John Gasper

574 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 368 citations indexed

About

John Gasper is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Gasper has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 368 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in John Gasper's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 papers), Disaster Management and Resilience (3 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (2 papers). John Gasper is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 papers), Disaster Management and Resilience (3 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (2 papers). John Gasper collaborates with scholars based in United States and Qatar. John Gasper's co-authors include Andrew Reeves, Richard Wesp and Bernd Kahn and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Political Science, Perception and Public Choice.

In The Last Decade

John Gasper

6 papers receiving 335 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Make It Rain? Retrospection and the Attentive Electorate in the Context of Natural Disasters

2011 291 citations John Gasper, Andrew Reeves American Journal of Political Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Gasper United States	6	240	176	72	45	42	8	368
Richard Forgette United States	10	133 0.6×	127 0.7×	48 0.7×	89 2.0×	4 0.1×	22	296
Nebojša Zelič Croatia	3	170 0.7×	219 1.2×	19 0.3×	9 0.2×	3 0.1×	8	349
Henrikas Bartusevičius Denmark	7	252 1.1×	115 0.7×	16 0.2×	15 0.3×	9 0.2×	18	323
Larry B. Hill United States	6	121 0.5×	79 0.4×	20 0.3×	19 0.4×	12 0.3×	30	219
Anselm Hager Germany	10	152 0.6×	109 0.6×	29 0.4×	59 1.3×	5 0.1×	25	265
Peter Burns Canada	4	487 2.0×	200 1.1×	10 0.1×	25 0.6×	16 0.4×	14	555
Omar Shahabudin McDoom United Kingdom	10	243 1.0×	75 0.4×	23 0.3×	11 0.2×	17 0.4×	29	323
Maria J. Stephan Australia	6	325 1.4×	170 1.0×	24 0.3×	18 0.4×	3 0.1×	10	399
Michael K. MacKenzie United States	8	68 0.3×	66 0.4×	21 0.3×	29 0.6×	3 0.1×	16	177
Carolyn Elliott United States	10	140 0.6×	92 0.5×	44 0.6×	6 0.1×	15 0.4×	21	336

Countries citing papers authored by John Gasper

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Gasper

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Gasper

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Gasper, John. (2015). The Politics of Denying Aid: An Analysis of Disaster Declaration Turndowns. Digital Scholarship - Texas Southern University (Texas Southern University). 22(2). 7. 14 indexed citations

2.

Gasper, John & Andrew Reeves. (2012). Governors as Opportunists: Evidence from Disaster Declaration Requests. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations

3.

Wesp, Richard & John Gasper. (2012). Is Size Misperception of Targets Simply Justification for Poor Performance?. Perception. 41(8). 994–996. 14 indexed citations

4.

Gasper, John. (2011). Shifting Ideologies? Re-examining Media Bias. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 6(1). 85–102. 24 indexed citations

5.

Gasper, John & Andrew Reeves. (2011). Make It Rain? Retrospection and the Attentive Electorate in the Context of Natural Disasters. American Journal of Political Science. 55(2). 340–355. 291 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gasper, John. (2009). Reporting for sale: the market for news coverage. Public Choice. 141(3-4). 493–508. 11 indexed citations

7.

Gasper, John, et al.. (1982). Transportation of Radioactive Material in Georgia. Health Physics. 42(6). 759–775.

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Gasper, John, et al.. (1980). A Rationale For The Abolition Of The Juvenile Court's Power To Waive Jurisdiction. Pepperdine law review. 7(4). 6. 3 indexed citations

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