Leonard A. Gordon

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 996 citations indexed

About

Leonard A. Gordon is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard A. Gordon has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 996 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Leonard A. Gordon's work include South Asian Studies and Conflicts (16 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (7 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (7 papers). Leonard A. Gordon is often cited by papers focused on South Asian Studies and Conflicts (16 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (7 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (7 papers). Leonard A. Gordon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Leonard A. Gordon's co-authors include Ivar Berg, Sherry Gorelick, Paul R. Greenough, Rajat Kanta Ray, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Edward C. Moulton, David Kopf, Samuel B. Griffith, Blair B. Kling and Kenneth W. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Leonard A. Gordon

33 papers receiving 663 citations

Hit Papers

Education and Jobs: The Great Training Robbery. 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Education and Jobs: The Great Training Robbery.
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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonard A. Gordon United States 12 396 272 226 208 87 44 996
William B. Gould United Kingdom 12 488 1.2× 245 0.9× 194 0.9× 47 0.2× 106 1.2× 75 901
Abram de Swaan Netherlands 18 488 1.2× 94 0.3× 396 1.8× 110 0.5× 171 2.0× 65 1.4k
Barbara Wootton United States 12 413 1.0× 102 0.4× 128 0.6× 97 0.5× 110 1.3× 46 911
Charles C. Moskos United States 20 765 1.9× 316 1.2× 555 2.5× 54 0.3× 101 1.2× 70 1.4k
Howard P. Chudacoff United States 14 528 1.3× 104 0.4× 72 0.3× 72 0.3× 106 1.2× 52 926
Haleh Afshar United Kingdom 19 584 1.5× 92 0.3× 238 1.1× 77 0.4× 49 0.6× 52 951
Peter Brock United Kingdom 10 643 1.6× 40 0.1× 183 0.8× 107 0.5× 106 1.2× 72 1.1k
Chandran Kukathas Australia 15 561 1.4× 98 0.4× 599 2.7× 143 0.7× 28 0.3× 61 1.0k
Joshua Cohen United States 13 305 0.8× 70 0.3× 273 1.2× 153 0.7× 106 1.2× 35 826
Malcolm Waters Australia 14 728 1.8× 59 0.2× 316 1.4× 125 0.6× 114 1.3× 43 1.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (2012). The Keouk County CAFO Study: A Complementary Analysis Using Classification Trees in SAS® Enterprise Miner TM.
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (2006). Gene Burns. The Moral Veto: Framing Contraception, Abortion, and Cultural Pluralism in the United States. Bulletin of the history of medicine. 393.
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Gordon, Leonard A. & Susan S. Bean. (2003). Yankee India: American Commercial and Cultural Encounters with India in the Age of Sail 1784-1860. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 123(4). 936–936. 1 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (2001). : Preaching Wisdom to the Wise. Three Treatises. Renaissance Quarterly. 54(2). 609–610. 2 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1997). Wealth Equals Wisdom? The Rockefeller and Ford Foundations in India. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 554(1). 104–116. 11 indexed citations
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Kopf, David & Leonard A. Gordon. (1992). Brothers against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalists Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose.. The American Historical Review. 97(1). 270–270. 7 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1990). Brothers against the Raj : a biography of Sarat & Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1989). Bridging India and America: The Art and Politics of Kumar Goshal. Amerasia Journal. 15(2). 68–88. 1 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1986). Prime Movers : Role of the Individual in History. 1 indexed citations
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Moulton, Edward C. & Leonard A. Gordon. (1974). Bengal: The Nationalist Movement, 1876-1940.. Pacific Affairs. 47(4). 559–559. 9 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A., et al.. (1972). A City in Racial Crisis: The Case of Detroit Pre- and Post- the 1967 Riot.. Social Forces. 50(3). 416–416. 1 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1972). Elites in South Asia, by Edmund Leach and S. N. Mukherjee. Political Science Quarterly. 87(4). 693–695. 22 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1971). Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence. By ERIK H. ERIKSON. (New York: Norton, 1969). Journal of Social History. 4(4). 420–433. 55 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1968). Portrait of a Bengal Revolutionary. The Journal of Asian Studies. 27(2). 197–216. 2 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A. & Samuel B. Griffith. (1968). The Chinese People's Liberation Army. The Western Political Quarterly. 21(1). 154–154. 6 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A., et al.. (1967). Formosa: A Study in Chinese History. The American Historical Review. 72(2). 670–670. 10 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1966). Book Reviews : United States Diplomacy in China, 1844-60. By TE-KONG TONG. (Seattle: Uni versity of Washington Press, 1964. Pp. xiii, 332. $8.50.). The Western Political Quarterly. 19(4). 770–771. 1 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A., et al.. (1965). Government and People in Hong Kong, 1841-1962: A Constitutional History. The American Historical Review. 71(1). 275–275. 30 indexed citations
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1961). Formosa As An International Prize In The Nineteenth Century.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan).
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Gordon, Leonard A.. (1957). Early American Relations with Formosa, 1849‐1870. Historian. 19(3). 262–289. 1 indexed citations

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