Ethan Michelson

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 870 citations indexed

About

Ethan Michelson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ethan Michelson has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 870 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 19 papers in Law and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ethan Michelson's work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (17 papers), Legal Education and Practice Innovations (12 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (9 papers). Ethan Michelson is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (17 papers), Legal Education and Practice Innovations (12 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (9 papers). Ethan Michelson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Ethan Michelson's co-authors include William L. Parish, Robert L. Nelson, John P. Heinz, Edward O. Laumann, Benjamin L. Read, Sida Liu, Erin M. Adkins, Robert L. Nelson, Bryant G. Garth and Ronit Dinovitzer and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology and Social Problems.

In The Last Decade

Ethan Michelson

34 papers receiving 733 citations

Hit Papers

The Practice of Law as an Obstacle to Justice: Chinese La... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 25 50 75
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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 Practice of Law as an Obstacle to Justice: Chinese Lawyers at Work
    2006 88 citations Ethan Michelson Law & Society Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ethan Michelson United States 14 420 403 296 138 112 37 870
David L. Richards United States 12 541 1.3× 982 2.4× 117 0.4× 97 0.7× 150 1.3× 22 1.3k
Richard Briffault United States 11 291 0.7× 230 0.6× 82 0.3× 101 0.7× 253 2.3× 70 682
Alan Fenna Australia 14 406 1.0× 177 0.4× 93 0.3× 29 0.2× 76 0.7× 48 567
Gerald E. Frug United States 9 213 0.5× 173 0.4× 84 0.3× 51 0.4× 135 1.2× 28 522
Arne Niemann Germany 18 892 2.1× 511 1.3× 83 0.3× 186 1.3× 185 1.7× 78 1.3k
Sarah F. Anzia United States 16 689 1.6× 209 0.5× 56 0.2× 240 1.7× 212 1.9× 32 988
Stephan Grohs Germany 13 285 0.7× 180 0.4× 32 0.1× 73 0.5× 43 0.4× 46 557
Andrew Karch United States 15 756 1.8× 163 0.4× 43 0.1× 227 1.6× 184 1.6× 35 985
Ronald J. Daniels United States 14 74 0.2× 116 0.3× 57 0.2× 111 0.8× 132 1.2× 33 564
Stephen Gelb United Kingdom 11 61 0.1× 208 0.5× 93 0.3× 91 0.7× 102 0.9× 28 485

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ethan Michelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ethan Michelson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nelson, Robert L., Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant G. Garth, et al.. (2023). The Making of Lawyers' Careers. 5 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2022). Decoupling. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2020). Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law: Why Wife-Beaters Are Awarded Child Custody in China's Divorce Courts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2019). Decoupling: Marital Violence and the Struggle to Divorce in China. American Journal of Sociology. 125(2). 325–381. 24 indexed citations
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Liu, Sida, et al.. (2014). Migration and Social Structure: The Spatial Mobility ofChinese Lawyers. Law & Policy. 36(2). 165–194. 19 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2013). Women in the Legal Profession, 1970-2010: A Study of the Global Supply of Lawyers. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. 20(2). 1071–1071. 39 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2012). Women in the Legal Profession, 1970-2010: A Study of the Global Supply of Lawyers. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. 1 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2009). Gender Inequality in the Chinese Legal Profession. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2008). Dear Lawyer Bao: Everyday Problems, Legal Advice, and State Power in China. Social Problems. 55(1). 43–71. 16 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2007). Lawyers, Political Embeddedness, and Institutional Continuity in China’s Transition from Socialism. American Journal of Sociology. 113(2). 352–414. 156 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan, et al.. (2006). Justice from Above or Justice from Below? Popular Strategies for Resolving Grievances in Rural China *. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2006). Lawyers, Political Embeddedness, and Institutional Continuity in China's Transition from Socialism. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2006). Dear Lawyer Bao: Everyday Problems, Legal Advice, and State Power in China. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Michelson, Ethan, et al.. (2006). Hooked, Unhooked, Still Hooked: Lawyers, Political Embeddedness, and Institutional Continuity in China's Transition from Socialism *. 1 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2006). Connected Contention: Social Resources and Petitioning the State in Rural China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2005). Global Institutions, Indigenous Meaning: Lessons from Chinese Law for the New Institutionalism. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan. (2003). Unhooking from the state : Chinese lawyers in transition. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Heinz, John P., Robert L. Nelson, Edward O. Laumann, & Ethan Michelson. (1998). The Changing Character of Lawyers' Work: Chicago in 1975 and 1995. Law & Society Review. 32(4). 751–776. 46 indexed citations
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Michelson, Ethan, et al.. (1960). Switching of 138-Kv Cable on 69-Kv Side of Transformer. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Part III Power Apparatus and Systems. 79(3). 904–910.
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Adkins, Erin M., et al.. (1954). Electric transmission and distribution. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 19 indexed citations

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