Peter John

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
245 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Peter John is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter John has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 54 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 40 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Peter John's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (50 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (40 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (33 papers). Peter John is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (50 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (40 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (33 papers). Peter John collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Finland and United States. Peter John's co-authors include Keith Dowding, Will Jennings, B. E. S. Gunning, A. Atkinson, Helen Margetts, Gerry Stoker, Shaun Bevan, Alistair Cole, Oliver James and George A. Boyne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter John

232 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Agendas and Instability in American Politics 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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.

  1. Agendas and Instability in American Politics
    2013 339 citations Peter John SSRN Electronic Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter John United Kingdom 48 3.3k 1.9k 1.2k 1.2k 803 245 7.2k
David Marsh United Kingdom 44 5.1k 1.5× 2.4k 1.3× 867 0.7× 1.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 225 10.9k
John S. Dryzek Australia 54 5.1k 1.5× 5.7k 3.1× 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 168 14.0k
Hank Jenkins‐Smith United States 37 2.4k 0.7× 3.9k 2.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 768 1.0× 142 7.9k
Bob Jessop United Kingdom 56 5.6k 1.7× 5.4k 2.9× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 277 13.3k
Paul Sabatier United States 42 6.6k 2.0× 3.5k 1.9× 1.5k 1.2× 3.2k 2.7× 2.4k 3.0× 95 13.8k
Archon Fung United States 33 2.9k 0.9× 2.9k 1.5× 713 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 68 7.7k
Peter M. Haas United States 24 3.0k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 778 0.7× 456 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 59 6.4k
Sheila Jasanoff United States 47 1.6k 0.5× 6.1k 3.3× 871 0.7× 145 0.1× 742 0.9× 136 13.6k
Christopher Ansell United States 34 2.7k 0.8× 3.5k 1.9× 860 0.7× 2.4k 2.1× 1.6k 2.0× 96 9.9k
Robert E. Goodin Australia 48 5.6k 1.7× 4.4k 2.4× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 757 0.9× 261 11.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter John

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter John

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter John

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sugeng, Kiki Ariyanti, et al.. (2023). Modular irregularity strength on some flower graphs. Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications. 11(1). 27–27. 1 indexed citations
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John, Peter. (2023). The ethics of self-aware behavioural public policies: any different to standard nudges?. Behavioural Public Policy. 7(4). 898–905.
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Banerjee, Sanchayan, et al.. (2023). Embedding the Default in a Multiple-choice List Increases Opting Out. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Sanchayan & Peter John. (2022). Nudge Plus: Putting Citizens at the Heart of Behavioural Public Policy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Camargo, Chico Q., Peter John, Helen Margetts, & Scott A. Hale. (2021). Measuring the Volatility of the Political agenda in Public Opinion and News Media. Public Opinion Quarterly. 85(2). 493–516. 3 indexed citations
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John, Peter, et al.. (2021). Nudge in the time of coronavirus: Compliance to behavioural messages during crisis. 4(2). 5 indexed citations
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Béchara, Hannah, Alexander Herzog, Slava Mikhaylov, & Peter John. (2021). Transfer learning for topic labeling: Analysis of the UK House of Commons speeches 1935–2014. Research & Politics. 8(2). 5 indexed citations
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Vyver, Julie Van de & Peter John. (2017). A field experiment: Testing the potential of norms for achieving behavior change in English parishes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 47(6). 347–352. 4 indexed citations
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John, Peter. (2013). Agendas and Instability in American Politics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 339 indexed citations breakdown →
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John, Peter. (2010). Central State Power and its Limits in Bulpitt'sTerritory and Power. Government and Opposition. 45(3). 345–364. 2 indexed citations
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John, Peter. (2009). Territory and Power: Jim Bulpitt and the Study of Comparative Politics. European Political Science. 8(4). 428–442.
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Boyne, George A., Oliver James, Peter John, & Nicolai Petrovsky. (2009). Political and managerial succession and the performance of English local governments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1–29. 6 indexed citations
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Hughes, James, Peter John, & Gwendolyn Sasse. (2002). From plan to network: Urban elites and the post‐communist organisational state in Russia. European Journal of Political Research. 41(3). 395–420. 11 indexed citations
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Dowding, Keith, et al.. (2002). FISCAL MOBILITY IN METROPOLITAN ENGLAND. 1 indexed citations
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John, Peter, et al.. (2001). Political manipulation in a unitary state: central government targeting of public funds to English subnational governments. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 3 indexed citations
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John, Peter. (1996). Europeanization in a centralizing state: Multi‐level governance in the UK. Regional & Federal Studies. 6(2). 131–144. 16 indexed citations
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John, Peter, Keith Dowding, & Stephen Biggs. (1995). Residential mobility in London: a micro test of the behavioural assumptions of the Tiebout model. British Journal of Political Science. 25. 5 indexed citations
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John, Peter. (1994). Central‐local government relations in the 1980s and 1990s: Towards a policy learning approach. Local Government Studies. 20(3). 412–436. 16 indexed citations
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John, Peter. (1994). UK sub-national offices in Brussels: diversification or regionalisation?. Regional Studies. 10 indexed citations
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John, Peter, et al.. (1987). Handwerk im Spannungsfeld zwischen Zunftordnung und Gewerbefreiheit : Entwicklung und Politik der Selbstverwaltungsorganisationen des deutschen Handwerks bis 1933. 1 indexed citations

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