Robert L. Backus

952 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 355 citations indexed

About

Robert L. Backus is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Backus has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 355 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cultural Studies, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Backus's work include Japanese History and Culture (9 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 papers). Robert L. Backus is often cited by papers focused on Japanese History and Culture (9 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 papers). Robert L. Backus collaborates with scholars based in . Robert L. Backus's co-authors include Walter F. Vella, Georges Cœdès, George Cœdès, John Κ. Fairbank, Herman Ooms, Tung-tsu Chu, Karl L. Reichelt, Robert H. Brower, John W. Dower and Earl Miner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Oriental Society, Monumenta Nipponica and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Backus

20 papers receiving 223 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Indianized States of Southeast Asia

1969 250 citations Robert L. Backus, George Cœdès et al. Journal of the American Oriental Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert L. Backus	7	240	130	89	55	25	26	355
Walter F. Vella United States	10	453 1.9×	418 3.2×	155 1.7×	25 0.5×	35 1.4×	25	659
Charles H. Fairbanks United States	11	172 0.7×	173 1.3×	146 1.6×	19 0.3×	20 0.8×	41	406
R. B. Smith United Kingdom	11	194 0.8×	117 0.9×	46 0.5×	15 0.3×	17 0.7×	50	329
Lucette Valensi France	10	133 0.6×	132 1.0×	101 1.1×	34 0.6×	48 1.9×	50	342
Wu Hung United States	10	223 0.9×	64 0.5×	55 0.6×	76 1.4×	34 1.4×	42	319
J.C. van Leur	5	215 0.9×	81 0.6×	111 1.2×	31 0.6×	15 0.6×	6	297
Denys Lombard France	12	349 1.5×	106 0.8×	142 1.6×	76 1.4×	35 1.4×	94	484
Arthur Waldron United States	12	246 1.0×	175 1.3×	85 1.0×	46 0.8×	6 0.2×	39	392
George Cœdès	5	198 0.8×	131 1.0×	82 0.9×	25 0.5×	28 1.1×	12	295
Geoff Wade Hong Kong	8	148 0.6×	48 0.4×	122 1.4×	23 0.4×	44 1.8×	24	235

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert L. Backus

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kamens, Edward & Robert L. Backus. (1987). The Riverside Counselor's Stories: Vernacular Fiction of Late Heian Japan. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 107(2). 340–340.

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Morris, M. & Robert L. Backus. (1986). The Riverside Counselor's Stories: Vernacular Fiction of Late Heian Japan.. Monumenta Nipponica. 41(3). 349–349.

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1982). As the Japanese See It: Past and Present. The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. 17(1). 87–87.

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Backus, Robert L., George Elison, & Bardwell L. Smith. (1982). Warlords, Artists, and Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century.. Monumenta Nipponica. 37(1). 130–130. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1981). Told Round a Brushwood Fire: The Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 41(1). 237–237. 3 indexed citations

6.

Backus, Robert L.. (1979). The Motivation of Confucian Orthodoxy in Tokugawa Japan. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 39(2). 275–275. 3 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L. & Herman Ooms. (1975). Charismatic Bureaucrat: A Political Biography of Matsudaira Sadanobu, 1758-1829.. Monumenta Nipponica. 30(3). 318–318. 9 indexed citations

8.

Backus, Robert L.. (1974). The Relationship of Confucianism to The Tokugawa Bakufu as Revealed in The Kansei Educational Reform. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 34. 97–97. 4 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1970). Essential Works of Chinese Communism. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 90(2). 415–415. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1970). Tao, the Great Luminant: Essays from Huai Nan Tzu with Introductory Articles, Notes, Analyses. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 90(2). 415–415.

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Backus, Robert L., Earl Miner, & Robert H. Brower. (1970). An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 90(4). 605–605. 6 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1970). The Golden Casket: Chinese Novellas of Two Millennia. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 90(2). 415–415. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L. & John Κ. Fairbank. (1969). Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast: The Opening of the Treaty Ports, 1842-1854. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(3). 676–676. 18 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1969). The Analects of Confucius. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(3). 676–676. 9 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L. & Tung-tsu Chu. (1969). Local Government in China under the Ch'ing. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(3). 676–676. 9 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1969). Si-Yu-Ki. Buddhist Records of the Western World. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(4). 832–832. 4 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1969). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(3). 676–676. 250 indexed citations breakdown →

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1969). The Text of Yi King and Its Appendixes. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(4). 831–831. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1969). A Syllabus of Japanese Civilization. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(3). 675–675. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Robert L., et al.. (1969). Peasant Uprisings in Japan of the Tokugawa Period. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(3). 676–676. 13 indexed citations

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