Desmond King

6.7k total citations
129 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Desmond King is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond King has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Desmond King's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (35 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (22 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (20 papers). Desmond King is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (35 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (22 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (20 papers). Desmond King collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Desmond King's co-authors include Rogers M. Smith, Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters, Randall Hansen, Ted Robert Gurr, Patrick Le Galès, David Rueda, Mark Wickham‐Jones, Robert C. Lieberman and Gerry Stoker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Desmond King

120 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers

Desmond King
Comparison fields: 5 of 116
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.9k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.2k
  • Public Administration 409
  • General Health Professions 387
  • Economics and Econometrics 336
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Fields of papers citing papers by Desmond King

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desmond King

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 11
2 17
3 46
4
Fed Power: How Finance Wins
21
5 45
6 15
7
Varieties of Obamaism
17
8 19
9
IRONIES OF THE AMERICAN STATE
3
10
Democratization in America : a comparative-historical analysis
20
11 4
12 22
13 33
14 9
15 3
16
Challenges to local government
120
17 14
18 78
19 2
20 1

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