John Boswell

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John Boswell is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, John Boswell has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in John Boswell's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (15 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (8 papers). John Boswell is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (15 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (8 papers). John Boswell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. John Boswell's co-authors include Alan Bray, Mark D. Jordan, David L. Ransel, Carolyn M. Hendriks, Jack Corbett, John C. Moore, Selen A. Ercan, Cecilia Benoit, Rikki Dean and Graham Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

John Boswell

65 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 100 200 300 400
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. Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
    1981 472 citations John Boswell 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 Boswell United Kingdom 22 897 526 326 262 234 72 2.2k
George Lipsitz United States 20 1.7k 1.9× 250 0.5× 154 0.5× 203 0.8× 338 1.4× 100 2.9k
Frank Füredi United Kingdom 24 1.4k 1.6× 406 0.8× 92 0.3× 214 0.8× 200 0.9× 77 2.5k
Cary Nelson United States 18 916 1.0× 358 0.7× 113 0.3× 123 0.5× 253 1.1× 108 2.1k
Iwona Irwin-Zarecka 8 1.2k 1.3× 435 0.8× 219 0.7× 405 1.5× 69 0.3× 11 1.9k
Patrick H. Hutton United States 11 936 1.0× 278 0.5× 131 0.4× 141 0.5× 235 1.0× 45 1.9k
Matthew Frye Jacobson United States 10 1.7k 1.9× 254 0.5× 174 0.5× 112 0.4× 195 0.8× 24 2.4k
Darlene Clark Hine United States 19 1.5k 1.7× 341 0.6× 265 0.8× 78 0.3× 250 1.1× 96 2.1k
Joan W. Scott United States 13 1.4k 1.6× 412 0.8× 522 1.6× 181 0.7× 711 3.0× 24 2.6k
Kate Kenny Ireland 21 1.2k 1.3× 326 0.6× 79 0.2× 236 0.9× 400 1.7× 57 2.3k
Inderpal Grewal United States 17 1.4k 1.5× 386 0.7× 207 0.6× 126 0.5× 715 3.1× 34 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Boswell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Boswell

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All Works

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Durose, Catherine, et al.. (2026). A Chequered History but Positive Future for British Public Administration. Public Administration Review.
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Cairney, Paul, et al.. (2025). New political science analysis of the renewed push for preventive health: ‘Can it be any different this time around?’. Social Science & Medicine. 384. 118568–118568.
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Boswell, John, Jack Corbett, Dennis Grube, & Mari‐Klara Stein. (2024). How does government feel? Toward a theory of institutional pathos in public administration. Public Administration Review. 85(4). 962–972.
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Mukherjee, Maitreyee, Md Shakhawat Hossain, John Boswell, et al.. (2024). Large, but short-term, increase in fecal indicator bacteria following extreme flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Houston, TX. Frontiers in Water. 6. 2 indexed citations
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Flinders, Matthew, Sarah Ayres, John Boswell, et al.. (2024). Power with Purpose? Further Reflections on Strengthening the Centre of Government. The Political Quarterly. 95(3). 544–552. 8 indexed citations
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Cairney, Paul, Emily St Denny, & John Boswell. (2022). Why is health improvement policy so difficult to secure?. Open Research Europe. 2. 76–76. 2 indexed citations
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Boswell, John, et al.. (2022). The Potential of Meta-ethnography in the Study of Public Administration: A Worked Example on Social Security Encounters in Advanced Liberal Democracies. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 33(4). 593–605. 4 indexed citations
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Cairney, Paul, Emily St Denny, & John Boswell. (2022). Why is health improvement policy so difficult to secure?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 76–76. 9 indexed citations
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Boswell, John, Paul Cairney, & Emily St Denny. (2019). The politics of institutionalizing preventive health. Social Science & Medicine. 228. 202–210. 18 indexed citations
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Boswell, John, Jack Corbett, Katharine Dommett, et al.. (2018). State of the field: What can political ethnography tell us about anti‐politics and democratic disaffection?. European Journal of Political Research. 58(1). 56–71. 27 indexed citations
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Boswell, John & Jack Corbett. (2017). Why and how to compare deliberative systems. European Journal of Political Research. 56(4). 801–819. 20 indexed citations
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Boswell, John & Jack Corbett. (2015). Who are we trying to impress?. Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 4(2). 223–235. 4 indexed citations
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Ercan, Selen A., Carolyn M. Hendriks, & John Boswell. (2015). Studying public deliberation after the systemic turn: the crucial role for interpretive research. Policy & Politics. 45(2). 195–212. 64 indexed citations
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Boswell, John & Jack Corbett. (2015). On making an impression: a response to our critics. Critical Policy Studies. 9(3). 375–379. 2 indexed citations
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Boswell, John & Jack Corbett. (2014). Introduction: Interpretation in the Study of Australian Politics and Policy. Australian Journal of Public Administration. 73(3). 291–295. 1 indexed citations
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Hendriks, Carolyn M., Selen A. Ercan, & John Boswell. (2013). Understanding Deliberative Systems in Practice: The Crucial Role for Interpretive Research. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Boswell, John. (1996). The marriage of likeness : same-sex unions in pre-modern Europe. 21 indexed citations
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Boswell, John. (1996). Les unions du même sexe : dans l'Europe antique et médiévale. Fayard eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Boswell, John & Francesca Olivieri. (1991). L'abbandono dei bambini in Europa occidentale. Rizzoli eBooks.
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Boswell, John. (1989). Jews, Bicycle Riders, and Gay People: The Determination of Social Consensus and Its Impact on Minorities. Yale journal of law & the humanities. 1(2). 1. 11 indexed citations

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