David Easton

17.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
66 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

David Easton is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David Easton has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in David Easton's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers), Political Science Research and Education (3 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (3 papers). David Easton is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers), Political Science Research and Education (3 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (3 papers). David Easton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David Easton's co-authors include Martin Albrow, Arnold A. Rogow, Heinz Eulau, Jack Dennis, Robert D. Hess, Arthur G. Neal, Joanne Luider, Iwona Auer, Peter Duggan and Richard Warrington and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

David Easton

60 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

A systems analysis of political life 1953 2026 1977 2001 1965 1966 1975 1966 1965 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. A systems analysis of political life
    1965 1.8k citations David Easton profile →
  2. A Systems Analysis of Political Life
    1966 1.7k citations David Easton et al. profile →
  3. A Re-assessment of the Concept of Political Support
    1975 1.5k citations David Easton British Journal of Political Science profile →
  4. A Framework for Political Analysis.
    1966 721 citations David Easton et al. profile →
  5. A framework for political analysis
    1965 601 citations David Easton profile →
  6. The political system
    1953 350 citations David Easton profile →
  7. The Political System: An Inquiry into the State of Political Science
    1954 333 citations David Easton et al. profile →
  8. An Approach to the Analysis of Political Systems
    1957 327 citations David Easton profile →
  9. The Child'S Acquisition of Regime Norms: Political Efficacy
    1967 190 citations David Easton, Jack Dennis American Political Science 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
David Easton United States 27 5.0k 4.1k 1.1k 795 768 66 9.0k
Gabriel A. Almond United States 31 6.3k 1.3× 7.1k 1.7× 1.9k 1.7× 653 0.8× 690 0.9× 95 11.8k
Murray Edelman United States 22 2.7k 0.5× 3.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 621 0.8× 521 0.7× 56 8.5k
Richard Rose United Kingdom 51 6.7k 1.3× 4.8k 1.2× 811 0.7× 989 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 300 10.5k
Fritz Stern United States 40 5.4k 1.1× 6.8k 1.7× 618 0.5× 681 0.9× 1.5k 2.0× 371 13.0k
Larry Diamond United States 44 6.4k 1.3× 7.3k 1.8× 875 0.8× 567 0.7× 764 1.0× 207 10.7k
Joseph S. Nye United States 50 7.6k 1.5× 6.4k 1.6× 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 1.6k 2.1× 205 14.6k
Lee Sigelman United States 44 4.1k 0.8× 3.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 790 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 245 7.5k
Robert E. Goodin Australia 48 5.6k 1.1× 4.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 757 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 261 11.1k
Donald Stokes United States 21 5.2k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.8× 1.2k 1.6× 35 7.5k
Arend Lijphart United States 43 10.2k 2.0× 6.9k 1.7× 825 0.7× 1.6k 2.0× 1.6k 2.1× 150 14.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Easton, David. (2024). The Analysis of Political Structure. 2 indexed citations
2.
Louis, Édouard, Juan Manuel Ramos-Goñi, Jesús Cuervo, et al.. (2020). A Qualitative Research for Defining Meaningful Attributes for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease from the Patient Perspective. Patient. 13(3). 317–325. 45 indexed citations
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Easton, David. (2013). Keeping electronic records secure.. PubMed. 67(9). 73–5.
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Green, Robert C., Sara Gray, Robert Stenstrom, et al.. (2012). Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians sepsis treatment checklist: optimizing sepsis care in Canadian emergency departments. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 14(1). 36–39. 13 indexed citations
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Shehata, Nadine, Valerie A. Palda, Tom Bowen, et al.. (2009). The Use of Immunoglobulin Therapy for Patients With Primary Immune Deficiency: An Evidence-Based Practice Guideline. Transfusion Medicine Reviews. 24. S28–S50. 82 indexed citations
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Shehata, Nadine, Heather Hume, Valerie A. Palda, et al.. (2008). Immune Globulin for Patients with Primary Immune Deficiency: An Evidence Based Practice Guideline. Blood. 112(11). 4705–4705. 1 indexed citations
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Easton, David, et al.. (2007). Aqueduct to link Central Africa with Southern Africa? A brief outline. 2007(10). 4–8. 1 indexed citations
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Howes, Daniel, Robert S. Green, Sara Gray, Robert Stenstrom, & David Easton. (2006). Evidence for the use of hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 8(2). 109–115. 17 indexed citations
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Kaufmann, Anthony M., et al.. (2004). Infection Rates in Standard vs. Hydrogel Coated Ventricular Catheters. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 31(4). 506–510. 29 indexed citations
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Duggan, Peter, David Easton, Joanne Luider, & Iwona Auer. (2000). Bone marrow staging of patients with non‐Hodgkin lymphoma by flow cytometry. Cancer. 88(4). 894–899. 1 indexed citations
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Duggan, Peter, David Easton, Joanne Luider, & Iwona Auer. (2000). Bone marrow staging of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma by flow cytometry. Cancer. 88(4). 894–899. 34 indexed citations
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Easton, David. (1986). Effective Irrationality Measures for Certain Algebraic Numbers. Mathematics of Computation. 46(174). 613–613. 7 indexed citations
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Easton, David. (1975). A Re-assessment of the Concept of Political Support. British Journal of Political Science. 5(4). 435–457. 1525 indexed citations breakdown →
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Easton, David. (1973). Systems Analysis and Its Classical Critics. 3. 269–301. 1 indexed citations
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Almond, Gabriel A., Merle Fainsod, Robert A. Dahl, et al.. (1970). [no title]. American Political Science Review. 64(2). 589–590. 3 indexed citations
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Easton, David. (1969). The New Revolution in Political Science. American Political Science Review. 63(4). 1051–1061. 85 indexed citations
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Easton, David. (1966). A systems approach to political life. 2 indexed citations
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Easton, David & Jack Dennis. (1965). The Child's Image of Government. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 361(1). 40–57. 51 indexed citations
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Easton, David. (1955). The Political System: An Inquiry into the State of Political Science. Ethics. 65(3). 201–205. 84 indexed citations

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