Jennifer Pitts

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 930 citations indexed

About

Jennifer Pitts is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, History and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Pitts has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 930 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 6 papers in History and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Pitts's work include Political Theory and Influence (6 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (3 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). Jennifer Pitts is often cited by papers focused on Political Theory and Influence (6 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (3 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). Jennifer Pitts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Canada. Jennifer Pitts's co-authors include Stanley Hoffmann, Suzanne C. Thompson, Lenore Schwankovsky, Michael Ries, C. William Hanson, Craig M. Lilly, Jeffery S. Vender, Kimberly A. Fisher, Stephen M. Pastores and Barbara P. Yawn and has published in prestigious journals such as CHEST Journal, Foreign Affairs and Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Pitts

24 papers receiving 711 citations

Hit Papers

A Turn to Empire: The Ris... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 50 100 150 200
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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. A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France
    2005 227 citations Stanley Hoffmann, Jennifer Pitts Foreign Affairs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jennifer Pitts United States 13 493 366 237 114 101 26 930
Mark Phillips Canada 14 85 0.2× 176 0.5× 149 0.6× 47 0.4× 51 0.5× 35 564
James C. Mohr United States 11 115 0.2× 142 0.4× 114 0.5× 14 0.1× 42 0.4× 36 543
Marilyn Booth Canada 13 143 0.3× 194 0.5× 33 0.1× 51 0.4× 21 0.2× 55 453
Stephanie Newell United Kingdom 13 39 0.1× 279 0.8× 32 0.1× 255 2.2× 23 0.2× 69 735
Susan Marks United Kingdom 15 323 0.7× 277 0.8× 87 0.4× 4 0.0× 27 0.3× 52 753
Catherine Baker United Kingdom 17 211 0.4× 412 1.1× 37 0.2× 45 0.4× 34 0.3× 73 850
Richard Caplan United Kingdom 15 360 0.7× 434 1.2× 27 0.1× 14 0.1× 20 0.2× 44 898
Raymond F. Currie Canada 11 64 0.1× 193 0.5× 24 0.1× 19 0.2× 30 0.3× 24 641
Peter Clarke United States 7 117 0.2× 168 0.5× 69 0.3× 6 0.1× 92 0.9× 30 625
Patricia Sullivan United States 16 316 0.6× 452 1.2× 47 0.2× 6 0.1× 87 0.9× 43 759

Countries citing papers authored by Jennifer Pitts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jennifer Pitts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Pitts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jennifer Pitts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jennifer Pitts 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 Jennifer Pitts. Jennifer Pitts 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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Pitts, Jennifer, et al.. (2020). Secondary Narcolepsy in Children. Journal of Child Neurology. 36(2). 123–127. 10 indexed citations
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Marwah, Inder S., Jennifer Pitts, Timothy Bowers Vasko, Onur Ulas Ince, & Robert Nichols. (2020). Empire and its afterlives. Contemporary Political Theory. 19(2). 274–305. 8 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer, et al.. (2019). Workforce Competencies for Healthcare Quality Professionals: Leading Quality-Driven Healthcare. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 41(4). 259–265. 16 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2018). Boundaries of the International. Harvard University Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2018). Boundaries of the International: Law and Empire. Электронный архив ЮУрГУ (South Ural State University). 32 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2015). Irony in Adam Smith’s Critical Global History. Political Theory. 45(2). 141–163. 9 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2015). The Critical History of International Law. Political Theory. 43(4). 541–552. 6 indexed citations
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Lerner, Ralph, Alan S. Kahan, Cheryl B. Welch, et al.. (2013). Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Lilly, Craig M., Kimberly A. Fisher, Michael Ries, et al.. (2012). A National ICU Telemedicine Survey. CHEST Journal. 142(1). 40–47. 46 indexed citations
10.
Adams, Sylvia, Jennifer Pitts, Barbara P. Yawn, et al.. (2012). Effect of a Primary Care Continuing Education Program on Clinical Practice of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Translating Theory Into Practice. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 87(9). 862–870. 24 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2012). Empire and Legal Universalisms in the Eighteenth Century. The American Historical Review. 117(1). 92–121. 28 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer, et al.. (2011). An audit of medical documentation on standardised electronic neonatal database (SEND) in a large level-2 neonatal unit. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 96(Suppl 1). Fa50.2–Fa50.
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2010). Political Theory of Empire and Imperialism. Annual Review of Political Science. 13(1). 211–235. 64 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2009). LIBERALISM AND EMPIRE IN A NINETEENTH-CENTURY ALGERIAN MIRROR. Modern Intellectual History. 6(2). 287–313. 9 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer, et al.. (2008). Naissance de la bonne conscience coloniale : les libéraux français et britanniques et la question impériale, 1770-1870. 1 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Brian P., et al.. (2005). Taking a Patient Safety Approach to an Integration of Two Hospitals. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 31(5). 258–266. 6 indexed citations
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Pitts, Jennifer. (2005). A Turn to Empire. Princeton University Press eBooks. 228 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Stanley & Jennifer Pitts. (2005). A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France. Foreign Affairs. 84(5). 178–178. 227 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pitts, Jennifer, et al.. (1994). Heidegger For Beginners. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Thompson, Suzanne C., Lenore Schwankovsky, & Jennifer Pitts. (1993). Counselling Patients to Make Lifestyle Changes: The Role of Physician Self-Efficacy, Training and Beliefs About Causes. Family Practice. 10(1). 70–75. 63 indexed citations

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