Lowell Dittmer

2.4k total citations
115 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Lowell Dittmer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Lowell Dittmer has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 46 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Lowell Dittmer's work include Chinese history and philosophy (39 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (26 papers) and Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (9 papers). Lowell Dittmer is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (39 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (26 papers) and Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (9 papers). Lowell Dittmer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Taiwan. Lowell Dittmer's co-authors include Samuel S. Kim, Yu‐Shan Wu, Xiaobo Lü, Lucian W. Pye, Donald S. Zagoria, Edward Friedman, Guoli Liu, Suzanne Ogden, D. W. Y. Kwok and Gilbert Rozman and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, Foreign Affairs and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Lowell Dittmer

96 papers receiving 749 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lowell Dittmer United States 17 640 621 91 65 48 115 1.0k
Martin Jacques United Kingdom 6 409 0.6× 480 0.8× 80 0.9× 72 1.1× 46 1.0× 10 1.0k
Daniel H. Levine United States 19 530 0.8× 759 1.2× 52 0.6× 78 1.2× 25 0.5× 122 1.2k
Brian Loveman United States 16 547 0.9× 685 1.1× 41 0.5× 98 1.5× 34 0.7× 75 1.0k
Howard J. Wiarda United States 16 390 0.6× 397 0.6× 92 1.0× 56 0.9× 29 0.6× 126 790
Mark R. Beissinger United States 19 1.1k 1.7× 1.3k 2.0× 74 0.8× 88 1.4× 40 0.8× 45 1.6k
Walter LaFeber United States 15 524 0.8× 544 0.9× 85 0.9× 82 1.3× 24 0.5× 81 1.0k
R. William Liddle United States 17 637 1.0× 909 1.5× 50 0.5× 49 0.8× 20 0.4× 76 1.1k
John Higley United States 20 859 1.3× 904 1.5× 93 1.0× 78 1.2× 34 0.7× 73 1.4k
Roderic Ai Camp United States 19 539 0.8× 532 0.9× 32 0.4× 114 1.8× 42 0.9× 99 971
Lee Kuan Yew 4 249 0.4× 532 0.9× 52 0.6× 54 0.8× 34 0.7× 10 779

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lowell Dittmer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lowell Dittmer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dittmer, Lowell. (2019). On the Sixth Generation: Preliminary Speculations about Chinese Politics after Xi. Journal of Contemporary China. 29(122). 253–265. 3 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell, et al.. (2018). Southeast Asia and China: A Contest in Mutual Socialization. Contemporary Southeast Asia. 40(1). 162–165.
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Dittmer, Lowell. (2018). Asia in 2017. Asian Survey. 58(1). 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (2015). Introduction: China’s security perspective. 17–34. 2 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell & William Hurst. (2003). Analysis in limbo? Contemporary chinese politics amid the maturation of Reform. Issues & Studies. 38(4). 11–48. 5 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (2003). Chinese Factional Politics Under Jiang Zemin. Journal of East Asian Studies. 3(1). 97–128. 5 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (2002). East Asia in the “New Era” in World Politics. World Politics. 55(1). 38–65. 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Joseph Y. S., et al.. (2001). Informal Politics in East Asia. Pacific Affairs. 74(3). 412–412. 6 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell & Bruce Gilley. (2000). Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China's New Elite. Pacific Affairs. 73(2). 276–276. 5 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (1996). Approaches to the Study of Chinese Politics. Issues & Studies. 32(9). 1–18.
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Dittmer, Lowell. (1996). Reconstructing China's Cultural Revolution. China Information. 11(2-3). 1–20. 2 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (1995). Chinese Informal Politics. The China Journal. 34. 1–34. 83 indexed citations
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Ogden, Suzanne, Lowell Dittmer, & Samuel S. Kim. (1994). China's Quest for National Identity.. Pacific Affairs. 67(4). 590–590. 15 indexed citations
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Garver, John W., Bruce J. Dickson, John Gittings, et al.. (1993). CQY volume 133 Cover and Front matter. The China Quarterly. 133. f1–f11. 1 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell & Samuel S. Kim. (1993). China's Quest for National Identity. Cornell University Press eBooks. 88 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell, et al.. (1988). China's Continuous Revolution: The Post-Liberation Epoch, 1949-1981.. Pacific Affairs. 61(1). 134–134. 1 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (1981). Death and Transfiguration: Liu Shaoqi's Rehabilitation and Contemporary Chinese Politics. The Journal of Asian Studies. 40(3). 455–479. 6 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (1981). China in 1980: Modernization and Its Discontents. Asian Survey. 21(1). 31–50. 1 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell, et al.. (1978). Liu Shao-Ch'i and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The Politics of Mass Criticism.. Pacific Affairs. 51(3). 496–496. 14 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Lowell. (1969). The German NPD: A Psycho-Sociological Analysis of "Neo-Naziism". Comparative Politics. 2(1). 79–79. 2 indexed citations

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