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2026

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D-Index
94
Citations
57256
World Ranking
134
National Ranking
63

Peter Burke publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Burke sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 587 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Peter Burke D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Burke sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Peter Burke is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their academic work is primarily situated within the Arts and Humanities, with a focus on History, Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, and Literature and Literary Theory.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including:

  • Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
  • Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
  • History of Science and Natural History
  • Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
  • Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
  • Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics

Peter Burke has published numerous scholarly articles. Recent papers include:

  • "Introduction: Histories of Ignorance" (2021) in the Journal for the History of Knowledge
  • "Response" (2020) in the Journal for the History of Knowledge
  • "Context in Context" (2022) in Common Knowledge
  • "The political portrait: leadership, image and power" (2021) in the Journal of Modern Italian Studies
  • "Cultural History, Ritual and Performance: George L. Mosse in Context" (2021) in the Journal of Contemporary History

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as:

  • Tomás Antonio Mantecón Movellán
  • Lukas M. Verburgt
  • Jens Boel
  • Jürgen Kocka
  • Joyce Appleby

Peter Burke's publications often appear in specific venues. The most frequent of these include:

  • Common Knowledge
  • Procesos Revista ecuatoriana de historia
  • Journal for the History of Knowledge
  • Journal of Modern Italian Studies
  • Journal of Contemporary History

Book publications include titles released through Yale University Press and Editorial de la Universidad de Cantabria eBooks. Notable titles published by Yale University Press are:

  • "The Polymath" (2020)
  • "Ignorance" (2023)

Another book titled "La construcción del conocimiento en la época ilustrada: la mirada científica de Thaddaeus Haenke" is scheduled for 2025 through Editorial de la Universidad de Cantabria eBooks.

Peter Burke has received recognition in the form of awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1995

Best Publications

  • Identity theory and social identity theory

    Jan E. Stets;Peter J. Burke

  • The Past, Present, and Future of an Identity Theory*

    Sheldon Stryker;Peter J. Burke

  • IDENTITY PROCESSES AND SOCIAL STRESS

    Peter J. Burke

  • Visto y no visto: el uso de la imagen como documento histórico

    Peter Burke

  • A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet

    Asha briggs;Peter Burke

  • The Link between Identity and Role Performance

    Peter J. Burke;Donald C. Reitzes

  • Log-Linear Models

    David Knoke;Peter Burke

  • A Theory of Self-Esteem

    Alicia D. Cast;Peter J. Burke

  • An Identity Theory Approach to Commitment

    Peter J. Burke;Donald C. Reitzes

  • The self: Measurement requirements from an interactionist perspective.

    Peter J. Burke

  • The Measurement of Role Identity

    Peter J. Burke;Judy C. Tully

  • Popular culture in early modern Europe

    Peter Burke

  • A sociological approach to self and identity

    Jan E. Stets;Peter J. Burke

  • Trust and commitment through self-verification.

    Peter J. Burke;Jan E. Stets

  • Varieties of cultural history

    Peter J. Burke

  • Futures past: on the semantics of historical time

    Peter Burke

  • The Historical Anthropology of Early Modern Italy : Essays on Perception and Communication

    Peter Burke

  • Identities and social structure: The 2003 cooley-mead award address

    Peter J. Burke

  • Exploratory and confirmatory tests of the big five and Tellegen's three- and four-dimensional models.

    Church At;Burke Pj

  • CULTURAL TRANSLATION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE

    Peter Burke;R. Po Chia Hsia

  • The Renaissance sense of the past

    Peter Burke

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan E. Stets
Jan E. Stets University of California, Riverside
Arthur C. Gossard
Arthur C. Gossard University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert Schoelkopf
Robert Schoelkopf Yale University
Henry G. LeDuc
Henry G. LeDuc Jet Propulsion Lab
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Douglas C. Wallace
Douglas C. Wallace Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Ali Shakouri
Ali Shakouri Purdue University West Lafayette
Elliott R. Brown
Elliott R. Brown Wright State University
Ken W. West
Ken W. West Princeton University
David Knoke
David Knoke University of Minnesota

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