Frederick Rudolph

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 728 citations indexed

About

Frederick Rudolph is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick Rudolph has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 728 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Education and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Frederick Rudolph's work include Academic Freedom and Politics (9 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (5 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (2 papers). Frederick Rudolph is often cited by papers focused on Academic Freedom and Politics (9 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (5 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (2 papers). Frederick Rudolph collaborates with scholars based in United States. Frederick Rudolph's co-authors include Charles A. Barker, Mauritz Johnson, Laurence Veysey, Lawrence A. Cremin, George E. Peterson, Robert Samuel Fletcher, David Riesman, Seymour Martin Lipset and Howard H. Peckham and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The Journal of Higher Education and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Frederick Rudolph

20 papers receiving 410 citations

Hit Papers

The American College and University: A History 1962 2026 1983 2004 1963 1962 50 100 150 200 250
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. The American College and University: A History
    1963 298 citations Charles A. Barker, Frederick Rudolph The American Historical Review profile →
  2. The American College and University: A History
    1962 162 citations Frederick Rudolph et al. AAUP Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frederick Rudolph United States 9 366 206 155 48 47 23 728
Marvin Lazerson United States 20 646 1.8× 181 0.9× 302 1.9× 38 0.8× 35 0.7× 59 990
Burton J. Bledstein United States 10 186 0.5× 192 0.9× 205 1.3× 67 1.4× 26 0.6× 27 724
Jürgen Herbst United States 13 374 1.0× 205 1.0× 233 1.5× 64 1.3× 36 0.8× 62 723
William J. Reese United States 12 482 1.3× 194 0.9× 362 2.3× 38 0.8× 39 0.8× 49 813
Raymond E. Callahan 4 566 1.5× 128 0.6× 184 1.2× 13 0.3× 25 0.5× 10 857
Daniel H. Calhoun United States 11 102 0.3× 90 0.4× 174 1.1× 47 1.0× 38 0.8× 28 644
Geraldine Jonçich Clifford United States 12 395 1.1× 83 0.4× 186 1.2× 25 0.5× 31 0.7× 39 621
Michael W. Sedlak United States 15 470 1.3× 72 0.3× 180 1.2× 15 0.3× 34 0.7× 33 723
Dennis Warwick United Kingdom 5 360 1.0× 254 1.2× 358 2.3× 11 0.2× 25 0.5× 11 708
John S. Brubacher United States 9 276 0.8× 143 0.7× 71 0.5× 19 0.4× 35 0.7× 26 501

Countries citing papers authored by Frederick Rudolph

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederick Rudolph

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederick Rudolph

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frederick Rudolph. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frederick Rudolph 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 Frederick Rudolph. Frederick Rudolph 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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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1986). Educating Republicans: The College in the Era of the American Revolution, 1750-1800.. Eighteenth-Century Studies. 20(1). 62–62.
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Rudolph, Frederick. (1984). The Power of Professors: The Impact of Specialization and Professionalization on the Curriculum. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 16(4). 12–41. 9 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick. (1981). Presidents, Professors, and Trustees. The Journal of Higher Education. 52(3). 321–323. 21 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick. (1980). Dirty Words: Leadership and Liberal Learning. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 12(3). 18–23. 4 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick. (1980). Toward an Academic Response: The New Curricular Equation. Change The Magazine of Higher Learning. 12(4). 27–28. 2 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1979). Curriculum: A History of the American Undergraduate Course of Study since 1636. Academe. 65(1). 62–62. 2 indexed citations
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Johnson, Mauritz & Frederick Rudolph. (1979). Curriculum: A History of the American Undergraduate Course of Study since 1636. The Journal of Higher Education. 50(5). 686–686. 120 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1978). The Rights of Youth: American Colleges and Student Revolt, 1798-1815. Journal of American History. 64(4). 1100–1100. 1 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1978). Mars and Minerva: World War I and the Uses of the Higher Learning in America. AAUP Bulletin. 64(1). 61–61.
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Rudolph, Frederick, Seymour Martin Lipset, & David Riesman. (1975). Education and Politics at Harvard. Journal of American History. 62(3). 665–665. 5 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1968). The Making of the University of Michigan, 1817-1967. Journal of American History. 55(3). 653–653. 3 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1966). Essays on Education in the Early Republic. The William and Mary Quarterly. 23(2). 339–339. 2 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1966). Essays on Education in the Early Republic. History of Education Quarterly. 6(1). 79–79. 22 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick & Laurence Veysey. (1966). The Emergence of the American University. Journal of American History. 53(3). 616–616. 26 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick. (1965). The New England College in the Age of the University. The American Historical Review. 71(1). 327–328.
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Barker, Charles A. & Frederick Rudolph. (1963). The American College and University: A History. The American Historical Review. 68(2). 472–472. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1962). The American College and University: A History. AAUP Bulletin. 48(4). 376–376. 162 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rudolph, Frederick & Lawrence A. Cremin. (1961). The Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education, 1876-1957. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 48(3). 549–549. 9 indexed citations
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Rudolph, Frederick, et al.. (1958). The Liberal Arts College: A Chapter in American Cultural History. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 44(4). 710–710. 3 indexed citations
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Fletcher, Robert Samuel & Frederick Rudolph. (1957). Mark Hopkins and the Log: Williams College, 1836-1872. The American Historical Review. 62(2). 410–410. 7 indexed citations

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