Robert Legvold

28.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
404 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Legvold is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Legvold has authored 404 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 104 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 22 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Robert Legvold's work include Eastern European Communism and Reforms (67 papers), Russia and Soviet political economy (52 papers) and Soviet and Russian History (31 papers). Robert Legvold is often cited by papers focused on Eastern European Communism and Reforms (67 papers), Russia and Soviet political economy (52 papers) and Soviet and Russian History (31 papers). Robert Legvold collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Robert Legvold's co-authors include Rogers Brubaker, David D. Laitin, Katherine Verdery, Susan L. Woodward, Valerie Bunce, Elizabeth Cullen Dunn, M. Steven Fish, Andrew Wilson, Federico Varese and Ted Hopf and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, International Organization and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Robert Legvold

376 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert Legvold 9.0k 8.1k 1.1k 1.1k 746 404 14.2k
John C. Campbell 7.3k 0.8× 8.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 354 0.3× 494 0.7× 862 14.1k
Kenneth Maxwell 3.8k 0.4× 4.9k 0.6× 873 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 1.7k 2.2× 277 10.0k
Lucian W. Pye 5.3k 0.6× 6.1k 0.7× 958 0.9× 693 0.6× 865 1.2× 316 11.3k
Stanley Hoffmann 8.0k 0.9× 5.4k 0.7× 817 0.8× 346 0.3× 477 0.6× 408 13.2k
Graham Burchell 3.4k 0.4× 7.3k 0.9× 534 0.5× 641 0.6× 770 1.0× 21 13.6k
Samuel P. Huntington 9.7k 1.1× 13.0k 1.6× 2.7k 2.5× 535 0.5× 719 1.0× 163 20.9k
Sidney Tarrow 7.8k 0.9× 11.1k 1.4× 540 0.5× 357 0.3× 464 0.6× 169 16.9k
Immanuel Wallerstein 5.1k 0.6× 7.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.9× 718 0.7× 1.6k 2.2× 398 15.2k
Max Weber 3.1k 0.3× 7.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 349 0.3× 607 0.8× 287 13.0k
Nancy Fraser 4.7k 0.5× 8.6k 1.1× 432 0.4× 440 0.4× 477 0.6× 194 16.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Legvold

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Legvold

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Legvold

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Legvold. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Legvold 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 Robert Legvold. Robert Legvold 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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Legvold, Robert. (2016). The gates of Europe: : A history of Ukraine. Foreign Affairs. 95(1). 49. 7 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). Imperial gamble: : Putin, Ukraine, and the new cold war. Foreign Affairs. 95(2). 54. 1 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). The new tsar: : The rise and reign of Vladimir Putin. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 50. 26 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). Velvet revolutions: : An oral history of czech society. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 47. 12 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). The depths of Russia: : Oil, power, and culture after socialism. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 48. 48 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). The great departure: :: Mass migration from Eastern Europe and the making of the free world. Foreign Affairs. 95(2). 49. 38 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev’s Freedom to Putin’s War.. Foreign Affairs. 95(6). 186–186. 7 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). The red web: : The struggle between Russia’s digital dictators and the new online revolutionaries. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 45. 48 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). In Wartime: Stories From Ukraine.. Foreign Affairs. 95(6). 186–186. 8 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2016). The maisky diaries: : Red ambassador to the court of St. James’s, 1932–1943. Foreign Affairs. 95(1). 54. 3 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2015). Nationalism and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Balkans and Beyond. 5(1). 2 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2015). The sino-russian challenge to the world order: : National identities, bilateral relations, and East versus West in the 2010s.. Foreign Affairs. 94(3). 176–176. 24 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2014). Managing the new cold war. Foreign Affairs. 93(4). 74–84. 15 indexed citations
14.
Legvold, Robert. (2011). Encountering Globalization Russian Style. Palgrave Macmillan Books. 15–39. 2 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2009). The Russia File. Foreign Affairs. 1 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (2002). Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics. Foreign Affairs. 81(1). 197–199.
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Legvold, Robert, et al.. (1999). Belarus at the crossroads. 7 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (1988). The Revolution in Soviet Foreign Policy. Foreign Affairs. 68(1). 357–369. 16 indexed citations
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Legvold, Robert. (1970). Soviet Policy in West Africa. Harvard University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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