Lewis Anthony Dexter

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lewis Anthony Dexter is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lewis Anthony Dexter has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 3 papers in Education and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Lewis Anthony Dexter's work include Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences (2 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 paper) and Education Methods and Technologies (1 paper). Lewis Anthony Dexter is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences (2 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 paper) and Education Methods and Technologies (1 paper). Lewis Anthony Dexter collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Lewis Anthony Dexter's co-authors include David A. Caputo, Raymond L. Gorden, Ithiel de Sola Pool, Raymond A. Bauer, Jelena Petrović, David Manning White, William P. Robinson, Gladys Engel Lang, Kai Erikson and Louis Galambos and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Lewis Anthony Dexter

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Elite and Specialized Interviewing 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 100 200 300
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. Elite and Specialized Interviewing
    1970 357 citations David A. Caputo, Lewis Anthony Dexter The Western Political Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lewis Anthony Dexter United States 14 599 441 342 176 158 37 1.7k
Charles D. Elder United States 14 692 1.2× 950 2.2× 326 1.0× 91 0.5× 367 2.3× 21 1.9k
Edward W. Lehman United States 13 903 1.5× 392 0.9× 115 0.3× 77 0.4× 153 1.0× 26 1.8k
Ezra F. Vogel United States 23 955 1.6× 785 1.8× 189 0.6× 111 0.6× 56 0.4× 76 2.2k
Wolf Heydebrand United States 14 685 1.1× 296 0.7× 204 0.6× 93 0.5× 77 0.5× 39 1.6k
Adam Przeworski 4 1.4k 2.3× 1.4k 3.1× 367 1.1× 114 0.6× 224 1.4× 4 2.7k
Donald L. Mills Canada 6 529 0.9× 266 0.6× 206 0.6× 300 1.7× 96 0.6× 14 2.2k
William Ury United States 12 780 1.3× 181 0.4× 257 0.8× 106 0.6× 91 0.6× 37 1.8k
William H. Form United States 24 975 1.6× 309 0.7× 226 0.7× 165 0.9× 66 0.4× 113 2.2k
Michel Crozier Germany 16 909 1.5× 606 1.4× 464 1.4× 118 0.7× 125 0.8× 88 2.6k
Val Burris United States 16 1.4k 2.4× 580 1.3× 409 1.2× 269 1.5× 197 1.2× 43 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pool, Ithiel de Sola, et al.. (2017). American Business & Public Policy. 1 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1990). Intra-Agency Politics Conflict and Contravention in Administrative Entities. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 2(2). 151–171. 2 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1982). Books: The Culture and Commerce of Publishing. By Lewis A. Coser, Charles Kadushin, and Walter W. Powell. (New York: Basic Books, 1982. Pp. xiii + 411. $19.00.). American Political Science Review. 76(4). 897–898. 154 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1981). Undesigned Consequences of Purposive Legislative Action: Alternatives to Implementation. Journal of Public Policy. 1(4). 413–431. 3 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1977). Court Politics. Administration & Society. 9(3). 267–283. 6 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony, et al.. (1976). The Public Image of Big Business in America, 1880-1940: A Quantitative Study in Social Change.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(6). 815–815. 6 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1975). How "Relevant" Is Graduate Study in Political Science?. Polity. 8(2). 326–334.
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1974). The Notion of Relevance and Issues in Communications. Teaching Political Science. 1(2). 202–224. 1 indexed citations
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Caputo, David A. & Lewis Anthony Dexter. (1970). Elite and Specialized Interviewing. The Western Political Quarterly. 23(4). 884–884. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony & Raymond L. Gorden. (1970). Interviewing: Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics.. American Sociological Review. 35(1). 186–186. 250 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1966). Impressions About Utility and Wastefulness in Applied Social Science Studies. American Behavioral Scientist. 9(6). 9–10. 6 indexed citations
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Lang, Gladys Engel, Lewis Anthony Dexter, & David Manning White. (1965). People, Society, and Mass Communications.. American Sociological Review. 30(5). 814–814. 28 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1964). The Good Will of Important People: More on the Jeopardy of the Interview. Public Opinion Quarterly. 28(4). 556–556. 15 indexed citations
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Bauer, Raymond A., Ithiel de Sola Pool, & Lewis Anthony Dexter. (1963). American business & public policy. The International Executive. 5(3). 25–27. 31 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1962). On the Politics and Sociology of Stupidity in Our Society. Social Problems. 9(3). 221–228. 22 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1960). The Sociology of Adjudication. American Behavioral Scientist. 4(2). 13–15. 6 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1960). Where the Elephant Fears to Dance Among the Chickens: Business in Politics? The Case of du Pont. Human Organization. 19(4). 188–194. 2 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1958). 6. The Policy Sciences and Limited Warfare. 1(6). 17–19. 1 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1956). Role Relationships and Conceptions of Neutrality in Interviewing. American Journal of Sociology. 62(2). 153–157. 12 indexed citations
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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. (1955). Candidates Must Make the Issues and Give Them Meaning. Public Opinion Quarterly. 19(4). 408–408. 3 indexed citations

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