David Maher

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

David Maher is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, David Maher has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 2 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in David Maher's work include Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 papers) and History and Politics in Latin America (2 papers). David Maher is often cited by papers focused on Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 papers) and History and Politics in Latin America (2 papers). David Maher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. David Maher's co-authors include David L. Simel, Ingram Olkin, Kenneth F. Schulz, Andrew Thomson and Vikash Ramiah and has published in prestigious journals such as Political Studies, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal and Third World Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

David Maher

11 papers receiving 745 citations

Hit Papers

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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 CONSORT Statement
    1996 598 citations David Maher, Ingram Olkin et al. profile →

Peers

David Maher
Laura McAuley Canada
Matthew Glover United Kingdom
M. Tavakoli United Kingdom
Emma Bartfay Canada
Judith Thornton United Kingdom
Thomas Keeley United Kingdom
Jun Ji Canada
Miriam E. Adams United States
Mohammed T Ansari India
Mónica Hernández Alava United Kingdom
Laura McAuley Canada
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Countries citing papers authored by David Maher

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Maher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Maher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Maher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Maher 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 David Maher. David Maher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Maher, David. (2022). Investigating the ‘curious’ case of civil war and foreign direct investment: evidence from Sudan. Review of International Political Economy. 30(4). 1510–1534. 4 indexed citations
2.
Maher, David, et al.. (2020). Russian Intervention in Syria: Exploring the Nexus between Regime Consolidation and Energy Transnationalisation. Political Studies. 69(4). 944–964. 6 indexed citations
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Maher, David & Andrew Thomson. (2018). A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia. Third World Quarterly. 39(11). 2142–2172. 35 indexed citations
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Maher, David. (2018). Civil War and Uncivil Development: Economic Globalisation and Political Violence in Colombia and Beyond. University of Salford Institutional Repository (University of Salford). 7 indexed citations
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Maher, David. (2018). Civil War and Uncivil Development. 9 indexed citations
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Maher, David. (2015). The Fatal Attraction of Civil War Economies: Foreign Direct Investment and Political Violence, A Case Study of Colombia. International Studies Review. 17(2). 217–248. 24 indexed citations
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Maher, David. (2014). Rooted in Violence: Civil War, International Trade and the Expansion of Palm Oil in Colombia. New Political Economy. 20(2). 299–330. 36 indexed citations
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Maher, David & Andrew Thomson. (2011). The terror that underpins the ‘peace’: the political economy of Colombia's paramilitary demobilisation process. Critical Studies on Terrorism. 4(1). 95–113. 16 indexed citations
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Ramiah, Vikash, et al.. (2009). Changes in equity returns and volatility across different Australian industries following the recent terrorist attacks. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 18(1). 64–76. 35 indexed citations
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Maher, David, et al.. (2000). An Analysis of Low‐Flow Ground Water Sampling Methodology. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation. 20(2). 87–93. 18 indexed citations
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Maher, David, et al.. (1996). The CONSORT Statement. 598 indexed citations breakdown →

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