Brian C. Schmidt

776 total citations
22 papers, 215 citations indexed

About

Brian C. Schmidt is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian C. Schmidt has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 215 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Brian C. Schmidt's work include International Relations and Foreign Policy (11 papers), Political Science Research and Education (3 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (3 papers). Brian C. Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on International Relations and Foreign Policy (11 papers), Political Science Research and Education (3 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (3 papers). Brian C. Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Brian C. Schmidt's co-authors include Michael C. Williams, Nicolas Guilhot, Colin Wight, David S. Patterson, Mark Neufeld, Spencer R. Weart, Michael Nicholson and Gary B. Ostrower and has published in prestigious journals such as Political Science Quarterly, Journal of American History and International Studies Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Brian C. Schmidt

21 papers receiving 175 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian C. Schmidt Canada 8 169 106 33 21 16 22 215
Elisabetta Brighi United Kingdom 10 212 1.3× 117 1.1× 18 0.5× 29 1.4× 28 1.8× 20 258
Anna Geis Germany 9 150 0.9× 123 1.2× 22 0.7× 10 0.5× 12 0.8× 31 211
Philip Everts Netherlands 6 142 0.8× 103 1.0× 21 0.6× 8 0.4× 18 1.1× 24 193
Keith A. Hamilton United Kingdom 6 116 0.7× 87 0.8× 12 0.4× 32 1.5× 20 1.3× 17 182
Hartmut Behr United Kingdom 9 147 0.9× 128 1.2× 16 0.5× 16 0.8× 4 0.3× 29 210
Steve Coll 4 107 0.6× 75 0.7× 18 0.5× 12 0.6× 14 0.9× 7 171
David Lanz Switzerland 7 138 0.8× 172 1.6× 21 0.6× 10 0.5× 8 0.5× 28 217
A. James Reichley United States 7 125 0.7× 96 0.9× 7 0.2× 16 0.8× 12 0.8× 17 176
Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier United States 9 115 0.7× 110 1.0× 24 0.7× 41 2.0× 23 1.4× 37 212
Alexis Heraclides Greece 10 226 1.3× 204 1.9× 28 0.8× 23 1.1× 17 1.1× 34 315

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Brian C. & Colin Wight. (2023). Rationalism and the “rational actor assumption” in realist international relations theory. Journal of International Political Theory. 19(2). 158–182. 3 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2019). The Need for Theory: International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Study Group on the Theory of International Relations, 1953–1954. The International History Review. 42(3). 589–606. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C. & Nicolas Guilhot. (2018). Historiographical Investigations in International Relations. 8 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2017). White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations. Political Science Quarterly. 132(4). 763–765. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2016). The Political Discourse of Anarchy. SUNY Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2016). The Political Discourse of Anarchy. State University of New York Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2014). A Realist View of the Eurocentric Conception of World Politics. Millennium Journal of International Studies. 42(2). 464–471. 7 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2008). International Relations Theory: Hegemony or Pluralism?. Millennium Journal of International Studies. 36(2). 295–304. 8 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C. & Michael C. Williams. (2008). The Bush Doctrine and the Iraq War: Neoconservatives Versus Realists. Security Studies. 17(2). 191–220. 41 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2004). Realism as tragedy. Review of International Studies. 30(3). 427–441. 6 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2002). Together Again: Reuniting Political Theory and International Relations Theory. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 4(1). 115–140. 4 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2001). On international political theory. Reviews in Anthropology. 30(2). 99–118. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (2000). Resurrecting International Political Theory. Millennium Journal of International Studies. 29(1). 153–163. 2 indexed citations
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Patterson, David S., Brian C. Schmidt, Spencer R. Weart, & Gary B. Ostrower. (2000). The Political Discourse of Anarchy: A Disciplinary History of International Relations.. Journal of American History. 86(4). 1871–1871. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (1998). Lessons from the Past: Reassessing the Interwar Disciplinary History of International Relations. International Studies Quarterly. 42(3). 433–459. 35 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C., Michael Nicholson, & Mark Neufeld. (1997). Further Ahead or Further Behind? The Debate over Positivism. 41(1). 107–107. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (1994). The historiography of academic international relations. Review of International Studies. 20(4). 349–367. 16 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Brian C.. (1992). Book Review: Greg Russell, Hans J. Morgenthau and Ethics of American Statecraft (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1990, 258 pp., $27.50 hbk.). Millennium Journal of International Studies. 21(3). 541–544. 1 indexed citations

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