John Sprague

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

John Sprague is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Sprague has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Communication and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Sprague's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 papers), Social Media and Politics (10 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (7 papers). John Sprague is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 papers), Social Media and Politics (10 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (7 papers). John Sprague collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. John Sprague's co-authors include Robert Huckfeldt, Adam Przeworski, Albert S. Lindemann, Paul E. Johnson, Jeffrey Levine, Eric Plutzer, William T. Morgan, Carol W. Kohfeld, Charles S. Bullock and George Tsebelis and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

John Sprague

26 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Citizens, Politics and Social Communication 1988 2026 2000 2013 1995 1988 250 500 750
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. Citizens, Politics and Social Communication
    1995 820 citations Robert Huckfeldt, John Sprague Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Paper Stones: A History of Electoral Socialism
    1988 511 citations Albert S. Lindemann, Adam Przeworski et al. The American Historical 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 Sprague United States 19 2.1k 2.0k 1.3k 463 245 29 3.3k
David P. Redlawsk United States 22 2.2k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 189 0.4× 466 1.9× 62 3.6k
Robert C. Luskin United States 18 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 95 0.2× 211 0.9× 31 2.8k
Markus Prior United States 19 2.1k 1.0× 3.5k 1.8× 2.9k 2.3× 293 0.6× 373 1.5× 33 5.1k
David W. Nickerson United States 27 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 126 0.3× 236 1.0× 49 2.8k
John Sides United States 26 2.1k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 893 0.7× 109 0.2× 374 1.5× 64 3.5k
Jennifer Jerit United States 22 1.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 98 0.2× 259 1.1× 42 3.3k
Richard A. Brody United States 24 2.5k 1.2× 1.6k 0.8× 824 0.6× 83 0.2× 298 1.2× 53 3.4k
Pamela Johnston Conover United States 26 2.3k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 73 0.2× 874 3.6× 41 3.6k
Joseph W. Elder United States 7 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 635 0.5× 75 0.2× 249 1.0× 11 2.7k
Jason Barabas United States 17 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 946 0.7× 69 0.1× 210 0.9× 34 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Sprague

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Sprague

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Sprague

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Oza, Nikunj C., Chris A. Mattmann, David de Meza, et al.. (2021). NASA Framework for the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 5 indexed citations
2.
Sprague, John. (2017). Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma. 1 indexed citations
3.
Huckfeldt, Robert, Paul E. Johnson, & John Sprague. (2004). Political Disagreement. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 366 indexed citations
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Huckfeldt, Robert, John Sprague, & Jeffrey Levine. (2000). The Dynamics of Collective Deliberation in the 1996 Election: Campaign Effects on Accessibility, Certainty, and Accuracy. American Political Science Review. 94(3). 641–651. 81 indexed citations
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Huckfeldt, Robert, Jeffrey Levine, William T. Morgan, & John Sprague. (1999). Accessibility and the Political Utility of Partisan and Ideological Orientations. American Journal of Political Science. 43(3). 888–888. 130 indexed citations
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Huckfeldt, Robert & John Sprague. (1995). Citizens, Politics and Social Communication. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 820 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kohfeld, Carol W. & John Sprague. (1995). Racial context and voting behavior in one-party urban political systems. Political Geography. 14(6-7). 543–569. 6 indexed citations
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Koelble, Thomas A., Adam Przeworski, John Sprague, et al.. (1992). Social Democracy between Structure and Choice. Comparative Politics. 24(3). 359–359. 1 indexed citations
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Huckfeldt, Robert & John Sprague. (1992). Political Parties and Electoral Mobilization: Political Structure, Social Structure, and the Party Canvass. American Political Science Review. 86(1). 70–86. 249 indexed citations
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Huckfeldt, Robert & John Sprague. (1991). Discussant Effects on Vote Choice: Intimacy, Structure, and Interdependence. The Journal of Politics. 53(1). 122–158. 163 indexed citations
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Kohfeld, Carol W. & John Sprague. (1990). DEMOGRAPHY, POLICE BEHAVIOR, AND DETERRENCE *. Criminology. 28(1). 111–136. 18 indexed citations
12.
Tsebelis, George & John Sprague. (1989). Coercion and revolution: Variations on a predator-prey model. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 12(4-5). 547–559. 27 indexed citations
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Kohfeld, Carol W. & John Sprague. (1988). Urban Unemployment Drives Urban Crime. Urban Affairs Quarterly. 24(2). 215–241. 28 indexed citations
14.
Lindemann, Albert S., Adam Przeworski, & John Sprague. (1988). Paper Stones: A History of Electoral Socialism. The American Historical Review. 93(3). 682–682. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
15.
Huckfeldt, Robert & John Sprague. (1987). Networks in Context: The Social Flow of Political Information. American Political Science Review. 81(4). 1197–1216. 395 indexed citations
16.
Sprague, John. (1982). Letters. The lead debate. Environmental Science & Technology. 16(4). 209–209. 1 indexed citations
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Sprague, John. (1981). One-Party Dominance in Legislatures. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 6(2). 259–259. 11 indexed citations
18.
Sprague, John, et al.. (1974). Systems analysis for social scientists. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 55 indexed citations
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Przeworski, Adam & John Sprague. (1971). Concepts in Search of Explicit Formulation: A Study in Measurement. Midwest Journal of Political Science. 15(2). 183–183. 26 indexed citations
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Bullock, Charles S. & John Sprague. (1969). A Research Note on the Committee Reassignments of Southern Democratic Congressmen. The Journal of Politics. 31(2). 493–512. 37 indexed citations

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