Robert Olson

858 total citations
37 papers, 231 citations indexed

About

Robert Olson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Olson has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 231 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Robert Olson's work include Turkey's Politics and Society (22 papers), Islamic Studies and History (14 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (7 papers). Robert Olson is often cited by papers focused on Turkey's Politics and Society (22 papers), Islamic Studies and History (14 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (7 papers). Robert Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. Robert Olson's co-authors include Robert Mantran, Reşat Kasaba, K. N. Chaudhuri, M.M. van Bruinessen, Michael M. Gunter, Nihat Ali Özcan, M. Hakan Yavuz, Thomas Mayer, William F. Tucker and Yitzhak Nakash and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and Third World Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Robert Olson

31 papers receiving 173 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 Olson United States 10 152 139 26 23 18 37 231
Tadeusz Świętochowski United States 8 148 1.0× 81 0.6× 26 1.0× 10 0.4× 12 0.7× 20 200
Paul Bushkovitch United States 8 84 0.6× 82 0.6× 18 0.7× 42 1.8× 22 1.2× 50 194
Raymond Callahan United States 10 113 0.7× 121 0.9× 52 2.0× 20 0.9× 25 1.4× 48 224
Jonathan Grant United States 9 101 0.7× 87 0.6× 27 1.0× 21 0.9× 26 1.4× 28 179
Daniel Goffman United States 7 110 0.7× 93 0.7× 52 2.0× 40 1.7× 25 1.4× 16 197
Ruth Ben‐Ghiat United States 10 108 0.7× 177 1.3× 24 0.9× 39 1.7× 22 1.2× 25 217
Seymour Becker United States 10 144 0.9× 91 0.7× 43 1.7× 16 0.7× 14 0.8× 19 197
Ezel Kural Shaw United States 5 133 0.9× 96 0.7× 13 0.5× 31 1.3× 19 1.1× 6 189
David Commins United States 6 125 0.8× 151 1.1× 19 0.7× 9 0.4× 9 0.5× 16 214
Nancy M. Wingfield United States 8 100 0.7× 123 0.9× 18 0.7× 44 1.9× 10 0.6× 25 195

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Olson

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Robert Olson's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Robert Olson with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Robert Olson more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Olson

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Robert Olson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Robert Olson. The network helps show where Robert Olson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Olson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Olson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Olson 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 Olson. Robert Olson 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
1.
Olson, Robert. (2006). Turkey's Policies Toward Kurdistan-Iraq and Iraq: Nationalism, Capitalism, and State Formation. Mediterranean Quarterly. 17(1). 48–72. 2 indexed citations
2.
Olson, Robert. (2005). The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq. Mediterranean Quarterly. 16(4). 145–148. 1 indexed citations
3.
4.
Olson, Robert. (2002). The ‘Azeri’ question and Turkey‐Iran relations, 2000–2002. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 8(4). 61–85. 4 indexed citations
5.
Olson, Robert. (2002). Turkey‐Iran Relations, 2000‐2001: The Caspian, Azerbaijan and the Kurds. Middle East Policy. 9(2). 111–129. 9 indexed citations
6.
Olson, Robert. (1996). The Kurdish Question And Chechnya: Turkish And Russian Foreign Policies Since The Gulf War. Middle East Policy. 4(3). 106–118. 7 indexed citations
7.
Olson, Robert. (1992). The Kurdish question in the aftermath of the Gulf War: Geopolitical and geostrategic changes in the Middle East. Third World Quarterly. 13(3). 475–499. 10 indexed citations
8.
Olson, Robert. (1992). The Sheikh Said Rebellion in Turkey in 1925. 24(0). 263–275.
9.
Olson, Robert. (1991). Five stages of Kurdish nationalism:1880–1980. Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal. 12(2). 391–409. 11 indexed citations
10.
Olson, Robert & Robert Mantran. (1991). Histoire de L'Empire Ottoman.. The American Historical Review. 96(1). 219–219. 53 indexed citations
11.
Olson, Robert. (1991). robert mantran, editor. Histoire de l'Empire ottoman. Paris: Fayard. 1989. Pp. 810. 250 fr. The American Historical Review. 96(1). 219–219.
12.
Olson, Robert. (1991). The Turkoman Rebellion in Eastern Iran, 1924-5: Its Consequences and the Soviet Reaction. Die Welt des Islams. 31(2). 216–227. 1 indexed citations
13.
14.
Olson, Robert & Reşat Kasaba. (1990). The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy: The Nineteenth Century.. The American Historical Review. 95(2). 556–556. 9 indexed citations
15.
Olson, Robert. (1987). The Second Time Around: British Policy Toward the Kurds (1921-22). Die Welt des Islams. 27(1). 91–102. 3 indexed citations
16.
Olson, Robert. (1986). The Young Turks and the Jews. 18(0). 219–235. 2 indexed citations
17.
Olson, Robert & K. N. Chaudhuri. (1986). Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 19(3). 519–519. 7 indexed citations
18.
Olson, Robert, et al.. (1985). From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine. The American Historical Review. 90(2). 468–468. 11 indexed citations
19.
Mayer, Thomas & Robert Olson. (1984). The Bath and Syria, 1947 to 1982. The Evolution of Ideology, Party, and State from the French Mandate to the Era of Hafiz al-Asad. Die Welt des Islams. 23(1/4). 531–531. 2 indexed citations
20.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tadeusz Świętochowski Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Paul Bushkovitch Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Raymond Callahan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jonathan Grant Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Daniel Goffman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ruth Ben‐Ghiat Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Seymour Becker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ezel Kural Shaw Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David Commins Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nancy M. Wingfield
Rankless by CCL
2026