John Torpey

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
60 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

John Torpey is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and History. According to data from OpenAlex, John Torpey has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in History. Recurrent topics in John Torpey's work include Religion and Society Interactions (5 papers), European history and politics (4 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). John Torpey is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (5 papers), European history and politics (4 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). John Torpey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. John Torpey's co-authors include Isser Woloch, Jane Caplan, James B. Rule, William Templer, Wolfgang Sofsky, Max Pensky, Daniel Lévy, Jürgen Habermas, John D. Boy and Michael Hechter and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

John Torpey

52 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2006 1999 2001 200 400 600
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. Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe
    2006 606 citations John Torpey Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. The Invention of the Passport
    1999 546 citations John Torpey Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  3. The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State
    2001 501 citations John Torpey et al. 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 Torpey United States 17 2.2k 1.1k 381 228 226 60 2.9k
Bhikhu Parekh United Kingdom 23 1.4k 0.6× 929 0.8× 193 0.5× 124 0.5× 91 0.4× 105 2.3k
Anna J. Secor United States 25 1.5k 0.7× 747 0.7× 187 0.5× 232 1.0× 56 0.2× 57 2.4k
Peter Kivisto United States 26 1.8k 0.8× 404 0.4× 679 1.8× 95 0.4× 78 0.3× 136 2.5k
Nasar Meer United Kingdom 23 2.0k 0.9× 618 0.5× 298 0.8× 97 0.4× 51 0.2× 81 2.5k
John Solomos United Kingdom 28 2.5k 1.1× 710 0.6× 405 1.1× 92 0.4× 74 0.3× 137 3.3k
Michael J. Shapiro United States 28 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 107 0.3× 160 0.7× 102 0.5× 124 2.6k
Saba Mahmood United States 21 3.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.6× 173 0.5× 761 3.3× 209 0.9× 62 4.2k
Rogers M. Smith United States 25 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 150 0.4× 71 0.3× 140 0.6× 112 2.7k
Christian Joppke Switzerland 33 4.1k 1.9× 2.2k 1.9× 836 2.2× 84 0.4× 86 0.4× 101 4.9k
Chris Rumford United Kingdom 23 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 186 0.5× 139 0.6× 42 0.2× 54 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Torpey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Torpey, John, et al.. (2026). A Comparative Analysis of Hate Crimes Against Asians in the USA, 1996–2022. Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale.
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Torpey, John. (2024). The Domestication of Competition: Social Evolution and Liberal Society. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 53(5). 427–428. 1 indexed citations
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Kochenov, Dimitry, Kristin Surak, Peter J. Spiro, et al.. (2023). Citizenship and Residence Sales. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Brockmann, Hilke, et al.. (2021). A class for itself? On the worldviews of the new tech elite. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0244071–e0244071. 8 indexed citations
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Torpey, John, et al.. (2021). Excess Profits, Taxpayer-Subsidized Philanthropy, and the Coronavirus Crisis: Charitable Giving of the Tech Elite in Response to the Pandemic. Università degli Studi di Bologna. 15(2). 95–116. 5 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (2020). A sociological agenda for the tech age. Theory and Society. 49(5-6). 749–769. 9 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (2017). The Three Axial Ages: Moral, Material, Mental. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 1 indexed citations
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Boy, John D. & John Torpey. (2013). Inventing the axial age: the origins and uses of a historical concept. Theory and Society. 42(3). 241–259. 17 indexed citations
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Torpey, John & Tia Palermo. (2012). Counting Sexual Violence in the Congo. Contexts. 11(1). 10–11. 7 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (2006). Yendo y viniendo: la monopolización estatal de los legítimos "medios de movimiento".. 59–88. 7 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (2005). Elster's transitional justice. European Political Science. 4(4). 440–442.
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Hoffmann, Stanley, et al.. (2005). Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe: Transatlantic Relations after the Iraq War. Foreign Affairs. 84(6). 145–145. 23 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (2003). Reparation Politics in the 21st Century. ValpoScholar (Valparaiso University). 16(1). 3. 1 indexed citations
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Caplan, Jane & John Torpey. (2001). Documenting individual identity : the development of state practices in the modern world. Princeton University Press eBooks. 297 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (2001). “Making Whole What Has Been Smashed”: Reflections on Reparations. The Journal of Modern History. 73(2). 333–358. 54 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (1999). The Invention of the Passport. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Torpey, John. (1997). Revolutions and freedom of movement: An analysis of passport controls in the French, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions. Theory and Society. 26(6). 837–868. 12 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (1995). The abortive revolution continues: East German civil-rights activists since unification. Theory and Society. 24(1). 105–134. 1 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (1988). A New "Slave REvolt in Morals"?: The Meaning of the Debate over a Feminst Ethics. 73–93. 1 indexed citations
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Torpey, John. (1986). Ethics and Critical Theory: From Horkheimer to Habermas. Telos. 1986(69). 68–84. 4 indexed citations

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