Daniel Chirot

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Daniel Chirot is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Chirot has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Chirot's work include World Systems and Global Transformations (4 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers) and Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 papers). Daniel Chirot is often cited by papers focused on World Systems and Global Transformations (4 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers) and Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 papers). Daniel Chirot collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Arab Emirates. Daniel Chirot's co-authors include Benedict Anderson, Theda Skocpol, Jeffery M. Paige, Thomas D. Hall, Charles Tilly, Roland L. Warren, Ezra F. Vogel, Charles C. Ragin, William J. Filstead and Ivan Light and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Chirot

57 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400
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. The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World
    1999 468 citations Daniel Chirot et al. The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Chirot United States 26 1.6k 1.0k 356 295 293 70 2.7k
John A. Hall Canada 24 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 237 0.7× 385 1.3× 228 0.8× 129 2.9k
S. Ν. Eisenstadt Israel 33 2.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.0× 350 1.0× 291 1.0× 352 1.2× 171 4.0k
Margaret R. Somers United States 17 2.8k 1.7× 1.4k 1.3× 275 0.8× 238 0.8× 206 0.7× 35 4.5k
Jan Nederveen Pieterse United States 29 1.7k 1.0× 883 0.9× 353 1.0× 190 0.6× 281 1.0× 104 3.1k
Sally Falk Moore United States 25 1.7k 1.0× 889 0.9× 199 0.6× 172 0.6× 853 2.9× 70 3.7k
C. B. Macpherson Canada 22 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 284 0.8× 484 1.6× 204 0.7× 96 4.0k
Göran Therborn Sweden 29 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 316 0.9× 314 1.1× 104 0.4× 146 3.2k
Gearóid Ó Tuathail United States 28 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 204 0.6× 112 0.4× 278 0.9× 63 2.7k
Guenther Roth United States 24 2.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 211 0.6× 347 1.2× 134 0.5× 88 3.8k
Perry Anderson United States 18 1.3k 0.8× 824 0.8× 134 0.4× 335 1.1× 208 0.7× 79 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Chirot

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Chirot

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chirot, Daniel. (2020). You Say You Want a Revolution?. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (2017). The War against modernity: the theology and Politics of contemporary Muslim extremism. 26(1). 1 indexed citations
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Montgomery, Scott L. & Daniel Chirot. (2015). The Shape of the New. Princeton University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (2015). The Long Struggle: Enlightenment, Counter-Enlightenment, and the Importance of Ideas in Democratization. The Journal of Asian Studies. 74(4). 863–874. 1 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (2012). Revisiting the Rise of the West. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 41(1). 12–15. 1 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (2005). Modernization Theory, Ideology, and Economic Success : Putting Korea’s Development In Comparative Perspective. 5(1). 51–75. 1 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (2001). A Clash of Civilizations or of Paradigms?. International Sociology. 16(3). 341–360. 19 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel, et al.. (2001). The Holocaust in Romania: The Destruction of Jews and Gypsies under the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944. The American Historical Review. 106(3). 1086–1086. 50 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel, et al.. (1999). Essential Outsiders: Chinese and Jews in the Modern Transformation of Southeast Asia and Central Europe. Indonesia. 67. 183–183. 2 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel & James D. Faubion. (1996). Modern Greek Lessons: A Primer in Historical Constructivism. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 26(3). 519–519. 4 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (1995). European Revolutions, 1492-1992. Charles Tilly , Jacques Le GoffRevolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World. Jack A. Goldstone. The Journal of Modern History. 67(3). 674–676. 1 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (1994). Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 27 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel & Ezra F. Vogel. (1992). The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(6). 808–808. 105 indexed citations
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Komlos, John & Daniel Chirot. (1990). The Origins of Backwardness in Eastern Europe: Economics and Politics from the Middle Ages until the Early Twentieth Century. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 21(2). 337–337. 59 indexed citations
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Moore, Wilbert E. & Daniel Chirot. (1987). Social Change in the Modern Era.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(3). 304–304. 80 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel. (1986). Reliving the Past: The Worlds of Social History.Olivier Zunz. American Journal of Sociology. 92(2). 496–498. 1 indexed citations
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Skocpol, Theda, Daniel Chirot, Fred Block, et al.. (1984). Vision and Method in Historical Sociology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 354 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel & Charles C. Ragin. (1975). The Market, Tradition and Peasant Rebellion: The Case of Romania in 1907. American Sociological Review. 40(4). 428–428. 32 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel, et al.. (1972). Gifts and Poison: The Politics of Reputation.. Social Forces. 51(2). 242–242. 47 indexed citations
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Chirot, Daniel, et al.. (1972). Beyond Our Shores (Sociology in Romania: A Review of Recent Works). Social Forces. 51(1). 99–99. 1 indexed citations

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