Brian Porter

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Brian Porter is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Porter has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k 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 6 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Brian Porter's work include Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (7 papers), Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 papers) and Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland (2 papers). Brian Porter is often cited by papers focused on Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (7 papers), Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 papers) and Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland (2 papers). Brian Porter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Brian Porter's co-authors include Martin Wight, F. H. Hinsley, F. H. Soward, Robert Legvold, Henry S. Albinski, John Κ. Fairbank and C. P. Fitzgerald and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and International Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Brian Porter

32 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Porter United Kingdom	12	774	718	147	104	97	35	1.2k
Fred Halliday United Kingdom	22	1.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	91 0.6×	126 1.2×	139 1.4×	219	1.9k
Walter LaFeber United States	15	544 0.7×	524 0.7×	49 0.3×	94 0.9×	85 0.9×	81	1.0k
James G. Kellas United Kingdom	10	616 0.8×	506 0.7×	87 0.6×	123 1.2×	32 0.3×	31	965
Akira Iriye United States	18	744 1.0×	583 0.8×	74 0.5×	257 2.5×	74 0.8×	116	1.4k
William J. Duiker United States	14	942 1.2×	519 0.7×	61 0.4×	73 0.7×	39 0.4×	63	1.5k
Roxanne Lynn Doty United States	18	1.4k 1.8×	1.0k 1.4×	121 0.8×	133 1.3×	146 1.5×	27	1.9k
Audie Klotz United States	16	797 1.0×	721 1.0×	56 0.4×	82 0.8×	224 2.3×	35	1.2k
Nancy Bermeo United States	18	1.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	77 0.5×	80 0.8×	130 1.3×	34	1.9k
Mark Laffey United Kingdom	11	829 1.1×	745 1.0×	43 0.3×	95 0.9×	163 1.7×	22	1.2k
Daniel H. Levine United States	19	759 1.0×	530 0.7×	65 0.4×	33 0.3×	52 0.5×	122	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Porter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Porter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Porter

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Porter, Brian. (2014). Poland in the Modern World: Beyond Martyrdom. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (2005). Hetmanka and Mother: Representing the Virgin Mary in Modern Poland.. Contemporary European History. 14(2). 151–170. 16 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (2004). Ivan T. Berend. History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2003. Pp. xx, 330. $39.95. The American Historical Review. 109(3). 996–997. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (2003). Hobson and Imperialism: Radicalism, New Liberalism, and Finance, 1887-1938. The English Historical Review. 118(477). 730–731. 3 indexed citations

5.

Porter, Brian. (2002). Lord Davies, E.H. Carr and the Spirit Ironic: a Comedy of Errors. International Relations. 16(1). 77–96. 2 indexed citations

6.

Porter, Brian. (1999). The 1989 Polish Round Table Revisited: Making History. 6(3). 2 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1992). Geopolitics and geoculture: essays on the changing world-system. International Affairs. 68(3). 512–512. 52 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1992). Who Is a Pole and Where Is Poland? Territory and Nation in the Rhetoric of Polish National Democracy before 1905. Slavic Review. 51(4). 639–653. 7 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1991). Nationalism and international society. International Affairs. 67(1). 139–139. 4 indexed citations

10.

Wight, Martin, et al.. (1991). International Theory: The Three Traditions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 194 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1990). The evolution of British disarmament policy in the 1920s. International Affairs. 66(2). 365–366. 7 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1989). The Wilson plot: the intelligence services and the discrediting of a prime minister 1945–1976. International Affairs. 65(4). 725–725. 6 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1986). Marxism and international relations. International Affairs. 62(2). 296–297. 8 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1986). The nation-state and violence. International Affairs. 62(4). 657–658. 90 indexed citations

15.

Porter, Brian. (1983). Nationalism in the contemporary world: political and sociological perspectives. International Affairs. 59(4). 735–735. 2 indexed citations

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Soward, F. H., Brian Porter, & F. H. Hinsley. (1974). The Aberystwyth Papers: International Politics 1919-1969. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 29(2). 292–292. 49 indexed citations

17.

Porter, Brian. (1971). Lord Ismay: A Biography. International Affairs. 47(1). 145–146. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, Brian. (1969). The Assault on the West. International Affairs. 45(2). 304–305.

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Fitzgerald, C. P., John Κ. Fairbank, & Brian Porter. (1968). China. The People's Middle Kingdom and the U.S.A.. Pacific Affairs. 41(4). 587–587. 1 indexed citations

20.

Albinski, Henry S. & Brian Porter. (1967). Britain and the Rise of Communist China. A Study of British Attitudes 1945-1954. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 22(4). 693–693. 1 indexed citations

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