Desmond Ball

1.4k total citations
102 papers, 725 citations indexed

About

Desmond Ball is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Demography and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond Ball has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 725 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Demography and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Desmond Ball's work include Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (14 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (13 papers) and Nuclear Issues and Defense (12 papers). Desmond Ball is often cited by papers focused on Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (14 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (13 papers) and Nuclear Issues and Defense (12 papers). Desmond Ball collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Thailand. Desmond Ball's co-authors include David Horner, Pauline Kerr, Brendan Taylor, Amitav Acharya, Eliot A. Cohen, Anthony Milner, Richard Tanter, Robert Ayson, Andrew Mack and Helen F. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and Marine Policy.

In The Last Decade

Desmond Ball

87 papers receiving 489 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desmond Ball Australia 14 486 269 100 77 66 102 725
Chien-peng Chung Singapore 11 305 0.6× 278 1.0× 137 1.4× 82 1.1× 31 0.5× 42 523
Toshi Yoshihara United States 11 422 0.9× 249 0.9× 107 1.1× 86 1.1× 31 0.5× 47 578
Phillip C. Saunders United States 10 355 0.7× 242 0.9× 29 0.3× 110 1.4× 32 0.5× 44 493
Andrew S. Erickson United States 13 300 0.6× 121 0.4× 84 0.8× 47 0.6× 33 0.5× 68 489
David Brewster Australia 13 254 0.5× 114 0.4× 102 1.0× 91 1.2× 41 0.6× 60 498
See Seng Tan Singapore 12 353 0.7× 325 1.2× 157 1.6× 170 2.2× 34 0.5× 58 591
Ashley J. Tellis United States 18 673 1.4× 342 1.3× 38 0.4× 169 2.2× 32 0.5× 87 911
Harsh V. Pant China 13 447 0.9× 180 0.7× 43 0.4× 141 1.8× 24 0.4× 111 594
M. Taylor Fravel United States 16 857 1.8× 498 1.9× 75 0.8× 244 3.2× 74 1.1× 54 1.1k
Adam P. Liff United States 11 388 0.8× 197 0.7× 29 0.3× 86 1.1× 29 0.4× 26 483

Countries citing papers authored by Desmond Ball

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Fields of papers citing papers by Desmond Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desmond Ball

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ball, Desmond, et al.. (2016). US Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Activities in Japan 1945 – 2015: A Visual Guide. Japan focus. 14(6). 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond, et al.. (2013). Cyber Defence and Warfare. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 9(2). 91–98. 3 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (2013). Tor Chor Dor: Thailand's Border Patrol Police (BPP) Volume 1: History, Organisation, Equipment, and Personnel. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond & Nicholas Farrelly. (2012). Interpreting 10 years of Violence in Thailand's Deep South. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 8(2). 1–18. 4 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond & Richard Tanter. (2012). The Transformation of the JASDF's Intelligence and Surveillance Capabilities for Air and Missile Defence. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 8(3). 19–56. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (2011). China's Cyber Warfare Capabilities. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 7(2). 81–103. 12 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (2009). Burma's Nuclear Programs: The Defectors' Story. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (2007). Rushing Headlong to Infirmity: Australian Defence Policy and Force Structure Development. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond, et al.. (2005). Transforming the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for Information Superiority. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 2 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (2004). The Boys in Black: The Thahan Phran (Rangers), Thailands Para-military Border Guards. 7 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (2000). Australian Defence Planning: Problems and Prospects. 12(3). 281–294. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (1998). Burma's Military Secrets: Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) from 1941 to Cyber Warfare. 3 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (1996). Signals Intelligence (sigint) in North Korea. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (1994). A New Era in Confidence Building. Security Dialogue. 25(2). 157–176. 31 indexed citations
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Arndt, H. W., Desmond Ball, & Helen F. Wilson. (1993). Strange Neighbours: The Australia-Indonesia Relationship.. Pacific Affairs. 66(2). 307–307. 11 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (1991). Improving Communications Links between Moscow and Washington. Journal of Peace Research. 28(2). 135–159. 6 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond, et al.. (1990). Security and defence : Pacific and global perspectives. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 8 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (1989). Controlling Theatre Nuclear War. British Journal of Political Science. 19(3). 303–327. 2 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (1982). Strategy & defence : Australian essays. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Desmond. (1977). The Counterforce Potential of American SLBM Systems. Journal of Peace Research. 14(1). 23–40. 4 indexed citations

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