2026 Peter H. Rossi: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	73	616	294	314	37650

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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37650

Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, American Sociological Association

Overview

Peter H. Rossi was affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their academic work primarily focused on the field of Medicine with specific engagement in subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The research topics covered in Rossi's publications encompassed several areas, including:

Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
Radiation Dose and Imaging

Rossi contributed research articles primarily published in the venues:

Brachytherapy
Radiotherapy and Oncology
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Some of their recent papers included:

"101: Salvage Prostate Brachytherapy in Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer: An International Delphi Consensus Study," published in 2022 in Radiotherapy and Oncology
"Withdrawn," published in 2022 in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
"PP02 Presentation Time: 9:10 AM," published in 2022 in Brachytherapy
"Joint ABS/GEC-ESTRO Consensus Statement on the objectives of training in brachytherapy for physicians," published in 2025 in Brachytherapy

The frequent coauthors collaborating on Rossi's works included Gerard Morton, Juanita Crook, Peter Hoskin, Mira Keyes, and Bradley R. Pieters. Each of these collaborators appeared multiple times alongside Rossi in scholarly publications.

Throughout their career, Rossi was recognized by the American Sociological Association with a Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology in 1999.

Best Publications

Evaluation: A Systematic Approach

Peter Henry Rossi;Mark W. Lipsey;Howard E. Freeman

11905
Citations
Of Human Bonding: Parent/Child Relations Across the Life Course

Alice S. Rossi;Peter Henry Rossi

1574
Citations
Handbook of Survey Research.

Stanley Presser;Peter H. Rossi;James D. Wright;Andy B. Anderson

1518
Citations
The measurement of SES in health research: current practice and steps toward a new approach.

J.Michael Oakes;Peter H Rossi

1417
Citations
Why families move

Peter Henry Rossi

996
Citations
Why families move : a study in the social psychology of urban residential mobility

Peter Henry Rossi

760
Citations
Occupational prestige in the United States, 1925-63.

Robert W. Hodge;Paul M. Siegel;Peter H. Rossi

656
Citations
The social benefits of homeownership: Empirical evidence from national surveys

Peter H. Rossi;Eleanor Weber

612
Citations
Measuring social judgments : the factorial survey approach

Peter Henry Rossi;Steven L. Nock

602
Citations
THE SERIOUSNESS OF CRIMES: NORMATIVE STRUCTURE AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES*

Unknown

595
Citations
Evaluating With Sense The Theory-Driven Approach

Huey-Tsyh Chen;Peter H. Rossi

593
Citations
Thinking about program evaluation

Richard A. Berk;Peter Henry Rossi

581
Citations
Distributive Justice and Earned Income

Guillermina Jasso;Peter H. Rossi

554
Citations
Down and Out in America: The Origins of Homelessness

Peter Henry Rossi

549
Citations
Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America

James D. Wright;Peter Henry Rossi;Kathleen Daly

538
Citations
The Urban Homeless: Estimating Composition and Size

Peter H. Rossi;James D. Wright;Gene A. Fisher;Georgianna Willis

502
Citations
Who Should Get What? Fairness Judgments of the Distribution of Earnings

Wayne M. Alves;Peter H. Rossi

424
Citations
Evaluation: A Systematic Approach.

Nyong O. Essi;Peter H. Rossi;Howard E. Freeman

419
Citations
Handbook of Survey Research

James B. Wilcox;Peter H. Rossi;James D. Wright;Andy B. Anderson

267
Citations
Evaluation: A systematic approach, 5th ed.

Peter Henry Rossi;Howard E. Freeman

236
Citations
Evaluation: A Systematic Approach.

Michael Quinn Patton;Peter H. Rossi;Howard E. Freeman;Sonia R. Wright

209
Citations
Why Families Move

Robert G. Potter join(;Peter H. Rossi

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Richard A. Berk University of Pennsylvania

Kathleen Daly Griffith University

Andrew M. Greeley University of Chicago

Robert K. Merton Columbia University

James S. Coleman University of Chicago

Jeffrey C. Alexander Yale University

Otis Dudley Duncan University of Arizona

Paul F. Lazarsfeld Columbia University

Mark W. Lipsey Vanderbilt University

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