William Paul Simmons

1.0k total citations
23 papers, 602 citations indexed

About

William Paul Simmons is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William Paul Simmons has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 602 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in William Paul Simmons's work include Sex work and related issues (3 papers), Hydraulic flow and structures (3 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 papers). William Paul Simmons is often cited by papers focused on Sex work and related issues (3 papers), Hydraulic flow and structures (3 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 papers). William Paul Simmons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and Czechia. William Paul Simmons's co-authors include Bent Flyvbjerg, Sharon Parsons, Cecilia Menjívar, Elizabeth Salerno Valdez, Todd Landman, Daniel Alvord, Steven Griggs, Stewart Clegg, Ranu Basu and Virginia Eubanks and has published in prestigious journals such as International Migration Review, Violence Against Women and Perspectives on Politics.

In The Last Decade

William Paul Simmons

20 papers receiving 545 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Paul Simmons United States 9 289 188 91 88 43 23 602
Peter Kellett United Kingdom 14 258 0.9× 138 0.7× 49 0.5× 44 0.5× 33 0.8× 58 804
David A. Rochefort United States 13 220 0.8× 326 1.7× 143 1.6× 184 2.1× 43 1.0× 47 863
Mark Risjord United States 12 184 0.6× 188 1.0× 32 0.4× 57 0.6× 35 0.8× 37 688
Andrew Edgar United Kingdom 14 228 0.8× 118 0.6× 37 0.4× 87 1.0× 25 0.6× 82 689
Vera Chouinard Canada 16 270 0.9× 146 0.8× 76 0.8× 51 0.6× 8 0.2× 40 680
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber United States 4 295 1.0× 119 0.6× 26 0.3× 80 0.9× 23 0.5× 5 647
Harmony Newman United States 7 310 1.1× 64 0.3× 103 1.1× 96 1.1× 19 0.4× 13 575
Tracy X. Karner United States 12 358 1.2× 247 1.3× 50 0.5× 85 1.0× 9 0.2× 23 635
Will C. van den Hoonaard Canada 11 406 1.4× 249 1.3× 24 0.3× 52 0.6× 31 0.7× 33 696
Ann Chih Lin United States 6 305 1.1× 134 0.7× 89 1.0× 65 0.7× 28 0.7× 12 574

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Paul Simmons

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Paul Simmons

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hemsley, Bronwyn, Russell Lang, Ralf W. Schlosser, et al.. (2025). Safeguarding the communication rights of minimally- or non-speaking people who are vulnerable to Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting (Spellers Method) and variants. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 12(2). 158–178.
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Simmons, William Paul. (2024). Rethinking Dignity and Exploitation in Human Trafficking and Sex Workers’ Rights Cases. Societies. 14(2). 16–16. 2 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul, et al.. (2021). Facilitated Communication, Neurodiversity, and Human Rights. Human Rights Quarterly. 43(1). 138–167. 8 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul, Cecilia Menjívar, & Elizabeth Salerno Valdez. (2020). The Gendered Effects of Local Immigration Enforcement: Latinas’ Social Isolation in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. International Migration Review. 55(1). 108–134. 23 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul. (2019). Joyful Human Rights. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul. (2019). Problem-based learning beyond borders: Impact and potential for university-level human rights education. Journal of Human Rights. 18(3). 280–292. 1 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul, et al.. (2018). Border crossings and sexual conquest in the age of neoliberalism in the Sonoran Desert. International Feminist Journal of Politics. 20(4). 524–541. 6 indexed citations
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Menjívar, Cecilia, William Paul Simmons, Daniel Alvord, & Elizabeth Salerno Valdez. (2018). IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, THE RACIALIZATION OF LEGAL STATUS, AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE POLICE. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race. 15(1). 107–128. 50 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul, et al.. (2015). Violence and Vulnerability of Female Migrants in Drop Houses in Arizona. Violence Against Women. 21(5). 551–570. 18 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul. (2014). Binational Human Rights. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Flyvbjerg, Bent, Bent Flyvbjerg, Bent Flyvbjerg, et al.. (2012). Real Social Science. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 198 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul & Monica J. Casper. (2012). Culpability, Social Triage, and Structural Violence in the Aftermath of Katrina. Perspectives on Politics. 10(3). 675–686. 7 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul. (2006). Remedies for Women of Ciudad Juárez through the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 4(3). 492–4. 1 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul & Sharon Parsons. (2005). Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Among African Americans: A Comparison of Elites and Masses*. Social Science Quarterly. 86(3). 582–598. 46 indexed citations
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Parsons, Sharon, et al.. (2003). Determinants of Satisfaction and Turnover among Nursing Assistants: THE RESULTS OF A STATEWIDE SURVEY. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 29(3). 51–58. 150 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul, et al.. (1999). Black Democratic Partisanship and White Flight in Louisiana, 1975 Through 1996. Journal of Black Studies. 29(6). 755–770. 1 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul, et al.. (1977). Model Studies of Denver Whitewater Channel. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 103(7). 763–775. 1 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul. (1964). Transitions for Canals and Culverts. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 90(3). 115–153. 3 indexed citations
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Simmons, William Paul. (1959). Air Model Studies of Hydraulic Downpull on Large Gates. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 85(1). 41–59. 1 indexed citations

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