Michael C. Desch

96 total papers · 1.8k total citations
43 papers, 894 citations indexed

About

Michael C. Desch is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael C. Desch has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 894 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Michael C. Desch's work include International Relations and Foreign Policy (18 papers), Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (5 papers) and Global Security and Public Health (4 papers). Michael C. Desch is often cited by papers focused on International Relations and Foreign Policy (18 papers), Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (5 papers) and Global Security and Public Health (4 papers). Michael C. Desch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Michael C. Desch's co-authors include William Ruger, Paul Kennedy, Theo Farrell, John S. Duffield, Richard Price, Michael J. Tierney, Ryan Powers, Susan Peterson, James Goldgeier and Steven Lloyd Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as International Organization, Political Science Quarterly and International Studies Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Michael C. Desch

38 papers receiving 693 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael C. Desch 700 560 121 110 46 43 894
Jeffrey Kopstein 578 0.8× 631 1.1× 60 0.5× 71 0.6× 68 1.5× 45 933
Paul Y. Hammond 475 0.7× 338 0.6× 94 0.8× 95 0.9× 31 0.7× 42 731
Inis L. Claude 692 1.0× 449 0.8× 97 0.8× 213 1.9× 59 1.3× 44 944
J. Samuel Barkin 606 0.9× 516 0.9× 99 0.8× 217 2.0× 97 2.1× 21 921
Arnold Wolfers 746 1.1× 555 1.0× 105 0.9× 129 1.2× 20 0.4× 15 1.1k
Milja Kurki 613 0.9× 652 1.2× 42 0.3× 160 1.5× 57 1.2× 43 968
Harry Eckstein 580 0.8× 607 1.1× 90 0.7× 57 0.5× 87 1.9× 31 1.0k
Reinhard Wolf 618 0.9× 598 1.1× 64 0.5× 148 1.3× 20 0.4× 27 891
James Igoe Walsh 391 0.6× 566 1.0× 88 0.7× 47 0.4× 42 0.9× 56 909
Michael E. Brown 541 0.8× 510 0.9× 59 0.5× 95 0.9× 16 0.3× 36 806

Countries citing papers authored by Michael C. Desch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael C. Desch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael C. Desch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael C. Desch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael C. Desch based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael C. Desch. Michael C. Desch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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