Kurt Jonassohn

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 894 citations indexed

About

Kurt Jonassohn is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Jonassohn has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 894 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 5 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Kurt Jonassohn's work include Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (4 papers) and Cambodian History and Society (3 papers). Kurt Jonassohn is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (4 papers) and Cambodian History and Society (3 papers). Kurt Jonassohn collaborates with scholars based in Canada. Kurt Jonassohn's co-authors include James S. Coleman, Albert K. Cohen, Ward Churchill, Frank Chalk, Vahakn N. Dadrian, Paúl F. Lazarsfeld, John W. C. Johnstone and Israel W. Charny and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Jonassohn

11 papers receiving 659 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Adolescent Society: The Social Life of the Teenager and its Impact on Education.

1963 358 citations Albert K. Cohen, James S. Coleman et al. American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kurt Jonassohn Canada	8	531	239	182	135	103	14	894
John Demos United States	15	603 1.1×	160 0.7×	88 0.5×	70 0.5×	177 1.7×	58	1.3k
Archbishop Desmond Tutu	1	670 1.3×	244 1.0×	397 2.2×	202 1.5×	63 0.6×	3	1.1k
Rosalind Shaw United States	16	730 1.4×	231 1.0×	75 0.4×	58 0.4×	93 0.9×	29	1.2k
Robert Baldick Brazil	5	538 1.0×	101 0.4×	209 1.1×	58 0.4×	147 1.4×	12	1.2k
John Hope Franklin United States	14	614 1.2×	145 0.6×	177 1.0×	61 0.5×	92 0.9×	90	981
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham United States	8	842 1.6×	149 0.6×	128 0.7×	101 0.7×	148 1.4×	16	1.2k
Stanley Hauerwas United States	21	730 1.4×	237 1.0×	168 0.9×	58 0.4×	100 1.0×	153	1.4k
Claudia Card United States	13	539 1.0×	332 1.4×	65 0.4×	147 1.1×	109 1.1×	62	1.2k
Rosemary Firth United Kingdom	12	339 0.6×	57 0.2×	178 1.0×	157 1.2×	40 0.4×	35	967
Jay Ruby United States	16	468 0.9×	71 0.3×	98 0.5×	79 0.6×	131 1.3×	66	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt Jonassohn

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Jonassohn, Kurt. (2000). On A Neglected Aspect Of Western Racism. Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University).

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Jonassohn, Kurt & Ward Churchill. (1999). A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present. The American Historical Review. 104(3). 867–867. 173 indexed citations

3.

Jonassohn, Kurt, et al.. (1998). Genocide and Gross Human Rights Violations: In Comparative Perspective. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations

4.

Jonassohn, Kurt, et al.. (1997). An Exploratory Study of Unpublished Memoirs byCanadian Holocaust Survivors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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Jonassohn, Kurt. (1996). Before the holocaust deniers. Society. 33(2). 31–38. 1 indexed citations

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Jonassohn, Kurt. (1993). Famine, genocide, and refugees. Society. 30(6). 72–76. 8 indexed citations

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Chalk, Frank, et al.. (1993). The History and Sociology of Genocide. Analyses and Case Studies. British Journal of Sociology. 44(1). 155–155. 138 indexed citations

8.

Jonassohn, Kurt. (1993). Prevention without Prediction. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 7(1). 1–13. 4 indexed citations

9.

Chalk, Frank & Kurt Jonassohn. (1991). Genocide: An Historical Overview.. Social Education. 55(2). 92. 1 indexed citations

10.

Dadrian, Vahakn N., Frank Chalk, & Kurt Jonassohn. (1991). The History and Sociology of Genocide.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(2). 218–218. 103 indexed citations

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Jonassohn, Kurt & Israel W. Charny. (1986). Toward the Understanding and Prevention of Genocide: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 15(3). 493–493. 21 indexed citations

12.

Jonassohn, Kurt. (1965). On the Use and Construction of Adoption Rates. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 27(4). 514–514. 3 indexed citations

13.

Cohen, Albert K., et al.. (1963). The Adolescent Society: The Social Life of the Teenager and its Impact on Education.. American Sociological Review. 28(4). 644–644. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lazarsfeld, Paúl F., James S. Coleman, John W. C. Johnstone, & Kurt Jonassohn. (1963). The Adolescent Society. The Social Life of the Teenager and Its Impact on Education. Revue Française de Sociologie. 4(3). 330–330. 62 indexed citations

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