Alan Richards

768 total citations
32 papers, 306 citations indexed

About

Alan Richards is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Richards has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 306 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Alan Richards's work include African history and culture analysis (6 papers), Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (5 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (4 papers). Alan Richards is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (6 papers), Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (5 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (4 papers). Alan Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alan Richards's co-authors include Philip Martin, Nirvikar Singh, Risa Brooks, Nora Bensahel, Jon B. Alterman, Ian O. Lesser, Daniel Byman, Mary Ann Tétreault, F. Gregory Gause and Joseph A. Kéchichian and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, World Development and Journal of Development Economics.

In The Last Decade

Alan Richards

26 papers receiving 221 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Richards United States 10 139 126 62 28 25 32 306
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 154 1.1× 119 0.9× 50 0.8× 21 0.8× 11 0.4× 94 337
James S. Wunsch United States 10 90 0.6× 166 1.3× 85 1.4× 9 0.3× 21 0.8× 21 346
Eul‐Soo Pang United States 11 92 0.7× 133 1.1× 55 0.9× 39 1.4× 6 0.2× 44 328
Judith Barker 3 197 1.4× 104 0.8× 52 0.8× 10 0.4× 7 0.3× 3 365
Geoffrey Kay United Kingdom 8 160 1.2× 49 0.4× 52 0.8× 23 0.8× 9 0.4× 11 336
Dennis Galvan United States 8 134 1.0× 91 0.7× 28 0.5× 16 0.6× 10 0.4× 13 262
Dean Forbes Australia 13 198 1.4× 120 1.0× 79 1.3× 23 0.8× 5 0.2× 42 456
A J. Bebbington United States 7 154 1.1× 65 0.5× 27 0.4× 20 0.7× 20 0.8× 17 283
Jacob Metzer Israel 9 124 0.9× 61 0.5× 117 1.9× 13 0.5× 7 0.3× 19 287
Rehman Sobhan Bangladesh 9 129 0.9× 119 0.9× 70 1.1× 31 1.1× 14 0.6× 53 318

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Richards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Richards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Richards

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richards, Alan. (2002). Socioeconomic Roots of Middle East Radicalism. Naval War College review. 55(4). 4. 6 indexed citations
2.
Richards, Alan. (2001). Coping with Water Scarcity: The Governance Challenge. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 14 indexed citations
3.
Richards, Alan. (2001). At War With Utopian Fanatics. Middle East Policy. 8(4). 5–9. 3 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1999). The Global Financial Crisis and Economic Reform in the Middle East. Middle East Policy. 6(3). 62–71.
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Tétreault, Mary Ann, et al.. (1999). A Century in Thirty Years: Sheikh Zayed and The United Arab Emirates. Middle East Policy. 6(4). 1–33. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1995). Economic Roots Of Instability In The Middle East. Middle East Policy. 4(1-2). 175–187. 8 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1994). The Egyptian farm labor market revisited. Journal of Development Economics. 43(2). 239–261. 12 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1991). The political economy of dilatory reform: Egypt in the 1980s. World Development. 19(12). 1721–1730. 34 indexed citations
9.
Richards, Alan. (1991). Syrian food security in the 1970s and 1980s. Food Policy. 16(6). 487–492. 2 indexed citations
10.
Richards, Alan. (1986). Book review. Journal of Development Economics. 21(1). 205–209.
11.
Richards, Alan & Philip Martin. (1985). Rural Wages and Agricultural Policy: The Case of Egypt. Third World Planning Review. 7(1). 45–45. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan & Philip Martin. (1983). The Laissez-Faire Approach to International Labor Migration: The Case of the Arab Middle East. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 31(3). 455–474. 22 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1982). Peasant Differentiation and Politics in Contemporary Egypt. 9(3). 145–161. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1981). Agricultural Mechanization in Egypt: Hopes and Fears. International Journal Middle East Studies. 13(4). 409–425.
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Richards, Alan. (1980). The agricultural crisis in Egypt. The Journal of Development Studies. 16(3). 303–321. 2 indexed citations
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Martin, Philip & Alan Richards. (1980). International Migration of Labor: Boon or Bane?.. Monthly labor review. 103(10). 4–9. 9 indexed citations
17.
Richards, Alan. (1980). Agricultural technology and rural social classes in Egypt, 1920–1939. Middle Eastern Studies. 16(2). 56–83. 3 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1979). The Political Economy ofGutswirtschaft: A Comparative Analysis of East Elbian Germany, Egypt, and Chile. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 21(4). 483–518. 21 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan. (1978). Land and Labor on Egyptian Cotton Farms, 1882-1940. Agricultural History. 52(4). 503–518. 7 indexed citations
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Richards, Alan, et al.. (1975). Variations in Elite Perceptions of American States as Referents for Public Policy Making. American Political Science Review. 69(3). 850–858. 61 indexed citations

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