David R. Shearer

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 521 citations indexed

About

David R. Shearer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David R. Shearer has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 521 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David R. Shearer's work include Soviet and Russian History (11 papers), European history and politics (5 papers) and Eastern European Communism and Reforms (4 papers). David R. Shearer is often cited by papers focused on Soviet and Russian History (11 papers), European history and politics (5 papers) and Eastern European Communism and Reforms (4 papers). David R. Shearer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Bangladesh. David R. Shearer's co-authors include Vahid Jalili-Marandi, Christian Dufour, Mario Paolone, Thomas Strasser, Panos Kotsampopoulos, J.A. Martínez, Kai Strunz, Paul Forsyth, Xiaoyu Wang and Georg Lauss and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board and Technology and Culture.

In The Last Decade

David R. Shearer

23 papers receiving 460 citations

Hit Papers

Real-Time Simulation Technologies for Power Systems Desig... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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. Real-Time Simulation Technologies for Power Systems Design, Testing, and Analysis
    2015 353 citations Thomas Strasser, Georg Lauss et al. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) 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 R. Shearer United States 9 334 282 108 78 45 27 521
Qianwei Zhu China 5 390 1.2× 381 1.4× 15 0.1× 20 0.3× 3 0.1× 12 454
Kyle Brady United States 9 159 0.5× 238 0.8× 59 0.5× 21 0.3× 18 353
Jaber Valinejad United States 11 111 0.3× 239 0.8× 31 0.4× 4 0.1× 25 339
Marina Diakonova United Kingdom 10 10 0.0× 188 0.7× 5 0.0× 98 1.3× 10 0.2× 14 436
A. N. Jha India 10 263 0.8× 285 1.0× 3 0.0× 32 0.4× 5 0.1× 24 383
R.J. Sárfi Canada 7 232 0.7× 338 1.2× 2 0.0× 3 0.0× 8 0.2× 25 393
Caoyuan Ma China 10 48 0.1× 135 0.5× 4 0.0× 27 0.3× 2 0.0× 43 318
A. Delgadillo Spain 8 152 0.5× 308 1.1× 4 0.1× 6 0.1× 21 432

Countries citing papers authored by David R. Shearer

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Fields of papers citing papers by David R. Shearer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David R. Shearer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shearer, David R.. (2023). Stalin and War, 1918-1953. 1 indexed citations
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Berdal, Mats & David R. Shearer. (2021). Hard Lessons from South Sudan. Survival. 63(5). 69–96. 3 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (2019). Heroes Sung and Unsung: Explorers’ Narratives of Mongolia, 1890s to the 1930s. Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. 73(4). 761–798. 2 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (2018). Stalin at War, 1918–1953. 66(2). 188–188. 5 indexed citations
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Strasser, Thomas, Georg Lauss, Vahid Jalili-Marandi, et al.. (2015). Real-Time Simulation Technologies for Power Systems Design, Testing, and Analysis. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 2(2). 63–73. 353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shearer, David R.. (2015). The Soviet Gulag—an Archipelago?. Kritika. 16(3). 711–724. 5 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (2011). Workers, Revolution, and Stalinism. Kritika. 12(1). 227–248. 1 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R. & Barry E. Scheetz. (2011). Improvements to Linn Run Road. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2204(1). 215–220. 2 indexed citations
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Craig, A. D., et al.. (2010). High Frequency Downhole Dynamic Measurements Provide Greater Understanding of Drilling Vibration in Performance Motor Assemblies. IADC/SPE Drilling Conference and Exhibition. 16 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (2001). Social disorder, mass repression, and the NKVD during the 1930s.. Cahiers du monde russe. 42(2-4). 505–534. 6 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (1999). Private military force and challenges for the future. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 13(1). 80–94. 15 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (1998). From divided consensus to creative disorder : Soviet history in Britain and North America*. Cahiers du monde russe. 39(4). 559–591. 5 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (1998). Crime and social disorder in Stalin's Russia [A reassessment of the Great Retreat and the origins of mass repression]. Cahiers du monde russe. 39(1). 119–148. 10 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, David L. & David R. Shearer. (1998). Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926-1934. The American Historical Review. 103(3). 932–932. 1 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (1997). Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926–1934. Cornell University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (1991). The language and politics of socialist rationalization [Productivity, industrial relations, and the social origins of Stalinism at the end of NEP*]. Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique. 32(4). 581–608. 1 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (1988). Rationalization and reconstruction in the Soviet machine building industry, 1926-1934. University Microfilms International eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Shearer, David R.. (1979). Aleksey Gastev, Russian modernism and the proletarian cultural tradition : a study in the development of social thought in twentieth century Russia. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 1 indexed citations

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