Ethan Scheiner

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ethan Scheiner is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ethan Scheiner has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Strategy and Management and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ethan Scheiner's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (24 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (11 papers). Ethan Scheiner is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (24 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (11 papers). Ethan Scheiner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Ethan Scheiner's co-authors include Robert G. Moser, Steven R. Reed, Wolfgang C. Müller, Herbert Kitschelt, Steven Levitsky, Nicolas van de Walle, Anirudh Krishna, Mona M. Lyne, Kanchan Chandra and Beatriz Magaloni and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, Annual Review of Political Science and Comparative Political Studies.

In The Last Decade

Ethan Scheiner

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Patrons, Clients and Policies
    2007 586 citations Herbert Kitschelt, Nicolas van de Walle et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks 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 Scheiner United States 16 1.2k 659 296 197 171 34 1.4k
Carole J. Wilson United States 10 1.6k 1.3× 494 0.7× 391 1.3× 120 0.6× 67 0.4× 13 1.8k
Sebastián M. Saiegh United States 20 1.1k 0.9× 453 0.7× 206 0.7× 445 2.3× 101 0.6× 59 1.6k
Scott Morgenstern United States 17 1.1k 0.9× 365 0.6× 169 0.6× 222 1.1× 105 0.6× 44 1.2k
Matthew Singer United States 15 943 0.8× 513 0.8× 102 0.3× 237 1.2× 86 0.5× 48 1.2k
Brian F. Crisp United States 20 1.7k 1.4× 610 0.9× 334 1.1× 323 1.6× 329 1.9× 52 2.0k
Scott Ashworth United States 16 1.1k 0.9× 666 1.0× 280 0.9× 617 3.1× 109 0.6× 31 1.5k
Rory Truex United States 14 624 0.5× 655 1.0× 131 0.4× 105 0.5× 63 0.4× 28 1.0k
Frank Whelon Wayman United States 7 674 0.6× 570 0.9× 428 1.4× 231 1.2× 65 0.4× 11 1.2k
Melanie Manion United States 16 912 0.8× 776 1.2× 79 0.3× 118 0.6× 95 0.6× 32 1.2k
Daniel Ziblatt United States 21 1.1k 0.9× 877 1.3× 109 0.4× 222 1.1× 76 0.4× 46 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ethan Scheiner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ethan Scheiner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ethan Scheiner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ethan Scheiner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ethan Scheiner 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 Ethan Scheiner. Ethan Scheiner 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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Stoll, Heather, Robert G. Moser, & Ethan Scheiner. (2014). Less Is Not More: The Insufficiency of Current Data for Understanding the Relationship between Social Diversity and Party System Development. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Pekkanen, Robert J., Steven R. Reed, & Ethan Scheiner. (2013). Japan decides 2012 : the Japanese general election. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Scheiner, Ethan, Robert J. Pekkanen, Michio Muramatsu, & Ellis S. Krauss. (2013). When Do Interest Groups Contact Bureaucrats Rather than Politicians? Evidence on Fire Alarms and Smoke Detectors from Japan. Japanese Journal of Political Science. 14(3). 283–304. 1 indexed citations
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Pekkanen, Robert J., Steven R. Reed, & Ethan Scheiner. (2013). Japan Decides 2012. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Scheiner, Ethan. (2012). The Electoral System and Japan's Partial Transformation: Party System Consolidation Without Policy Realignment. Journal of East Asian Studies. 12(3). 351–380. 17 indexed citations
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Reed, Steven R., Ethan Scheiner, & Michael Thies. (2012). The End of LDP Dominance and the Rise of Party-Oriented Politics in Japan. Journal of Japanese Studies. 38(2). 353–376. 42 indexed citations
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Lipscy, Phillip Y. & Ethan Scheiner. (2012). Japan Under the DPJ: The Paradox of Political Change Without Policy Change. Journal of East Asian Studies. 12(3). 311–322. 23 indexed citations
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Moser, Robert G., Ethan Scheiner, & Caitlin Milazzo. (2011). Social Diversity Affects the Number of Parties Even Under First Past the Post Rules. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Milazzo, Caitlin & Ethan Scheiner. (2010). When do you follow the (national) leader? Party switching by subnational legislators in Japan. Electoral Studies. 30(1). 148–161. 7 indexed citations
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Scheiner, Ethan. (2008). Does Electoral System Reform Work? Electoral System Lessons from Reforms of the 1990s. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Campbell, John C. & Ethan Scheiner. (2008). Review Essay Fragmentation and Power: Reconceptualizing Policy Making under Japan's 1955 System. Case Reports in Rheumatology. 2015. 598273–598273.
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Campbell, John C. & Ethan Scheiner. (2008). Fragmentation and Power: Reconceptualizing Policy Making under Japan's 1955 System. Japanese Journal of Political Science. 9(1). 89–113. 4 indexed citations
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Kitschelt, Herbert, Nicolas van de Walle, Luis Fernando Medina, et al.. (2007). Patrons, Clients and Policies. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 586 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scheiner, Ethan. (2005). Democracy without Competition in Japan. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations
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Scheiner, Ethan. (2005). Pipelines of Pork. Comparative Political Studies. 38(7). 799–823. 42 indexed citations
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Reed, Steven R. & Ethan Scheiner. (2003). Electoral Incentives and Policy Preferences: Mixed Motives Behind Party Defections in Japan. British Journal of Political Science. 33(3). 469–490. 61 indexed citations
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Moser, Robert G. & Ethan Scheiner. (2003). Mixed electoral systems and electoral system effects: controlled comparison and cross-national analysis. Electoral Studies. 23(4). 575–599. 94 indexed citations
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McKean, Margaret A. & Ethan Scheiner. (2000). Japan's new electoral system:. Electoral Studies. 19(4). 447–477. 57 indexed citations
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Scheiner, Ethan. (1999). Urban outfitters: city-based strategies and success in post-war Japanese politics. Electoral Studies. 18(2). 179–198. 8 indexed citations

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