David Rieff

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

David Rieff is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Rieff has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Rieff's work include Global Peace and Security Dynamics (6 papers), Contemporary Literature and Criticism (3 papers) and Global Security and Public Health (2 papers). David Rieff is often cited by papers focused on Global Peace and Security Dynamics (6 papers), Contemporary Literature and Criticism (3 papers) and Global Security and Public Health (2 papers). David Rieff collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Rieff's co-authors include Robert D. Kaplan, Robert Legvold, Susan Sontag, Kenneth Anderson, G. John Ikenberry, Richard Thompson Ford, Mike Davis, Shashi Tharoor and Román de la Campa and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Foreign Affairs and Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations.

In The Last Decade

David Rieff

37 papers receiving 829 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Coming Anarchy

1994 565 citations Robert D. Kaplan, David Rieff profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Rieff United States	11	787	469	152	120	81	48	1.2k
Roxanne Lynn Doty United States	18	1.4k 1.7×	1.0k 2.2×	146 1.0×	133 1.1×	69 0.9×	27	1.9k
Julian Reid Finland	16	1.1k 1.5×	419 0.9×	84 0.6×	71 0.6×	148 1.8×	49	1.6k
Scott Straus United States	23	1.5k 1.8×	758 1.6×	138 0.9×	172 1.4×	128 1.6×	53	1.9k
Sonia E. Álvarez United States	14	1.0k 1.3×	615 1.3×	110 0.7×	55 0.5×	57 0.7×	39	1.7k
Gérard Prunier Morocco	14	1.1k 1.4×	591 1.3×	195 1.3×	122 1.0×	97 1.2×	51	1.5k
Alison Brysk United States	17	762 1.0×	606 1.3×	165 1.1×	164 1.4×	46 0.6×	51	1.2k
Luis Roniger United States	16	862 1.1×	558 1.2×	48 0.3×	120 1.0×	45 0.6×	78	1.4k
Carolyn Nordstrom United States	17	809 1.0×	319 0.7×	61 0.4×	68 0.6×	79 1.0×	31	1.2k
Christopher S. Browning United Kingdom	22	931 1.2×	955 2.0×	64 0.4×	52 0.4×	31 0.4×	51	1.5k
Jutta Weldes United States	16	843 1.1×	824 1.8×	124 0.8×	58 0.5×	17 0.2×	23	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Rieff

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Rieff, David. (2020). In Praise of Forgetting. Yale University Press eBooks.

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Sontag, Susan & David Rieff. (2014). La conciencia uncida a la carne: diarios de madurez, 1964-1980. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja).

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Sontag, Susan & David Rieff. (2012). As consciousness is harnessed to flesh : diaries 1964-1980. 2 indexed citations

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Sontag, Susan & David Rieff. (2009). Reborn : early diaries, 1947-1963. Penguin eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Sontag, Susan & David Rieff. (2008). Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations

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Rieff, David. (2006). Una fórmula ingenua. Letras libres. 8(54). 26–29. 1 indexed citations

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Ikenberry, G. John & David Rieff. (2005). At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention. Foreign Affairs. 84(2). 150–150. 9 indexed citations

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Rieff, David, et al.. (2003). Crímenes de guerra : lo que debemos saber. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 2 indexed citations

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Rieff, David, et al.. (2002). Crimes de guerre : ce que nous devons savoir. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 1 indexed citations

10.

Rieff, David. (2002). Fables of Redemption in an Age of Barbarism. Social research. 69(4). 1167–1178. 1 indexed citations

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Rieff, David, et al.. (2001). Humanitarian Intervention. World Policy Journal. 18(3). 101–102. 1 indexed citations

12.

Kaplan, Robert D. & David Rieff. (2000). The Coming Anarchy. World Policy Journal. 17(2). 95–96. 16 indexed citations

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Rieff, David. (1999). Moral Imperatives and Political Realities. Ethics & International Affairs. 13. 35–42. 4 indexed citations

14.

Rieff, David. (1997). Case Study in Ethnic Strife: Without Rules or Pity. Foreign Affairs. 2 indexed citations

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Rieff, David. (1997). Charity on the Rampage: The Business of Foreign Aid. Foreign Affairs. 76(1). 132–132. 8 indexed citations

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Rieff, David. (1996). Cuba Refrozen: Defiance And Dollarization. Foreign Affairs. 3 indexed citations

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Rieff, David. (1995). From Exiles to Immigrants. Foreign Affairs. 74(4). 76–76. 8 indexed citations

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Legvold, Robert & David Rieff. (1995). Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West. Foreign Affairs. 74(3). 181–181. 84 indexed citations

19.

Campa, Román de la, et al.. (1994). Latin Lessons. Transition. 60–60. 1 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Robert D. & David Rieff. (1994). The Coming Anarchy. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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