Robert K. Schaeffer

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Robert K. Schaeffer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert K. Schaeffer has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Robert K. Schaeffer's work include International Law and Human Rights (2 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 papers) and South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 papers). Robert K. Schaeffer is often cited by papers focused on International Law and Human Rights (2 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 papers) and South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 papers). Robert K. Schaeffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Robert K. Schaeffer's co-authors include George Steinmetz, Saskia Sassen, Martin Albrow, Dennis Smith, J. Timmons Roberts, Thomas D. Hall, Andrew J. Pierre, Buchanan Sharp, Axel Hadenius and Willard F. Barber and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Robert K. Schaeffer

22 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn 1999 2026 2008 2017 2001 1999 200 400 600
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. State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn
    2001 637 citations George Steinmetz, Robert K. Schaeffer Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. Globalization and Its Discontents: Essays on the New Mobility of People and Money.
    1999 557 citations Robert K. Schaeffer et al. Social Forces profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert K. Schaeffer United States 10 1.1k 643 190 176 149 29 1.7k
Krishan Kumar United States 22 1.1k 1.0× 566 0.9× 139 0.7× 91 0.5× 91 0.6× 96 1.9k
George Steinmetz United States 23 1.6k 1.5× 846 1.3× 308 1.6× 118 0.7× 160 1.1× 97 2.5k
Chris Rumford United Kingdom 23 1.4k 1.3× 1.4k 2.1× 139 0.7× 186 1.1× 140 0.9× 54 2.2k
David McCrone United Kingdom 31 1.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.8× 167 0.9× 220 1.3× 151 1.0× 140 2.8k
Patrick Camiller United Kingdom 15 1.1k 1.0× 571 0.9× 84 0.4× 151 0.9× 76 0.5× 22 2.0k
Andrew B. Kipnis Australia 18 1.2k 1.1× 821 1.3× 156 0.8× 243 1.4× 69 0.5× 58 1.9k
Richard Lachmann United States 19 730 0.7× 385 0.6× 132 0.7× 110 0.6× 168 1.1× 58 1.4k
Gearóid Ó Tuathail United States 28 1.6k 1.5× 1.3k 2.1× 278 1.5× 204 1.2× 153 1.0× 63 2.7k
Henk van Houtum Netherlands 24 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.9× 166 0.9× 241 1.4× 195 1.3× 52 2.3k
David Featherstone United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.0× 527 0.8× 150 0.8× 136 0.8× 401 2.7× 67 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert K. Schaeffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (2024). Moral Economies of Money: Politics and the Monetary Constitution of Society. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 53(2). 135–136. 1 indexed citations
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Fischer‐Kowalski, Marina, et al.. (2023). Great transformations: Social revolutions erupted during energy transitions around the world, 1500–2013. Energy Research & Social Science. 105. 103280–103280. 2 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (2021). Standardization, GATT and the Fresh Food System. International journal of sociology of agriculture and food. 3. 71–81.
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (2021). After Globalization. 2 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (2011). Red inc. : dictatorship and the development of capitalism in China, 1949 to the present. 1 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (2011). Red Inc.: Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1949-2009. 2 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (2011). Breaking the Poverty Cycle: The Human Basis for Sustainable Development. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 40(5). 610–611. 8 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (2009). The Audacity of Compromise: The UN Security Council and the Pre-conditions to the Exercise of Jurisdiction by the ICC with Regard to the Crime of Aggression. International Criminal Law Review. 9(2). 411–433. 5 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K., et al.. (2007). Transformations: Feminist Pathways to Global Change. 6 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K., et al.. (2002). Fast Forward: Work, Gender, and Protest in a Changing World. Labour / Le Travail. 50. 369–369. 1 indexed citations
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Steinmetz, George & Robert K. Schaeffer. (2001). State/Culture: State Formation after the Cultural Turn. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 30(3). 286–286. 637 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaeffer, Robert K. & Thomas D. Hall. (2001). A World-Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 30(6). 624–624. 53 indexed citations
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Roberts, J. Timmons & Robert K. Schaeffer. (1998). Understanding Globalization: The Social Consequences of Political, Economic, and Environmental Change. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 27(6). 596–596. 65 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K. & Axel Hadenius. (1998). Democracy's Victory and Crisis. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 27(6). 642–642. 16 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K. & Martin Albrow. (1998). The Global Age: State and Society beyond Modernity.. Social Forces. 76(4). 1542–1542. 245 indexed citations
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Polachek, Solomon W. & Robert K. Schaeffer. (1991). War in the World-System. Southern Economic Journal. 57(4). 1207–1207. 6 indexed citations
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Pierre, Andrew J. & Robert K. Schaeffer. (1990). Warpaths: The Politics of Partition. Foreign Affairs. 69(3). 170–170. 25 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K. & Buchanan Sharp. (1981). In Contempt of all Authority: Rural Artisans and Riot in the West of England, 1586-1660. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(3). 429–429. 16 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Robert K.. (1981). The entelechies of mercantilism. Scandinavian Economic History Review. 29(2). 81–96.
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Schaeffer, Robert K., et al.. (1967). Internal Security and Military Power: Counterinsurgency and Civic Action in Latin America.. Military Affairs. 31(1). 39–39. 15 indexed citations

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