Robert Melson

1.5k total citations
37 papers, 650 citations indexed

About

Robert Melson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Melson has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 650 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Robert Melson's work include Cambodian History and Society (8 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (8 papers) and Turkey's Politics and Society (6 papers). Robert Melson is often cited by papers focused on Cambodian History and Society (8 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (8 papers) and Turkey's Politics and Society (6 papers). Robert Melson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Melson's co-authors include Howard Wolpe, Michaël R. Marrus, Leo Kuper, Vahakn N. Dadrian, Toyin Falọla, Julius O. Ihonvbere, Randolph L. Braham, Kenneth Ingham, Crawford Young and John G. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, The American Historical Review and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

In The Last Decade

Robert Melson

28 papers receiving 433 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Melson United States 14 395 299 86 72 69 37 650
Stephen Howe United Kingdom 11 378 1.0× 176 0.6× 117 1.4× 41 0.6× 114 1.7× 38 585
Uday S. Mehta United States 7 359 0.9× 307 1.0× 133 1.5× 30 0.4× 100 1.4× 10 635
Greg Grandin United States 10 271 0.7× 231 0.8× 91 1.1× 31 0.4× 57 0.8× 36 509
Jan Penrose United Kingdom 11 439 1.1× 160 0.5× 81 0.9× 60 0.8× 38 0.6× 23 670
Zachary Lockman United States 14 491 1.2× 276 0.9× 92 1.1× 26 0.4× 74 1.1× 33 633
Steven Grosby United States 12 311 0.8× 217 0.7× 86 1.0× 37 0.5× 51 0.7× 35 510
Gilles Kepel France 17 779 2.0× 431 1.4× 63 0.7× 49 0.7× 27 0.4× 60 950
Bernard Yack United States 11 376 1.0× 388 1.3× 48 0.6× 27 0.4× 40 0.6× 31 600
Alex Weingrod Israel 12 442 1.1× 201 0.7× 68 0.8× 111 1.5× 23 0.3× 37 604
Adam Hochschild 6 223 0.6× 106 0.4× 114 1.3× 18 0.3× 79 1.1× 17 482

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Melson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Melson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Melson, Robert. (2013). Recent Developments in the Study of the Armenian Genocide. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 27(2). 313–321. 2 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert. (2011). Critique of Current Genocide Studies. Genocide Studies and Prevention. 6(3). 279–286. 1 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert. (2004). Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 18(1). 133–135. 1 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert. (2004). Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 18(1). 133–135. 3 indexed citations
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Gellately, Robert, Ben Kiernan, Eric Weitz, et al.. (2003). The Specter of Genocide. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert, et al.. (2001). Genocide and Crisis in Central Africa: Conflict Roots, Mass Violence, and Regional War. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 37 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert & Vahakn N. Dadrian. (2000). Warrant for Genocide: Key Elements of Turko-Armenian Conflict. The American Historical Review. 105(3). 1048–1048. 20 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert, et al.. (1999). Nigeria: The Birth of Africa's Greatest Country.. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(1). 152–152. 3 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert & Vahakn N. Dadrian. (1997). The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus.. The American Historical Review. 102(3). 857–857. 24 indexed citations
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Marrus, Michaël R., Robert Melson, & Leo Kuper. (1994). Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.. The American Historical Review. 99(1). 263–263. 91 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert & Kenneth Ingham. (1992). Politics in Modern Africa: The Uneven Tribal Dimension. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 25(1). 161–161. 10 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert. (1989). ‘Genocide in the 20th Century’. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 4(2). 161–174. 4 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert, Larry Diamond, Juan J. Linz, & Seymour Martin Lipset. (1989). Democracy in Developing Countries, Vol. II: Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(1). 143–143. 2 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert, Toyin Falọla, & Julius O. Ihonvbere. (1986). The Rise and Fall of Nigeria's Second Republic, 1979-84. The American Historical Review. 91(3). 716–716. 57 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert, et al.. (1985). Ijeshas and Nigerians: The Incorporation of a Yoruba Kingdom, 1890s-1970s. The American Historical Review. 90(1). 197–197. 20 indexed citations
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Melson, Robert, et al.. (1979). The International Politics of the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970. The American Historical Review. 84(1). 226–226.
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Melson, Robert. (1971). Ideology and Inconsistency: The “Cross-Pressured” Nigerian Worker. American Political Science Review. 65(1). 161–171. 16 indexed citations

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