William Petersen

4.0k citations
123 papers · 1.9k indexed · h-index 20

William Petersen

103 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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William Petersen
Comparison fields: 5 of 144
  • Gender Studies 190
  • Sociology and Political Science 846
  • Demography 227
  • Religious studies 79
  • Political Science and International Relations 274
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside William Petersen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20060
2 20032
3
From Persons to People: Further Studies in the Politics of Population
20021
4 199816
5 19982
6 19981
7 19962
8 199613
9 1990144
10 198732
11
Can arsenokoitai be translated by "homosexuals"?: (1 Cor 6.9; 1 Tim 1.10)
19861
12 1984168
13 19812
14
Malthus : le premier anti-malthusien
19802
15 19751
16 197549
17
Cities in trouble
197016
18
Fertility Trends and Population Policy: some Comments on the Van Heek-Hofstee Debate
19662
19 19645
20 196013

About William Petersen

William Petersen is a scholar working on Religious studies, Archeology, Demography, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Gender Studies, having authored 123 papers that have together received 1.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Historical and Linguistic Studies (12 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (12 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (8 papers), Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (6 papers), Economic Theory and Policy (6 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (4 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (4 papers) and Political Economy and Marxism (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (190 citations), Sociology and Political Science (846 citations), Demography (227 citations), Religious studies (79 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (274 citations). William Petersen has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Robert L. Heilbroner, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Sheila B. Kamerman, Alfred J. Kahn, Hans Bisgaard, Jens Peter Nielsen, Darrel Montero, John W. Connor, Christopher Bagley and Eric Β. Ross. Their work appears in journals such as American Sociological Review, Population and Development Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Vigiliae Christianae and Journal of Biblical Literature.

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