 papers · 10.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

William Leiss

69 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

Risk Society, Towards a New Modernity8.5k19942026200420152.5k5.0k7.5k

Peers

William Leiss
Comparison fields: 5 of 199
  • Sociology and Political Science 5.5k
  • Public Administration 305
  • Communication 527
  • Gender Studies 634
  • Urban Studies 358
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 202212
2 20191
3 200828
4
MSM Donor Deferral Risk Assessment: An Analysis using Risk Management Principles A Report for Canadian Blood Services
20071
5 200447
6 200353
7 200322
8 200310
9 200323
10 1994136
11 19914
12 19911
13 19861
14
Magic in the Marketplace: An Empirical Test for Commodity Fetishism
19855
15 19831
16
Advertising, Needs and 'Commodity Fetishism'
197811
17
Needs, Exchanges and the Fetishism of Objects
19784
18
Political Aspects of Environmental Issues.
19782
19 19744
20 19701

About William Leiss

William Leiss is a scholar working on Chemical Health and Safety, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Biophysics, Environmental Engineering and Philosophy, having authored 73 papers that have together received 10.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Risk Perception and Management (11 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (6 papers), Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (4 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (4 papers), Critical Theory and Philosophy (4 papers), Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (3 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (3 papers) and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (5.5k citations), Public Administration (305 citations), Communication (527 citations), Gender Studies (634 citations) and Urban Studies (358 citations). William Leiss has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Ulrich Beck, Mark Ritter, Scott Lash, Brian Wynne, Sut Jhally, S. J. Kline, Daniel Krewski, Liora Salter, Edwin Levy and Steve E. Hrudey. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Canadian Journal of Political Science, The Canadian Journal of Sociology and Canadian Public Policy.

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