Erica Chenoweth

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Erica Chenoweth is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Erica Chenoweth has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Erica Chenoweth's work include Political Conflict and Governance (35 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (22 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (11 papers). Erica Chenoweth is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (35 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (22 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (11 papers). Erica Chenoweth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and United Kingdom. Erica Chenoweth's co-authors include Maria J. Stephan, Orion A. Lewis, Jay Ulfelder, Laura Dugan, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Susan E. Clarke, Evan Perkoski, Kurt Schock, Cullen S. Hendrix and Jeremy Pressman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Sociological Review and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Erica Chenoweth

52 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonvio... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300
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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. Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
    2008 303 citations Maria J. Stephan, Erica Chenoweth profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erica Chenoweth United States 20 1.6k 591 96 90 80 57 1.8k
James A. Piazza United States 27 2.3k 1.5× 555 0.9× 205 2.1× 106 1.2× 59 0.7× 71 2.7k
David Cunningham United States 17 1.4k 0.9× 590 1.0× 86 0.9× 196 2.2× 121 1.5× 39 1.6k
Daniel Byman United States 26 2.1k 1.4× 1.4k 2.3× 264 2.8× 203 2.3× 103 1.3× 139 2.7k
Scott Sigmund Gartner United States 21 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 2.0× 305 3.2× 194 2.2× 72 0.9× 55 2.0k
Matthew Krain United States 15 726 0.5× 423 0.7× 89 0.9× 72 0.8× 46 0.6× 27 1.1k
Ashutosh Varshney United States 20 952 0.6× 638 1.1× 228 2.4× 70 0.8× 140 1.8× 55 1.4k
Sabine C. Carey United Kingdom 20 1.2k 0.8× 708 1.2× 73 0.8× 144 1.6× 37 0.5× 34 1.4k
Andrew Kydd United States 18 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.8× 280 2.9× 261 2.9× 105 1.3× 40 2.2k
Errol A. Henderson United States 16 949 0.6× 506 0.9× 119 1.2× 173 1.9× 139 1.7× 35 1.2k
Audie Klotz United States 16 797 0.5× 721 1.2× 108 1.1× 224 2.5× 56 0.7× 35 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Erica Chenoweth

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erica Chenoweth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erica Chenoweth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chenoweth, Erica. (2025). Thinking (about peace science) in time. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 43(1). 3–13. 1 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica, et al.. (2024). Protests in the United States on Palestine and Israel, 2023–2024. Social movement studies. 25(2). 234–247. 4 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica & Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. (2023). Guest Editors’ introduction: Nonviolent resistance and its discontents. Journal of Peace Research. 60(1). 3–8. 2 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica & Christopher Wiley Shay. (2022). Updating nonviolent campaigns: Introducing NAVCO 2.1. Journal of Peace Research. 59(6). 876–889. 16 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica. (2021). Civil Resistance. Oxford University Press eBooks. 61 indexed citations
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Blair, Christopher, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski, & Philip Potter. (2020). Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Militant Groups. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Fisher, Dana R., Kenneth T. Andrews, Neal Caren, et al.. (2019). The science of contemporary street protest: New efforts in the United States. Science Advances. 5(10). eaaw5461–eaaw5461. 53 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica, et al.. (2019). Introducing the Nonviolent Action in Violent Contexts (NVAVC) dataset. Journal of Peace Research. 56(2). 295–305. 15 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica, et al.. (2019). The physics of dissent and the effects of movement momentum. Nature Human Behaviour. 3(10). 1088–1095. 35 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica, et al.. (2019). The Future is a Moving Target: Predicting Political Instability. British Journal of Political Science. 50(4). 1405–1417. 34 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica, et al.. (2018). Days of rage. Journal of Peace Research. 55(4). 524–534. 32 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica. (2015). The Art and Science of Civil Resistance. 18(1). 1–10.
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Chenoweth, Erica. (2014). Dynamics of political violence. Sage eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica & Maria J. Stephan. (2014). Drop Your Weapons. Foreign Affairs. 93(4). 94–106. 8 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica, et al.. (2014). Collecting data on nonviolent action. Journal of Peace Research. 52(1). 129–133. 19 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica. (2013). Why Sit-Ins Succeed -- Or Fail. Foreign Affairs. 1 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica & Orion A. Lewis. (2013). Unpacking nonviolent campaigns. Journal of Peace Research. 50(3). 415–423. 165 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica & Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. (2013). Understanding nonviolent resistance. Journal of Peace Research. 50(3). 271–276. 91 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica. (2012). Is Terrorism Still a Democratic Phenomenon?. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 2 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Erica & Laura Dugan. (2010). Rethinking Counterterrorism: Evidence from Israel. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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