Michael Taylor

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 972 citations indexed

About

Michael Taylor is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Taylor has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 972 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Taylor's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (4 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (1 paper). Michael Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (4 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (1 paper). Michael Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Michael Taylor's co-authors include Anthony Weston, Valentine Herman, Arunava Sen, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Hugh Ward and Michael Laver and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, American Political Science Review and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Michael Taylor

9 papers receiving 767 citations

Hit Papers

Party Systems and Government Stability 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Party Systems and Government Stability
    1971 206 citations Michael Taylor, Valentine Herman American Political Science Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Taylor United Kingdom 7 414 396 325 130 118 9 972
Mark Winer United States 10 188 0.5× 312 0.8× 147 0.5× 120 0.9× 95 0.8× 13 702
Peter Bernholz Switzerland 17 241 0.6× 491 1.2× 270 0.8× 75 0.6× 75 0.6× 90 930
Jeffrey Friedman United States 20 649 1.6× 273 0.7× 550 1.7× 77 0.6× 59 0.5× 83 1.3k
Alex Mintz United States 24 749 1.8× 679 1.7× 825 2.5× 82 0.6× 83 0.7× 77 1.8k
Burton R. Brazil 2 918 2.2× 534 1.3× 341 1.0× 61 0.5× 117 1.0× 4 1.4k
Michel De Vroey Belgium 15 98 0.2× 906 2.3× 347 1.1× 86 0.7× 71 0.6× 71 1.4k
David D. Friedman United States 15 208 0.5× 531 1.3× 286 0.9× 71 0.5× 28 0.2× 45 955
David F. Long United States 5 532 1.3× 134 0.3× 449 1.4× 35 0.3× 141 1.2× 19 1.3k
Jerry Evensky United States 14 159 0.4× 422 1.1× 259 0.8× 77 0.6× 24 0.2× 30 710
John W. Patty United States 18 780 1.9× 479 1.2× 294 0.9× 95 0.7× 127 1.1× 59 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Taylor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Taylor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael Taylor. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael Taylor. The network helps show where Michael Taylor may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Taylor

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
1.
Taylor, Michael. (2014). CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE PROBLEM OF COLONIAL SLAVERY, 1823–1833. The Historical Journal. 57(4). 973–995. 3 indexed citations
2.
Weston, Anthony & Michael Taylor. (1985). Community, Anarchy, and Liberty.. The Journal of Philosophy. 82(8). 436–436. 225 indexed citations
3.
Taylor, Michael & Hugh Ward. (1982). Chickens, Whales, and Lumpy Goods: Alternative Models of Public-Goods Provision. Political Studies. 30(3). 350–370. 93 indexed citations
4.
Taylor, Michael & Michael Laver. (1973). Government Coalitions in Western Europe. European Journal of Political Research. 1(3). 205–248. 86 indexed citations
5.
Taylor, Michael, Arunava Sen, & Prasanta K. Pattanaik. (1972). Collective Choice and Social Welfare.. The Economic Journal. 82(326). 800–800. 292 indexed citations
6.
Taylor, Michael & Valentine Herman. (1971). Party Systems and Government Stability. American Political Science Review. 65(1). 28–37. 206 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Taylor, Michael. (1970). Mathematics in the Study of Politics. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 1(3). 275–285. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Michael. (1970). The problem of salience in the theory of collective decision-making. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 15(5). 415–430. 16 indexed citations
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Taylor, Michael. (1969). Critique and comment: Proof of a theorem on majority rule. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 14(3). 228–231. 50 indexed citations

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