Michael Hechter

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
115 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Hechter is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hechter has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Michael Hechter's work include Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (11 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (11 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers). Michael Hechter is often cited by papers focused on Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (11 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (11 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers). Michael Hechter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Denmark. Michael Hechter's co-authors include Immanuel Wallerstein, Debra Friedman, James Stolzman, Satoshi Kanazawa, Charles C. Ragin, H. J. Hanham, Edgar Kiser, Mark Abrahamson, Margaret Levi and Karl‐Dieter Opp and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hechter

105 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

The Modern World-System: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century.

1975 1.5k citations Michael Hechter, Immanuel Wallerstein Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
Principles of Group Solidarity

1989 530 citations James Stolzman, Michael Hechter The Canadian Journal of Sociology profile →
Internal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in British National Development.

1976 411 citations Michael Hechter et al. profile →
Internal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in British National Development, 1536-1966

1978 400 citations Michael Hechter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Hechter United States	36	4.0k	2.0k	1.2k	858	525	115	6.5k
Donald L. Horowitz United States	28	5.1k 1.3×	3.7k 1.8×	981 0.8×	554 0.6×	349 0.7×	65	7.1k
Nicolas van de Walle United States	38	4.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	634 0.5×	884 1.0×	266 0.5×	110	6.4k
Craig Calhoun United States	48	6.4k 1.6×	3.0k 1.5×	596 0.5×	406 0.5×	626 1.2×	187	10.6k
David D. Laitin United States	41	9.0k 2.3×	4.5k 2.2×	2.0k 1.6×	977 1.1×	537 1.0×	160	13.1k
Viviana A. Zelizer United States	29	3.4k 0.9×	707 0.3×	572 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	891 1.7×	80	6.3k
Michaël Bratton United States	34	5.2k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	739 0.6×	781 0.9×	328 0.6×	98	7.1k
Ted Robert Gurr United States	39	6.8k 1.7×	3.8k 1.8×	866 0.7×	869 1.0×	223 0.4×	112	9.0k
Ann Swidler United States	23	5.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	630 0.5×	418 0.5×	685 1.3×	54	8.6k
Derek Gregory Canada	33	4.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	513 0.4×	527 0.6×	388 0.7×	92	8.0k
Mahmood Mamdani United States	34	4.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	628 0.5×	361 0.4×	433 0.8×	115	7.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Hechter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Hechter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Hechter

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Neuner, Fabian G. & Michael Hechter. (2023). Status Reversal and Its Discontents. SSRN Electronic Journal.

2.

Hechter, Michael. (2021). Internal Colonialism, Alien Rule, and Famine in Ireland and Ukraine. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 145–157.

3.

Pfaff, Steven & Michael Hechter. (2020). The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail.

4.

Hechter, Michael. (2019). Principles of Group Solidarity. 55 indexed citations

5.

Baron, James N., Michael T. Hannan, Neil Fligstein, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Economics on Contemporary Sociology. Journal of Economic Literature. 32(3). 1111–1146. 18 indexed citations

6.

Hechter, Michael. (2015). Why Economists Should Pay Heed to Sociology. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2(1-2). 89–92. 2 indexed citations

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Siroky, David S., Sean Mueller, & Michael Hechter. (2014). Religious Legacies, Political Preferences and Intergroup Bargaining: The Case of Jura. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Hechter, Michael, Danielle Novetsky Friedman, & Satoshi Kanazawa. (2012). The Attainment of Global Order in Heterogeneous Societies. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science).

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Hechter, Michael. (2009). Legitimacy in the Modern World. American Behavioral Scientist. 53(3). 279–288. 35 indexed citations

10.

Kalyvas, Stathis N., Robert H. Bates, Michael Hechter, et al.. (2008). Order, Conflict, and Violence. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 136 indexed citations

11.

Hechter, Michael. (2008). The rise and fall of normative control. Accounting Organizations and Society. 33(6). 663–676. 19 indexed citations

12.

Hechter, Michael & Christine Horne. (2003). Theories of social order : a reader. Stanford University Press eBooks. 36 indexed citations

13.

Quinn, Kevin M., et al.. (2003). Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War Revisited ∗. 4 indexed citations

14.

Hechter, Michael, et al.. (2002). The Genesis of Values. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(5). 604–604.

15.

Stolzman, James & Michael Hechter. (1989). Principles of Group Solidarity. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 14(2). 244–244. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

16.

Hechter, Michael & Debra Friedman. (1984). Does Rational Choice Theory Suffice? Response to Adam. International Migration Review. 18(2). 381–388. 4 indexed citations

17.

Hechter, Michael. (1979). Notes on Marxism and sociology in the USA. Theory and Society. 8(3). 377–386. 6 indexed citations

18.

Hechter, Michael. (1978). Group Formation and the Cultural Division of Labor. American Journal of Sociology. 84(2). 293–318. 201 indexed citations

19.

Hechter, Michael. (1977). Foreword. Language Problems & Language Planning. 1(1). 1–9. 2 indexed citations

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Wallerstein, Immanuel & Michael Hechter. (1970). Social Rank and Nationalism: Some African Data. Public Opinion Quarterly. 34(3). 360–360. 2 indexed citations

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