David Wightman

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 617 citations indexed

About

David Wightman is a scholar working on Development, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wightman has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 617 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Development, 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Wightman's work include International Development and Aid (2 papers), Asian Studies and History (1 paper) and Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (1 paper). David Wightman is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (2 papers), Asian Studies and History (1 paper) and Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (1 paper). David Wightman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. David Wightman's co-authors include Hugh Hečlo, James C. Jackson, N. J. Demerath, George W. Wilson, Paul P. Streeten, Gunnar Myrdal, Mancur Olson, Sidney Pollard, W. Ashworth and Charles P. Kindleberger and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, The American Historical Review and International Organization.

In The Last Decade

David Wightman

11 papers receiving 487 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.

Modern Social Politics in Britain and Sweden: From Relief to Income Maintenance

1975 488 citations David Wightman, Hugh Hečlo The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Wightman United Kingdom	6	375	171	106	84	73	12	617
Thomas J. Anton United States	12	528 1.4×	240 1.4×	166 1.6×	172 2.0×	73 1.0×	33	864
Robert L. Lineberry United States	13	425 1.1×	286 1.7×	178 1.7×	271 3.2×	52 0.7×	36	844
Bruce Talbot Coram Australia	3	235 0.6×	180 1.1×	80 0.8×	64 0.8×	64 0.9×	9	478
David O. Porter United States	6	222 0.6×	141 0.8×	204 1.9×	38 0.5×	54 0.7×	10	509
Robert L. Bish United States	11	581 1.5×	185 1.1×	133 1.3×	488 5.8×	54 0.7×	31	977
Mark Kesselman United States	12	404 1.1×	293 1.7×	69 0.7×	116 1.4×	158 2.2×	40	786
B. Guy Peters United States	10	358 1.0×	130 0.8×	175 1.7×	153 1.8×	78 1.1×	19	654
Paula J. King United States	6	274 0.7×	120 0.7×	193 1.8×	47 0.6×	100 1.4×	7	541
Herman Bakvis Canada	13	475 1.3×	216 1.3×	154 1.5×	62 0.7×	64 0.9×	37	664
Grace A. Franklin United States	6	229 0.6×	97 0.6×	138 1.3×	88 1.0×	123 1.7×	9	495

Countries citing papers authored by David Wightman

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Wightman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Wightman

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Wightman, David & Charles P. Kindleberger. (1988). Marshall Plan Days.. The Economic History Review. 41(3). 503–503. 1 indexed citations

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Wightman, David. (1975). Hugh Heclo. Modern Social Politics in Britain and Sweden: From Relief to Income Maintenance. (Yale Studies in Political Science, 25.) New Haven: Yale University Press. 1974. Pp. xii, 349. $15.00. The American Historical Review. 80(5). 1327–1328. 3 indexed citations

3.

Wightman, David & Hugh Hečlo. (1975). Modern Social Politics in Britain and Sweden: From Relief to Income Maintenance. The American Historical Review. 80(5). 1327–1327. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wightman, David & James C. Jackson. (1969). Planters and Speculators: Chinese and European Agricultural Enterprise in Malaya, 1786-1921. The American Historical Review. 74(5). 1689–1689. 36 indexed citations

5.

Wightman, David. (1968). Food aid and economic development. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Demerath, N. J., Gunnar Myrdal, David Wightman, Paul P. Streeten, & George W. Wilson. (1968). Asian Drama: An Inquiry Into the Poverty of Nations.. American Sociological Review. 33(4). 654–654. 53 indexed citations

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Wightman, David & Mancur Olson. (1964). The Economics of the Wartime Shortage.. The Economic History Review. 17(1). 168–168. 14 indexed citations

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Wightman, David, et al.. (1963). Toward Economic Cooperation in Asia. The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 19(1). 115–115. 6 indexed citations

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Wightman, David & Sidney Pollard. (1963). The Development of the British Economy, 1914-1950.. The Economic History Review. 15(3). 562–562. 4 indexed citations

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Wightman, David, et al.. (1960). An Economic History of Transport.. Economica. 27(105). 92–92. 6 indexed citations

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Wightman, David. (1957). East-West Cooperation and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. International Organization. 11(1). 1–12. 2 indexed citations

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Wightman, David & W. Ashworth. (1953). A Short History of the International Economy, 1850-1950.. The Economic History Review. 6(2). 226–226. 3 indexed citations

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