Jonathan Spence

581 total citations
14 papers, 256 citations indexed

About

Jonathan Spence is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Spence has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 256 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Spence's work include Chinese history and philosophy (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (1 paper) and Japanese History and Culture (1 paper). Jonathan Spence is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (1 paper) and Japanese History and Culture (1 paper). Jonathan Spence collaborates with scholars based in . Jonathan Spence's co-authors include Craig Clunas, Ralph Croizier, Lucian W. Pye, John Κ. Fairbank, John E. Wills, Jerome Alan Cohen, Tu Weiming and Roderick MacFarquhar and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and Pacific Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Spence

11 papers receiving 152 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Spence 7 154 68 51 36 34 14 256
Stephen Vlastos United States 7 128 0.8× 125 1.8× 26 0.5× 31 0.9× 25 0.7× 13 238
Harriet T. Zurndorfer Netherlands 10 195 1.3× 58 0.9× 59 1.2× 47 1.3× 62 1.8× 46 295
Vincent Carretta United States 9 111 0.7× 57 0.8× 108 2.1× 47 1.3× 14 0.4× 36 323
J. Victor Koschmann United States 12 180 1.2× 195 2.9× 18 0.4× 51 1.4× 19 0.6× 31 338
John Sekora 6 98 0.6× 36 0.5× 31 0.6× 34 0.9× 28 0.8× 9 254
Wayne S. Vucinich United States 11 162 1.1× 71 1.0× 37 0.7× 190 5.3× 53 1.6× 56 372
Carl R. Lovitt 4 107 0.7× 22 0.3× 27 0.5× 41 1.1× 11 0.3× 14 207
Wen‐hsin Yeh United States 11 237 1.5× 108 1.6× 27 0.5× 81 2.3× 23 0.7× 29 305
Michael Sheringham United Kingdom 8 105 0.7× 24 0.4× 20 0.4× 30 0.8× 10 0.3× 34 235
Graham Russell Hodges United States 9 91 0.6× 26 0.4× 63 1.2× 41 1.1× 20 0.6× 35 193

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Spence

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Spence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Spence

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

All Works

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Spence, Jonathan. (2005). Cliffhanger Days: A Chinese Family in the Seventeenth Century. The American Historical Review. 110(1). 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan. (2004). America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat. 1 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick, Jerome Alan Cohen, Jonathan Spence, & Tu Weiming. (2002). Whither China: Strategic Competitor, Global Trader, or Antiterrorist Partner?. Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 55(3). 69–69.
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Pye, Lucian W. & Jonathan Spence. (1999). The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds. Foreign Affairs. 78(2). 156–156. 20 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan & Craig Clunas. (1995). Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China. Design Issues. 11(1). 83–83. 129 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan & John Κ. Fairbank. (1980). The Cambridge History of China, Volume 10, "Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911, Part I". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 40(1). 291–291. 10 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan & John E. Wills. (1976). Pepper, Guns, and Parleys: The Dutch East India Company and China, 1662-1681. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 96(3). 475–475. 6 indexed citations
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Croizier, Ralph & Jonathan Spence. (1970). To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1620-1960.. Pacific Affairs. 43(2). 271–271. 52 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan, et al.. (1970). A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations (1644-1820). Journal of the American Oriental Society. 90(4). 626–626. 6 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan, et al.. (1970). To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1690-1960. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 25(4). 825–825. 13 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan. (1969). To change China. 16 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan. (1967). On "Chinese Revolutionary Literature". Yale French Studies. 215–215. 1 indexed citations
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Spence, Jonathan. (1967). The Seven Ages of K'ang-hsi (1654–1722). The Journal of Asian Studies. 26(2). 205–211.

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