Robert Powell

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Powell is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Powell has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 28 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Powell's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (28 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (23 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (19 papers). Robert Powell is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (28 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (23 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (19 papers). Robert Powell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Robert Powell's co-authors include Stephen C. Peck, Joseph M. Grieco, Duncan Snidal, Ernesto Dal Bó, Glenn Fulford, Byron Jones, Yongzheng Yang, William A. Kelly, Jack Paine and Sanjeev Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, BMJ and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Powell

100 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

War as a Commitment Problem

2006 550 citations Robert Powell International Organization profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Powell United States	31	2.3k	2.1k	1.0k	642	376	106	4.5k
Abraham Kaplan Israel	14	797 0.3×	341 0.2×	144 0.1×	28 0.0×	338 0.9×	45	3.4k
Peter Mayer Germany	21	532 0.2×	494 0.2×	123 0.1×	192 0.3×	14 0.0×	139	2.0k
Robert A. Wilson Canada	26	590 0.3×	124 0.1×	362 0.4×	8 0.0×	67 0.2×	196	3.3k
Peter Singer United States	22	733 0.3×	610 0.3×	224 0.2×	21 0.0×	18 0.0×	91	2.5k
David Gauthier United States	22	571 0.2×	761 0.4×	416 0.4×	5 0.0×	183 0.5×	101	2.3k
Howard Margolis United States	19	422 0.2×	173 0.1×	397 0.4×	6 0.0×	92 0.2×	128	2.2k
Martin H. Levinson South Africa	17	1.2k 0.5×	129 0.1×	155 0.2×	6 0.0×	66 0.2×	112	3.1k
Zachary P. Neal United States	32	772 0.3×	276 0.1×	643 0.6×	3 0.0×	134 0.4×	132	3.0k
Gábor Simonovits United States	13	446 0.2×	322 0.2×	208 0.2×	10 0.0×	35 0.1×	32	1.5k
Paul Bohannan United States	22	753 0.3×	254 0.1×	177 0.2×	13 0.0×	14 0.0×	75	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Powell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Powell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Powell

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Meng, Anne, Jack Paine, & Robert Powell. (2022). Authoritarian Power Sharing: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Strategies. Annual Review of Political Science. 26(1). 153–173. 26 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (2019). Why Some Persistent Problems Persist. American Political Science Review. 113(4). 980–996. 4 indexed citations

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Soltan, Marina & Robert Powell. (2016). The new foundation programme curriculum. BMJ. 355. i4590–i4590. 4 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (2012). Persistent Fighting and Shifting Power. American Journal of Political Science. 56(3). 620–637. 56 indexed citations

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Allen, David E., et al.. (2011). Are credit ratings a good measure of capital adequacy?. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 1 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert, et al.. (2011). Credit risk measurement methodologies. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 12 indexed citations

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Bó, Ernesto Dal & Robert Powell. (2006). Conflict and Compromise in Hard Times. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (2006). Defending Against Strategic Terrorists Over the Long Run: A Basic Approach to Resource Allocation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (2006). War as a Commitment Problem. International Organization. 60(1). 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Yongzheng, et al.. (2005). The Macroeconomic Challenges of Scaling Up Aid to Africa. IMF Working Paper. 5(179). 1–1. 9 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (2004). War as a Commitment Problem. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (2000). Debt Relief for Poor Countries. Finance & development. 37(4). 3 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (1998). The urban Asian house : living in the tropical cities. 2 indexed citations

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Fulford, Glenn, et al.. (1998). Swimming of spermatozoa in a linear viscoelastic fluid. Biorheology. 35(4-5). 295–309. 55 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (1995). Prospects for Improved Marine Pollution Control. 2(1). 151–155. 1 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (1993). Guns, Butter, and Anarchy. American Political Science Review. 87(1). 115–132. 162 indexed citations

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Grieco, Joseph M., Robert Powell, & Duncan Snidal. (1993). The Relative-Gains Problem for International Cooperation. American Political Science Review. 87(3). 729–743. 91 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (1987). Crisis Bargaining, Escalation, and MAD. American Political Science Review. 81(3). 717–735. 89 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert, et al.. (1983). Why Choose French? Boys' and Girls' Attitudes at the Option Stage.. 21(1). 36. 13 indexed citations

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Powell, Robert. (1972). The effect of deprivation upon fixed-interval responding: A two-state analysis. Psychonomic Science. 26(1). 31–34. 5 indexed citations

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