Philip Roessler

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Philip Roessler is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Roessler has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in Philip Roessler's work include Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers), International Development and Aid (5 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (5 papers). Philip Roessler is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers), International Development and Aid (5 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (5 papers). Philip Roessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Philip Roessler's co-authors include Marc Morjé Howard, Robert Blair, Bernd Beber, Alexandra Scacco, Marshall Burke, James D. Fearon, Jürgen Scheffran, Cullen S. Hendrix, Nina von Uexkull and Christopher B. Field and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, World Development and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Philip Roessler

19 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Liberalizing Electoral Outcomes in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes

2006 424 citations Marc Morjé Howard, Philip Roessler American Journal of Political Science profile →
Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict

2019 330 citations Katharine J. Mach, Caroline M. Kraan et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philip Roessler United States	13	1.3k	589	267	128	85	20	1.5k
Hanne Fjelde Sweden	20	1.5k 1.1×	485 0.8×	217 0.8×	148 1.2×	102 1.2×	49	1.8k
Bethany Lacina United States	13	938 0.7×	447 0.8×	151 0.6×	119 0.9×	103 1.2×	22	1.2k
Jaroslav Tir United States	20	1.1k 0.9×	717 1.2×	291 1.1×	93 0.7×	179 2.1×	46	1.4k
Magnus Öberg Sweden	13	761 0.6×	323 0.5×	153 0.6×	52 0.4×	85 1.0×	32	1.0k
Ken Menkhaus United States	17	925 0.7×	539 0.9×	143 0.5×	62 0.5×	56 0.7×	52	1.2k
David Keen United Kingdom	17	911 0.7×	476 0.8×	179 0.7×	53 0.4×	85 1.0×	38	1.2k
Ragnhild Nordås Norway	13	838 0.7×	261 0.4×	59 0.2×	61 0.5×	54 0.6×	33	1.2k
Susan Eckstein United States	21	890 0.7×	419 0.7×	66 0.2×	181 1.4×	111 1.3×	80	1.4k
Tobias Hagmann Switzerland	16	703 0.6×	477 0.8×	102 0.4×	39 0.3×	38 0.4×	32	1.0k
Sultan Barakat United Kingdom	19	719 0.6×	265 0.4×	134 0.5×	32 0.3×	68 0.8×	59	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Roessler

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

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Blair, Robert, et al.. (2024). Elites, the aid curse, and Chinese development finance: A conjoint survey experiment on elites’ aid preferences in 141 low‐ and middle‐income countries. American Journal of Political Science. 69(4). 1519–1540. 1 indexed citations

Roessler, Philip, et al.. (2022). The cash crop revolution, colonialism and economic reorganization in Africa. World Development. 158. 105934–105934. 12 indexed citations

Blair, Robert, Robert Marty, & Philip Roessler. (2021). Foreign Aid and Soft Power: Great Power Competition in Africa in the Early Twenty-first Century. British Journal of Political Science. 52(3). 1355–1376. 73 indexed citations

Roessler, Philip, et al.. (2021). The economic impact of mobile phone ownership: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1 indexed citations

BenYishay, Ariel, et al.. (2021). Testing multi‐stakeholder dialogue for better local governance in Niger: An experiment. Can we talk our way out of development problems?. Development Policy Review. 40(4). 2 indexed citations

Blair, Robert & Philip Roessler. (2021). Foreign Aid and State Legitimacy. World Politics. 73(2). 315–357. 40 indexed citations

Mach, Katharine J., W. Neil Adger, Halvard Buhaug, et al.. (2020). Directions for Research on Climate and Conflict. Earth s Future. 8(7). e2020EF001532–e2020EF001532. 48 indexed citations

Mach, Katharine J., Caroline M. Kraan, W. Neil Adger, et al.. (2019). Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict. Nature. 571(7764). 193–197. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

Roessler, Philip. (2018). The Mobile Phone Revolution and Digital Inequality: Scope, Determinants and Consequences.. 1–35. 7 indexed citations

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Roessler, Philip, et al.. (2018). Self-Enforcing Power Sharing in Weak States. International Organization. 72(2). 423–454. 21 indexed citations

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Roessler, Philip. (2016). Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa: The Logic of the Coup-Civil War Trap. 42 indexed citations

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Roessler, Philip. (2016). Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 75 indexed citations

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Verhoeven, Harry & Philip Roessler. (2016). Why Comrades Go to War: Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict. 23 indexed citations

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Beber, Bernd, Philip Roessler, & Alexandra Scacco. (2014). Intergroup Violence and Political Attitudes: Evidence from a Dividing Sudan. The Journal of Politics. 76(3). 649–665. 102 indexed citations

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Roessler, Philip. (2011). The Enemy Within: Personal Rule, Coups and Civil War in Africa. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University).

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Roessler, Philip. (2011). The Enemy Within: Personal Rule, Coups, and Civil War in Africa. World Politics. 63(2). 300–346. 239 indexed citations

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Roessler, Philip. (2011). Political Instability, Threat Displacement and Civil War: Darfur as a Theory Building Case. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Roessler, Philip & Marc Morjé Howard. (2009). Post-Cold War Political Regimes: When Do Elections Matter?. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 42 indexed citations

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Howard, Marc Morjé & Philip Roessler. (2006). Liberalizing Electoral Outcomes in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes. American Journal of Political Science. 50(2). 365–381. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roessler, Philip. (2005). Donor-Induced Democratization and the Privatization of State Violence in Kenya and Rwanda. Comparative Politics. 37(2). 207–207. 52 indexed citations

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