James Manor

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

James Manor is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, James Manor has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in James Manor's work include South Asian Studies and Conflicts (25 papers), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (17 papers) and Social and Economic Development in India (10 papers). James Manor is often cited by papers focused on South Asian Studies and Conflicts (25 papers), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (17 papers) and Social and Economic Development in India (10 papers). James Manor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. James Manor's co-authors include Richard Crook, Myron Weiner, William Diebold, Christopher Colclough, Robert N. Kearney, Rob Jenkins, Robert I. Crane, Njuguna Ng’ethe, Marcus André Melo and Abram de Swaan and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and International Affairs.

In The Last Decade

James Manor

66 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization 1998 2026 2007 2016 1999 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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 Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization
    1999 589 citations James Manor profile →
  2. Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa: Participation, Accountability and Performance
    1998 336 citations Richard Crook, James Manor Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Manor United Kingdom 19 1.2k 933 533 223 192 74 2.1k
Richard Crook United Kingdom 19 699 0.6× 645 0.7× 372 0.7× 144 0.6× 238 1.2× 57 1.7k
Harry W. Blair United States 13 615 0.5× 589 0.6× 282 0.5× 282 1.3× 87 0.5× 43 1.5k
Gretchen Helmke United States 16 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 615 1.2× 81 0.4× 170 0.9× 29 2.8k
Richard Sandbrook Canada 22 485 0.4× 823 0.9× 245 0.5× 54 0.2× 394 2.1× 81 1.7k
Jean C. Oi United States 19 1.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.2× 537 1.0× 77 0.3× 76 0.4× 45 2.5k
Patrick Heller United States 20 824 0.7× 995 1.1× 359 0.7× 49 0.2× 188 1.0× 48 1.9k
Atul Kohli United States 21 1.7k 1.5× 1.7k 1.9× 826 1.5× 40 0.2× 582 3.0× 48 3.2k
Sam Hickey United Kingdom 24 480 0.4× 915 1.0× 301 0.6× 123 0.6× 585 3.0× 72 2.0k
Joel S. Migdal United States 16 1.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.7× 164 0.3× 41 0.2× 208 1.1× 52 2.2k
Stelios Michalopoulos United States 18 270 0.2× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.9× 178 0.8× 167 0.9× 40 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by James Manor

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Manor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Manor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James Manor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James Manor 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 James Manor. James Manor 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.
Jenkins, Rob & James Manor. (2017). Politics and the Right to Work. Oxford University Press eBooks. 33 indexed citations
2.
Manor, James & Jane Duckett. (2017). The significance of political leaders for social policy expansion in Brazil, China, India and South Africa. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics. 55(3). 303–327. 7 indexed citations
3.
Manor, James. (2016). India’s States: The Struggle to Govern. Studies in Indian Politics. 4(1). 8–21. 7 indexed citations
4.
Manor, James. (2015). An Odisha landslide buries both national parties: assessing the state and parliamentary elections of 2014. Contemporary South Asia. 23(2). 198–210. 3 indexed citations
5.
Manor, James. (2014). Rethinking Third-World Politics. 2 indexed citations
6.
Manor, James. (2011). Government and Opposition in India. Government and Opposition. 46(4). 436–463. 4 indexed citations
7.
Bank, World & James Manor. (2006). Aid that Works. 1 indexed citations
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Manor, James. (2000). Small-Time Political Fixers in India's States: "Towel over Armpit". Asian Survey. 40(5). 816–835. 15 indexed citations
10.
Swaan, Abram de, et al.. (1999). Elite perceptions of the poor. Current Sociology. 47(4). 1–12. 3 indexed citations
11.
Manor, James & Gerald Segal. (1998). Taking India seriously. Survival. 40(2). 53–70. 3 indexed citations
12.
Manor, James. (1998). India Defies the Odds: Making Federalism Work. Journal of democracy. 9(3). 21–35. 23 indexed citations
13.
Manor, James. (1993). Power, Poverty and Poison: Disaster and Response in an Indian City. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations
14.
Diebold, William, Christopher Colclough, & James Manor. (1992). States or Markets? Neo-Liberalism and the Development Policy Debate. Foreign Affairs. 71(4). 205–205. 120 indexed citations
15.
Peebles, Patrick & James Manor. (1990). The Expedient Utopian: Bandaranaike and Ceylon.. Pacific Affairs. 63(4). 587–587. 10 indexed citations
16.
Manor, James, Robert N. Kearney, & Barbara Miller. (1988). Internal Migration in Sri Lanka and Its Social Consequences.. Pacific Affairs. 61(2). 358–358. 5 indexed citations
17.
Manor, James. (1987). The liberation of Goa: a participant's view of history. International Affairs. 63(4). 705–705. 1 indexed citations
18.
Kearney, Robert N. & James Manor. (1986). Sri Lanka in Change and Crisis.. Pacific Affairs. 59(1). 151–151. 36 indexed citations
19.
Manor, James. (1985). The Indian general election of 1984. Electoral Studies. 4(2). 149–152. 2 indexed citations
20.
Arnold, David, Robin Jeffrey, & James Manor. (1976). Caste Associations in South India: A Comparative Analysis. The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 13(3). 353–373. 5 indexed citations

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