John Hart Ely

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 939 citations indexed

About

John Hart Ely is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Hart Ely has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 939 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Law and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Hart Ely's work include Judicial and Constitutional Studies (7 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (6 papers) and Legal Systems and Judicial Processes (5 papers). John Hart Ely is often cited by papers focused on Judicial and Constitutional Studies (7 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (6 papers) and Legal Systems and Judicial Processes (5 papers). John Hart Ely collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Hart Ely's co-authors include Archibald Cox, Jesse H. Choper, Michael Boudin, Gerard E. Lynch, Robert F. Coulam, Stanley I. Kutler, Francis Fukuyama, Philip Bobbitt, Walter F. Murphy and Alan M. Dershowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, Journal of American History and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

In The Last Decade

John Hart Ely

27 papers receiving 657 citations

Hit Papers

Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 1981 50 100 150 200 250
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. Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review
    1981 257 citations Michael Boudin, John Hart Ely et al. Virginia Law Review profile →
  2. Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review
    1981 227 citations John Hart Ely et al. Harvard Law Review 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 Hart Ely United States 10 602 514 303 237 68 33 939
Ruth Bader Ginsburg United States 8 201 0.3× 231 0.4× 113 0.4× 143 0.6× 33 0.5× 58 478
Rosalind Dixon Australia 16 496 0.8× 426 0.8× 202 0.7× 281 1.2× 35 0.5× 103 824
Wojciech Sadurski Australia 16 447 0.7× 761 1.5× 71 0.2× 351 1.5× 58 0.9× 104 1.0k
Mirjan Damaška United States 13 421 0.7× 334 0.6× 168 0.6× 238 1.0× 55 0.8× 40 774
Erwin Chemerinsky United States 12 224 0.4× 236 0.5× 110 0.4× 190 0.8× 29 0.4× 188 539
Michael W. McConnell United States 13 163 0.3× 331 0.6× 103 0.3× 217 0.9× 13 0.2× 79 497
Kent Roach Canada 16 461 0.8× 401 0.8× 96 0.3× 588 2.5× 49 0.7× 161 1.0k
Roger Davidson United States 14 94 0.2× 494 1.0× 163 0.5× 161 0.7× 161 2.4× 64 735
Frank Munger United States 11 211 0.4× 197 0.4× 62 0.2× 322 1.4× 47 0.7× 49 630
Mary Anne Case United States 12 199 0.3× 206 0.4× 272 0.9× 221 0.9× 11 0.2× 41 608

Countries citing papers authored by John Hart Ely

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Hart Ely

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Hart Ely

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ely, John Hart. (1999). The Apparent Inevitability of Mixed Government. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota). 16(2). 283–292. 1 indexed citations
2.
Ely, John Hart. (1998). If At First You Don't Succeed, Ignore the Question Next Time?: Group Harm in "Brown v. Board of Education" and "Loving v. Virginia". eYLS (Yale Law School). 15(2). 215–223. 1 indexed citations
3.
Ely, John Hart. (1997). Standing to Challenge Pro-Minority Gerrymanders. Harvard Law Review. 111(2). 576–576. 3 indexed citations
4.
Bobbitt, Philip & John Hart Ely. (1994). War Powers: An Essay on John Hart Ely's "War and Responsibility: Constitutional Lessons of Vietnam and Its Aftermath". Michigan Law Review. 92(6). 1364–1364. 1 indexed citations
5.
Fukuyama, Francis & John Hart Ely. (1993). War and Responsibility: Constitutional Lessons of Vietnam and Its Aftermath. Foreign Affairs. 72(5). 158–158. 2 indexed citations
6.
Ely, John Hart. (1993). War and Responsibility. Princeton University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
7.
Ely, John Hart. (1991). Kuwait, the Constitution, and the Courts: Two Cheers for Judge Greene. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota).
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Ely, John Hart. (1991). Another Such Victory: Constitutional Theory and Practice in a World Where Courts Are No Different from Legislatures. Virginia Law Review. 77(4). 833–833. 4 indexed citations
9.
Ely, John Hart. (1990). The American War in Indochina, Part I: The (Troubled) Constitutionality of the War They Told Us about. Stanford Law Review. 42(4). 876–876. 1 indexed citations
10.
Ely, John Hart. (1990). The American War in Indochina, Part II: The Unconstitutionality of the War They Didn't Tell Us about. Stanford Law Review. 42(5). 1093–1093. 2 indexed citations
11.
Ely, John Hart. (1983). Professor Dworkin's External/Personal Preference Distinction. Duke Law Journal. 1983(5). 959–959. 3 indexed citations
12.
Ely, John Hart. (1981). Choice of Law and the State's Interest in Protecting its Own. William and Mary law review. 23(2). 173. 3 indexed citations
13.
Boudin, Michael, John Hart Ely, & Jesse H. Choper. (1981). Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review. Virginia Law Review. 67(6). 1251–1251. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Coulam, Robert F. & John Hart Ely. (1981). Democracy and Distrust; A Theory of Judicial Review. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 1(1). 143–143. 10 indexed citations
15.
Lynch, Gerard E. & John Hart Ely. (1980). Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review. Columbia Law Review. 80(4). 857–857. 96 indexed citations
16.
Ely, John Hart. (1978). Constitutional Interpretivism: Its Allure and Impossibility. Indiana law journal. 53(3). 2. 4 indexed citations
17.
Ely, John Hart. (1974). The Irrepressible Myth of Erie. Harvard Law Review. 87(4). 693–693. 3 indexed citations
18.
Ely, John Hart. (1974). Some Further Last Words on Erie: The Necklace. Harvard Law Review. 87(4). 753–753.
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Ely, John Hart. (1974). The Constitutionality of Reverse Racial Discrimination. The University of Chicago Law Review. 41(4). 723–723. 13 indexed citations
20.
Ely, John Hart. (1973). The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade. The Yale Law Journal. 82(5). 920–920. 61 indexed citations

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