Leo Kuper

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Leo Kuper is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Kuper has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Leo Kuper's work include Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers), International Law and Human Rights (4 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (3 papers). Leo Kuper is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers), International Law and Human Rights (4 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (3 papers). Leo Kuper collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Leo Kuper's co-authors include Donald L. Horowitz, John C. Campbell, Ervin Staub, Michael G. Smith, Kurt H. Wolff, Margaret Peil, Michaël R. Marrus, Robert Melson, Daniel C. Thompson and Pierre L. van den Berghe and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Leo Kuper

49 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Ethnic Groups in Conflict.

1986 3.0k citations Leo Kuper et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide, by Robert Jay Lifton

1987 515 citations Leo Kuper profile →
Genocide: Its Political Use in the Twentieth Century

1982 253 citations Leo Kuper et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leo Kuper United States	21	3.5k	2.1k	557	363	317	53	4.9k
William B. Quandt United States	39	4.2k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	323 0.6×	275 0.8×	364 1.1×	288	5.8k
S. Ν. Eisenstadt Israel	33	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	350 0.6×	134 0.4×	352 1.1×	171	4.0k
Donald L. Horowitz United States	28	5.1k 1.5×	3.7k 1.8×	981 1.8×	200 0.6×	348 1.1×	65	7.1k
Margaret R. Somers United States	17	2.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	275 0.5×	202 0.6×	206 0.6×	35	4.5k
L. Carl Brown Canada	44	4.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	181 0.3×	220 0.6×	275 0.9×	161	5.6k
Geoff Eley United States	22	3.0k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	347 0.6×	696 1.9×	586 1.8×	121	5.1k
Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville	12	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	183 0.3×	313 0.9×	100 0.3×	41	3.6k
Frantz Fanon Brazil	13	2.8k 0.8×	908 0.4×	213 0.4×	484 1.3×	971 3.1×	44	5.0k
Nathan Glazer United States	28	3.2k 0.9×	862 0.4×	662 1.2×	186 0.5×	219 0.7×	158	5.3k
Homi Κ. Bhabha United States	20	3.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	593 1.1×	448 1.2×	1.2k 3.8×	69	7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Leo Kuper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leo Kuper

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leo Kuper

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Marrus, Michaël R., Robert Melson, & Leo Kuper. (1994). Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.. The American Historical Review. 99(1). 263–263. 91 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo, et al.. (1991). The Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Holocaust and Nuclear Threat.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(2). 217–217. 47 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo, et al.. (1991). Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder since 1917.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(3). 433–433. 8 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo. (1990). Theological warrants for genocide: Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Terrorism and Political Violence. 2(3). 351–379. 10 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo, et al.. (1988). Genocide and the Modern Age: Etiology and Case Studies of Mass Death. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 17(1). 24–24. 55 indexed citations

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Cohen, Percy S., et al.. (1980). Short reviews. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 3(2). 236–248. 1 indexed citations

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Adam, Heribert & Leo Kuper. (1976). Race, Class, and Power. Ideology and Revolutionary Change in Plural Societies. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 10(3). 545–545. 3 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo, et al.. (1972). Pluralism in Africa. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2(3). 346–346. 38 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo. (1971). Theories of Revolution and Race Relations. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 13(1). 87–107. 15 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo. (1970). Continuities and Discontinuities in Race Relations : Evolutionary or Revolutionary Change.. Cahiers d études africaines. 10(39). 361–383. 2 indexed citations

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Stultz, Newell M., et al.. (1968). Southern Africa and the United States. African Historical Studies. 1(2). 279–279. 2 indexed citations

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Schapera, I., Hilda Kuper, Leo Kuper, & Laura Nader. (1966). African Law: Adaptation and Development.. Man. 1(4). 572–572. 19 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo, et al.. (1966). Industrialisation and Race Relations: A Symposium.. American Sociological Review. 31(3). 431–431. 5 indexed citations

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McCord, William & Leo Kuper. (1965). An African Bourgeoisie.. American Sociological Review. 30(6). 951–951. 27 indexed citations

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McCall, Daniel F., et al.. (1959). Durban: A Study in Racial Ecology.. American Sociological Review. 24(3). 424–424.

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Kuper, Leo, et al.. (1958). Passive Resistance in South Africa.. The Journal of Negro Education. 27(1). 41–41. 31 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo, et al.. (1954). Living in Towns: Selected Research Papers in Urban Sociology.. The Economic Journal. 64(255). 593–593. 1 indexed citations

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Burns, Tom & Leo Kuper. (1954). Living in Towns. British Journal of Sociology. 5(2). 169–169. 26 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo. (1953). Living in towns : selected research papers in urban sociology of the Faculty of Commerce and Social Science, University of Birmingham. 1 indexed citations

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Kuper, Leo & Kurt H. Wolff. (1951). The Sociology of Georg Simmel. British Journal of Sociology. 2(3). 260–260. 85 indexed citations

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