William Sims Bainbridge

137 papers and 4.0k indexed citations
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About

William Sims Bainbridge is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, William Sims Bainbridge has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Philosophy and 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in William Sims Bainbridge’s work include Religion and Society Interactions (34 papers), Digital Games and Media (14 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers). William Sims Bainbridge is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (34 papers), Digital Games and Media (14 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers). William Sims Bainbridge collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. William Sims Bainbridge's co-authors include Rodney Stark, Mihail C. Roco, Jeffrey K. Hadden, Steve Bruce, Jack D. Douglas, Eileen Barker, John H. Simpson, James McClenon, Roy Wallis and Daniel P. Doyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Sims Bainbridge

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Sims Bainbridge. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Sims Bainbridge 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 Sims Bainbridge. William Sims Bainbridge 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 Sims Bainbridge

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Countries citing papers authored by William Sims Bainbridge

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