Alan Irwin

9.3k citations
104 papers · 5.1k · 2 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

    • Climate Change Communication and Perception
    • Risk Perception and Management
    • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
    • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
    • Social Media and Politics

Papers in

Alan Irwin

101 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Alan Irwin's Hit Papers

The Politics of Talk 2006 · 542 citations
5420+10+20Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

Alan Irwin
Comparison fields: 5 of 181
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.6k
  • Communication 326
  • Global and Planetary Change 896
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 496
  • Ecological Modeling 167
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Alan Irwin, 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

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1
Misunderstanding Science?
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19961069
2
The Politics of Talk
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2006542
3 2001470
4
Science, Social Theory and Public Knowledge
2003359
5
2001335
6 2006254
7 1997205
8 1994145
9 1999145
10 2012126
11
Sociology and the Environment
2001120
12 2002117
13 2014109
14 199798
15 199689
16 200978
17 199868
18
Public Perception of Risks Associated with Major Accident Hazards
199839
19 199437
20 199937

About Alan Irwin

Alan Irwin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Aerospace Engineering, Strategy and Management, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Management of Technology and Innovation, having authored 104 papers that have together received 5.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (16 papers), Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (12 papers), Risk Perception and Management (12 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (7 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (6 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (5 papers), University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (5 papers) and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (2.6k citations), Communication (326 citations), Global and Planetary Change (896 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (496 citations) and Ecological Modeling (167 citations). Alan Irwin has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Mike Michael, Rob Hagendijk, Brian Wynne, Brian Wynne, Martín W. Bauer, Peter Simmons, Gordon Walker, Maja Horst, Andrew McMeekin and Denis Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Social Studies of Science, Public Understanding of Science, Research Policy, Futures and Science Technology & Human Values.

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