William Leiss

66 papers and 9.3k indexed citations
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About

William Leiss is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, William Leiss has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Environmental Engineering and 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in William Leiss’s work include Risk Perception and Management (11 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (6 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (4 papers). William Leiss is often cited by papers focused on Risk Perception and Management (11 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (6 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (4 papers). William Leiss collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. William Leiss's co-authors include Mark Ritter, Ulrich Beck, Brian Wynne, Scott Lash, Sut Jhally, S. J. Kline, Daniel Krewski, Edwin Levy, Liora Salter and Steve E. Hrudey and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Environmental Health Perspectives and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Leiss

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

Fields of papers citing papers by William Leiss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by William Leiss. 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 William Leiss. The network helps show where William Leiss may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by William Leiss

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