Abel Polese

1.6k total citations
77 papers, 900 citations indexed

About

Abel Polese is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Abel Polese has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 900 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 35 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Abel Polese's work include Soviet and Russian History (13 papers), Eastern European Communism and Reforms (11 papers) and Balkans: History, Politics, Society (8 papers). Abel Polese is often cited by papers focused on Soviet and Russian History (13 papers), Eastern European Communism and Reforms (11 papers) and Balkans: History, Politics, Society (8 papers). Abel Polese collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Ireland and United Kingdom. Abel Polese's co-authors include Jeremy Morris, Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Rico Isaacs, Thom Davies, Lela Rekhviashvili, Peter Rodgers, Tanel Kerikmäe, Dávid Jancsics, Drini Imami and Rustamjon Urinboyev and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Health Policy and Planning and Third World Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Abel Polese

69 papers receiving 787 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Abel Polese Estonia 16 523 393 165 87 63 77 900
Carla Freeman United States 13 563 1.1× 204 0.5× 82 0.5× 65 0.7× 117 1.9× 38 911
Leela Fernandes United States 11 413 0.8× 188 0.5× 93 0.6× 48 0.6× 112 1.8× 19 805
Harry W. Arthurs Canada 14 330 0.6× 319 0.8× 146 0.9× 73 0.8× 71 1.1× 111 942
Tony Saich Netherlands 15 664 1.3× 661 1.7× 90 0.5× 50 0.6× 30 0.5× 59 1.1k
Jonathan Unger Australia 23 962 1.8× 947 2.4× 110 0.7× 67 0.8× 43 0.7× 85 1.5k
Jude Howell United Kingdom 22 1.0k 2.0× 818 2.1× 105 0.6× 104 1.2× 46 0.7× 70 1.6k
Josephine Smart Canada 13 595 1.1× 268 0.7× 64 0.4× 55 0.6× 67 1.1× 27 894
James H. Mittelman United States 18 625 1.2× 525 1.3× 93 0.6× 34 0.4× 56 0.9× 74 1.2k
Jenny Pearce United Kingdom 18 820 1.6× 387 1.0× 62 0.4× 60 0.7× 50 0.8× 77 1.2k
Ayşe Buḡra Türkiye 19 573 1.1× 800 2.0× 117 0.7× 75 0.9× 21 0.3× 39 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Abel Polese

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Fields of papers citing papers by Abel Polese

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abel Polese

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All Works

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Polese, Abel, et al.. (2024). Everyday informality and governance dynamics in crisis situations and beyond. Third World Quarterly. 45(17-18). 2323–2333. 1 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel, et al.. (2023). When “branding” meets “building:” the consequences of nation branding on identity in Kyrgyzstan and Estonia. Journal of Baltic Studies. 55(2). 435–457.
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Polese, Abel, et al.. (2022). Labour Mobility and Informality: Romanian Migrants in Spain and Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Croatia. Politics and Governance. 10(2). 279–292. 1 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel, et al.. (2022). Informality versus shadow economy: reflecting on the first results of a manager’s survey in Kyrgyzstan. Central Asian Survey. 42(1). 149–170. 3 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel. (2021). What is informality? (Mapping) “the art of bypassing the state” in Eurasian spaces - and beyond. Eurasian Geography and Economics. 64(3). 322–364. 38 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel, Thomas Ambrosio, & Tanel Kerikmäe. (2020). Estonian Identity Construction Between Nation Branding and Building. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 55(2). 24–46. 9 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel, et al.. (2020). National Identity for Breakfast: Food Consumption and the Everyday Construction of National Narratives in Estonia. Nationalities Papers. 48(6). 1015–1035. 9 indexed citations
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Troitiño, David Ramiro, et al.. (2018). De Gaulle y Europa: Nacionalismo frente a integración en la construcción europea. Revista de occidente. 87–101.
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Polese, Abel, et al.. (2017). Informality ‘in spite of’ or ‘beyond’ the state: some evidence from Hungary and Romania. European Societies. 20(2). 207–235. 23 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel, Lela Rekhviashvili, & Jeremy Morris. (2016). Informal Governance in Urban Spaces: Power, Negotiation and Resistance among Georgian Street Vendors. 36. 15–32. 15 indexed citations
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Morris, Jeremy & Abel Polese. (2015). Introduction: My Name Is Legion.: The Resilience and Endurance of Informality beyond, or in spite of, the State. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 3 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel. (2011). Language and identity in post-1991 Ukraine: was it really nation-building?. Dublin City University Open Access Institutional Repository (Dublin City University). 3 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel & Donnacha Ó Beacháin. (2011). The Color Revolution Virus and Authoritarian Antidotes: Political Protest and Regime Counterattacks in Post-Communist Spaces. Demokratizatsiya The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. 19(2). 111. 20 indexed citations
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Beacháin, Donnacha Ó & Abel Polese. (2010). What happened to the colour revolutions? Authoritarian responses from former Soviet spaces. Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University). 17. 31–51. 4 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel. (2009). The Guest at the Dining Table: Economic Transitions and the Reshaping of Hospitality—Reflections from Batumi and Odessa. The Anthropology of East Europe Review. 27(1). 76–87. 4 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel, et al.. (2008). Sprache und Identität: Reflexionen aus Odessa und Lwiw. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 13–17. 6 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel. (2007). Can free elections secure democratic consolidation? An analysis of Ukraine in 2006. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 4(1). 119–149. 1 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel. (2006). De jure oder de facto? Die Gesundheits- und Bildungssektoren in der Ukraine. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 2–4. 5 indexed citations
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Polese, Abel. (2006). Border-Crossing as a Strategy of Daily Survival: The Odessa-Chisinau Elektrichka. Indiana Magazine of History (Indiana University). 24(1). 28–37. 10 indexed citations

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