John Ferris

965 total citations
52 papers, 321 citations indexed

About

John Ferris is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, John Ferris has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 321 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in History. Recurrent topics in John Ferris's work include Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (24 papers), Military History and Strategy (10 papers) and World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact (9 papers). John Ferris is often cited by papers focused on Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (24 papers), Military History and Strategy (10 papers) and World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact (9 papers). John Ferris collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. John Ferris's co-authors include Gary Sheffield, Philip Bean, David K. Whynes, Paul Addison, Angus Calder, Rod Gerber, Robert M. Page, Michael I. Handel, Uri Bar–Joseph and Paddy Griffith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The American Historical Review and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

In The Last Decade

John Ferris

45 papers receiving 236 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Ferris Canada 11 230 98 46 27 15 52 321
Alastair J. Reid United States 8 77 0.3× 98 1.0× 51 1.1× 37 1.4× 10 0.7× 30 231
Ilvo Diamanti Italy 10 259 1.1× 240 2.4× 15 0.3× 30 1.1× 5 0.3× 42 397
David M. Rabban United States 9 145 0.6× 77 0.8× 22 0.5× 24 0.9× 2 0.1× 43 247
John G. Stoessinger United States 9 139 0.6× 120 1.2× 20 0.4× 19 0.7× 12 0.8× 21 246
David Horowitz United States 8 56 0.2× 87 0.9× 26 0.6× 26 1.0× 5 0.3× 31 209
McGeorge Bundy United States 9 285 1.2× 110 1.1× 20 0.4× 49 1.8× 4 0.3× 34 421
Ann D. Gordon United States 6 93 0.4× 91 0.9× 15 0.3× 21 0.8× 2 0.1× 16 187
Laurent Jeanpierre France 6 53 0.2× 140 1.4× 22 0.5× 9 0.3× 12 0.8× 20 203
John A. Nagl United States 7 246 1.1× 219 2.2× 7 0.2× 47 1.7× 34 2.3× 28 370
Marvin Álisky United States 9 92 0.4× 99 1.0× 18 0.4× 17 0.6× 9 0.6× 45 223

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Ferris

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Ferris

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All Works

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Ferris, John. (2021). Behind the Enigma: The Authorized History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 132–135. 1 indexed citations
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Ferris, John, et al.. (2012). Nobody Knows Anything: Canada’s Cyber Insecurities. Journal of military and strategic studies. 14(2).
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Ferris, John, et al.. (2010). The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1604-1629. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 14 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (2007). Intelligence and Strategy. 3 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (2006). Invading Afghanistan, 1838-2006: Politics and Pacification. Journal of military and strategic studies. 9(1).
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Ferris, John. (2005). Generations at war?. Contemporary Security Policy. 26(2). 250–253. 1 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (2003). A New American Way of War? C4ISR in Operation Iraqi Freedom, A Provisional Assessment. Journal of military and strategic studies. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (2003). A New American Way of War? C4ISR, Intelligence and Information Operations in Operation ‘Iraqi Freedom’: A Provisional Assessment. Intelligence & National Security. 18(4). 155–174. 5 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (2002). The road to Bletchley Park: the British experience with signals intelligence, 1892–1945. Intelligence & National Security. 17(1). 53–84. 14 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (2001). Robertson, K.G., ed. War, Resistance and Intelligence: Essays in Honour of M.R.D. Foot. Barnsley, UK: Leo Cooper, 1999.. The Journal of Conflict Studies. 21(2). 1 indexed citations
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Ferris, John & Gary Sheffield. (2001). Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale, and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War. The Journal of Military History. 65(4). 1120–1120. 22 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (1995). ‘Indulged in all too little'?: Vansittart, intelligence and appeasement. Diplomacy and Statecraft. 6(1). 122–175. 6 indexed citations
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Ferris, John & Paddy Griffith. (1995). Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army's Art of Attack.. The Journal of Military History. 59(3). 540–540. 2 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (1993). “Worthy of Some Better Enemy?”: The British Estimate of the Imperial Japanese Army 1919-41, and the Fall of Singapore. Journal of History. 28(2). 223–256. 8 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (1991). The Greatest Power on Earth: Great Britain in the 1920s. The International History Review. 13(4). 726–750. 7 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (1990). The British army, signals and security in the desert campaign, 1940–42. Intelligence & National Security. 5(2). 255–291. 3 indexed citations
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Ferris, John, et al.. (1990). Men, Money, and Diplomacy: The Evolution of British Strategic Policy, 1919- 26.. The American Historical Review. 95(4). 1199–1199. 10 indexed citations
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Ferris, John, et al.. (1990). Men, Money, and Diplomacy: The Evolution of British Strategic Foreign Policy, 1919-1926. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 21(1). 129–129. 10 indexed citations
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Ferris, John. (1987). Whitehall's black chamber: British cryptology and the government code and cypher school, 1919–291. Intelligence & National Security. 2(1). 54–91. 9 indexed citations

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