John Bester

967 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 641 citations indexed

About

John Bester is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Management Information Systems and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, John Bester has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 641 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Urban Studies, 1 paper in Management Information Systems and 1 paper in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in John Bester's work include Legal Issues in South Africa (1 paper), Themes in Literature Analysis (1 paper) and Contemporary Literature and Criticism (1 paper). John Bester is often cited by papers focused on Legal Issues in South Africa (1 paper), Themes in Literature Analysis (1 paper) and Contemporary Literature and Criticism (1 paper). John Bester collaborates with scholars based in South Africa. John Bester's co-authors include Hideki Yukawa, Shuichi Kato, Robert J. Smith, Harold K. Hughes, Edward Seidensticker, Ivan Morris and Joseph M. Kitagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Pacific Affairs and Leonardo.

In The Last Decade

John Bester

11 papers receiving 487 citations

Hit Papers

The Anatomy of Dependence 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 200 400 600
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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. The Anatomy of Dependence
    1971 616 citations John Bester et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Bester South Africa 4 228 218 107 81 80 17 641
George A. DeVos United States 10 321 1.4× 313 1.4× 189 1.8× 47 0.6× 104 1.3× 18 804
Rolv Mikkel Blakar Norway 12 250 1.1× 184 0.8× 105 1.0× 122 1.5× 62 0.8× 44 692
George A. De Vos United States 10 226 1.0× 290 1.3× 168 1.6× 28 0.3× 48 0.6× 28 809
Maurice Friedman United States 15 252 1.1× 267 1.2× 412 3.9× 60 0.7× 91 1.1× 75 1.2k
Halford H. Fairchild United States 12 184 0.8× 301 1.4× 76 0.7× 70 0.9× 37 0.5× 25 615
James M. Wilce United States 15 124 0.5× 180 0.8× 72 0.7× 215 2.7× 88 1.1× 40 739
Richard Ely United States 14 76 0.3× 267 1.2× 48 0.4× 120 1.5× 81 1.0× 31 662
Bernhard Waldenfels Germany 17 93 0.4× 321 1.5× 68 0.6× 41 0.5× 158 2.0× 132 911
Stephen S. Fugita United States 13 156 0.7× 296 1.4× 87 0.8× 24 0.3× 50 0.6× 40 473
Ronald J. Pelias United States 13 119 0.5× 302 1.4× 72 0.7× 34 0.4× 66 0.8× 65 763

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Bester

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Bester

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Bester. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Bester 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 John Bester. John Bester is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bester, John, et al.. (2020). Implementing traditional performance management in the innovative age: A new model for Botswana’s public sector. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 4 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1999). Hokusai : genius of the Japanese ukiyo-e. 1 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1995). Confessions of a Yakuza : a life in Japan's underworld. 1 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1992). Matasaburo the wind imp.
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Bester, John, et al.. (1987). Night train to the stars and other stories. 2 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1982). Salamander and Other Stories. World Literature Today. 56(2). 407–407. 1 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1976). The Silent Cry. The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. 11(1). 122–122. 1 indexed citations
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Hughes, Harold K., Hideki Yukawa, & John Bester. (1975). Creativity and Intuition: A Physicist Looks at East and West. Leonardo. 8(2). 172–172. 3 indexed citations
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Kato, Shuichi, et al.. (1974). Form, Style, Tradition: Reflections on Japanese Art and Society. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 94(2). 223–223. 4 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1973). Form, Style, Tradition: Reflections on Japanese Art and Society.. Pacific Affairs. 46(1). 133–133. 1 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1973). The Beginnings of Japanese Art.. Monumenta Nipponica. 28(4). 512–512. 2 indexed citations
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Bester, John, et al.. (1972). The Waiting Years. Books Abroad. 46(4). 727–727.
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Bester, John, et al.. (1971). The Anatomy of Dependence. 616 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Robert J., et al.. (1969). The Japanese Character: A Cultural Profile.. Pacific Affairs. 42(4). 529–529. 4 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Joseph M., et al.. (1968). The Japanese Character: A Cultural Profile. Philosophy East and West. 18(1/2). 93–93. 1 indexed citations
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Seidensticker, Edward, John Bester, & Ivan Morris. (1961). Modern Japanese short stories.

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