Nicholas Rush Smith

772 total citations
14 papers, 217 citations indexed

About

Nicholas Rush Smith is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Rush Smith has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 217 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Rush Smith's work include Human Rights and Development (3 papers), South African History and Culture (3 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (3 papers). Nicholas Rush Smith is often cited by papers focused on Human Rights and Development (3 papers), South African History and Culture (3 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (3 papers). Nicholas Rush Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nicholas Rush Smith's co-authors include Erica S. Simmons, Dan Slater and Jillian Schwedler and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Sociology, American Political Science Review and African Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Rush Smith

14 papers receiving 184 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Rush Smith United States 7 166 83 22 14 13 14 217
Stefan‐Ludwig Hoffmann Germany 7 157 0.9× 154 1.9× 15 0.7× 6 0.4× 10 0.8× 24 260
Mamoudou Gazibo Canada 7 133 0.8× 90 1.1× 14 0.6× 12 0.9× 36 2.8× 21 199
Wil G. Pansters Netherlands 8 125 0.8× 61 0.7× 8 0.4× 7 0.5× 14 1.1× 24 194
Gary Prévost United States 8 150 0.9× 100 1.2× 14 0.6× 8 0.6× 6 0.5× 52 246
Carl F. Minzner United States 8 174 1.0× 209 2.5× 52 2.4× 8 0.6× 6 0.5× 15 298
Cecelia Lynch United States 10 227 1.4× 144 1.7× 9 0.4× 7 0.5× 8 0.6× 24 308
Lanny Thompson Puerto Rico 5 119 0.7× 32 0.4× 10 0.5× 10 0.7× 19 1.5× 11 198
Jessé Souza Brazil 10 173 1.0× 44 0.5× 19 0.9× 11 0.8× 6 0.5× 23 230
Y.K. Museveni 5 147 0.9× 94 1.1× 12 0.5× 11 0.8× 49 3.8× 8 230
Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane South Africa 8 103 0.6× 53 0.6× 16 0.7× 12 0.9× 33 2.5× 22 207

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Rush Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Simmons, Erica S. & Nicholas Rush Smith. (2025). How Cases Speak to One Another: Using Translation to Rethink Generalization in Political Science Research. American Political Science Review. 120(1). 110–122. 1 indexed citations
2.
Smith, Nicholas Rush. (2021). Book Review: The Terrorist Album: Apartheid’s Insurgents, Collaborators, and the Security Police. Africa Spectrum. 56(3). 335–337. 1 indexed citations
3.
Smith, Nicholas Rush. (2021). Seen Like a State. Polity. 53(3). 485–491. 1 indexed citations
4.
Simmons, Erica S. & Nicholas Rush Smith. (2019). The Case for Comparative Ethnography. Comparative Politics. 51(3). 341–359. 43 indexed citations
5.
Schwedler, Jillian, Erica S. Simmons, & Nicholas Rush Smith. (2019). Ethnography and Participant Observation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Nicholas Rush. (2019). Contradictions of Democracy: Vigilantism and Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa. 23 indexed citations
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Smith, Nicholas Rush. (2019). Contradictions of Democracy. Oxford University Press eBooks. 35 indexed citations
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Simmons, Erica S., et al.. (2018). Rethinking comparison in the social sciences. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Nicholas Rush. (2017). The Rule of Rights: Comparative Lessons from Twenty Years of South African Democracy. Comparative Politics. 50(1). 123–141. 1 indexed citations
10.
Simmons, Erica S. & Nicholas Rush Smith. (2017). Comparison with an Ethnographic Sensibility. PS Political Science & Politics. 50(1). 126–130. 35 indexed citations
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Smith, Nicholas Rush. (2016). Time for fresh ideas in Ukraine’s democratisation efforts. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 1 indexed citations
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Slater, Dan & Nicholas Rush Smith. (2016). The Power of Counterrevolution: Elitist Origins of Political Order in Postcolonial Asia and Africa. American Journal of Sociology. 121(5). 1472–1516. 35 indexed citations
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Smith, Nicholas Rush. (2015). Rejecting Rights: Vigilantism and violence in post-apartheid South Africa. African Affairs. 114(456). 341–360. 33 indexed citations
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Slater, Dan & Nicholas Rush Smith. (2010). The Power of Counterrevolution: Contentious Origins of Dominant Party Durability in Asia and Africa. 1 indexed citations

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