2026 John Peterson: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	32	975	158	151	7270

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Political Science

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Overview

John Peterson was affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions spanned multiple areas within Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Archeology, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, and Anthropology.

Their scholarly work covered a diverse range of topics including:

Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Philippine History and Culture
Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Peterson co-authored papers with several scholars, most notably:

Carolyn A. Copenheaver
Nicholas D. Christensen
Jonathan A. Czuba
Shayla Triantafillou
W. Cully Hession

Their recent publications demonstrated research contributions across archaeological and ecological contexts, as well as environmental and historical studies. Some of the recent papers include:

Establishment and Persistence of Trees Growing in the Channel of an Intermittent Stream in a Temperate, Karst Environment, 2022, Water Resources Research
Environmental History of an Early Spanish Settlement in the Visayas, Philippines: Excavations in the Parian District of Cebu City | Kasaysayang Pangkalikupan sa usa ka Karaang Puluy-anan Katsila sa Kabisay-an, Pilipinas: Mga Nakubkoban sa Distritong Parian, Lungsod sa Sugbu, 2020, SPAFA Journal
A Comparison of Early-European Settlement and Present-Day Species Mingling Patterns in the Eastern Deciduous Forest, USA, 2022, Human Ecology
Soil Respiration and Related Abiotic and Remotely Sensed Variables in Different Overstories and Understories in a High-Elevation Southern Appalachian Forest, 2023, Forests
Book review: Christoph Brumann and David Berliner (Eds.), World Heritage on the Ground: Ethnographic Perspectives, 2021, Journal of Heritage Management

Peterson's research works appeared in various academic venues including:

Water Resources Research
SPAFA Journal
Human Ecology
Forests
Journal of Heritage Management

Best Publications

Decision-Making in the European Union

John Peterson;Elizabeth E. Bomberg

1083
Citations
Decision‐making in the European Union: Towards a framework for analysis

John Peterson

897
Citations
The European Commission of the Twenty-First Century

Hussein Kassim;John Peterson;Michael W. Bauer;Sara Connolly

488
Citations
The European Union: How Does it Work?

Daniel Kenealy;John Peterson;Richard Corbett

396
Citations
Technology Policy in the European Union

John Peterson;Margaret Sharp

368
Citations
Policy Transfer and Europeanization: Passing the Heineken Test?

Elizabeth Bomberg;John Peterson

352
Citations
The EU and the new trade politics

Alasdair R. Young;John Peterson

306
Citations
A Common Foreign Policy for Europe?: Competing Visions of the CFSP

John Peterson;Helene Sjursen

272
Citations
Policy networks and European union policy making: A reply to Kassim

John Peterson

228
Citations
European Union Decision Making: The Role of Sub-National Authorities

Elizabeth Bomberg;John Peterson

223
Citations
The choice for EU theorists: Establishing a common framework for analysis

John Peterson

216
Citations
The Santer era: the European Commission in normative, historical and theoretical perspective

John Peterson

166
Citations
Technology Policy in Europe: Explaining the Framework Programme and Eureka in Theory and Practice*

John Peterson

162
Citations
The institutions of the European Union

John Peterson;Michael Shackleton

158
Citations
Parochial Global Europe: 21st Century Trade Politics

Alasdair R. Young;John Peterson

141
Citations
PLAYING THE TRANSPARENCY GAME: CONSULTATION AND POLICY‐MAKING IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

John Peterson

83
Citations
Subsidiarity: A ‘Europe of the Regions' v. the British Constitution?

Andrew Scott;John Peterson;David Millar

79
Citations
Juncker's political European Commission and an EU in crisis

John Peterson

74
Citations
The European Union: Pooled Sovereignty, Divided Accountability

John Peterson

72
Citations
‘We care about you, but …’: the politics of EU trade policy and development

Alasdair R Young;John Peterson

66
Citations
States, societies and the European union

John Peterson

60
Citations
Enlargement, Reform and the European Commission: Weathering a Perfect Storm?

John Peterson

53
Citations
Parochial Global Europe

John Peterson;Alasdair Young

29
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie Tocci Istituto Affari Internazionali

Mark A. Pollack Temple University

Dermot Hodson Loughborough University

Renaud Dehousse Johns Hopkins University

Hussein Kassim University of East Anglia

Liesbet Hooghe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael W. Bauer European University Institute

Joseph H. H. Weiler New York University

Daniel Wincott Cardiff University

Helen Wallace University of Sussex

External Links

Personal website of John Peterson

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