2026 William Julius Wilson: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	48	264	234	151	127	340	60030

Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
1998 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his innovative approach to studying urban poverty, his dedication to the proposition that rigorous social science change will improve his fellow American's lives, and his advocacy of policies which reflect more accurately what we have learned from research and which therefore take a broader point of view with respect to the interactions of race, class, and location.", Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton at a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.
1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

William Julius Wilson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with five publications recorded. Within this broad area, they have contributed to several subfields including Gender Studies, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Museology, Education, and Anthropology.

The research topics covered by Wilson include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics; Science Education and Perceptions; Museums and Cultural Heritage; Indigenous and Place-Based Education; Australian Indigenous Culture and History; Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights; and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies.

Wilson has published scholarly articles in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), where two of their papers appeared. These papers are:

Celestial calendar-paintings and culture-based digital storytelling: cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, STEM/STEAM resources for authentic astronomy education engagement, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
The Red Day Star, The Women's Star and Venus: D(L/N)akota, Ojibwe and Other Indigenous Star Knowledge, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Annette S. Lee and Carl Gawboy, each with two joint publications. Other co-authors include Kathryn M. Neckerman, Robert Aponte, and Jeff Tibbetts.

Wilson's recognition within the academic community includes multiple awards. They became a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2000, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988, and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1991. Additionally, they were awarded the US President's National Medal of Science in 1998, a distinction accompanied by a formal citation presented by President William Jefferson Clinton, highlighting their innovative approach to studying urban poverty and dedication to applying rigorous social science research to improve policy related to race, class, and location interactions.

Best Publications

The truly disadvantaged : the inner city, the underclass, and public policy

William Julius Wilson

12180
Citations
When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor

William Julius Wilson

10913
Citations
The declining significance of race

William Julius Wilson

5288
Citations
The Truly Disadvantaged

William Julius Wilson

4389
Citations
When Work Disappears

William Julius Wilson

3963
Citations
Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality

Robert J. Sampson;William J. Wilson

2153
Citations
The Declining Significance of Race : Blacks and Changing American Institutions

William Julius Wilson

1445
Citations
The Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Adolescent Development

Delbert S. Elliott;William Julius Wilson;David Huizinga;Robert J. Sampson

1403
Citations
The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City

Loïc J. D. Wacquant;William Julius Wilson

949
Citations
Studying Inner-City Social Dislocations: The Challenge of Public Agenda Research.

William Julius Wilson

679
Citations
America becoming : racial trends and their consequences

Neil J. Smelser;William J. Wilson;Faith Mitchell

602
Citations
The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America

Xavier de Souza Briggs;William Julius Wilson

549
Citations
More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City

William Julius Wilson

548
Citations
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass, and Public Policy.

Bernard C. Watson;William Julius Wilson

526
Citations
The Bridge Over the Racial Divide

William Julius Wilson

432
Citations
There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America

William Julius Wilson;Richard Taub

428
Citations
The Bridge over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics

William Julius Wilson

401
Citations
Poverty and Family Structure: The Widening Gap between Evidence and Public Policy Issues

William Julius Wilson;Kathryn Neckerman;Sheldon Danziger;Daniel Weinberg

393
Citations
Sociology and the public agenda

William Julius Wilson

275
Citations
The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions.

Harry Edwards;William J. Wilson

263
Citations
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy

Nancy Ettlinger;William Julius Wilson

202
Citations
Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context

Delbert S. Elliott;Scott Menard;Bruce Rankin;Amanda Elliott

170
Citations
Why Both Social Structure and Culture Matter in a Holistic Analysis of Inner-City Poverty

William Julius Wilson

143
Citations
Reassessing “Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality”

Robert J. Sampson;William Julius Wilson;Hanna Katz

88
Citations
The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions, Third Edition

William Julius Wilson

2
Citations
The Bridge over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics

Lester Lee;William Julius Wilson

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Aickelin University of Melbourne

David Huizinga University of Colorado Boulder

Delbert S. Elliott University of Colorado Boulder

Neil J. Smelser University of California, Berkeley

Robert J. Sampson Harvard University

Marta Tienda Princeton University

Loïc Wacquant University of California, Berkeley

Kathryn M. Neckerman Columbia University

Theda Skocpol Harvard University

John Hills London School of Economics and Political Science

External Links

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