Chalmers Johnson

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
121 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Chalmers Johnson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Chalmers Johnson has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Chalmers Johnson's work include Chinese history and philosophy (12 papers), Japanese History and Culture (10 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (9 papers). Chalmers Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (12 papers), Japanese History and Culture (10 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (9 papers). Chalmers Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Hungary. Chalmers Johnson's co-authors include Kent E. Calder, Donald S. Zagoria, Richard F. Staar, Zіya Önіş, Alice H. Amsden, Frederic C. Deyo, Robert Wade, Philip Zelikow, Victor C. Falkenheim and Katharine H. S. Moon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Chalmers Johnson

107 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

MITI and the Japanese Mir... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 1983 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. MITI and the Japanese Miracle
    1982 1.9k citations Chalmers Johnson Stanford University Press eBooks profile →
  2. MITI and the Japanese Miracle. The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975.
    1983 1.3k citations Kent E. Calder, Chalmers Johnson Pacific Affairs profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Chalmers Johnson 3.0k 2.3k 1.2k 770 742 121 5.7k
Donald S. Zagoria 3.9k 1.3× 3.9k 1.7× 934 0.8× 616 0.8× 519 0.7× 443 7.9k
Peter J. Katzenstein 4.8k 1.6× 3.2k 1.4× 616 0.5× 380 0.5× 680 0.9× 114 6.7k
Stephan Haggard 4.0k 1.4× 3.2k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 858 1.1× 710 1.0× 147 7.1k
Susan Strange 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 849 0.7× 817 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 109 5.7k
Alice H. Amsden 2.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 3.1k 2.6× 2.4k 3.1× 2.2k 3.0× 77 7.9k
Stephen D. Krasner 5.3k 1.8× 3.7k 1.6× 909 0.8× 680 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 103 8.3k
Philippe C. Schmitter 5.4k 1.8× 3.6k 1.6× 750 0.6× 294 0.4× 1.2k 1.6× 186 8.3k
Jack Α. Goldstone 2.3k 0.8× 3.7k 1.6× 1.8k 1.6× 669 0.9× 379 0.5× 183 6.7k
Guillermo O’Donnell 3.8k 1.3× 4.1k 1.8× 538 0.5× 287 0.4× 320 0.4× 102 6.3k
John Gerard Ruggie 4.9k 1.7× 3.0k 1.3× 717 0.6× 583 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 87 7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chalmers Johnson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chalmers Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chalmers Johnson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chalmers Johnson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chalmers Johnson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chalmers Johnson. Chalmers Johnson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schumpeter, Joseph A., Karl Polanyi, Alexander Gerschenkron, et al.. (2015). Economía Política del Crecimiento. Cadenas causales y mecanismos institucionales. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (2003). Sorrows of empire. 36. 19 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1997). ESSAY -- The Okinawan Rape Incident and the End of the Cold War in East Asia. California Western international law journal. 27(2). 6. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1997). Preconception vs. Observation, or the Contributions of Rational Choice Theory and Area Studies to Contemporary Political Science. PS Political Science & Politics. 30(2). 170–174. 20 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers, et al.. (1995). East Asian Security: The Pentagon's Ossified Strategy. Foreign Affairs. 4 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Richard & Chalmers Johnson. (1991). An Instance of Treason: Ozaki Hotsumi and the Sorge Spy Ring.. Pacific Affairs. 64(2). 258–258. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1986). The Patterns of Japanese Relations with China, 1952-1982. Pacific Affairs. 59(3). 402–402. 15 indexed citations
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Calder, Kent E. & Chalmers Johnson. (1983). MITI and the Japanese Miracle. The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975.. Pacific Affairs. 56(3). 555–555. 1282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1982). MITI and the Japanese Miracle. Stanford University Press eBooks. 1874 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnson, Chalmers, et al.. (1982). MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975. Foreign Affairs. 60(5). 1203–1203. 264 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1976). Japan 1975: Mr. Clean Muddles Through. Asian Survey. 16(1). 31–41.
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Falkenheim, Victor C. & Chalmers Johnson. (1974). Ideology and Politics in Contemporary China.. Pacific Affairs. 47(2). 212–212. 37 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1974). The Reemployment of Retired Government Bureaucrats in Japanese Big Business. Asian Survey. 14(11). 953–965. 8 indexed citations
14.
Johnson, Chalmers. (1974). Political Science and East Asian Area Studies. World Politics. 26(4). 560–575. 4 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers, et al.. (1972). Struggles in the State: Sources and Patterns of World Revolution.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 1(2). 136–136. 9 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1970). Comparing Communist nations. 10 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1968). Guerrilla warfare in Asia. Survival. 10(10). 318–326. 2 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1968). China: The Cultural Revolution in Structural Perspective. Asian Survey. 8(1). 1–15.
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Fitzgerald, C. P. & Chalmers Johnson. (1963). Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power. The Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1937-1945.. Pacific Affairs. 36(3). 301–301. 5 indexed citations
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Johnson, Chalmers. (1962). Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power. Stanford University Press eBooks. 114 indexed citations

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