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54
Citations
14576
World Ranking
2120
National Ranking
1020

Environmental Sciences

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48
Citations
9652
World Ranking
5498
National Ranking
2012

Overview

Lawrence C. Hamilton is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research spans Social Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Sociology and Political Science as a subfield.

Their scholarly output prominently addresses topics such as Climate Change Communication and Perception, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Climate Change and Permafrost, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, and Economic and Environmental Valuation.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Elite Cues and the Rapid Decline in Trust in Science Agencies on COVID-19, 2021, Sociological Perspectives
  • Wolves are back: Sociopolitical identity and opinions on management of Canis lupus , 2020, Conservation Science and Practice

Lawrence C. Hamilton has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Thomas G. Safford, François Massonnet, Emily Whitmore, Julienne Strœve, and Walter N. Meier.

Their work is featured repeatedly in publication venues such as the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Social Science Quarterly, SAGE Open, Journal of Geoscience Education, and Sociological Perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Statistics with Stata

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Regression with Graphics: A Second Course in Applied Statistics

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality.

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  • Education, politics and opinions about climate change evidence for interaction effects

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Regional variation in perceptions about climate change

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Barry D. Keim

  • V. CONTEMPORARY ADVANCES AND CLASSIC ADVICE FOR ANALYZING MEDIATING AND MODERATING VARIABLES

    Eric Dearing;Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Blowin’ in the Wind: Short-Term Weather and Belief in Anthropogenic Climate Change

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Mary D. Stampone

  • Trust in Scientists on Climate Change and Vaccines

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Joel N. Hartter;Kei Saito

  • How robust is robust regression

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Arctic system on trajectory to new, seasonally ice‐free state

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;Matthew Sturm;Jennifer A. Francis;Donald K. Perovich

  • Tracking Public Beliefs About Anthropogenic Climate Change

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Joel N. Hartter;Mary D. Lemcke-Stampone;David W. Moore

  • Concern about toxic wastes: Three demographic predictors

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Predicting September sea ice: Ensemble skill of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook 2008–2013

    Julienne Stroeve;Lawrence C. Hamilton;Cecilia M. Bitz;Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth

  • Dynamics of terrorism

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;James D. Hamilton

  • Statistics with STATA - Version 12

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Who cares about polar regions? Results from a survey of U.S. public opinion

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Modern Data Analysis: A First Course in Applied Statistics

    Lawrence C. Hamilton

  • Ski areas, weather and climate: time series models for New England case studies

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Cliff Brown;Barry D. Keim

  • Place matters: challenges and opportunities in four rural Americas

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Leslie R. Hamilton;Cynthia M. Duncan;Chris R. Colocousis

  • Outport Adaptations: Social Indicators through Newfoundland's Cod Crisis

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Melissa J. Butler

  • Place Effects on Environmental Views

    Lawrence C. Hamilton;Chris R. Colocousis;Cynthia M. Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel N. Hartter
Joel N. Hartter University of Colorado Boulder
Kevin H. Gardner
Kevin H. Gardner City University of New York
Michael W. Palace
Michael W. Palace University of New Hampshire
Julienne Stroeve
Julienne Stroeve University of Manitoba
Larry D. Hinzman
Larry D. Hinzman University of Alaska Fairbanks
Richard B. Lammers
Richard B. Lammers University of New Hampshire
Matthew Sturm
Matthew Sturm University of Alaska Fairbanks
Russell G. Congalton
Russell G. Congalton University of New Hampshire
Cameron P. Wake
Cameron P. Wake University of New Hampshire
Henry P. Huntington
Henry P. Huntington Ocean Conservancy

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