Paul Light

3.3k total citations
93 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Paul Light is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Light has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paul Light's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 papers), Political and Economic history of UK and US (4 papers) and Public Policy and Administration Research (3 papers). Paul Light is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 papers), Political and Economic history of UK and US (4 papers) and Public Policy and Administration Research (3 papers). Paul Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. Paul Light's co-authors include William C. Schaniel, George A. Silver, Tiffany Hui‐Kuang Yu, Ben Honigman, Joshua D. Lee, D. W. Bates, Joseph Rothschild, Martin Richards, Robert Myers and H. Wendt and has published in prestigious journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Child Development and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Paul Light

85 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Light United States 24 699 638 559 362 329 93 2.2k
Ali Farazmand United States 22 594 0.8× 719 1.1× 488 0.9× 169 0.5× 440 1.3× 86 2.1k
Bram Verschuere Belgium 23 720 1.0× 914 1.4× 1.1k 2.0× 332 0.9× 553 1.7× 109 2.6k
Victor Pestoff Sweden 17 527 0.8× 868 1.4× 736 1.3× 224 0.6× 327 1.0× 53 2.3k
Laurence E. Lynn United States 26 716 1.0× 659 1.0× 971 1.7× 245 0.7× 331 1.0× 91 2.2k
Kimberley R. Isett United States 20 396 0.6× 623 1.0× 671 1.2× 283 0.8× 248 0.8× 57 1.8k
H. George Frederickson United States 23 1.1k 1.5× 980 1.5× 1.4k 2.5× 423 1.2× 459 1.4× 98 2.8k
Robyn Keast Australia 20 259 0.4× 447 0.7× 395 0.7× 153 0.4× 395 1.2× 115 1.6k
Paul K. Edwards United Kingdom 21 282 0.4× 487 0.8× 686 1.2× 432 1.2× 214 0.7× 65 1.5k
Gjalt de Graaf Netherlands 23 269 0.4× 763 1.2× 567 1.0× 335 0.9× 382 1.2× 70 1.8k
Kevin T. Leicht United States 23 296 0.4× 782 1.2× 266 0.5× 705 1.9× 195 0.6× 89 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Light

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Light

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Light

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Light, Paul. (2015). Back to the future on presidential appointments. Duke Law Journal. 64(8). 1499–1512. 3 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (2011). Thickening Government. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (2011). Monitoring Government. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (2011). Federalist No. 1: How Would Publius Define Good Government Today?. Public Administration Review. 71(s1). 1 indexed citations
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Lempert, Robert J., Steven W. Popper, James Dewar, et al.. (2009). Shaping Tomorrow Today: Near-Term Steps Towards Long-Term Goals. Conference Proceedings.. 3 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (2009). A Government Ill Executed. Harvard University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Lempert, Robert J., et al.. (2009). Shaping Tomorrow Today: Near-Term Steps Towards Long-Term Goals. RAND Corporation eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (2007). The homeland security hash. 25–29. 4 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (2004). Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 86 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (2002). The Content of their Character: The State of the Nonprofit Workforce. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 787354–787354. 74 indexed citations
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Honigman, Ben, Joshua D. Lee, Joseph Rothschild, et al.. (2001). Using Computerized Data to Identify Adverse Drug Events in Outpatients. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 8(3). 254–266. 178 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (1999). Social Programs That Work. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 18(4). 698–700. 9 indexed citations
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Ott, J. Steven, Doug Goodman, Paul Light, & B. Guy Peters. (1998). Government Reform or Alternatives to Bureaucracy? Thickening, Tides and the Future of Governing. Public Administration Review. 58(6). 540–540. 6 indexed citations
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Myers, Robert & Paul Light. (1989). Artful Work: The Politics of Social Security Reform. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 56(2). 370–370. 36 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (1983). The Institutional Vice-Presidency. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Paul, et al.. (1983). "Own View" versus "Good View" in a Perspective-Taking Task. Child Development. 54(2). 480–480. 28 indexed citations
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Silver, George A. & Paul Light. (1982). The President's Agenda. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2(1). 132–132. 87 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (1980). The President's Agenda: Domestic Policy Choice from Kennedy to Carter.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 3 indexed citations
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Light, Paul. (1979). The development of social sensitivity : a study of social aspects of role-taking in young children. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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