Jack Snyder

13.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
106 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Jack Snyder is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Snyder has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Jack Snyder's work include International Relations and Foreign Policy (30 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (24 papers) and Global Peace and Security Dynamics (11 papers). Jack Snyder is often cited by papers focused on International Relations and Foreign Policy (30 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (24 papers) and Global Peace and Security Dynamics (11 papers). Jack Snyder collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Jack Snyder's co-authors include Edward D. Mansfield, G. John Ikenberry, Leslie Vinjamuri, Thomas J. Christensen, Barbara F. Walter, Emily S. Rosenberg, Karen Ballentine, Reinhard Wolf, Andrew J. Enterline and Erica D. Borghard and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Environmental Health Perspectives and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Jack Snyder

100 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2000 1996 1990 2004 200 400 600
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. From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist Conflict
    2000 704 citations G. John Ikenberry, Jack Snyder Foreign Affairs profile →
  2. Democratization and the Danger of War
    1996 427 citations Edward D. Mansfield, Jack Snyder et al. International Security profile →
  3. Chain gangs and passed bucks: predicting alliance patterns in multipolarity
    1990 356 citations Jack Snyder et al. profile →
  4. Trials and Errors: Principle and Pragmatism in Strategies of International Justice
    2004 298 citations Jack Snyder, Leslie Vinjamuri International Security profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jack Snyder United States 38 4.6k 4.6k 987 596 408 106 6.5k
Alfred Stepan United States 33 4.3k 0.9× 4.4k 1.0× 497 0.5× 555 0.9× 286 0.7× 82 6.4k
Lucan A. Way Canada 28 6.7k 1.5× 6.0k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 367 0.6× 358 0.9× 67 8.6k
Juan J. Linz United States 33 5.9k 1.3× 6.5k 1.4× 728 0.7× 573 1.0× 381 0.9× 124 9.2k
Kenneth N. Waltz United States 26 3.8k 0.8× 5.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 957 1.6× 248 0.6× 58 7.6k
Michael Barnett United States 33 3.6k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 311 0.5× 198 0.5× 81 5.9k
John J. Mearsheimer United States 28 2.7k 0.6× 4.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 739 1.2× 194 0.5× 68 5.8k
Peter J. Katzenstein United States 40 3.2k 0.7× 4.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 616 1.0× 212 0.5× 114 6.7k
Thomas Carothers United States 27 3.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 968 1.0× 271 0.5× 157 0.4× 71 4.3k
Barbara Geddes United States 21 3.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 627 0.6× 638 1.1× 309 0.8× 36 4.3k
Jennifer Gandhi United States 16 3.7k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 809 0.8× 597 1.0× 467 1.1× 24 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jack Snyder

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jack Snyder

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack Snyder

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jack Snyder. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jack Snyder 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 Jack Snyder. Jack Snyder 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
1.
Snyder, Jack. (2023). How Central is Race to International Relations?. Security Studies. 32(4-5). 892–906. 2 indexed citations
2.
Snyder, Jack. (2019). The Broken Bargain. Foreign Affairs. 2 indexed citations
3.
Snyder, Jack. (2019). Backlash against human rights shaming: emotions in groups. International Theory. 12(1). 109–132. 40 indexed citations
4.
Snyder, Jack. (2018). Myths of Empire. Cornell University Press eBooks. 54 indexed citations
5.
Snyder, Jack, Leslie Vinjamuri, & Stephen Hopgood. (2017). Human Rights Futures. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
6.
Cooley, Alexander & Jack Snyder. (2015). Ranking the World. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 95 indexed citations
7.
Cooley, Alexander & Jack Snyder. (2015). Rank has its privileges. Foreign Affairs. 94(6). 15. 1 indexed citations
8.
Price, Richard, Jack Snyder, Leslie Vinjamuri, Toni Erskine, & Nicholas Rengger. (2012). Special forum on Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics. International Theory. 4(3). 430–434. 1 indexed citations
9.
Snyder, Jack & Leslie Vinjamuri. (2012). Principled pragmatism and the logic of consequences. International Theory. 4(3). 434–448. 10 indexed citations
10.
Mansfield, Edward D. & Jack Snyder. (2012). Democratization and the Arab Spring. International Interactions. 38(5). 722–733. 17 indexed citations
11.
Brancati, Dawn & Jack Snyder. (2011). The Libyan Rebels and Electoral Democracy. Foreign Affairs. 1 indexed citations
12.
Ikenberry, G. John, William C. Wohlforth, Martha Finnemore, et al.. (2011). International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations
13.
Snyder, Jack & Erica D. Borghard. (2011). The Cost of Empty Threats: A Penny, Not a Pound. American Political Science Review. 105(3). 437–456. 170 indexed citations
14.
Kalyvas, Stathis N., Robert H. Bates, Michael Hechter, et al.. (2008). Order, Conflict, and Violence. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 136 indexed citations
15.
Snyder, Jack. (2005). Myths of Empire and Strategies of Hegemony. Critique internationale. 225–235.
16.
Snyder, Jack. (2005). Mythes d'empire et stratégies d'hégémonie. Critique internationale. 26(1). 59–59. 1 indexed citations
17.
Rubin, Barnett R. & Jack Snyder. (2002). Post-Soviet Political Order. 4 indexed citations
18.
Walter, Barbara F. & Jack Snyder. (1999). Civil wars, insecurity, and intervention. Columbia University Press eBooks. 237 indexed citations
19.
Snyder, Jack. (1990). Averting Anarchy in the New Europe. International Security. 14(4). 5–41. 71 indexed citations
20.
Snyder, Jack, et al.. (1967). Client Precounseling Preparation in an Employment Service Setting. Journal of Employment Counseling. 4(2). 38–43. 2 indexed citations

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