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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	35	6613	6149	3204	2926	270	8593

Peter Kivisto 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 Kivisto sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 270 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Kivisto 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 Kivisto sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Kivisto is affiliated with Augustana College in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology and political science. Their research spans multiple subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology.

Their work prominently addresses topics such as social and cultural dynamics, contemporary sociological theory and practice, social capital and networks, migration and labor dynamics, religion and society interactions, migration, refugees, and integration, as well as the nonprofit sector and volunteering.

Peter Kivisto's publications frequently appear in several scholarly venues. The most notable among these are:

Ethnic and Racial Studies
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Journal of Classical Sociology
Cultural Sociology

Recent research contributions include:

"Bans, walls, raids, sanctuary: understanding U.S. immigration for the twenty-first century" (2020), published in Ethnic and Racial Studies
"Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement" (2020), published in Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
"Jeffrey Alexander and Cultural Sociology" (2024), published in Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
"From Author to Network: The Coming of Age of Civil Sphere Theory" (2022), published in Cultural Sociology
"Re-Reading Park and Burgess's Landmark Textbook: An Unacknowledged Treatise on Democracy and Inclusion" (2022), published in The American Sociologist

Throughout their career, Peter Kivisto has collaborated with various scholars, with the most frequent coauthors being:

Giuseppe Sciortino
Thomas Szanto
Kevin J. Christiano
Barbara Jones Denison
Tamara Kohn

The areas of study and research exhibited in their publication record reflect a comprehensive engagement with social dynamics, immigration, and cultural sociology, as well as broader political and social theory.

Best Publications

Theorizing transnational immigration : a critical review of current efforts

Peter Kivisto

1203
Citations
Citizenship : discourse, theory, and transnational prospects

Peter Kivisto;Thomas Faist

502
Citations
Multiculturalism in a Global Society

Peter Kivisto

492
Citations
Beyond a Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration

Peter Kivisto;Thomas Faist

302
Citations
Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments

Kevin J. Christiano;William H. Swatos;Peter Kivisto

277
Citations
Social spaces, transnational immigrant communities, and the politics of incorporation

Peter Kivisto

242
Citations
The Voice and the Eye: An Analysis of Social Movements.

Peter Kivisto;Alain Touraine;Alan Duff

207
Citations
Dual citizenship in global perspective : from unitary to multiple citizenship

Thomas Faist;Peter Kivisto

167
Citations
Incorporating Diversity: Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age

Peter Kivisto

161
Citations
The Migration-Development Nexus

Thomas Faist;Margit Fauser;Peter Kivisto

144
Citations
Religion and Immigration: Migrant Faiths in North America and Western Europe

Peter Kivisto

111
Citations
Symbolic ethnicity and American Jews: The relationship of ethnic identity to behavior and group affiliation

Peter Kivisto;Ben Nefzger

90
Citations
Illuminating Social Life: Classical and Contemporary Theory Revisited

Peter Kivisto

86
Citations
Race, class, and state housing : inequality and the allocation of public housing in Britain

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86
Citations
Key ideas in sociology

Peter Kivisto

76
Citations
We really are all multiculturalists now.

Peter Kivisto

73
Citations
The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism, by Colin Campbell. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987, 301 pp. $24.95

Peter Kivisto

66
Citations
Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters

Peter Kivisto

63
Citations
Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States

Peter Kivisto;Östen Wahlbeck

62
Citations
The Dynamics of Ethnic Competition and Conflict.

Peter Kivisto;Susan Olzak

60
Citations
Ethnic Groups in Conflict.

Peter Kivisto;Donald L. Horowitz

52
Citations
Sociology of Religion: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives@@@Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments@@@A Comparative Sociology of World Religions: Virtuosos, Priests, and Popular Religion

Lutz Kaelber;Malcolm B. Hamilton;Kevin J. Christiano;William H. Swatos

16
Citations
Nations Before Nationalism.

Peter Kivisto;John A. Armstrong

11
Citations
The Other Side of the Fence: American Migrants in Mexico

Peter Kivisto

4
Citations
Chaos of disciplines

Peter Kivisto

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Faist Bielefeld University

Richard D. Alba City University of New York

Alain Touraine École Normale Supérieure

Donald L. Horowitz Duke University

Rubén G. Rumbaut University of California, Irvine

Nancy Foner City University of New York

Mary C. Waters Harvard University

External Links

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