Richard Franklin Bensel

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Richard Franklin Bensel is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Marketing and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Franklin Bensel has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Marketing and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Franklin Bensel's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (14 papers), American History and Culture (8 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (5 papers). Richard Franklin Bensel is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (14 papers), American History and Culture (8 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (5 papers). Richard Franklin Bensel collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard Franklin Bensel's co-authors include Jean H. Baker, Richard Jensen, Allan G. Bogue, Brooks D. Simpson, George C. Rable, Martin J. Sklar, David Robertson and Eldon J. Eisenach and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Political Science Review and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Richard Franklin Bensel

30 papers receiving 909 citations

Hit Papers

Politics in Time: History, Institutions, and Social Analysis 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400
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. Politics in Time: History, Institutions, and Social Analysis
    2005 487 citations Richard Franklin Bensel Perspectives on Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Franklin Bensel United States 12 636 465 209 128 101 32 1.1k
A. Claire Cutler Canada 15 499 0.8× 365 0.8× 135 0.6× 57 0.4× 566 5.6× 32 1.3k
Gabriel Kolko Canada 16 396 0.6× 459 1.0× 291 1.4× 158 1.2× 223 2.2× 61 1.3k
Fred S. McChesney United States 16 327 0.5× 329 0.7× 834 4.0× 83 0.6× 254 2.5× 62 1.4k
Joseph P. Kalt United States 12 502 0.8× 288 0.6× 582 2.8× 24 0.2× 247 2.4× 40 1.3k
Ronald J. Oakerson United States 10 484 0.8× 342 0.7× 332 1.6× 61 0.5× 109 1.1× 21 1.1k
Morton J. Horwitz United States 14 547 0.9× 367 0.8× 399 1.9× 157 1.2× 98 1.0× 49 1.4k
Dennis R. Judd United States 18 265 0.4× 850 1.8× 176 0.8× 80 0.6× 52 0.5× 48 1.4k
Martha Derthick United States 16 728 1.1× 267 0.6× 294 1.4× 30 0.2× 312 3.1× 52 1.4k
Thomas J. Biersteker United States 16 812 1.3× 680 1.5× 200 1.0× 21 0.2× 335 3.3× 53 1.6k
Bruce Gilley United States 19 965 1.5× 956 2.1× 216 1.0× 19 0.1× 119 1.2× 59 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Franklin Bensel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Franklin Bensel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2022). The Founding of Modern States. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2016). Lost in Translation: An Epistemological Exploration of the Relation between Historical Analysis and the NOMINATE Algorithm. Studies in American Political Development. 30(2). 185–201. 2 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2014). Political Economy and American Political Development. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2009). Comments. The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 8(4). 481–485. 1 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2008). Valor and Valkyries: Why the State Needs Valhalla. Polity. 40(3). 386–393. 4 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2008). Passion and Preferences. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2005). Politics in Time: History, Institutions, and Social Analysis. Perspectives on Politics. 3(3). 647–648. 487 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2004). The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 95 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2003). The Tension between American Political Development as a Research Community and as a Disciplinary Subfield. Studies in American Political Development. 17(1). 103–106. 6 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin, et al.. (2003). The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900. The Journal of Southern History. 69(1). 203–203. 2 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin & David Robertson. (2002). Capital, Labor, and State: The Battle for American Labor Markets from the Civil War to the New Deal. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 55(3). 560–560. 11 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (2000). The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877–1900. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 97 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin & Martin J. Sklar. (1993). The United States as a Developing Country: Studies in U.S. History in the Progressive Era and the 1920s.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 22(3). 399–399. 15 indexed citations
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Bogue, Allan G. & Richard Franklin Bensel. (1992). Yankee Leviathan: The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859- 1877.. The American Historical Review. 97(3). 940–940. 30 indexed citations
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Simpson, Brooks D. & Richard Franklin Bensel. (1992). Yankee Leviathan: The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877.. Journal of American History. 79(1). 276–276. 32 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (1991). Yankee Leviathan. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin. (1987). Southern Leviathan: The Development of Central State Authority in the Confederate States of America. Studies in American Political Development. 2. 68–136.
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Bensel, Richard Franklin, et al.. (1986). Sectionalism and American Political Development, 1880-1980.. The Journal of Southern History. 52(2). 320–320. 2 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin, et al.. (1985). Sectionalism and American Political Development, 1880-1980. The American Historical Review. 90(5). 1281–1281. 19 indexed citations
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Bensel, Richard Franklin, et al.. (1979). The effect of electoral rules on voting behavior: the electoral college and shift voting. Public Choice. 34(1). 69–85. 17 indexed citations

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