Earl Latham

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Earl Latham is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Earl Latham has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Earl Latham's work include Race, History, and American Society (3 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 papers) and American Political and Social Dynamics (2 papers). Earl Latham is often cited by papers focused on Race, History, and American Society (3 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 papers) and American Political and Social Dynamics (2 papers). Earl Latham collaborates with scholars based in United States. Earl Latham's co-authors include Denis Killeen, William O. Douglas, Howard R. Smith, Stanley Coben, John P. Frank, James Willard Hurst, Lester W. Milbrath, Richard W. Leopold, John C. Wahlke and C. P. Snow and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Political Science Review and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Earl Latham

18 papers receiving 917 citations

Hit Papers

The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theo... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, by Mancur Olson
    1967 1.1k citations Earl Latham Political Science Quarterly profile →

Peers

Earl Latham
John Harp United States
Robert L. Heilbroner United States
Eleanor H. Finch
Milton J. Esman United States
André Gorz France
Ankie Hoogvelt United Kingdom
Thomas R. De Gregori United States
Charlotte Erickson United Kingdom
Ralph H. Blodgett
Gary Teeple Canada
John Harp United States
Earl Latham
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Fields of papers citing papers by Earl Latham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Earl Latham

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Earl Latham. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Earl Latham 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 Earl Latham. Earl Latham 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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Latham, Earl & William O. Douglas. (1974). Go East, Young Man. 14 indexed citations
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Coben, Stanley & Earl Latham. (1967). The Communist Controversy in Washington: From the New Deal to McCarthy. The American Historical Review. 72(3). 1120–1120. 4 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl. (1967). The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, by Mancur Olson. Political Science Quarterly. 82(1). 145–148. 1068 indexed citations breakdown →
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Killeen, Denis & Earl Latham. (1967). The Communist Controversy in Washington: From the New Deal to McCarthy. The Western Political Quarterly. 20(4). 998–998. 14 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl, et al.. (1966). The Communist Controversy in Washington. The Yale Law Journal. 76(1). 222–222. 4 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl. (1966). The Communist Controversy in Washington. Harvard University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl. (1965). The meaning of McCarthyism. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 5 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl, et al.. (1963). The Government of Corporations.. American Sociological Review. 28(5). 855–855. 12 indexed citations
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Milbrath, Lester W. & Earl Latham. (1961). The Politics of Railroad Coordination 1933-1936.. Midwest Journal of Political Science. 5(3). 303–303. 2 indexed citations
10.
Latham, Earl & James Willard Hurst. (1961). Law and Social Process in United States History. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 48(2). 340–340. 2 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl, et al.. (1960). The Politics of Railroad Co-Ordination. The Western Political Quarterly. 13(3). 819–819. 2 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl & John P. Frank. (1959). Marble Palace. The Supreme Court in American Life. Michigan Law Review. 57(5). 795–795. 3 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl, et al.. (1959). The Managerialization of The Campus. Public Administration Review. 19(1). 48–48. 2 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl. (1959). The Politics of Railroad Coordination, 1933-1936. Harvard University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
15.
Latham, Earl. (1958). The philosophy and policies of Woodrow Wilson. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
16.
Latham, Earl. (1954). The Supreme Court and the Supreme People. The Journal of Politics. 16(2). 207–235.
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Latham, Earl, et al.. (1953). The Group Basis of Politics: A Study in Basing-Point Legislation. The Western Political Quarterly. 6(3). 610–610. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Howard R. & Earl Latham. (1953). The Group Basis of Politics: A Study in Basing-Point Legislation. Southern Economic Journal. 19(4). 512–512. 12 indexed citations
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Latham, Earl. (1952). The Group Basis of Politics: Notes for a Theory. American Political Science Review. 46(2). 376–397. 54 indexed citations
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Leopold, Richard W., et al.. (1951). Puritanism in Early America. The William and Mary Quarterly. 8(2). 309–309.

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