Michael Mandelbaum

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Mandelbaum is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Geology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Mandelbaum has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Geology and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Mandelbaum's work include Nuclear Issues and Defense (14 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (8 papers) and Russia and Soviet political economy (5 papers). Michael Mandelbaum is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Issues and Defense (14 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (8 papers) and Russia and Soviet political economy (5 papers). Michael Mandelbaum collaborates with scholars based in Russia, United States and Iran. Michael Mandelbaum's co-authors include G. John Ikenberry, Walter Russell Mead, Robert Legvold, Ethan B. Kapstein, Andrew J. Pierre, Slava Krylov, Thomas B. Friedman, William Schneider, Seweryn Bialer and L. L. van'yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Tectonophysics and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Michael Mandelbaum

75 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Mandelbaum Russia	20	970	636	144	126	122	93	1.5k
Patrick James United States	22	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	295 2.0×	151 1.2×	289 2.4×	135	2.0k
Steve Smith United States	17	480 0.5×	526 0.8×	102 0.7×	35 0.3×	59 0.5×	69	1.2k
Michael Howard United States	18	477 0.5×	321 0.5×	26 0.2×	11 0.1×	113 0.9×	61	948
Harold James United States	4	427 0.4×	267 0.4×	104 0.7×	11 0.1×	167 1.4×	6	720
Brendan O’Leary United Kingdom	29	1.4k 1.5×	1.8k 2.8×	49 0.3×	6 0.0×	89 0.7×	107	2.5k
David Kennedy Australia	19	252 0.3×	281 0.4×	14 0.1×	7 0.1×	19 0.2×	134	1.2k
Alpaslan Özerdem United Kingdom	16	196 0.2×	695 1.1×	42 0.3×	9 0.1×	66 0.5×	57	910
Rob Watts Australia	16	328 0.3×	451 0.7×	6 0.0×	127 1.0×	57 0.5×	64	1.1k
Charles Lewis Taylor United States	11	187 0.2×	258 0.4×	45 0.3×	21 0.2×	66 0.5×	35	501
Barton C. Hacker United States	15	275 0.3×	229 0.4×	22 0.2×	5 0.0×	82 0.7×	75	724

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Mandelbaum

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Mandelbaum

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Mandelbaum. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Mandelbaum 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 Mandelbaum. Michael Mandelbaum is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (2019). The New Containment. Foreign Affairs.

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (2017). Pay Up, Europe. Foreign Affairs. 1 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (2016). Mission Failure: America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era. OUP Catalogue. 5 indexed citations

4.

Mandelbaum, Michael. (2015). How to prevent an Iranian bomb. Foreign Affairs. 94(6). 3. 1 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (2007). Democracy Without America. Foreign Affairs. 2 indexed citations

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Levi, Kyle, et al.. (2006). Variants of the master area route Eastern Siberia – Pacific ocean oil pipeline: geological environmental assessment. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2.

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (2002). The Inadequacy of American Power. ALONE AT THE TOP. Foreign Affairs. 81(5). 61–73. 2 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (2002). The Inadequacy of American Power. Foreign Affairs. 81(5). 45–50. 4 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (2002). The Inadequacy of American Power. Foreign Affairs. 81(5). 61–61. 5 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael, et al.. (2000). The new European diasporas : national minorities and conflict in Eastern Europe. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 22 indexed citations

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Kapstein, Ethan B. & Michael Mandelbaum. (1997). Sustaining the transition : the social safety net in postcommunist Europe. 24 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (1996). Postcommunism : four perspectives. 34 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (1995). Preserving the New Peace. Foreign Affairs. 2 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (1994). Central Asia and the world : Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. 12 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (1991). The Rise of nations in the Soviet Union : American foreign policy and the disintegration of the USSR. 4 indexed citations

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Buzan, Barry & Michael Mandelbaum. (1989). The Fate of Nations: The Search for National Security in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 44(2). 509–509. 1 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael. (1985). American Policy: The Luck of the President. Foreign Affairs.

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Berdichevsky, Mark N., et al.. (1980). Geoelectrical model of the Baikal region. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 22(1). 1–11. 54 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael, et al.. (1979). New data from explosion seismology in the Baikalian rift zone. Tectonophysics. 56(1-2). 128–128. 4 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Michael, et al.. (1970). Crustal Seismic Investigations in the Baikal Rift Zone. Journal of geomagnetism and geoelectricity. 22(1-2). 169–175. 4 indexed citations

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